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CACMC and the Compassion Capital Fund :: Media Capacity Building

Capital Area Community Media Center and the Compassion Capital Fund Workshop Series

The Capital Area Community Media Center is serving as the media and web development arm of the capacity building team for the 2007 Compassion Capital Fund.

The Power of We Consortium (www.powerofwe.org) created a capacity building program for Faith based and community organizations (FBCOs) serving Ingham County that includes specialized training, hands-on technical assistance (i.e., mentoring or coaching), and $280,000 in capacity building grants. To learn more about the capital compassion fund, visit the Power of We organization’s capacity building page.

The PWC is currently providing all eligible applicants – whether they were selected to receive grants and technical assistance or not – access to over $500 worth of training workshops, unique networking opportunities, a free web site, web site development training, and grant writing training. The CACMC is providing one on one consulting to the 25 CCF recipient organizations to address their media and communication needs. The CACMC will also be facilitating workshops designed to increase the media capacity of FBCO’s, with an emphasis on web development. 2 of the workshops will be open to all applicant organizations, and the remaining will be open to the 25 CCF organizations.

Next Workshop:: Open to all applicant organizations

Intermediate Website Design

November 14, 2007

6:30 to 8:30

Ingham County Health Department, Conference Room A, Human Services Bldg.

Building on the fundamentals covered in “Basic Website Creation,” this workshop will focus on accessible and effective web design. This workshop will be geared toward organizations who currently have a website they would like to update and/or improve. We’ll cover:

Visual design principles.
Practices of web accessibility.
Ongoing site management.
Introducing usability.

To sign up, contact Wendy Duke-Littlejohn at wduke@ingham.org. This workshop is open to all CCF applicants. Each organization may send up to 2 representatives. Deadline for registration is November 7, 2007. Please contact us with specific questions that you'd like us to answer or issues that you'd like us to address by November 7th.

Matt Penniman, Capital Area Community Media Center Co-chair, will be facilitating this workshop.

If you have specific questions or issues that you'd like addressed, please send an email before the registration deadline to Wendy Duke-Littlejohn at wduke@ingham.org. All registrations must include attendees name, organization, title, daytime phone number, email address and session attending. To register, send an email to Wendy at wduke@ingham.org.

Past Workshops

Database Development and Design::Wednesday, October 17th::6:15-8:15::Gone Wired Cafe
Basic Website Creation::Monday, September 10th::6:30-8:30 PM::Gone Wired Cafe --or--Thursday, September 13th::3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.::ICHD , Conference Room A, Human Services Building
Buying Computers: Making Smart Decisions on Hardware and Software::Thursday, August 2nd :: 6:30 to 8:30 PM :: ICHD, Conference Room A, Human Services Building.