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The Website It’s Magical
May 2008
How to Use the Cool Cities Website
Registration Page
Create a User NameCreate a User Name and Password
First and Last NameE-mail
City, State, ZipPhone
Your Profile
Edit any detail of your profile
Change your password here
Optional Profile OpportunitiesAbout me
Create a signature
Useful for City Leads!
People Finder
Only available to registered usersAccess to list of other Cool Cities
activists in your townCan e-mail each other through
website
Resources
Resource Sections
CoreResources
Resource Title
File Access
Resources Sections• Activist Tools
•Basic Materials for Every Campaign
• Best Practice Guides and Technical Information•Cool Cities Guide, US Mayors, USGBC, Inventory Factsheet
• Campaign Handouts•Factsheets
• Chapter / Group Leaders (Training & Mobilization)•Training Presentations
• Climate Action Plans
• Global Warming Background•Under construction
• Personal Action•Five Things You Can Do
Search Options
• New Activists Should Start Here• Let Us Know If You Think Something Should Be Added• Conference Call Materials Will Be Posted Here
Cool Cities Forums• Discussion Board• Space for Q & A• Library of Information
• Forums• Announcements• Getting Started • Sustaining and Building Your Campaign• Technical Issues• Solutions and Best Practices• Climate Action Plans• Cool Counties• Global Warming and Energy Information• In The News• Success Stories• Using the Website
Forum - Main Page
Inside a Forum
Add A Topic
Inside a Post
Post a Reply
Send a Message
The Green Playbook
U.S. Green Building Council
www.greencounties.org
http://www.kingcounty.gov/exec/coolcounties
What Makes a Great Profile
•A Primary Contact
•The Official Sign-on Date
•Regular Campaign Updates
•Picture from Your Campaign
•Updated Milestones Section
•Local News and Event Announcements
Primary Contact
Connects any interested activists with your campaign team and efforts
• City Lead• Communications Coordinator
Remember: Not all Cool Cities Activist comes to this campaign through the
Sierra Club
Editing Your City’s Profile
Click “Edit City” to update your city
profile
Click “Download City Activists for a list of all registered activists in
your city
Update “Milestones Completed” when you edit your city profile
Click “NEW” box to share news,
announcements, events, and links.
Editing Your City’s Profile
Update your mayor’s name
Write about your campaign, successes,
upcoming events
Necessary so your city shows up on the map
Editing Your City’s ProfileAdd a photo to your
profile- events, volunteers, your mayor, fun local
landmark
If your mayor has not signed on, leave as a “No”
and leave date blank.
If your mayor has signed on, mark as “Yes” and
choose appropriate date.
Check off the milestones that
match your campaign progress
What the Five Milestones?
1. Establish Campaign2. Engage the Community3. City Signs the Agreement4. Initial Solutions Steps5. Advanced Smart Energy Solutions
Each milestone has concrete goals for your campaign
Editing Your City Profile
Estimated Number of Volunteers
Click Submit!
News and Announcements
Creating an Announcements
Title
Synopsis (Will be shown in the
sidebar)
Full Story (Will be shown when
user clicks the MORE button)
Choose the last date you want the
announcement to be displayed
Click Submit Changes
Creating a New Link
Creating New Links
Put web address here
This is the underlined text a visitor will click on and links directly to the web address
Briefly describe what you’ve linked to
Click here to submit!