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A Plague on Both Your Houses
The line is from Romeo and Juliet. The character Mercutio says it — three times — while he dies in a swordfight defending the honor of his friend (it’s in the middle of the play and helps set the action that sends the main characters –spoiler alert, if you’re still in junior high school — [...]Newstips v2.0 Blog
Food Independence Day
Thousands of Americans, including eight governors, have signed on to Food Independence Day, pledging to feature local, sustainable foods in their July 4th holiday meals. The governor of Maine and his family will be eating lobster, potato salad, and blueberry pie, according to an AP story reposted at civileats.com. In South Dakota the menu includes pheasant jerky; in [...]Community Media & You Videocast
What Are We Learning From School Reform?
Another school year comes to an end. With it, Chicago Public Schools saw more closings and its CEO, Arne Duncan, off to Washington.But this year, as Renaissance 2010 continues to redesign our educational system, activists and parents raise questions about CPS’ transparency.With little public oversight as to which schools will close, some see CPS’ [...]City Voices Podcast
Fighting Chicago’s Asthma Problem
Recorded May, 2009 Children in Chicago’s North Lawndale community are at a higher risk of getting asthma. According to the Sinai Urban Health Institute, one in four children in that neighborhood have asthma. That’s almost double city-wide and national averages.So what is it about North Lawndale that puts children at an increased risk? Who – [...]
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Urban Gateways-Chicago nonprofit seeks marketing and communications manager
this came around and it seemed worth posting to this great group of folks!
gordon
Title: Manager of Marketing and Communications
Reports to: Director of Development
Supervises: Marketing & Development Coordinator
Responsibilities:
• Work closely with the Director of Development and Program Staff to develop and implement a marketing plan and its budget. Deliver all marketing and communication activity within set budget.
• Work closely with the Executive Director, Director of Dev… Continue
Posted by Gordon Mayer on June 19, 2009 at 4:00pm
I'm vying to be a culture curator at Art + Culture
Posted by Karlene Marie Anderson on June 3, 2009 at 3:30pm
Stuck in Battle Creek
We are just now getting into the social media "business" and, to be truthful, I am struggling with how to find a network that I can learn from and… Continue
Posted by Ruth A Heyn on May 4, 2009 at 9:00am — 1 Comment
Strategic Management Systems: Integrating Thinking, NOT Data
When considering the adoption of strategic management systems, placing too much focus on IT compatibility and integration can lead to missing the real opportunity for improving alignment and strategy execution.
It is very natural for people in IT (and large software companies) to see organizational alignment and strategy execution as a matter of system integration, data and reporting, so their priority issue when considering any technology is the degree to which any tool int… Continue
Posted by Joe Sobieck on April 28, 2009 at 1:27pm
Meet Phil Kadner, Columnist, Southtown Star
Kadner, winner of multiple Lisagor awards for exemplary journalism from the Chicago Headline Club, a 2002 Studs Terkel Community Media Award and a presenter at this year’s Making Media Connections conference, notices how amazing people are at addre… Continue
Posted by Jessica on April 20, 2009 at 11:30am
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Face & Voice of Labor Conference June 27, 2009 in Champaign
Handouts for message development materials from Face and Voice of Labor workshop at University of Illinois are attached here.
Tagged: Handouts, Workshop, Labor, Illinois, of
Started by Gordon Mayer in Workshop Discussions Jun 28.
Updates for the 2009 Media Guide 32 Replies
All updates to the 2008 & 2009 Media Guide will be posted here through comments. Feel free to share your updates as well. Updates will be recorded below with the first update starting first (mo...
Started by The Workshop in The Workshop's "Getting on the Air, Online & into Print" Media Guide. Last reply by Demetrio Maguigad Jun 24.
Social Media Need To Know Materials 1 Reply
Here they are -- looking forward to the discussion!
Started by Emily Culbertson in Making Media Connections Conference. Last reply by Emily Culbertson Jun 11.
Words on the Web handouts and resources
Attached are two tips files from the Words on the Web panel. We also circulated copies of this "How Users Read on the Web" article: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9710a.html Williams from Emma hand...
Tagged: socialmedia, email, writing, blogs, web
Started by Emily Culbertson in Making Media Connections Conference Jun 11.
Raising Your Profile, led by Laurie Glenn, ThinkInc. Handouts
Create successful communication campaigns by using successful messaging and branding techniques. Attached are Laurie's handouts for this workshop session.
Tagged: branding, messaging, workshop, mmc09
Started by The Workshop in Making Media Connections Conference Jun 9.
Handouts for Blogging for the Arts
Hi everyone! Here are some handouts for the Wednesday afternoon session, Blogging for the Arts. Questions? Comments? Drop me a line! christine@cupaiuolo.com Better Blogging Tips.pdf Blogging Tool...
Started by Christine Cupaiuolo in Making Media Connections Conference Jun 6.
Presentation, Poise, and Practice workshop at Chapin Hall
Hi- handouts for the workshop can be found here--this is also a great place for questions that you think your colleagues might also want to see the answers to! As we said, ordinarily it seems a l...
Tagged: powerpoint, Hall, Chapin, presentation
Started by Gordon Mayer in Workshop Discussions May 8.
MMC 2009 Planning-Breakfast Meeting 10-28-2008 2 Replies
If you came to breakfast this morning, thank you! We spent almost as long debriefing after the meeting as we did at it (at least until the bagels and donuts ran out). And we'll be following up with...
Tagged: planning, conference, meeting, breakfast
Started by Gordon Mayer in Making Media Connections Conference. Last reply by Louwrens May 5.
Introduce Yourself! 12 Replies
Our goal is to create a positive space to help nonprofit communicators with their work. What better way to start working with one another then by introducing who you are and what you would like to ...
Started by The Workshop in About this Site. Last reply by Demetrio Maguigad Apr 2.
New Managing Editor at South Street Journal
South Street Journal update: Deborah D Russell is the new managing editor of the South Street Journal, an African-American newspaper based on the southside of Chicago. Preferred method of contact:...
Tagged: South Side, ethnic newspaper, African American newspaper, South Street Journal
Started by D. Russell in About this Site Apr 1.
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