From jared at actrees.org Fri Jan 2 10:59:01 2009 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 10:59:01 -0500 Subject: [ACT] ACT Third Thursday Urban Forestry Webcast Message-ID: Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/bbls_2009jan15.html January 15, 2009 Session Topics First Segment Second Segment Network Exchange Register ABOUT US Alliance for Community Trees is dedicated to improving the environment where 80% of Americans live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's national network of members have planted and cared for 7.8 million trees with help from 450,000 volunteers. ABOUT WEBCASTS The Third Thursday Webcast Series is a monthly webcast held at the lunch hour. The goal is to create informal trainings for local urban and community forestry organizations. The trainings leverage local successes by amplifying to a larger audience the model organizations' methods, materials, and approaches. NATIONAL SPONSOR CONTRIBUTOR Marketing & Communications- Part IV: Advertising & Promoting Tree Events January 15, 2009 1:00- 2:00pm EST All nonprofits operate in a very competitive marketplace. Urban forestry groups face competition from other tree, park, and conservation causes, but there is far greater competition from other sources. The most staggering competition you face is from the nearly 1,500 advertising messages bombarding the average adult daily. Register now SESSION TOPICS Webcast attendees will learn: * Designing ads and broadcast copy. * Selling the sizzle, not the steak. * Attracting public attention through paid announcements. * Reaching out through direct mail, newspaper ads, commercials, and fliers. * Strategies for ad placement. * Maintaining an advertising calendar. Register now TREEPEOPLE Laurie Kaufman, Director of Communications, (Los Angeles, CA) Laurie Kaufman manages TreePeople's media, publications, public relations, and website activities. She has over 10 years experience working with nonprofit organizations in areas including community self- reliance, sustainable development, organic farming, homelessness, youth-at-risk, and children of incarcerated parents. Register now PARKS AND PEOPLE FOUNDATION Jean DuBose, Director of Development and Promotions (Baltimore, MD) Jean joined Parks & People in the fall of 2003 after working on the housing side of community development in Baltimore for several years. She sees greening neighborhoods and improving parks and recreation as key to the revitalization of Baltimore and improving the quality of life for city residents. Register now NEIGHBORWOODS NETWORK EXCHANGE Extended Learning- On the Ground There is so much more that can be learned in a week than in an hour, and on the ground as opposed to on a webcast. So here is your chance! Join the webcast to learn more about the NeighborWoods Network Exchange and how you can spend a week shadowing another ACT member. Register now REGISTER FOR ALL WEBCASTS: http://actrees.org/site/stories/act_webcast_series.php Please use and share ACT's materials freely with anyone interested in urban forestry, but with this copyright notice intact. Send a copy of the cited publication to: Alliance for Community Trees ? 4603 Calvert Road ? College Park, MD 20740 ? info at actrees.org Copyright (c) 2009 Alliance for Community Trees To Subscribe: friends at actrees.org an announce-only list for ACT's NeighborWoods Network http://actrees.org/site/lists/friends -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Tue Jan 6 13:46:58 2009 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 13:46:58 -0500 Subject: [ACT] ACT Special Announcement- Newsletter Changes Message-ID: <54321B93-6099-4562-8465-C0D8C4AC9906@actrees.org> Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/spec_announce_09jan6.html January 6, 2009 ABOUT US Alliance for Community Trees is dedicated to improving the environment where 80% of Americans live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's national network of members have planted and cared for 7.8 million trees with help from 450,000 volunteers. QUICK LINKS Join ACT Resources Newsroom NeighborWoods Network Communications ACT is making some changes to its newsletter! Beginning in the summer of 2006, ACT newsletters took on HTML formatting and increased in number from 22 (in 2006) to 45 (in 2007) to 60 (in 2008). ACT also standardized information into six categories based on what members said was of most value to them. Through these improvements, the newsletter has become one of the main channels through which ACT communicates with members. In fact, most members tell us that the electronic communications they receive from ACT are the most valuable aspect of membership. In an effort to do even better, we're making these changes: 1. We're keeping the Network Update, however, text and graphics will be condensed even further to be a compendium of what's happening in urban and community forestry. It will be distributed to members and friends twice a month, and will continue to serve as the basic read. 2. Shorter and more focused by topic. At member requests, we're formally adding five new newsletters delineated by topic. These topical newsletters are intended to help individuals and organizations better stay connected with what's new in urban and community forestry. The five newsletters are: * Treebune News (news) * Tree Talk (trainings/events) * Root Issue (research) * Growing Circular (funding/partner opportunities)- members