2010 Studs Terkel Community Award winners. From Left to right: Master of Ceremony Cheryl Corely of National Public Radio, Thom Clark President of Community Media Workshop, Kate Grossman of the Chicago Sun-Times, Natalie Moore of Chicago Public Radio, Angela Caputo & daughter of Progress Illinois, Mitchell Wenkus Columbia College scholarship winner, Josh Kalven and & Adam Doster of Progress Illinois. Photo by Olga Lopez
View the Photo Gallery | Read more about the 2010 Studs Terkel Community Media Awards | Watch Columbia College student Mitchell Wenkus’ award-winning video
Wednesday night at our benefit, Mary Mitchell said it best: our Terkel winners – Kate Grossman of the Chicago Sun-Times, Natalie Moore of WBEZ and Josh Kalven, Angela Caputo, and Adam Doster of Progress Illinois do their work “…with compassion and class. And did I mention, style?”
Actually, Mary was introducing Kate Grossman, her colleague at the Sun-Times. But her choice of words was apt for all the honorees. We did not take great notes—it was our party, after all, and we floated through it—but paused between sips to scribble down some quotable quotes. Read the rest of this entry »
Chase Bank is running a competition to give away $5 million. Please vote for us!
We love what we do because we know when you all succeed, we do as well. This time around, we need your help to vote for us on the Chase Community Giving contest.
Chase plans to donate up to $5 million to charities for the top votes. Can you imagine? We feel that if we gain your support, we all win.
This would allow us to help subsidize training costs to nonprofits and grassroots groups, provide better resources for nonprofit communicators and so much more…
Show your love and vote for us here!
Thanks! 
The Workshop Team
Book Launch with Steve Heye! Managing Technology To Meet Your Mission
Wednesday, October 28 @ 6:30-8:30pm
Filmrow Center 1104 S. Wabash- 8th Floor
Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission is a practical resource that will help nonprofit leaders make smart, strategic decisions about technology. The book shows how to effectively manage technology and offers advice for decision makers and staff alike, including those who often have little or no experience with technology. Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission is a comprehensive guide that will help nonprofit leaders successfully navigate, implement and benefit from the variety of technology resources available to them, all while keeping their organization’s mission at the forefront of their achievements.
Steve Heye
back to blog is the web project manager at the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. He is responsible for managing all aspects of the YMCA’s online presence including the web sites, intranet and social networking. NTEN aspires to a world where all nonprofit organizations skillfully and confidently use technology to meet community needs and fulfill their missions.
Community Media Workshop is holding a job fair for all college students to learn about internships, freelancing and possibly a career with the ethnic news media.
Wednesday, Oct. 28: 3PM – 6PM
1104 S. Wabash -8th Floor – Columbia College Bldg.
There is a reception, starting at 2:30 p.m., sponsored by the Chicago Headline Club.
Steve Franklin, the ethnic news media director for the Community Media Workshop and Teresa Puenta of Columbia College will moderate the discussion of journalists and editors who now work for ethnic TV, radio and print in the Chicago area. Students are urged to fill out resumes that will be held for ethnic news media outlets. So, too, news outlets are encouraged to list their needs for students.
What is web analytics? It is a way to better understand your website’s visitor but tracking and monitoring website traffic. It’s a valuable tool for an organization with an online presence. Learn tips and tools how to incorporate web analytics as part of your organization’s online communications/marketing/fundraising strategy.
Keidra Chaney is Emerging Media Specialist at DePaul University, and a writer and editor for independent print and online media. She presently serves as the strategist for the DePaul advancement office’s online social media and online communication efforts.
Keidra completed degrees in communications at Beloit College and journalism at University of Wisconsin-Madison.She has spoken about blogging, social media and user-generated content at academic conferences at MIT and University of Michigan, and for organizations such as Publicity Club of Chicago and Girl Scouts of Chicago. She is one half of 2chicksblogging.com, which presents workshops on social media. She is a board member of the Association for Women Journalists -Chicago. Her blog about social media is TheLearnedFangirl.com.
Web Analytics Brown Bag
Thursday, November 12: Noon to 1:30 pm
600 S. Michigan Ave. Room 401
Event is FREE but registration required.
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Recognize these brands? The Red Cross, United Way and the YMCA…
There’s a conscious effort for nonprofits to build their brand. If your nonprofit needs a jump-start, we’ve got the training for you! Register for Branding for Nonprofits.
Tell us who you think is doing a great job branding their organization. Does your logo speak well to your mission? Does your messaging use the right metephors? Tell us…
We are huge fans of Creative Commons and believe that nonprofits create some of the most informative, educational and a lot of times- entertaining content on the web. Online tools have made it easier to share with the world our videos, images, audio and more! In this spirit of open source, sharing and innovation with the social web, our friends over at IssueLab have come up with Research Remix.
According to their website, “Contestants will be asked to remix facts from one or more of the 300+ Creative Commons licensed reports on IssueLab with openly licensed video footage or openly licensed images and music.”
This seems like a perfect opportunity for nonprofits to push their content while learning more about issues and gathering data from other sources. Top prizes include a NetBook, Flip Camera Ultra, PSP games and the pretty sweet Create Commons t-shirts.
Nonprofit communicators, media producers, videographers, bloggers, podcasters and more should enjoy this challenge. Read more about it at http://www.issuelab.org/researchremix.
