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Governor Peter Shumlin: Press Conference with Bill Maris of Google - Vermont Get Your Business Online 08/11/2011
Governor Shumlin and Bill Maris of Google Venture disucuss Google joining with the state of Vermont and national and local Vermont partners to launch Vermont Get Your Business online, a first-of-its kind program in the United States. This new program provides Vermont businesses the tools and resources to establish a website, find new customers, and grow their businesses. Google is partnering with Intuit for this project to help move Vermont forward. For more information: www.vermontgetonline.com
Media Maven: Catch the Wave: The Latest in Nonprofit Technology 03/24/2011
Part of the continuing series of Media Maven Lunches.
Host Lauren-Glenn Davitian, shares insights from the 2011 NTEN Conference in Washington, D.C..
Do you have a communications plan? If so, do you use it? Is there more you can do to increase your visibility and make a difference? Jump start your marketing and outreach work with this month's Media Maven.Andrea Learned, co-author of Don’t Think Pink: What Really Makes Women Buy – and How to Increase Your Share of This Crucial Market (AMACOM, 2004), will give some marketing tips. Andrea is an internationally respected gender marketing expert, speaker and writer. While she focuses on women as the leading indicators of consumer behavior, she also emphasizes that 21st Century men are starting to travel similar buying paths. Andrea believes that storytelling and cause marketing are key ways to present a brand’s facts and attributes to today’s consumer – no gender about it. Andrea contributes to a wide range of publications/blogs, including HuffingtonPost.com, MPDailyfix.com, TomPeters.com, Women-omics.com, and LearnedOnWomen.com - where she presents her most current analysis of consumer/cultural shifts and marketing best practices. She presents regularly to global business audiences, and her opinions have been cited in publications from Adweek to the Christian Science Monitor and The New York Times. Andrea has a B.A from the University of Michigan, and resides in Burlington, Vermont. Find her at: http://learnedonwomen.com , or on Twitter: @AndreaLearned. Join us for 90 minutes of stimulating talk and a good lunch (for only 5 bucks). Maybe you'll think-- "we should become members of CCTV!" (We'd love that!)
Local Media Show: Social Unrest in the Digital Age - Jasmine Revolution and Beyond 02/01/2011
Host Nick Carter and guest Eli Harrington explore the current political events in Tunisia, Egypt and beyond and how social media plays a role in movement for political change. Tunisian - American, Gouta Carter shares her impressions via phone, of the emergence of a new government in Tunisia and unrest spilling over to Egypt.
Media Maven: Refresh Your Communications Plan 01/27/2011
Part of the continuing series of Media Maven Lunches.
Do you have a communications plan? If so, do you use it? Is there more you can do to increase your visibility and make a difference? Jump start your marketing and outreach work with this month's Media Maven.
Do you have a communications plan? If so, do you use it? Is there more you can do to increase your visibility and make a difference? Jump start your marketing and outreach work with this month's Media Maven.Andrea Learned, co-author of Don’t Think Pink: What Really Makes Women Buy – and How to Increase Your Share of This Crucial Market (AMACOM, 2004), will give some marketing tips. Andrea is an internationally respected gender marketing expert, speaker and writer. While she focuses on women as the leading indicators of consumer behavior, she also emphasizes that 21st Century men are starting to travel similar buying paths. Andrea believes that storytelling and cause marketing are key ways to present a brand’s facts and attributes to today’s consumer – no gender about it. Andrea contributes to a wide range of publications/blogs, including HuffingtonPost.com, MPDailyfix.com, TomPeters.com, Women-omics.com, and LearnedOnWomen.com - where she presents her most current analysis of consumer/cultural shifts and marketing best practices. She presents regularly to global business audiences, and her opinions have been cited in publications from Adweek to the Christian Science Monitor and The New York Times. Andrea has a B.A from the University of Michigan, and resides in Burlington, Vermont. Find her at: http://learnedonwomen.com , or on Twitter: @AndreaLearned. Join us for 90 minutes of stimulating talk and a good lunch (for only 5 bucks). Maybe you'll think-- "we should become members of CCTV!" (We'd love that!)
