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Social Media Engagement Training

Social media has revolutionized how we communicate. It has led to a fundamental shift in how businesses including non-profit and public sector organizations must function to maintain stakeholder and client relations. Social media provides the opportunity to build a vibrant community that is invested in your organization and its initiatives.
 
Rural Development Institute, Centre of Excellence for Public Sector Marketing, Digital Relay and Brandon University have partnered together to offer an innovative Social Media Engagement Certificate delivered by industry experts.
 
RDI is pleased to announce that the first offering of the Social Media Engagement Certificate (2013/14) is nearing completion, the participants will receive their Certificates in May. The second offering (2014/15) will start on April 29 & 30, 2014 with Modules 1 & 2, see below for details.

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Upcoming Modules

MODULES 1 & 2      In Winnipeg, Brandon & The Pas
Presented by Mike Kujawski (CEPSM)
 
This  first session of the certificate can be taken as a stand-alone session or a stepping-stone to the rest of the Certificate. The two days give an excellent overview of  the impacts and opportunities available through social media, and how to tackle making a social media engagement plan for your organization.
 
Module 1: Our Modern Digital Landscape: April 29, 2014   
Learn what is out there in the world of social media and how this can impact the everyday actions of your organization.
 
Module 2: Formulating Your Social Media Engagement Plan: April 30, 2014  
Learn what steps are needed to engage in the online space. What steps do you need to consider when planning to engage in this space?

Registration:

To register please contact Gillian at 204-571-8554 or richardsgi@brandonu.ca  

EDAM Spring Forum: Creating Connections

Join EDAM at the Spring Forum June 4 - 6 in Portage la Prairie at Southport!  We’re “Creating Connections” with a variety of educational sessions, interactive programming, tours, plus great social events.
 
The focus of the program is on creating and expanding your connections through EDAM and includes sessions on:
  • How to make the most of LinkedIn – Martijn van Luijn
  • Tapping into the expertise within the EDAM network
  • Centrallia MB
  • Co-op Housing Strategy
  • The return of the popular Fish Bowl
  • Southport Tour
  • And more! See the attached program for complete information

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Sessions:

Connecting with LinkedIn—Martijn van Luijn

Originally from the Netherlands, Martijn immigrated to Canada in 2001. With an educational background in tourism he started working for Dauphin Economic Development & Tourism in 2007. In 2011, Martijn moved to CF Parkland as the Executive Director. Currently working as an independent consultant and super dad, Martijn is an advocate for development in the region and he sits on many boards and is currently chair for the Parkland Regional Development Corporation and Chair for Assiniboine Community College Board of Governors. 

Developing a Co-operative Housing Strategy for Manitoba—Lisa Kowalchuk and Matthew Rogers 

Housing market realities in Manitoba have many communities exploring different options for housing. Promoting, stimulating and sustaining co-operative housing is a priority of the Department of Housing and Community Development. To that end, HCD is developing a Co-operative Housing Strategy in consultation with housing co-operative members, the co-operative sector and other community stakeholders, in order to promote growth and diversity in this particular sector of the housing market. 
 
Lisa Holowchuk and Matthew Rogers of HCD Strategic Initiative’s Branch will provide an overview of basics related to the co-operative housing model, discuss government activities that support this sector and introduce elements of a draft strategy. Feedback from EDAM economic development practitioners will be invited, particularly focused on how they think these concepts might apply to and support housing needs in their respective communities.

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With a session on LinkedIn, you’re encouraged to set up a LinkedIn account if you don’t have one already. Plus, plans are being made for professional photos to be taken of EDAM members so that you can update your social media profiles – compliments of EDAM
 
EDAM room block at Southport will be held until May 1st. The rate is $115/night plus fees and taxes. To book, call Michaela McKenzie at 204 428-6030 and mention the EDAM forum. There are a few condo rooms that have 2 bedrooms. Keep in mind that it is not a hotel (no telephones or Internet in the rooms but there is TV) There is Wi-Fi in the meeting rooms as well as a Shaw hotspot.
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Canadian CED Network 2014 Annual General Meeting

The Canadian CED Network's 2014 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on May 29th at West End Commons, 641 St. Matthews Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba and by webinar, from 12-1pm local time (2:30pm Newfoundland, 2pm Atlantic, 1pm Eastern, 12pm Central, 11am Mountain, 10am Pacific.  Verify the time where you are.)

