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March 2008 |
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In This Issue |
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MY SOURCE INSPIRATION FROM KVLU
KVLU 91.3 in Beaumont, TX is collecting My Source stories from listeners who make public radio part of their daily lives. To “seed” the collection, they asked two long-term members for audio contributions. Listen to the audios and read the questions KVLU uses to stimulate the stories.
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Tuesday, March 25
3 p.m. (C.S.T.)
The analog count-down is on and it's time to plan how to support those most vulnerable in your communities. Learn about what other stations are doing and how you can lead your community through this transition by attending the NCO Webinar, "Helping Our Communities Make the Switch." Get more details.
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Check out
KLRU's
plans
for CARRIER
in the NCO Repository. Their strategies for reaching service personnel via socal networks could spark new ideas for you. Find out more.
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StorySHARE Adapted for CARRIER
Public Broadcasters Attend Harwood Innovators Lab
We Shall Remain: Building Community Coalitions
Recognize Your Volunteers During National Volunteer Week
Engagement Highlighted at Community Radio Conference
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StorySHARE Adapted for CARRIER |
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An adapted version of StorySHARE will be available to all public television stations for their engagement around CARRIER, the 10-part doc premiering April 27. Details will be sent to station Web personnel when the tool is ready. Twenty-one stations received community engagement grants from WETA and will customize StorySHARE to capture a variety of stories. To find out how they're using the tool (and gain some ideas you can use), visit mediaengage.org.
Click here for StorySHARE results from Ken Burns's THE WAR.
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Public Broadcasters
Attend
Harwood Innovators Lab |
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Nine public television and radio stations received NCO grants to attend the Harwood Public Innovators Lab in Baltimore later this month. Managers from the stations will spend three days immersed in learning new ways to understand their communities and create a more central and dynamic role for their station. Staff will return home better equipped to engage their communities in new and beneficial ways. Learn more about the Public Innovators Lab.
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We Shall Remain: Bulding Community Coalitions |
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WGBH and AMERICAN EXPERIENCE have planned extensive outreach around We Shall Remain, the television series premiering spring 2009 that connects Native history to all of us. Plans include Native Storytelling workshops, collaboration with Native radio stations and a national outreach gathering for station grantees, film producers and advisors.
Ten $5,000 grants are still available to public television stations that wish to join the collaboration. See the NCO tool, PlanIT! for more info about this opportunity and to apply.
Deadline for applications is March 24, 2008. Contact Mary Haggerty at WGBH with questions.
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Recognize Your Volunteers During
National Volunteer Week |
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National Volunteer Week 2008 is the perfect opportunity to thank the people who help you reach your community. This annual celebration takes place April 27 - May 3 with events happening around the country.
See what's going on in your area and nominate someone outstanding for a President's Volunteer Service Award. Learn about other national opportunities happening around the year at the NCO National Calendar.
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Engagement Highlighted at Community Radio Conference |
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Attendees at the National Federation of Community Broadcasters Annual Conference will discuss how engagement can help stations become more vital to their communities. If you're attending, check out the workshops "Community engagement: Building Real and Virtual Community," "Community Outreach and Community Engagement," and "New Routes: A Community Engagement Project for Community Media."
The conference agenda is online.
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