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A breeze, a list, a post and two invitations
Did you catch the amazing sunset the first night of summer 2012. Was it a glorious evening or what? The lingering light, a breeze and warm temperatures made for a "it doesn't get any better than this" vibe. Neighbors were out, passersby were mellow, kids were playing, dogs were sleeping and everything just felt so right.I know many of us are still anxious about if and when we will have an actual summer with extended weeks of sun and dry times, but I feel in my bones we will. There are warm undertones in the air now. Do you feel them too? And sometimes can you even smell them? I hope so.
Summer days are not slowing us at the Meyer Memorial Trust down, though. We have important stuff to tell you...
- First, a list of our 65 grants made in June READ MORE
- Next, Program Officer Theresa's post that may well be the simplest and clearest overview of Program-Related Investments of all space and time READ MORE
- Then, an invitation to an event MMT, NTEN and PAGATIM will host on the morning of July 19th – Communicating for Good: From Goals and Strategy to Brave Authentic Stories will offer up resources and tools that can help nonprofit organizations make the most of online opportunities for reaching audiences. I think you will be amazed at the wealth of resources available locally that can help you map out a communications plan and tell your stories like you've never done before READ MORE
- Last but not least, I will be interviewing our CEO Doug Stamm early next week about his first 10 years at the helm of Meyer Memorial Trust for an upcoming feature on our website. So I thought I'd invite you to submit questions! What question would you like Doug Stamm to answer? I can't promise I'll be able to ask all of them, but I'll give it my best. Let's make this a community project! Submit them in the comment section below or email me.
Yes I am fully aware that some people find me annoyingly cheerful and my glass too everlastingly half full. So I thought I would show you a different side today by offering up a couple of gloomy things to share at the end of this news alert. To wit:
- a map of what you are most likely to die from depending on where you live
- and an infographic showing where you are most likely to die in a plane crash (also known in glass-is-half-full land as "how to reduce your odds of dying in a plane crash") ... found on the fascinating Information is Beautiful website.
Okay, enough negativity, next time we will resume our predictable Pollyanna programming.
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Jun 25 2012 - 2:57pm
Communications via your posts and Twitter!
Marie, thank you for sharing this great information and good humor! I've taken a few moments to ponder the map and the infographic to reach the following conclusion:
Based on the helpful map and infographic provided by Marie, I've concluded that the plane that takes me out as I mow the lawn in August in the United States (if the lawnmower doesn't get me first according to the map found on the BBC Future website which plots what we are most likely to die from) will be a Boeing 747 operated by Aeroflot. I have confidence though that the nice, well-informed passengers seated in the five rows adjacent an emergency exit will come to my rescue.
Thank you for sharing these horrific (and amusing) bits of trivia with us! @adeptdiva
Jun 22 2012 - 12:22pm
Enjoy the newsletters
Marie,
I just wanted to say thanks for the informative and entertaining newsletters.
Also, I am thrilled to see that you are hosting this event on July 19th with these great partner organizations. For those of us from organizations with separate communications and fundraising staff, it might be helpful in ensuring that we are sending the right people within the organization to this, to know who your target audience is for this event. Will the topics be most applicable to communications staff within our organizations or will the topics also be beneficial for the fundraisers to participate in as well?
Thanks,
Nancy Bales
Director of Development
Ecotrust
Jun 22 2012 - 1:12pm
Thank you!
Thank you, Nancy! We are so happy to do this. In answer to your question, I think communications and fundraising staff should probably be joined at the hip :) so I think having both there would be great, should provide good ways for them to discover best ways of working together. Hope that helps!
Jun 22 2012 - 4:12pm
That sounds great!
Thanks, Marie. And, I'm in complete agreement!
Jun 22 2012 - 11:05am
Communicating for Good
Hi Marie,
Is there any way for folks on the Eastside of the state to participate in the workshop remotely?
Thanks
Nella Parks
Oregon Rural Action
Jun 22 2012 - 1:14pm
Yes!
Nella, we are working on this and with NTEN and PAGATIM's experience in livestreaming and so forth, I'm pretty confident we'll be able to pull off some way to make it available across the state. I'll keep everyone posted!
Jun 22 2012 - 10:45am
Communicating for Good
Is there a way the presentation could be expanded into a webinar for folks who are more than two hours away from Portland? I would love to attend but it requires a five hour drive and an over night stay to attend in person. Jane McAlvage, Kids Unlimited of Oregon; jane@kidsunlimitedoforegon.org
Jun 22 2012 - 1:15pm
Yes!
Yes, Jane, we are working on figuring out ways to livestream it, will keep you posted. We've got good brains working on a solution, so I am quite optimistic. We want this to be accessible to all!