only * Hill Leaflet (public policy)- members only 3. More communications. This does mean more emails, however most of you will not notice a substantial difference, as we have already been sending special newsletters for NeighborWoods Month, Third Thursday webcasts, the annual meeting, and public policy news. You will never receive more than one communication per day, except in October because of NeighborWoods Month, but typically no more than three communications per week. The breakdown is: * Mondays and Tuesdays: news * Wednesdays: funding and partnership opportunities * Thursdays: trainings and events All newsletters are read-only, and ACT will continue to host a discussion listserv where members can post with one another. Changes will begin on January 12, 2009. You can expect ACT to be consistent and transparent so that readers know what?s happening. We look forward to your feedback and serving you even better! Thanks. Alliance for Community Trees Please use and share ACT's materials freely with anyone interested in urban forestry, but with this copyright notice intact. Send a copy of the cited publication to: Alliance for Community Trees ? 4603 Calvert Road ? College Park, MD 20740 ? info at actrees.org Copyright (c) 2009 Alliance for Community Trees To Subscribe: friends at actrees.org an announce-only list for ACT's NeighborWoods Network http://actrees.org/site/lists/friends To Unsubscribe: Reply to this email with the subject "remove" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Mon Jan 12 12:28:12 2009 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:28:12 -0500 Subject: [ACT] Treebune News Message-ID: Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/treebune_09jan12.html January 12, 2009 ABOUT US Alliance for Community Trees is dedicated to improving the environment where 80% of Americans live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's national network of members have planted and cared for 7.8 million trees with help from 450,000 volunteers. NATIONAL SPONSOR SUPPORT ACT NATIONAL NEWS Economic stimulus doesn't have to mean ecological disaster By Andy Lipkis (excerpt from a LA Times) (Los Angeles, CA)- Jump-starting old construction projects to create jobs would harm more than help us. We need to focus on 'smart green' infrastructure. [There are] some good reasons... to support President- elect Barack Obama's plan to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on infrastructure projects. We need the employment, and our cities needs rebuilding. It's true that the "New New Deal" offers a fantastic opportunity to rebuild for the future, but this opportunity also contains real dangers. If we don't make careful choices about what kind of infrastructure we build, we will be hardening in concrete the ecological mistakes of our past. Read the full story LOCAL STORY Neighborly woods (Covington, GA)- In the fall of 2008, Keep Covington/Newton Beautiful's business committee picked the Alliance for Community Trees' NeighborWoods program as its "passion project" or project they wanted to see implemented within the year. With financial support from the Home Depot Foundation, the NeighborWoods program provides grants and training to organizations and individuals dedicated to restoring urban canopy. Read the full story Please use and share ACT's materials freely with anyone interested in urban forestry, but with this copyright notice intact. Send a copy of the cited publication to: Alliance for Community Trees ? 4603 Calvert Road ? College Park, MD 20740 ? info at actrees.org Copyright (c) 2009 Alliance for Community Trees To Subscribe: friends at actrees.org an announce-only list for ACT's NeighborWoods Network http://actrees.org/site/lists/friends To Unsubscribe: Reply to this email with the subject "remove" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Mon Jan 19 11:28:47 2009 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:28:47 -0500 Subject: [ACT] Treebune News Message-ID: <51710640-9468-4C07-B9A1-FF0C8DB526CC@actrees.org> Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/treebune_09jan19.html January 19, 2009 ABOUT US Alliance for Community Trees is dedicated to improving the environment where 80% of Americans live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's national network of members have planted and cared for 14.9 million trees with help from 4.3 million volunteers. NATIONAL SPONSOR SUPPORT ACT NATIONAL NEWS 2009 Free Webcast Series Announced The Third Thursday Webcasts are a series of monthly e-trainings held at the lunch hour (1pm EST). The goal is to provide informal training opportunities for local urban and community forestry practitioners. The trainings highlight successful programs and practices that you may want to adopt in your community. Webcasts are open to all and leave ample time for questions and answers. Read the full story LOCAL STORY New license plate to support programs for trees (Nashville, TN)- A new specialty license plate honoring trees is now available for preorder. Sales of the plates, which bear the slogan "Trees make a difference," will benefit the Tennessee Urban Forestry Council's tree plantings and arboretum programs, as well as tree advocacy and education programs statewide. Read the full story Please use and share ACT's materials freely with anyone interested in urban forestry, but with this copyright notice intact. Send a copy of the cited publication to: Alliance for Community Trees ? 