What is an Artifact?

It’s difficult sometimes to find a best practice. Instead, the Transmission Project seeks out examples of Honest Practice from the partners we work with and support. These intermediary and process documents probably won’t give you the answer you seek, but we hope they provide you with examples, building blocks and inspiration to help you develop your own individual practice.

Sedgeunkedunk Stream Audio Feature

Categories: community engagement, interview, outreach, radio
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As part of corps member Meaghan LaSala’s outreach strategy in the town of Bangor, Maine, she has attended community meetings, interviewed community members and produced audio features to air at their local community radio station, WERU. These new audio features not only spread awareness of WERU to the Bangor area but also demonstrate to Bangor residents the power of local, community radio. The attached clip aired on the show RadioActive, a local environmental, social justice public affairs show.

Race & Ethnicity Youth Workshop

Categories: ethnicity, race, workshop, youth
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Coalition for Asian Pacific American Youth (CAPAY)

A youth workshop created by corps member Molly Higgins for the Coalition for Asian Pacific American Youth in Boston, MA. This is one of 14 workshops Molly created as part of her Asian American Studies curriculum.

CMS/CRM system comparison chart

Categories: cms, comparison, crm, database, Salesforce
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An initial look into potential new CMS/CRM systems for KBCS by corps member Amber Cortez. The comparison chart lines up their top three contenders by price, and other factors.

Database of Potential Community Partners

Categories: community, database, Featured Outreach Resources, outreach, partnerships, spreadsheet
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Brookline Access TV

A spreadsheet created by corps member Jessica Wholey for Brookline Access TV with detailed info on community organizations, how/if they’ve worked with them in the past and how they might work with them in the future.

Volunteer Management Resources

Categories: computer lab, Featured Volunteer & Staff Training Resources, management, volunteer
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Homeless Prenatal Program

Documents that corps member Scott Reed uses to train, organize, and conduct outreach with volunteers.

Promotional Products Website

Categories: e-commerce, web copy, web design, website
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Grassroots.org

Design and copy of a promotional products website for Grassroots.org by corps member Scott D’Antuono.

http://estore.grassroots.org/

Volunteer Welcome CD

Categories: Featured Volunteer & Staff Training Resources, fundraising, video, volunteer
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Community Center of St. Bernard

Corps member Billy Brown filmed, edited, and created an overview CD for the Community Center of St. Bernard. The CD has videos and essays to educate volunteers on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and how the Community Center is helping the area. Some of the videos can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/ccstb

Staff website and social media manual

Categories: Featured Social Media Resources, Featured Volunteer & Staff Training Resources, manual, social media, staff, training, website
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Southern Food and Beverage Museum Foundation

How to maintain the new Southern Food and Beverage Museum Website and Social Networks

A “How-to” manual created by corps members Kelsey Parris for the Southern Food and Beverage Museum staff to maintain their website and social media.

Farmer-to-Farmer Moments

Categories: editing, training, video, workshop
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New Entry Sustainable Farming Project

A total of six Farmer-to-Farmer Moments filmed and edited by corps member John Dorman.

These short vignettes are from farmers in their own words, covering topics such as marketing and enterprise selection. The topics are Farm Financials, Crop Planning and Production, Enterprise Selection, Marketing, and Intro to Small Business. All of these videos are on-line at: http://vimeo.com/album/234810

Sample Media Deconstruction

Categories: example, Featured Media Justice Resources, media, media deconstruction
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Media Literacy Project

Two examples of media deconstruction written by corps member Candelario Vazquez.

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