Posts Tagged ‘communication’

Poll: What’s Your Preferred Online Group?

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

It seems that the current hosting company has some technical limitations with our neighborhood-wide mailing list or list-serve. They impose a limit of 500 emails per hour, mostly to reduce SPAM efforts. I understand why they do this. But, as our mailing list grows in the number of subscribers and the volume of emails created, it’s causing some growing pains.

As I evaluate the available options to potentially migrate our email list, two options are at the top: Google Groups and Yahoo! Groups. Take the following poll to help us decide:

Which list-serve option would you prefer?

  • Google Groups (72%, 21 Votes)
  • Yahoo! Groups (28%, 8 Votes)

Total Voters: 29

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Best Practices and Tips on Building Community Outreach

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Tonight, I got a chance to present on community outreach to a motivated group of future community leaders at a session of the Citizens Leadership Academy (CLA), a free series of classes offered by the City of Raleigh Community Services Department.  I presented with Arlene Sanders from the Historic Oakwood neighborhood and provided insight from the past 8 years that I’ve been involved with my community.

The Community Outreach session of the CLA is part of a the Effective Communication module, which “explores the techniques for effectively communicating with individuals and groups.” (more…)