Local Media Show: Winooski Refugee Film 01/04/2011
Host Nick Carter speaks with Laurie Stavrand, Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program, Winooski City Manager Deac Deccareau, Htun Sein, staff interpreter for VRRP and filmmaker Philip Fass on a produced film about Winooski's refugee population.
Media Maven: Social Media Trends for 2011 12/09/2010
How can we keep up with the breathtaking changes in the social media world? We can't. But we can take a sharp look at what is coming around the corner and give ourselves some time to think about how new and promising tools fit into our nonprofit/ small business communications strategy.
Part of the continuing series of Media Maven Lunches.
Local Media Show: Government Transparency and Trends in Vermont News Media 12/07/2010
Host Nick Carter speaks with Andy Bromage, Seven Days VT Reporter and Mike Donoghue, from the Burlington Free Press on the timely topic of 'Government Transparency and Trends in Vermont News Media'.
Media Maven: 5th Annual Media Maven Luncheon: Leadership in the Connected Age, with Steve Shepard 09/13/2010
Part of the continuing series of Media Maven Lunches.
No matter our mission, we know that effective nonprofit leaders must navigate this rapidly changing digital world. But are we equipped for the changes that affect all aspects of our organization–operations, development and marketing?
Watch the full September 13, 2010 program of our Fifth Annual Media Maven Luncheon as Steve Shepard (internationally renown futurist and technology translator) sheds light on the key ingredients for leadership in this “connected age”.
Andrea Learned, co-author of Don’t Think Pink: What Really Makes Women Buy – and How to Increase Your Share of This Crucial Market (AMACOM, 2004), will give some marketing tips. Andrea is an internationally respected gender marketing expert, speaker and writer. While she focuses on women as the leading indicators of consumer behavior, she also emphasizes that 21st Century men are starting to travel similar buying paths. Andrea believes that storytelling and cause marketing are key ways to present a brand’s facts and attributes to today’s consumer – no gender about it. Andrea contributes to a wide range of publications/blogs, including HuffingtonPost.com, MPDailyfix.com, TomPeters.com, Women-omics.com, and LearnedOnWomen.com - where she presents her most current analysis of consumer/cultural shifts and marketing best practices. She presents regularly to global business audiences, and her opinions have been cited in publications from Adweek to the Christian Science Monitor and The New York Times. Andrea has a B.A from the University of Michigan, and resides in Burlington, Vermont. Find her at: http://learnedonwomen.com , or on Twitter: @AndreaLearned. Join us for 90 minutes of stimulating talk and a good lunch (for only 5 bucks). Maybe you'll think-- "we should become members of CCTV!" (We'd love that!)
Local Media Show: Democracy for America 09/07/2010
Host Nick Carter talks with Levana Layendecker, Communications Director, Democracy for America.
Local Media Show: WinWin Apps - Internet Based Organizing 07/06/2010
Host Lauren-Glenn Davitian speaks with Anna Rosenblum Palmer about her new project, WinWin Apps (link: www.winwinapps.com), designed to help small organizations manage their events and raise money online. The other guest is Lara Dickson, Founder Deep Dish Creative http://deepdishcreative.com. They also discuss the recent "Social Media Day" organized on June 30th in and around Burlington Vermont.
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Burlington Mayoral Matchup Live Forum at City Hall
Wanda Hines, Miro Weinberger and Kurt Wright are invited to get specific about their plans to run Burlington. Channel 17's Jess Wilson moderates the media panel of Kristin Carlson, WCAX; Kirk Carapezza, VPR and Andy Bromage, Seven Days. Can't attend in person? Watch the live stream at 5 p.m on TV Channel 17 or watch and join the live online chat at channel17.org or sevendaysvt.com.
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