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Additional Resources

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October 2006 Monthly Program

GRANTMAKERS of Oregon and Southwest Washington’s September Monthly Program drew over 40 members to Portland Community Media. The topic: digital storytelling. The participants learned about the origins digital storytelling, watched powerful examples of its use, and were given a checklist of what to look for in a proposal involving digital storytelling.
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Link to Center for Digital Story Telling
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Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community

by Joe Lambert

Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives


by Louise DeSalvo

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Internal, External, & Best Practices in Communication

Create a Listening Dashboard for your Organization

NetSquared
A Think Tank question asks, “How do you stay up-to-date online?”  There are so many blogs, news sources, and conversations happening at the same time, every day, and the chances that you’ll be able to find them all without trying is pretty unlikely.  There are hundreds of millions of blogs according to Technorati, and that’s just blogs! Think of all the places your organization’s name, staff, projects, programs or focus area could come up in the news, in campaigns, or in online conversations. To stay on top of it all, you can create a listening dashboard for your organization.
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Social Good Podcast Series

Chronicle of Philanthropy
Allison Fine, a nonprofit leader and expert on technology and communications, discusses how charities and foundations can more effectively use social-media tools to spread their messages and raise money. Ms. Fine will incorporate suggestions and questions from readers into her podcasts and invites you to send e-mail messages to her at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Look for new installments on the first Thursday of every month.
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Communications for Social Good

The Foundation Center
Susan Nall Bales & Franklin D. Gillam, Jr.
From a ten part series called “Practice Matters-The Improving Philanthropy Project”, published in April 2004.
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