4603 Calvert Road ? College Park, MD 20740 ? info at actrees.org Copyright (c) 2009 Alliance for Community Trees To Subscribe: friends at actrees.org an announce-only list for ACT's NeighborWoods Network http://actrees.org/site/lists/friends To Unsubscribe: Reply to this email with the subject "remove" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Tue Jan 20 14:18:13 2009 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:18:13 -0500 Subject: [ACT] Network Update Message-ID: <1A550EFD-B42E-4951-8B79-0C76548A9152@actrees.org> Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/network_09jan20.html January 20, 2009 Success Story In the News Research Public Policy Events Funding ABOUT US Alliance for Community Trees is dedicated to improving the environment where 80% of Americans live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's national network of members have planted and cared for 14.9 million trees with help from 4.3 million volunteers. QUICK LINKS Join ACT Resources Newsroom NATIONAL SPONSOR CONTRIBUTORS GIVE TO ACT CFC#12402 SUCCESS STORY An Evening Under the Harvest Moon (Los Angeles, CA)- For the last 21 years, TreePeople has hosted a gala fundraiser and awards benefit dinner every autumn in recognition and celebration of partnerships and people that have supported the organization and its mission throughout the year. In 2007, An Evening Under the Harvest Moon raised $550,000 for TreePeople's forestry, environmental education and sustainability programs. Find out how IN THE NEWS MIT senior harnesses tree power New license plate to support programs for trees Virginia Fights Climate Change With Trees Stimulus doesn't have to mean ecological disaster See more News RESEARCH Trees and Ice Storm-Resistant Urban Tree Populations Acquiring and Managing a Community-Owned Forest Planning for Urban and Community Forestry Gap Between Nonprofit Needs and Grantmaker Practices See more Research PUBLIC POLICY Markey to Chair Energy and Commerce Subcommittee FY09 Spending Bills Not Yet Passed Presidential Transition Package Conference of Mayors Report on Urban Trees See more Public Policy EVENTS 2009 ACT Third Thursday Webcast Series National Main Streets Conference 2009 Incorporating AmeriCorps Into Local Programs NRPA Call for Proposals See more Events FUNDING Jenny Jones Community Grant Program Purpose Prize: Awards for Social Innovators RWJF: Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Ben & Jerry's Fund Social Change Projects See more Funding Please use and share ACT's materials freely with anyone interested in urban forestry, but with this copyright notice intact. Send a copy of the cited publication to: Alliance for Community Trees ? 4603 Calvert Road ? College Park, MD 20740 ? info at actrees.org Copyright (c) 2009 Alliance for Community Trees To Subscribe: friends at actrees.org an announce-only list for ACT's NeighborWoods Network http://actrees.org/site/lists/friends -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Wed Jan 21 12:14:14 2009 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:14:14 -0500 Subject: [ACT] Root Issue Research Message-ID: Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/rootissue_09jan21.html January 21, 2009 Issue Audience ABOUT US Alliance for Community Trees is dedicated to improving the environment where 80% of Americans live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's national network of members have planted and cared for 14.9 million trees with help from 4.3 million volunteers. QUICK LINKS Join ACT Resources Newsroom SUPPORT ACT SPOTLIGHT ISSUE Ice Storm-Resistant Urban Trees By Richard J. Hauer, Jeffrey O. Dawson, and Les P. Werner Ice storms annually result in millions of dollars in loss, and potentially billions of dollars in losses for extreme and widespread ice storms. Damage to electric distribution systems, blocked roadways, and property damage from fallen trees and limbs pose safety concerns and disrupt normal community functions. Tree species vary in their resistance to ice accumulation. Planting a diverse urban forest that includes trees resistant to ice storms and performing regular tree maintenance to avoid or remove structural weaknesses will reduce damage caused by severe ice storms. Susceptibility ratings of species commonly planted in urban areas are presented in this publication for use in developing and maintaining healthy urban tree populations. Read more FEATURED AUDIENCE City Planners The American Planning Association, in close collaboration with ISA and American Forests, has released a best practices manual about how urban and community forestry can best be integrated into long-range and current municipal planning activities. Urban forests provide enormous environmental benefits- among them improving air and water quality and slowing stormwater runoff. Yet, tree canopy in many U.S. metropolitan areas has declined significantly over the last few decades. This manual includes forestry case studies and forestry literature review, and takes the form of a Planning Advisory Service report, which ACT is distributing to all of its members at no cost. Read more Please use and share ACT's materials freely with anyone interested in urban forestry, but with this copyright notice intact. Send a copy of the cited publication to: Alliance for Community Trees ? 