video Archive - Community Media Workshop

Upcoming Events & Training

March 18, 2010
- Writing to Make the News
  Writing to Make the News
  Time: 9:00 am
  9 a.m. to noon Thursday, March 18 With: Alton Miller $95 Learn the basics and more including: how to write a press release, the difference between a media alert, news release and pitch letter, and how to produce polished versions of all three. Along the way, Alton Miller, author, speechwriter to the late Harold Washington, and Columbia College dean offers insights into effective public relations. at 9:00 am
April 15, 2010
- Presenting You
  Presenting You
  Time: 9:00 am
  9 a.m. to noon Thursdays, April 15 & April 22 With: Gordon Mayer $180 After your presentation is over, how much will your audience remember later? What can you do to boost that amount and get more of them to take action afterwards? This workshop will put together practical tips on using Microsoft PowerPoint, presentation strategy, and handling interaction to answer those questions. Whether you expect to be in front of journalists, speaking at a fundraising or advocacy event, or in a staff meeting you should be prepared. A follow-up session offers participants the opportunity to practice delivering a presentation. at 9:00 am
April 29, 2010
- Website Design Content and Us
  Website Design Content and Us
  Time: 9:00 am
  9 a.m. to noon, Thursday, April 29 With: Emily Lonigro, LimeRed Studio & Nathan Hiemstra $95 Ever wonder what makes a killer Website? Or how some sites make sense right away, while others overthink or miss the mark completely? What’s the connection among online beauty, brains and brawn? This session will offer quick (and not so quick) fixes to get your site looking and behaving better and more for anyone who has to maintain, redo, or create a nonprofit Website. at 9:00 am
June 9, 2010
- Making Media Connections
  Making Media Connections
  Time: 9:00 am
  Making Media Connections: Storytelling & Strategy in the Digital Age. The Workshop's annual conference bringing together Jounalists, Web and Nonprofit Communications experts together to help you strengthen your story! One of our key events each year since 1993, our conference is designed for nonprofit communicators: volunteers and staff who are responsible for telling their group’s story, through the news media or other channels. We bring them together with journalists looking for stories ‘off the beaten path’ and invite these sets of people to join in a dialogue on how to produce news that matters. at 9:00 am
June 10, 2010
- Making Media Connections
  Making Media Connections
  Time: 9:00 am
  Making Media Connections: Storytelling & Strategy in the Digital Age. The Workshop's annual conference bringing together Jounalists, Web and Nonprofit Communications experts together to help you strengthen your story! One of our key events each year since 1993, our conference is designed for nonprofit communicators: volunteers and staff who are responsible for telling their group’s story, through the news media or other channels. We bring them together with journalists looking for stories ‘off the beaten path’ and invite these sets of people to join in a dialogue on how to produce news that matters. at 9:00 am

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Nonprofit Communicator

Taking Social Media to the Next Level-Star Wars, Corneille March 4, 2010
Taking social media to the next level is all about your strategy and not obsessing over the details of each new tool. […]

Newstips by Curtis Black

New funds to prevent homelessness March 12, 2010
A huge gap in homelessness prevention funding was finally closed last month when the Emergency Fund received the first installment of $23 million in federal stimulus funds. […]

Chicago is the World

You should read these stories March 12, 2010
The top of the page headline screams, “African American Seniors Being Led to the Slaughter.” Then in bright red ink, the major headline declares,”West Siders Being Victimized as Attorney General Tries to Crack Down on Home Improvement Scammers.” In extensive detail and pictures, the story goes on to talk about the elderly West Side residents who allegedly [ […]

Community, Media & You

Carol Marin December 15, 2009
Studs Terkel’s community-driven stories and natural ability to give a voice to us all, no matter what side of the tracks we lived on, made him one of Chicago’s most iconic journalists. An eclectic disk jockey he was, as any listener to his weekday morning program on WFMT could attest. A man of many hats, [...] […]

City Voices Podcast Archives

Fighting Chicago’s Asthma Problem June 17, 2009
Recorded May, 2009 Children in Chicago’s North Lawndale community are at a higher risk of getting asthma. According to the Sinai Urban Health Institute, one in four children in that neighborhood have asthma. That’s almost double city-wide and national averages.So what is it about North Lawndale that puts children at an increased risk? Who – [...] […]