Hi everyone,
I'm working on creating a special workbook for you, and while I was doing it, I came across a some resources that I thought you would find very useful - and so I decided to post them here on the blog - but I'll also be putting them on the Activist Guide Website, so as time goes on, they'll always be available to you.
Here's my thought though...you might have some great resources too - that you've found, created or have been given. If you'd like to share them, here's a great place to post them!
You can also email me and if it's something that I can put up on the Website - with appropriate credit - I will!
Okay, here's the first one: It's a kind of Resource book for you to create for the next VISTA who serves at your project site - but it's also a great way for you to get organized and keep all the information you're gathering about your project and your community in one place!
Here's the Link:
Stone Soup Workbook
Let me know if you have any problems downloading it - and also, I'd love to hear what you think of it!
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Check out the New Activist Guide Squidoo Lens - and give it some Social Loving!
Hey Everyone,
I just put together a "Squidoo" lens for the Activist Guide - and all of you. If you're not familiar with Squidoo it's part of the new "Web 2.0" - the social part of the Web - and it's a way that, if you use it right - you can get more volunteers, In-Kind donations, sponsors, even individual donors for your project.
In fact, we're going to be doing a teleseminar/webinar on that very topic in the next few months.
In the meantime, do me a favor and go check it out. You can find it here:
Activistguide Squidoo Lens
And if you already understand how to use delicious, digg and stumble upon, please click the little icons and give our new squidoo lens some "social lovin'!" If you don't know what I'm talking about, the short version is, by clicking the icons found on the squidoo lens page, you're helping to "bookmark" the site, and letting other people know that you like it. The more bookmarks a site gets, the more "popular" it becomes and the more traffic it gets...
Which is why I created the lens in the first place. I'm going to use it as a "case study" to show you what's possible for your own site, and how you can use it to get the word out about your project, and even get additional volunteers, raise more money and build a stronger, more sustainable project.
So something else you could do is to pass the word around - let your friends and family know about the squidoo lens, and give them a link to it and ask them to visit it and bookmark it using digg, stumbleupon and delicious. (If you are a "twitter" fan, you can even twitter about it.)
Okay guys, I'll be back in touch shortly...don't forget to go and check out the squidoo lens though! Activist Guide Squidoo Lens
I just put together a "Squidoo" lens for the Activist Guide - and all of you. If you're not familiar with Squidoo it's part of the new "Web 2.0" - the social part of the Web - and it's a way that, if you use it right - you can get more volunteers, In-Kind donations, sponsors, even individual donors for your project.
In fact, we're going to be doing a teleseminar/webinar on that very topic in the next few months.
In the meantime, do me a favor and go check it out. You can find it here:
Activistguide Squidoo Lens
And if you already understand how to use delicious, digg and stumble upon, please click the little icons and give our new squidoo lens some "social lovin'!" If you don't know what I'm talking about, the short version is, by clicking the icons found on the squidoo lens page, you're helping to "bookmark" the site, and letting other people know that you like it. The more bookmarks a site gets, the more "popular" it becomes and the more traffic it gets...
Which is why I created the lens in the first place. I'm going to use it as a "case study" to show you what's possible for your own site, and how you can use it to get the word out about your project, and even get additional volunteers, raise more money and build a stronger, more sustainable project.
So something else you could do is to pass the word around - let your friends and family know about the squidoo lens, and give them a link to it and ask them to visit it and bookmark it using digg, stumbleupon and delicious. (If you are a "twitter" fan, you can even twitter about it.)
Okay guys, I'll be back in touch shortly...don't forget to go and check out the squidoo lens though! Activist Guide Squidoo Lens
October Issue of "Spotlight Magazine" in the Works
If you've signed up for the teleseminar series, you can also receive "Spotlight Magazine" - the monthly magazine for VISTA Volunteers - where the spotlight is on you!
The magazine offers the latest product reviews, cutting-edge articles and each month puts the spotlight on a VISTA Volunteer and their project. We also accept submissions - so if you've got an event coming up, want to acknowledge your volunteers or just have something you want to get off your chest - then you can submit it to me and I'll add it to the magazine. Articles should be between 500 and 1,000 words long and must be your own original work. You'll get a byline, your article will be published in the magazine along with your photo and writer biography.
Also, if you've ever had a yen to work on a magazine - and are looking for some "behind the scenes" experience - especially if your VISTA term is about to end - let me know, because I'm looking for an intern. Although the position isn't a paid one at this moment - it does include the opportunity to apply for a sponsored trip to France, and work with me here for up to a month in the spring or summer next year.
If you haven't signed up to get a free subscription to the Spotlight Magazine, just click the link below and get on the mailing list!
Activist Guide Spotlight Magazine
The magazine offers the latest product reviews, cutting-edge articles and each month puts the spotlight on a VISTA Volunteer and their project. We also accept submissions - so if you've got an event coming up, want to acknowledge your volunteers or just have something you want to get off your chest - then you can submit it to me and I'll add it to the magazine. Articles should be between 500 and 1,000 words long and must be your own original work. You'll get a byline, your article will be published in the magazine along with your photo and writer biography.
Also, if you've ever had a yen to work on a magazine - and are looking for some "behind the scenes" experience - especially if your VISTA term is about to end - let me know, because I'm looking for an intern. Although the position isn't a paid one at this moment - it does include the opportunity to apply for a sponsored trip to France, and work with me here for up to a month in the spring or summer next year.
If you haven't signed up to get a free subscription to the Spotlight Magazine, just click the link below and get on the mailing list!
Activist Guide Spotlight Magazine
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