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Media Toolbox for Non- Profits The fundamentals of telling your story in the age of New Media Presented by the JWB Communications Department Benjamin Kirby, Communications Manager & Eddie Burch, Communications Specialist Monday, August 10, 2009

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The fundamentals of telling your story in the age of New Media

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Media Toolbox for Non-Profits

The fundamentals of telling your story in the age of New Media

Presented by the JWB Communications Department

Benjamin Kirby, Communications Manager & Eddie Burch, Communications Specialist

Monday, August 10, 2009

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Who are we? And why are we here?

Benjamin J. KirbyCommunications Manager, JWB Since 2007 Worked in healthcare advocacy non-profits in Tampa & DC Worked in political campaigns Worked for DoJ, White House, USDA, ONDCP

Eddie BurchCommunications Specialist, JWB

Since 2002 Produces Award-Winning JWB TV Photojournalist for WFTS, WINK,

WAFF, WOWL Immediate Past Pres., FGCA

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On Our Agenda for Today

MEDIA KIT: WHAT DO WE NEED? Press Release(How to write one) Logo Guidelines Mission Statement/About Your Organization Other Materials

BE PROACTIVE: TELLING YOUR GREAT STORY Using Facts & Figures Using the Resources You Have Looking for Teachable Moments

THE NEWS TODAY The Constant News Cycle Media Convergence Monitoring the News

BREAK!

YOU ON TV! Pretty Much What It Sounds Like

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Media Kit: What Do We Need?

Press Release 101

What is a press release?

A news release, media release, press release or

press statement is a written or recorded communication directed at

members of the news media for the purpose of announcing something

claimed as having news value. Typically, they are mailed, faxed, or e-mailed to assignment editors at newspapers, magazines, radio stations, television stations, and/or television networks.

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Media Kit: What Do We Need?

Press Release 101

Anatomy of a Press Release, Part 1

Date of Release…ensure that it says D R A F T until the last minute!

Contact info…Ensure you put the right person – the person who knows the most about the subject…

Headline…

Subheadline

Dateline…

Body (lede)

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Media Kit: What Do We Need?

Press Release 101

Anatomy of a Press Release, Part 2

“Boilerplate” information about your organization

Repeat Contact Info…

The Timeless Question: -- 30 – or # # # #

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Media Kit: What Do We Need?

Logo and…

Logo Guidelines

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Media Kit: What Do We Need?

Mission Statement & “About Your Organization”

Business Card

Other information, as appropriate, including:

The bio of the Executive Director (and/or appropriate staff)

Information on a specific program

Your latest newsletter

An Annual Report

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Media Kit: What Do We Need?

In conclusion: You can’t mess this up! Include the pertinent information, ensure that you can be contacted, and you’ll be fine!

Confused yet?

Too bad. It only gets more complicated from here.

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Telling Your Story

You have a great story to tell… tell it! Be sure to use facts and figures

• Based on 2000-2007 U.S. Census Bureau survey data, 11.0% of the total Pinellas County population, approximately 99,000 individuals, is estimated to have been living below the poverty level.  Of the total population classified as living in poverty, 29%, approximately 29,000, are under the age of 18 (representing 16.2% of the total under 18 population).

• Foreclosure case filings in 2008 represented 4.6% of Pinellas County’s estimated 292,000 owner-occupied housing units - owner-occupied housing units are estimated to account for 71% of total occupied housing units.

• Between 1970 and 2007, Pinellas County’s total population is estimated to have increased at an average annual rate of 1.6% to 944,200, a total increase of 81%.  During this same period, Pinellas’ 0-17 youth population grew at a slower average annual rate of 1.1% to 179,700, an overall gain of 49%.  In comparison, Florida’s population increased at a more rapid average annual growth of 2.8% and 1.9%, respectively.

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Telling Your Story

You have a great story to tell… tell it!

Remember Your Community Partners!o Cooperman-Bogue!

Judge Lincoln Bogue Leonard Cooperman

To nominate someone for a Cooperman Bogue

Award, visit

www.JWBPinellas.org

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Telling Your StoryTalk to us about JWB TV!

You can see JWB-TV at 6 p.m. everyday on the following stations:

Bright House Networks

Digital cable Channel 622, and Digital tier Channel 615 for Pinellas Park and St. Petersburg. Knology and Verizon Channel 22

WSPF Channel 615 or 15 in Pinellas Park and St. Petersburg.

YouTube! www.youtube.com/jwbpinellas

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Telling Your StoryLook for “Teachable Moments”

Monitor the news and relate current news and events to the work you do.

Google News Alerts can help…

More on the importance of this in the next

section…

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The News Today

Pop Quiz!Do you subscribe to a newspaper?

If no, do you read it online? If yes, how many newspapers do you read online?

How many national news outlets do you follow online?

How many TV news stations do you watch?

How many radio stations do you listen to?

How many blogs do you read per day?

How many skywriters do you read?

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The News Today

Welcome to the 24-Hour News Cycle…

And the world of traditional media convergence…

WFLA News Channel 8 & Tampa Tribune & TBO[Media General]

10 Connects & St. Pete Times

…and the rise of New Media

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The News Today

What Is New Media? (And How Does It Help Me Do All This Stuff You Want Me To Do?)

New media is a term meant to encompass the emergence of

digital, computerized, or networked information and communication technologies in the later part of the 20th century.

Most technologies described as "new media" are digital, often having characteristics of being manipulatable, networkable, dense, compressible, and impartial.

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The News Today

What Is New Media? (And How Does It Help Me Do All This Stuff You Want Me To Do?)

Twitter

(microblogging) RSS Feeds

Facebook

“Social” Bookmarking

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The News Today

But Why?Because “New Media” is here to stay…

In April 2009, the online social networking site Facebook reported its 200 millionth user.

In 2008, the micro-blogging site Twitter grew a staggering 752%, registering nearly 4.5 million visitors for December of that year.

The social bookmarking site del.icio.us passed 5.3 million users in November 2008.

YouTube, bought by Google for $1.65 billion in 2006, hosted 2.5 billion videos seen by 20 million unique visitors that year. Videos are available in 14 languages (22 if different language variations are taken into account).

The photo sharing site Flikr claims to host 3.6 billion images.

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The News Today

But Why?…and you can no longer afford not to tell your story to the world.

“Well, I’m worried about safety!”

Despite the reach of social media, there are modest safety considerations. In 2008, the FBI’s Internet Crime Report noted that the Bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 275,284 complaint submissions. As noted in the report, these filings were largely composed of complaints related to fraudulent (and non-fraudulent) issues on the Internet.

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B R E A K !!!Up Next….

YOU……on TV

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Thank you

JWB Communications

14155 58th Street NorthClearwater, FL 33760

Phone: 727-547-5600

www.JWBPinellas.org www.AboutPinellasKids.org

Direct: 727-547-5677Email: [email protected] Direct: 727-547-5676

Email: [email protected]