CIL NET Presents…  A National Onsite Training

Using Technology to Promote CIL Organizational Capacity
August 19-21, 2009

** Registration for this event is now closed **

Doubletree Hotel Nashville-Downtown

315 4th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37219
Tel: 1-615-244-8200
Low Nightly Rates!
$139/night (plus 13.5% tax) for single or double occupancy

Travel: Please make travel arrangements to stay for the entire training, which will begin at 8:30am August 19 and will end at 12:30pm August 21, 2009. Thank you!

Using blogs, wikis, Ning, Twitter and Facebook is changing the way nonprofits do business in the 21st century. Getting on board with this exploding phenomenon is possibly one of the most significant ways the independent living movement can not only stay alive, but thrive in the coming decades. Are you ready to learn how to grow and enhance your center’s operation using today’s web technologies, especially social networking? Then join us for an exciting look at how these tools can be used for enhancing your marketing, fund raising, community organizing, service provision, organizational networking, internal productivity, communications, and more.

Two nationally known experts on web technologies will discuss the benefits of using social media tools and services to support and enhance your core functions and will help you in identifying the appropriate tools, resources and services for your center.

Your Presenters:

Michele Martin is an independent workforce and social media consultant who specializes in helping organizations use social media tools for work and learning. She provides training, program design and technical assistance services to government and nonprofit clients from all over the country. She is currently spearheading the DiscoverAbility NJ project for the New Jersey Department of Human Services/Division of Disability Services. This is a multi-year plan that is helping individuals with disabilities, their families, service providers and employers use social media and other tools to support the employment of individuals with disabilities. She maintains a blog at www.michelemmartin.com, where she writes about issues related to technology, work and learning.

Jared Smith is the Associate Director of WebAIM. He is a highly demanded presenter and trainer and has provided web accessibility training to thousands of developers throughout the world. With degrees in Marketing, Business Education, and Instructional Technology and over 10 years experience working in the web design, development, and accessibility field, he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that is used to help others create and maintain highly accessible web content. Much of his written work, including a broad range of tutorials, articles, and other materials, is featured on the WebAIM site.

Agenda

August 19

8:30 – 9:00 am: Registration and Breakfast
9:00 – 9:45 am: Welcome, Introductions, and Icebreakers
9:45 – 10:45 am: Introduction and Overview of the Workshop; Review of Learning Goals
10:45 – 11:00 am: Break
11:00 – 12:00 noon: Introduction to Social Media for Centers for Independent Living
12:00 – 1:30 pm: Lunch (provided)
1:30 – 2:30 pm: Listening Session
2:30 – 4:00 pm: Social Media Sandbox: Blogs, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Podcasting
4:00 – 4:20 pm: Reflections, Questions, and Answers

August 20

8:30 – 9:00 am: Registration and Breakfast
9:00 – 10:00 am: Opening Activity: key questions, opportunities, and challenges
10:00 – 12:00 noon: Social Media Sandbox: Facebook, MySpace, Delicious, Wikis
12:00 – 1:30 pm: Lunch
1:30 – 2:45 pm: Social Media as Part of a Larger Online Strategy
2:45 – 3:00 pm: Break
3:00 – 4:00 pm: Strategizing: How ready is your organization to start using social media?
4:00 – 4:30 pm: Wrap-Up and Evaluation of the Day

August 21

9:00 – 9:30 am: Overview of Social Media Strategy Mapping
9:30 – 10:30 am: Mapping Your Strategy
10:30 – 11:30 am: Strategy Maps and Next Steps
11:30 – 12:00 noon: Wrap-Up and Evaluation

Join Us In Nashville to Learn How to:  

• Identify social media tools, resources, and services, and determine when these tools are appropriate to apply in your CIL
  
  
• Address cultural organizational issues and changes inherent with social media adoption and your organization's readiness to implement
  
  
• Benefit from using social media tools and services to support and enhance your core functions
  
  
• Develop a social media strategy and action plan for your CIL
  
  
• Assess your organization’s website for functionality, usability, and accessibility

Tools You Will Explore

• Blogs
  
  
• RSS/Listening tools (i.e., Google Alerts, Technorati, Twitter, etc.)
  
  
• Twitter and Accessible Twitter
  
  
• Social Networks
  
  
• Facebook
  
  
• MySpace
  
  
• "Roll Your Own" or "white label" networks, like Ning
  
  
• Flickr
  
  
• Wikis
  
  
• Multimedia
  
  
• Social bookmarking

For further information, contact Eleanor Canter at NCIL, 202-207-0334 (voice) 202-207-0340 (TTY) 202-207-0341 (fax) or eleanor@ncil.org. 

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PRESENTED BY CIL-NET: A program of the IL NET national training and technical assistance project for Centers for Independent Living (CIL-NET) and Statewide Independent Living Councils (SILC-NET). The IL NET is operated by ILRU, Independent Living Research Utilization, in partnership with the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) and the Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL).