NPO News: February 2009
Welcome to Non-Profit News from the Center for Media and Democracy! This newsletter is designed to inform you about news, issues, workshops and trainings that are relevant to Nonprofit organizations. We want to keep you updated and organized!!!
Enter DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Awards
Networked = Success
Media Maven Helps You Get Networked
Web Analytics Seminar
How to Manage Volunteers
Behind the Scenes Engagement
Election Forums and Live Town Meeting Day Coverage on Channel 17
Join Our Circle of Love
Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Leadership
Enter the 2009 DoGooderTV Nonprofit Video Awards - It’s a contest that highlights organizations that are using video to inspire and ignite social change. If your organization made a video – any video – in 2008, enter it. Winners will be featured on the NonProfit Times online, and will receive a Flip video camera, image licenses from Reuters and other great video tools. Prizes will be awarded at the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in San Francisco on April 26-28. Deadline is March 26, 2009.
Working Together for Success - Sharing the load with other “like-minded” nonprofits may mean success, or so says a report written by two Stanford Business School researchers. Management wisdom says that nonprofits must be large and in charge to do the most good. But some of the world’s most successful organizations instead stay small, sharing their load with like-minded, long-term partners. The success of these networked nonprofits suggests that organizations should focus less on growing themselves and more on cultivating their networks. Report attached.
Media Maven “Communication Strategies for Tough Times” a Success - More than 40 people, representing every sector of Vermont’s nonprofit community, attended our Feb. 12 panel discussion on ways to advance your mission and impact on a tight budget. If you missed it, you can view it here: http://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/nonprofit-marketing-tough-times
Don’t Miss the Next Maven: Michael Nedell will return to help analyze your Google Analytic reports on Thursday, March 19 at noon. Register here: http://www.cctv.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=98
Your Volunteer Workforce - Michael Gilbert’s Nonprofit Online News explores topics such as managing volunteers, shaping your board and building trust online. Check it out here: http://news.gilbert.org/ http://news.gilbert.org/.
Engaging Supporters - Nonprofit marking expert Nancy E. Schwartz in her newsletter “Getting Attention” discusses how to engage your base of support “Behind the Scenes. Here are her thoughts: http://www.gettingattention.org/my_weblog/
Elections Forums and Results on Channel 17: Forums on candidates and ballots items from Burlington, Colchester, Essex Town, South Burlington, Williston and Winooski are available online and on TV on Channel 17. Check out information here: http://www.cctv.org/2009-Town-Meeting. Live results on Election Day, Tuesday, March 3 beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Join CCTV Center for Media & Democracy - Together we help make social change happen through the critical use of TV and the Internet. Expand your reach and impact with our training, tools and channels. All members receive a 15% discount of technical and video services. http://www.cctv.org/join
Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Leadership - New England College is offering a master's degree in Nonprofit Leadership online through its
NEC.com - School of Graduate and Professional Studies. For more information:
http://www.edudegreedirectory.com/new-england-college/lgsid7BBA398?gclid...
Kathleen Swanson
Center for Media and Democracy
www.cctv.org
294 North Winooski Ave. BTV. 05401
802.862.3966 ext 19