Transmission Project

Postcards are hitting the mailboxes this week reminding folks that the deadline to apply for the Digital Arts Service Corps is fast approaching: March 15, 2010. We’ve also just announced our new BTOP Evaluation Assistance Initiative, to help Broadband Stimulus projects (and projects applicants) better measure their impact and effectiveness.

This Marketing Plan and Target Market Analysis brings together internal and external data points analyze and strategize around funding, volunteers and service provisioning. It was developed by VISTA member Mary Chant at MicroMentor in Portland, OR.

An example of how to promote your organization and its programs inexpensively: print up magnets to put on your cars. This inexpensive and portable strategy was developed by Nathan Badera at HandyCapable Network in Greensboro, NC.

This scoring sheet was designed to engage community members in learning more about their community and the organization. Designed by Renae Smack of Pink House in Charleston, SC, residents were challenged in a fun way and the winners received prizes. In the “My House, My Street, My Community” campaign, residents received points for home improvements (with pictures), bringing a friend to community meeting, and participating in a phone-tree.