You can now pre-order the Southshire Pepperpot. It’s a collection of stories by writers in South Western Vermont called the Southshire Roundtable. I’m actually part of a group in Manchester, but the Southshire group put this anthology together.
My story is called “A Bittersweet Land,” a story about my first experience with Turkish coffee while studying in Israel for a semester.
Windstorm creative now has the anthology available for pre-orders: here.
If you’re looking for some some help in the non-profit sector with fund raising, a good place to start is with Christine Graham and her web site: www.cpgfundraising.com.
Christine has a lot of experience with non-profits and has published a wide array of books, newsletters, and other materials. She describes herself on the web site as the following:
“Through CPG Enterprises, Inc., Christine Graham offers fundraising advice, support and training to a wide variety of nonprofit organizations. Services include consultation, workshops, and publications. The goal is always to identify and meet the goals of the organization with careful attention to the culture and needs of its community.”
[tag]non-profit, fund+raising[/tag]
Beth has some links to Kivi Leroux Miller’s home page and Miller’s Writting 911 page. Miller is a non-profit consultant in the area of communication. The Writing 911 page has some tips on writing, while her blog has some links worth checking out.
[tag]communication, writing[/tag]
My friend Todd Hiestand just walked me through the installation process for a WordPress plugin called “SimpleTags.” A plugin is essentially a ready-made component you can add to your site that provides a nice extra feature after a few quick clicks.
The nice part about SimpleTags is that you do not have to copy and paste the lengthy technorati code in order to tag your blog posts. Tagging makes your posts easier to find and provide additional categories that are far more specific. The tags only require making brackets around the word “tag” before and after your tags.
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Two months ago I wrote up a tribute to theologian and noted author Stanley Grenz. It was in response to a call for papers. Knowing that a many theological giants would be submitting their own reflections and tributes, I figured that I didn’t have too much of a chance to get in
Nevertheless, I spent a bit of time on my research and determined that if it didn’t make the cut, I would at least make it available for free to all who are interested in reading an analysis of the impact of Stan Grenz on Christians who blog. The title is: Christian Blogs: Fulfilling Grenz’s Communal Vision for Theology.
As you probably have figured out by now, the article was returned. So, in keeping with my original intention, I have loaded the article below.
You may read it here: Stanley Grenz and Blogs
The season is about to drive into full-swing and I’m rather busy preparing for the volunteers. The chief task I have right now is to prepare a training time and a type of manual for the volunteers.
I am convinced that one of the best ways to care for volunteers is by preparing for volunteers. When you have your facts straight, when answers are at your finger tips, and you have plenty of coffee and tea waiting in the wings, you are in prime position to care for your volunteers.
There is nothing more dreadful than having to rush around and throw a job together for a volunteer. It ups the tension a few notches and makes them feel unwanted. I think of preparation as a preemptive thank you. Having a neat work place or an organized project ready says that you value their time and are on their side.
If volunteers knows that you’re watching out for them, their time will be spent well.
Jeff Dickson, the managing editor of the Manchester Journal came to the most recent Northshire Non-Profit Network meeting to give some pointers on press releases. Though I plan on posting my notes from the meeting at the NNN site, I wanted to share a few that I thought were particularly helpful:
That’s enough to get started. Stay tuned for the full post over at the NNN site.
Technorati Tags: press+release, writing
After five days out of town in West Virginia for a little bit of hiking, we’re back home. In trying to catch up on my favorite blogs, I found a link at Jordon Cooper’s blog to a nice site full of links to open source software and other free downloads. Some of it is junk, some of it is just for fun, but there are some wonderful finds there. By using these products you can put aside, Norton Anti-Virus, Microsoft Office, Adobe pdf Maker, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and a bunch of other programs that will run up a bill in the $1,000’s.
Check out econsultant’s list.
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Writing Exercise: If you could make a bank that would hold anything but money, what kind of bank would it be? What would you put in it? Give yourself 15 minutes.
We’ll be out of town for a few days. Pending on how much it rains and whether or not I can remember my passwords, I may not be blogging too much over the weekend. I’ll be back by Tuesday for sure.
Ed Cyzewski: Author // Contemplative 