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    Breakout Report 8: Broadening Your Pool of Donors and Ideas to Include the Information Arena – Day 2

    BREAKOUT REPORT Second Session: March 2, 2010 Facilitator: Dirk Beveridge, president, 4thGeneration Systems Scribe: Larry Meyer, Meyer Communications This session incorporates sales strategy in how community foundations (CFs) can build their donor bases, especially in attracting funders interested in helping to meet information needs in their community. Dirk read three statements gleaned from community foundations’ web sites describing […]

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    Breakout Report 7: News Literacy, Media Literacy, Digital Literacy, Civic Literacy – Day 2

    BREAKOUT REPORT Session Two: March 2, 2010 Facilitator: Diana Mitsu Klos, American Society of News Editors Scribe: Susan Knudten, Rose Community Foundation Introductory Remarks: News literacy is being able to assess what’s true.  Media literacy and digital literacy: What are the tools and means of conveyance? How do we give everyone equal access to tools and knowledge […]

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    Breakout Report 5: Information as a Catalyst for Action – Day 2

    BREAKOUT REPORT Session 2: March 2, 2010 Facilitator: Carolyn Lukensmeyer, AmericaSpeaks Scribe: Nancy Jones, Community Foundation of Broward County How do you move from information to action? The group defined for itself what it wanted to accomplish out of the session. Each of the small groups reported back the following: How can information be shared in a […]

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    MLS2010: ‘Developing Strength: Doing Something in Your Community’

    Moderator: Steve Gunderson, President and CEO – Council on Foundations Speakers: Josie Heath, President, Community Foundation Serving Boulder County Leslie Lilly, President and CEO, Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin County JoAnn Turnquist, President, Central Carolina Community Foundation Mayur Patel, Director, Strategic Assessment and Impact, Knight Foundation Mayur Patel presented the report “Community Foundations […]

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    Breakout Report 2: Citizen and Volunteer Journalism – Day 2

    BREAKOUT REPORT Session Two, March 2, 2010 Facilitator: Susan Mernit, Consultant/Entrepreneur, founder Oakland Local Scribe: Roberta King, Grand Rapids Foundation How can people who are not journalists tell their stories? Simply by being in a place when things happen and reporting on it. Many people (news users) are not getting news and information from traditional sources anymore. Local […]

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    Breakout Report 3: Universal Digital Access: Building the New Public Square – Day 2

    BREAKOUT REPORT Session 2: March 1, 2010 Facilitator:  Kim Marcille Romaner, Founder, Possibilities, Inc. Scribe:  Heidi Williamson, VP Communications, Berks County Community Foundation, Reading, PA Kim Marcille Romaner is working with the Miami-Dade Broadband Coalition to close the digital divide in the county and to improve broadband access in public anchor institutions like libraries and […]

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    Breakout Report 1: New Models for Professional Journalism – Day 2

    New Models for Professional Journalism – Day 2 BREAKOUT REPORT March 2, 2010 Facilitator: Anders Gyllenhaal, Executive Editor, The Miami Herald Scribe: LuAnn Lovlin, The Winnipeg Foundation How can traditional, mainstream media work together with start-ups, and how can the community foundation can play a role in this new media landscape? There are new and exciting opportunities […]

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    MLS2010: ‘Gaming for Engagement’

    Panelists: Trabian Shorters; Colleen Macklin; Frank Lantz; Jennifer L. Dorn. Links: What is Budgetball? | Budgetball video on YouTube | http://www.budgetball.org/ Part 1 of 3 Part 2 of 3 Part 3 of 3 From the 2010 Media Learning Seminar

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    Warren Webster & Amy Webb: ‘Staying Current and On Top of The Future’

    Gary Kebbel moderated this session with panelists Amy Webb, and Warren Webster. Warren’s handout: Patch Media presentation.pdf. Amy’s handout: “Social Media Action Plan for Community Foundations”. Amy’s resources page: Infoneeds 2010 resources. Part 1: Gary Kebbel and Warren Webster Part 2: Amy Webb (1/5) Part 3: Amy Webb / Location-Based Social Media (2/5) Part 4: Amy Webb / Hyperlocal and Geographically-Targeted […]

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