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Robertson.Adams

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    Archived chat: ‘Journalism and Media Grant Making’

    Thanks for joining our live chat Monday morning. We discussed Knight’s new guide to journalism and media grant making. The guide offers five things you need to know, and five ways to get started funding in the area. <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=9f05f49acb" href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=9f05f49acb" >Journalism and Media Grant Making</a> If you have difficulty with the above, the following […]

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    Breakout Report 10: Libraries: Spanning the divides; creating opportunities for all ages

    Facilitator: Raymond Santiago, Director, Miami-Dade Public Library System Scribe: Stuart Kennedy, Program Associate, Knight Foundation This discussion began with a few basic facts about libraries: 1) Libraries serve citizens from birth to death and, 2) Information is core to the mission of libraries, especially civic information.  Facilitator Raymond Santiago made it clear that if libraries […]

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    Breakout Report 9: Evaluating the impact of information and media projects

    Presenter: FSG Scribe: LuAnn Lovlin, The Winnipeg Foundation Evaluating the impact of information and media projects requires breaking down your evaluation process into four main areas: Describe your project and identify your target audience Identify the evaluation’s purpose and key questions         Design your evaluation using effective methods Report/Communicate the evaluation findings References and examples were provided from the new […]

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    Breakout Report 8: Principles of persuasion, broadening your pool of donors

    Broadening your pool of donors to engage in the information arena Facilitator: Ron Shuffield, CEO, EWM Realtors Megan Brownell, Arizona Community Foundation The group discussed the challenge of persuading someone to give, emphasizing that we must meet their needs, tell compelling stories, focus on leaving a legacy and the permanence of their gift, and convincing […]

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    Breakout Report 7: The Role of the Board in the Information Arena

    Facilitator: Alberto Ibargüen, president and CEO, Knight Foundation Scribe: Marika Lynch, consultant, Knight Foundation During the session, community foundation board members identified common challenges to addressing information needs on several fronts: In their communities: How does a foundation step in to fill the gaps in coverage, particularly in the areas the foundation cares about? With […]

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    Breakout Report 6: Community Foundations and Social Media

    Community Foundations and Social Media Facilitator: Jeff Reifman, Founder, NewsCloud Scribe: Beth Probst, Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation NewsCloud, founded by session facilitator Jeff Reifman, is a Knight-funded Facebook application that helps engage readers in the news. On NewCloud, the comments tend to be very civil because people are using their real identities to post […]

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    Breakout Report 5: Building the News and Information Fields

    Building the News and Information Fields Facilitator: Kinsey Wilson, NPR Digital Scribe: Roberta King, Grand Rapids Community Foundation For context: NPR has 17 million online readers month, vs. 34 million a week on radio. Our relationship with media is changing; there are many more competing entities. What do we pay attention to, what do we […]

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