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It seems the mantra of our times is "change." More than ever, our communities need public media to convene, connect, and collaborate in ways that build relationships and strengthen civic life.
As you seize the year ahead, we encourage you to take advantage of the robust resources NCO plans to support your work in 2009.
Understand where you are and where you want to go
Assess and inform your engagement strategies by using our Community Engagement Spectrum. The Spectrum details three distinct approaches to community engagement. We will soon introduce a Diagnostic Tool for finding your station's current place on the Spectrum and facilitating an internal dialogue about your work. Used together, these tools will help you determine your station's current relationship with the community and how to become more essential to your community.
Connect and learn with your peers
Tap into our peer network to build relationships with your colleagues and deepen your engagement work. From Helping Communities Change their Stories to Integrating Social Media into Engagement, we offer a series of opportunities for you to learn from each other and build your skills. This year's first two Peer-to-peer Dialogues are:
- January 28: Doing More with Less—Based on a NETA conference session just a week earlier, this call is for anyone struggling to implement engagement with waning resources.
- February 11: Newcomer Idea Exchange—A conversational group for those new to community engagement or to public broadcasting. It meets at 2 p.m. ET on the second Wednesday of every month.
Register for Peer-to-peer Dialogues by emailing info@mediaengage.org. Learn more about Peer-to-peer Dialogues and see the full schedule here.
Connect to valuable information and tools through our online training Webinars. Watch for details in upcoming NewsBlasts about NCO-facilitated Webinars in February, March, and April on topics like Creating Internal Station Teams, Community Engagement Impact Award Recipients and new NCO training materials. Tell us what topics you'd like to see covered in other future Webinars.
Convene and collaborate with your partners
NCO Pipeline LIVE, our annual preview of upcoming programming and community engagement initiatives, will be in early June. Watch our monthly NewsBlasts for details. Invite your local partners to join you for NCO Pipeline LIVE via satellite or live Web stream so you can strategize together.
Connect with NCO
As we engage in industry conferences, we welcome opportunities to engage with you, share resources and exchange ideas. Look for us at:
- February 19-21: IMA Conference in Atlanta
- March 6-7: Celebration of Teaching & Learning in NYC
- April 1-4: Community Radio Conference in Portland
- May 11-14: PBS Showcase in Baltimore
- July 7-9: PRDMC in San Diego
- Sept. 15-18: PRPD in Cleveland
- October: PBS Development Conference
News Blasts Every month we distribute this News Blast, an email newsletter with timely information about grants, opportunities, and need-to-know news in community engagement. If someone has shared this message with you and you would like to receive it directly, send a request to be added to the distribution list at info@mediaengage.org
We are excited about the changes and promise this year holds for public media. Across the country, our communities need us to be strategic in how we engage them. NCO will continue to bring you strong services to help you deepen your local significance.
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