Board Nominations and AGM Resolutions

The deadline for Board Nominations and AGM Resolutions was April 8. 
 

Board Elections

Four nominations were received for the four vacancies, so the four candidates have been declared elected by acclamation and we will not have Board elections this year.  Congratulations to Diana Jedig, Wendy Keats, Carol Madsen and Derek Pachal.  Meet our new Directors.
 

AGM Documents

AGM Documents will be posted here as they become available. 

In terms of background materials, you can consult CCEDNet's current By laws.
 

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In conjuction with CCEDNet's AGM, CCEDNet-Manitoba will be holding it's annual spring member meeting in the morning from 9am to noon.

Please register for the AGM or the Manitoba Spring Member Meeting.

The deadline to register for the AGM by webinar is May 26.

How To Get There

The address is 641 St. Matthews Ave, Winnipeg.  Click on the map on the right for directions. 

For people attending via webinar, connection information will be emailed to all registered members prior to the AGM.  Register above!

 

 

 

Looking Back to Move Forward: The Story of the Sandhills Family Heritage Association

1pm - 2pm Eastern Time

Among the first African American organizations in the U.S.A. to undertake land conservation and community development, Sandhills FHA began as a personal quest by its founder to rediscover her cultural roots in the area. This quest inspired the return of African Americans who had lost their land during the last century because of segregation laws and other discriminatory practices.  Championing a revitalization of African American connection to the land through ownership and control, the association provides programs and services to build economic self-sufficiency and to preserve the natural and cultural resources of African American families in the region. Community members work together to list the positive attributes that could set the stage for future growth, including natural, cultural, historical and resource-based assets. It is an inclusive process that helps develop an environmental management plan and other initiatives to promote sustainable development. Download 162K PDF

Join us on Thursday, May 1, 2014, 1-2 pm ET (noon - 1 pm CT) for this Citizen-Led Sustainable Change webinar presented by Yogesh Ghore, Ammie Jenkins, Cynthia Brown and Mikki Sager. To register, click here.

Ammie Jenkins, Executive Director of the Sandhills Family Heritage Association, credits the elders of her community for the organization's success.

Cultural Integration Youth Outreach Worker

The Cultural Integration Youth Outreach worker will support Youth Programming at the Magnus Eliason Recreation Centre by engaging high-risk youth with positive activities, performing risk assessments, connecting them to community resources and social services and providing them mentorship. The program uses a wraparound mentorship based approach to connecting at risk youth to their culture and community.

Compensation: 
30-35 hours/week $13-15/hour
Deadline: 
28 Apr 2014
Phone: 
E-mail: 
Website: 
https://www.spenceneighbourhood.org/
Region: 
Manitoba

Evaluating Collective Impact: 6 Simple Rules

11:55am - 1pm Eastern Time

The concept of Collective Impact has captured the imagination of would-be change makers who are eager to be more than the sum of their parts. There are examples of Collective Impact efforts across North America focusing on everything from nutrition, early childhood development, homelessness, poverty and gang violence.

The dramatic expansion in the number and variety of collective impact initiatives has led to more and more people asking, “How do we evaluate collective impact efforts?” Thankfully, there are decades of work in assessing many other approaches to community change - and some promising emerging practices specifically focused on Collective Impact – upon which to build.

On May 15th join Mark Cabaj and Liz Weaver, two experienced community change practitioners, in a webinar to explore:  

• Six Simple Rules
• The Implications for Practitioners, Funders and Evaluators
• Examples of Collective Impact Evaluation in Action

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