Slapping on a fresh coat of paint is fun and looks pretty, but will it make your business more profitable, or your organization more successful?
Maybe it’s time to do more. Time to open windows, knock down walls, and build a marquee. Or at least remove the locks from the doors.
That may sound like a huge project, but it doesn’t have to be. Even a few small but smart changes can have big and lasting effects.
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PodCamp Pittsburgh 3 is the third iteration of a community UnConference for people who create, enjoy or are interested in learning more about blogs, vlogs, audio podcasts, web video, content networks and new media monetization.
Registration will open soon at the PodCamp Pittsburgh website . Mark your calendar!
Another reason to use Firefox as your web browser: The extension ScribeFire make it easy to add posts to blogs while web browsing. No need to open a separate window or tab and flip back and forth; the editor pops up in a lower panel in your browser window and offers a nice set of tools for creating posts with links, images, everything you need. If you use a blog as your business website, this also means you can use ScribeFire to post content to your site like recent press. It’s fast and fluid.
ScribeFire is an extension for the Mozilla Firefox Web browser that integrates with your browser to let you easily post to your blog: you can drag and drop formatted text from pages you are browsing, take notes, and post to your blog.
Details and links to download are at the ScribeFire website. If you don’t have Firefox yet, get it at the Mozilla website. There are so many extensions to Firefox that I feel I have no chance of keeping up. The main way I find out about useful tools is through recommendations. ScribeFire was no exception: I heard about it from Brad King at the Digital Democracy SPJ conference a couple of weekends back.
There will be another PodCamp Pittsburgh 3 planning meeting on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 7:00 PM (note the later time) at the Creative Treehouse in Bellevue.
Topics to be covered will include:
The next meeting of Refresh Pittsburgh will at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, April 1 at the Creative Treehouse in Bellevue.
Refresh Pittsburgh is a community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical, and professional culture of Internet developers in the Pittsburgh area.
To start the evening, Pat Collins will present “CakePHP: Rapid application development with PHP”.
Why learn a new programming language when you can use your existing PHP skills to become a better coder and increase your productivity? Let Pat show you how to build a blog application in no time, and how you can help!
Then, Val Head will be presenting “A, B, C, D-esign!”
Val’s presentation will be a discussion of the basic building blocks of design as they apply to designing fo the web. She’ll show examples of concepts like colour, typography and hierarchy and talk about how these fit in to a web page design.
As usual, if you would like to show off a recent project or pose a few questions to our group, please let us know and we’ll fit you in.
We’ll make sure to provide a good supply of coffee and cookies and other sweets to get you through the night.
Please RSVP to let us know if you will be joining us. We need to make sure we have enough seats and most importantly, coffee and cookies! And by all means, please forward this invitation to anyone you like.
My colleague Karen Bryant will be presenting an all-day marketing class at the Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management this Thursday. There are still a few spots open.
Marketing for Nonprofits: Five Keys to a Winning Marketing Plan.
Every nonprofit needs a strategic marketing plan to attract clients, secure funding and get noticed. This practical, how-to session presents the five keys to a winning marketing plan in easy-to-understand language with case studies, sample material, hands-on activities and a marketing plan template. Participants begin the marketing planning process in class and leave with the tools to complete and execute it. No budget is too small; these techniques and materials work for everyone.Presenter: Karen Bryant has over 25 years experience working in the nonprofit and corporate sectors. Today, she merges her corporate marketing know-how to help nonprofits to take advantage of marketing and branding strategies utilized by successful companies. Her Pittsburgh clients include YouthWorks, Inc., Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management, Elisco Advertising and Emmaus Community of Pittsburgh, to name a few.
Thursday March 27, 2008
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Regional Enterprise Tower
425 6th Avenue, Suite 2610
Downtown Pittsburgh
Fee: $100
Contact: Ivana Spehar 412-397-6000
