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Inside this issue of CMW eNotes 10/16/07 Nonprofit Communications 2008 Media Guide People to Pitch This Week's Newstips See/hear Your Peers Events Around Town New on the Web Now Broadcasting From the Community Media Workshop Beta Blog Portal  Hosted by Thom Clark, now on iTunes “City Voices” is a public affairs radio show that has been broadcast weekly on WNUA, 95.5 FM since January 1995. Partners include the Chicago Reporter and Catalyst both published by the Community Renewal Society. Reecent Post: Credit Crunch 
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 Gordon Mayer's Blog More tips, resources and reflections for the nonprofit communicator. Recent Post: Nonprofit Communicators: half a glass
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So you can see the glass as half empty, or half full. Either way, it’s still just half a glass, i.e. we still have a long way to go to meet corporations and those with the means to staff or hire consultants for communications on an even footing.
WORKSHOPS On-line Strategy: 9 a.m. to noon, Thursday, Nov. 8 “We often feel flummoxed by new media/technology’s complexities, but we are always able to master the techniques we really feel we need,” says trainer Gordon Mayer. “Here’s an example: My mother called every June for help using Microsoft Excel to calculate her students’ course grades until she quit teaching. Recently she called to tell me, ‘I’m Skyping you!’ In other words long-distance calls free over the Internet, she figured out; grading students, she relied on me to help. From this comes one of Community Media Workshop’s new laws of new media/technology: our decision to learn these tools is proportional to the reward we expect to get from them.” Learn more about why to use the Internet in On-line Strategy here. Telling Your Story with Video: Story Power “[I learned] to relentlessly focus the story telling process around people and obstacles - not mission or facts of the organization - and how to change the story to meet the values of the listener.” “Facts alone are very dull to read. We need to infuse sensory imagery into our text - even mundane pieces to grab people's attention.” Read more feedback about this workshop from past trainees and sign up for Sue O’Halloran’s class at our web site here.
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Other Events Around Town Free Legal Clinic for Nonprofits Street-Level Youth Media Free Workshop Headline Club Lifetime Achievement Awards Banquet
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Recently the Workshop surveyed 212 grantees of The Chicago Community Trust as part of four workshops for their grantees across the region. What we found reinforced what we’ve learned from two years of baseline studies from participants in workshops and conferences. We think it sheds light on nonprofit communications work. Learn more or download the full survey by visiting our 
Watch Thom Clark’s recent shows on North Lawndale group home Jamal Place’s struggle against state budget cuts and Cheryl Graves and Ryan Hollin of Community Justice for Youth on restorative justice as a means to prevent youth crime and violence within Chicago Public Schools. On the radio, tune in to 95.5 WNUA- FM’s public affairs segment at 6:30 a.m. Sundays; Thom’s most recent show featured an interview with staff from Woodstock Institute on “the credit crunch.”