SPU#15 Cool Tools for Community Organizing
From:
Jonathan Barrentine
Date:
Apr 24 22:08 UTC
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In our upcoming workshop, Mike Dean will be presenting on cool tools for
community organizing. Also, St. Paul E-Democracy's Outreach committee is
having its monthly meeting right before the workshop, so come a little early
and help us plan out our upcoming programming. Finally, our May-June workshop
series is beginning soon; this time, we're running it as an eight-session
class, rather than a bunch of individual workshops, so if you know someone who
would benefit from our full curriculum, this would be a great time to suggest
that they start attending. Keep reading for more information on this and other
topics.
---NEXT WORKSHOP: COOL TOOLS FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZING---
In our upcoming workshop, Mike Dean of Tipping Point Strategies will discuss
great tools that community organizers are using to improve their communities.
The conversation will explore:
* how some groups are using mobile technology to reach a more diverse
audience.
* how free databases can improve your communication and make your
organization more organized.
* and a few other cool tools.
This is a brand new workshop, so if you've come to a Cool Tools workshop
before, don't hesitate to come again.
More information about Mike Dean can be found at:
http://pages.e-democracy.org/Cool_Tools_for_Community_Organizing .
Cool Tools for Community Organizing
FREE WORKSHOP
Date : Monday, April 28th
Time : 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Location : Rondo Community Outreach Library
461 North Dale
University & Dale, St. Paul
As always, the workshop is free and all are welcome to attend.
Full workshop schedule available online:
http://pages.e-democracy.org/SPED-Outreach
Contact <email obscured> with questions.
---MAY-JUNE SESSION STARTING SOON---
We've decided to do something a little different for our May-June workshop
series. Rather than treat each of our workshops as a discrete event, we will
be running our May-June session as a single eight-week class, with the earlier
sessions building into the later ones. Of course, there's no reason you can't
just show up for the ones that interest you. But, that being said, we're
trying to get some new faces to commit to the full eight weeks (or a
significant portion thereof), and if you know anyone who'd be interested,
please pass along a copy of our schedule. Also, since Rondo's electronic
classroom has limited seating, we are now recommending that audience members
tell us they're coming ahead of time. This way we can make sure everyone has a
seat, and we can plan accordingly for the more popular workshops. Be sure to
check out our new schedule online:
<http://pages.e-democracy.org/Rondo_Workshop_Schedule> for a web-only version,
or
<http://pages.e-democracy.org/images/d/d3/2008_Rondo_May_June_SPED_schedule.pdf>
for a printable pdf, or
<http://pages.e-democracy.org/images/1/18/2008_Rondo_May_June_SPED_flier.pdf>
for a printable half-sheet pdf.
---SPED-OUTREACH MEETING APRIL 28---
St. Paul E-Democracy's Outreach committee (the fine people who bring you the
E-Democracy programming in Rondo Library) will be having our monthly planning
meeting Monday, April 28th, from 5:15 to 6:45 . We can always use an
additional head or two contributing ideas, so please come a little early for
the workshop and tell us what you think of what we're doing. More information
about upcoming meetings can be found at
http://pages.e-democracy.org/SPED-Outreach .
---VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES---
E-Democracy is a volunteer-powered organization. Without help from people like
you, we can't host workshops or help community members during tabling. We are
currently looking for volunteers for the month of April, particularly the 28th.
Volunteers can help table at Rondo Library from 4-6pm or assist with our
workshops from 6:50 to 8:45. They provide one-on-one assistance to community
members and may also help with setup and demonstrations. Please contact
<email obscured> to volunteer, and thanks in advance.
---DAILY PLANET WRITERS' GROUP---
The Daily Planet (tcdailyplanet.net) has an ongoing writers' group at Rondo
Library during our regular tabling time, starting at 4 pm. According to the
Planet's website, you can "bring something you’re working on to share with the
group, or just come to get ideas and/or assignments." I would also like to add
that the writers' group is frequently done by 5:30 or so, making it very easy
to go to both the writer's group and our upcoming Outreach meeting.
---E-DEMOCRACY WORKSHOPS FOR YOUR GROUP---
St. Paul E-Democracy would like to widen our audience by doing a couple of our
workshops each month "off site." If you have a group that would be interested
to host one of our workshops, please contact <email obscured> . A
rough list of workshops is available at
http://pages.e-democracy.org/SPED-Outreach .
Thanks for reading, and see you Monday.
-Jonathan
