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In This Issue |
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PRDMC Session: Mission-Driven Community Engagement
My Source Community Impact Grants
Grant Opportunity: Social Entrepreneurs from FRONTLINE/World
NCO Connects 400 Pubcasters with Engagement Opportunities
NCO Partners with National Radio Program
The Forgetting Follow-up Show Hosted by David Hyde Pierce
PBS to Increase Online Video for Local Stations
NCO'S Repository Pick: WCMU Convenes Rural Community
DAC on DTV Upcoming Partnership Conference Call
My Source Highlights from New Hampshire and Grand Junction,
Colorado (sidebar)
Audio Call July 31: From Outreach to Community Engagement
(sidebar)
NCO Pipeline Videoconference Archived Online (sidebar)
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PRDMC Session: Mission-Driven Community Engagement |
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NCO will present Beyond Your Airwaves: Mission-Driven Community Engagement
at the Public Radio Development and Marketing Conference (PRDMC) in July. Milton Clipper, president
of Public Broadcasting Atlanta, Joan Kjaer, deputy director at Iowa Public Radio, and Silvia Rivera,
GM at WRTE in Chicago, will discuss strategic, fundable initiatives that support a station's mission
and impact the community. The session is part of the Public Impact Track.
Visit the conference site for details.
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My Source
Community Impact Grants |
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CPB is offering three types of grants to help public radio and television
stations successfully use My Source to meet their public awareness, community
engagement, and other strategic goals:
- Startup Assistance – ($2,000) for stations initiating a My Source effort.
- Producer Stipend – ($4,000) to help stations obtain or allocate television, radio or
online production personnel needed to create My Source testimonials.
- Support Funds for Community Impact Awards – ($4,000) to help stations create new or highlight
existing station initiatives and to tell the story of local impact using My Source.
Stations can apply for one, two or all three grants for a maximum of $10,000 per station.
Learn more at
http://www.mysourcefor.org/communityimpactgrants.cfm
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Grant Opportunity: Social Entrepreneurs from FRONTLINE/World |
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FRONTLINE/World will award six $5,000 production grants to support local
community engagement around Social Entrepreneurs. The series features entrepreneurs who innovate to
solve social problems in underserved communities around the world. Grant recipients will work in
collaboration with local public or academic library partners to create outreach initiatives and
produce local programming that highlights social entrepreneurs.
Submit your application through NCO's PlanIT! tool by MONDAY, JULY 21.
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NCO Connects 400 Pubcasters with Engagement Opportunities |
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It's not too late for you to benefit from our recent Community Engagement Pipeline
Videoconference. Learn about fourteen important initiatives and programs that will guide your
strategic planning – and get an early preview of upcoming grant opportunities, resources, and
new ideas for connecting with your community.
Click here to view the June 5
videoconference and related resources.
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NCO Partners with National Radio Program |
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NCO has partnered with Public Radio International (PRI) and WYNC to develop community
engagement for The Takeaway, a new national morning show that premiered in April. Unlike
most news programs, The Takeaway presents news from national and international sources and
engages listeners in daily conversations around those topics. This innovative format gives The
Takeaway the potential to expand the possibilities of how community engagement can extend the
impact of on-air news.
Listen to the show at http://www.thetakeaway.org/
and look for more information in upcoming News Blasts.
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The Forgetting Follow-up Show Hosted by David Hyde Pierce |
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Twin Cities Public Television has announced the re-broadcast of The Forgetting:
A Portrait of Alzheimer's with a new 30-minute follow-up show featuring science updates and
hosted by Alzheimer's activist David Hyde Pierce. The program returns to most PBS stations on
August 3 and will be accompanied by updated outreach materials and a new outreach site. Learn more
through
NCO's Pipeline.
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PBS to Increase Online Video for Local Stations |
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PBS will use thePlatform, the leading broadband video management and
publishing company, to publish and manage its national broadband video programming on its Web
sites. The agreement also allows PBS to enable online video distribution of national programming
to PBS member stations and their respective Web sites. In addition, local PBS stations will have
access to thePlatform's publishing system and video player technology to publish
locally-produced content to their individual Web sites and to make it available to other
local PBS stations. Read more at pbs.org.
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NCO'S Repository Pick: WCMU Convenes Rural Community |
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Of the potential roles a public broadcaster can play in its community, WCMU in
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan has chosen the role of convener. Recently, the station leveraged past
success to support community elders struggling with depression. By gathering a dozen organizations
to forge a coalition, WCMU has created a series of valuable discussions that challenge citizens to
find solutions.
Visit the NCO repository to learn more.
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DAC on DTV Upcoming Partnership Conference Call |
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The Development Advisory Council's next in a series of DAC on DTV monthly conference calls
will be June 27 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET. The topic of discussion will be Establishing Partnerships
with Libraries to Educate Consumers about the Digital Transition. For more information, or to
participate in the conference call, please RSVP by emailing
Lauren Cummings (lacummings@pbs.org) by Wednesday, June 25.
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