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Common Good Vermont: Technology Planning Made Easy 06/07/2013

Peter Karlson, founder and CEO of Neu-Eon, talks about the value of technology planning for nonprofit organizations, furture trends that will impact the sector and how to make the most of your greatest asset: your database.

Local Media Show: Localvoretoday.com 06/04/2013

Matt Kelly hosts Dan White in discussing Vermont's own Localvoretoday.com, which makes local businesses and food more affordable and accessible via local group buying.

Local Media Show: Vermontivate! 2013 05/07/2013

Lauren-Glenn Davitian hosts Kathryn Blume to discuss Vermontivate 2013, the second year of this community sustainability game. Players take on a wide range of sustainability-related challenges, earning points for their town (or school). At the end of the game, the winning town gets an ice cream party from Ben&Jerry's and the winning school gets...a surprise! more info at: www.vermontivate.com/2013

Common Good Vermont: Data Visualization, Edward Tufte Style 04/02/2013

Edward Tufte is widely recognized as the thought leader in the visual representation of data. A statistician, Yale Professor and a sculptor, Tufte's recent work and major publications can be reviewed at www.edwardtufte.com. CCTV staff recently attended a day-long Tufte lecture, "Presenting Data and Information". Lauren-Glenn Davitian summarizes his salient points, including the six principles of design, web-based and print based examples of elegant information presentation, and the moral and ethical nature of presenting and consuming non-fiction data and information.

Local Media Show: Tribute to Doug Chioffi. Data Visualization 04/02/2013

Lauren-Glenn Davitian hosts the local media show interviewing media makers, creators and consummers as well as introducing the audience to new media information. This month we tribute long time friend of Channel 17, Doug Chioffi who passed away at the age of 67 on March 9, 2013. Doug worked passionately at Channel 17 as a field producer for a number of years and then contnued to be one of the most ardent viewers of channel 17 programming for years on. His missing presence is felt.

Retrospective of Doug Chioffi on CCTV Video, 1988-1999 03/30/2013

Retrospective of Doug Chioffi on CCTV Video, 1988-1999

Doug Chioffi - Caller, Volunteer, Field Producer, Friend: On Channel 17 Videoinformation, social media

1- Photographing wife Nancy as chair of Aldermen; 6-13-88, M517, 60 secs

2- Watching Nancy participate in a Community Council Lunch; 12-13-90, CCGB12, 60 secs

3- Calling in on Bill Young's cable public access talk show, maybe manipulating video mixer creating pixillated immages of Bill's face. Or it maight have been Nat; 11-19-93, M2006, 90 secs

4- Setting up live show table, microphones; 3-28-94, M2220, 40 secs

5- Split-face screen with Meghan O'Rourke in the studio, before a live show; 9-15-95, 2540, 25 secs

6- Nat gives Doug his Christmas goose, and Doug thanks him, live on Channel 17's Holiday party; 12-22-99, M4222, 8 mins

7- Tech Center Holiday Party, Doug watching from sidelines, smoking and clapping; 12-15-95, M3016, 60 secs

8- Not on this disc - Doug Chioffi's post-it note to Nat about paint cans aand editing equipment; 1995?? E785 and a 25th anniversary DVD, 45 secs

Local Media Show: Burlington Broadband Cooperative 02/05/2013

Matt Kelly hosts Alan Matson and Don Schramm, members of the Burlington Broadband Cooperative, a membership organization looking to purchase the current Burlington Telecom.

Local Media Show: From Ivory Coast to Vermont 12/04/2012

Lauren-Glenn Davitian and Eric Agnerotalk about using media in the Ivory Coast and Vermont to mobilize social change.

Local Media Show: Amanda Levinson: Social Media Activist 09/04/2012

Lauren-Glenn Davitian interviews Amanda Levinson, social media activist, about her current projects including NetSquared, Burlington Neighborhood Mapping and a new project that visualizes the federal budget.

Local Media Show: Webskillet - Digital Strategy//Smart Communications 06/05/2012

Host Lauren-Glenn Davitian speaks with Jonathan Kissam about the worker-owned co-operative, Webskillet. Webskillet works to ensure that community organizations, nonprofits and small businesses have the tools to connect with members, donors and customers using cutting-edge digital strategy.

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!