HCHY List: webinars on using "social media"

[Mel Tremper]

Sorry this is so late,  I just got permission to repost this onto this list=
 serve.  The session on using blogs was the one I thought might be most app=
ealing to this list.  Perhaps there is a way to access recordings of the pr=
oceedings. =


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CADCA Institute Announces New Webinar Series on Social Media



CADCA=B4s National Coalition Institute will host a new three-part series of=
 Webinars focusing on the ways that community anti-drug coalitions can use =
social media to enhance their day-to-day work. The sessions will be held on=
 Thursday, April 17, 2008; Thursday, June 19, 2008; and Thursday, Sept. 18,=
 2008, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Eastern. =


LaDonna Coy, MHR, CPS, CDLA, New Media and Prevention Specialist and author=
 of the Technology in Prevention blog <http://technologyinprevention.blogsp=
ot.com> , will be the presenter for the sessions. Sue Stine, Senior Manager=
 for Dissemination and Coalition Relations for CADCA's National Coalition I=
nstitute will be the moderator. =


Sessions in the series are as follows:
April 17, 2008: Content Communities for Coalitions: Getting Started with So=
cial Media
This Webinar introduces content communities - people organizing themselves =
around an object in which they share an interest. Join in and learn more ab=
out how content communities are a resource, a place to belong and a useful =
tool for coalition marketing, presentations and networking. Discussion will=
 center around the current most popular content communities coalesce around=
 photos (Flickr) videos (YouTube) and online bookmarks (del.icio.us). =


June 19, 2008: Blogs: Finding Your Coalition Voice, Expanding Your Coalitio=
n Channel =

While blogging isn't new, the application to the work of community coalitio=
ns is. So just what is a blog? What does a blog have to do with community c=
oalitions? This webinar answers these questions and more. Join in to learn =
more about blogging and how it can be used as a free or low cost media sour=
ce, information channel and all around narrative documentation of community=
 interest and action. =


September 18, 2008: Social Networking: Building Your Virtual Neighborhood =

When coalitions are asked, "What is the most important element of the confe=
rence experience?" they often say, "the networking." With social networks c=
oalitions can deepen and broaden their "neighborhoods," be exposed to diver=
se ideas and solutions and make new acquaintances-virtually. This Webinar i=
ntroduces social networking and how it supports coalitions in making the fa=
ce-to-face networking experience even richer! =


go to the Webinar Series page of the Institute's Web site <http://www.coali=
tioninstitute.org/Coalition_Resources/WebinarSeriesHome.asp> .

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