4603 Calvert Road ? College Park, MD 20740 ? info at actrees.org Copyright (c) 2009 Alliance for Community Trees To Subscribe: friends at actrees.org an announce-only list for ACT's NeighborWoods Network http://actrees.org/site/lists/friends To Unsubscribe: Reply to this email with the subject "remove" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Mon Jan 26 14:53:50 2009 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:53:50 -0500 Subject: [ACT] Treebune News Message-ID: Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/treebune_09jan26.html January 26, 2009 ABOUT US Alliance for Community Trees is dedicated to improving the environment where 80% of Americans live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's national network of members have planted and cared for 14.9 million trees with help from 4.3 million volunteers. NATIONAL SPONSOR SUPPORT ACT NATIONAL NEWS Four Part Marketing & Communications Webcast Available for Download Conservation groups offer specific services to a targeted audience. Translating that into the tree world, marketing is a series of strategic activities or decisions to create value in the mind of a specific customer. For most tree groups the focus is social marketing- influencing perceptions and awareness of specific audiences. Laurie Kaufman, Director of Communications at TreePeople, anchors a four part series on public relations, branding, advertising, and more. Recorded sessions, which include success stories from Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Sacramento Tree Foundation, and Parks and People, as well as free online resources can be downloaded now. Read the full story LOCAL STORY Big Push to Plant Trees Where Beetles Roamed (Worcester, MA)- While the federal government is going to help replace many of the thousands of trees coming down to eradicate the Asian longhorned beetle in Worcester and four adjacent towns, a homegrown initiative with additional tree plantings over the next five years is being organized by community groups. Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray and U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern, D-Worcester, who have been working with local organizations to launch the effort, said the public-private partnership will involve school groups, neighborhood organizations, local environmental and civic and business groups to raise money to plant on streets, in yards and park areas. Read the full story Please use and share ACT's materials freely with anyone interested in urban forestry, but with this copyright notice intact. Send a copy of the cited publication to: Alliance for Community Trees ? 4603 Calvert Road ? College Park, MD 20740 ? info at actrees.org Copyright (c) 2009 Alliance for Community Trees To Subscribe: friends at actrees.org an announce-only list for ACT's NeighborWoods Network http://actrees.org/site/lists/friends To Unsubscribe: Reply to this email with the subject "remove" -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jared at actrees.org Fri Jan 30 11:06:48 2009 From: jared at actrees.org (Jared Liu) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:06:48 -0500 Subject: [ACT] Third Thursday Urban Forestry Webcast Message-ID: Trouble viewing this? Go to: http://actrees.org/files/Newsletter/bbls_09feb19.html February 19, 2009 Session Topics First Segment Second Segment Network Exchange Register ABOUT US Alliance for Community Trees is dedicated to improving the environment where 80% of Americans live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's national network of members have planted and cared for 14.9 million trees with help from 4.3 million volunteers. ABOUT WEBCASTS The Third Thursday Webcast Series is a monthly webcast held at the lunch hour. The goal is to create informal trainings for local urban and community forestry organizations. The trainings leverage local successes by amplifying to a larger audience the model organizations' methods, materials, and approaches. NATIONAL SPONSOR CONTRIBUTOR Incorporating AmeriCorps and Recent Grads Into Local Programs February 19, 2009 1:00- 2:00pm EST Having full-time dedicated AmeriCorps or recent high school graduates on staff can be mutually beneficial to your organization and those individuals. Nonprofit tree groups benefit from low-cost, hard-working staff, while young adults (typically ages 17-24) work on building a team-based life experience and service-learning opportunity. Programs can be designed to build an ethic of service among young adults from diverse backgrounds, forming a corps of informed and trained advocates prepared to address local environmental and community concerns. Most importantly, you provide these young adults with the motivation and financial resources to contribute to the community or pursue further education. Register now SESSION TOPICS Webcast attendees will learn: * Tips for applying to become an AmeriCorps worksite. * Recruiting and managing AmeriCorps members or high school students. * Structuring a meaningful program (for you and them). * Building workprograms into the organization's permanent infrastructure. Register now SHREVEPORT GREEN Yvonne Lee, Assistant Director ShrevCORPS is a two- time national award-winning program and has been recognized by President Clinton, Governor Blanco, Louisiana Senators Breaux and Landrieu, Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP) and the American Association of State Service Commissions (ASC) as one of the Most Innovative AmeriCorps Programs in the United States. Register now THE GREENING OF DETROIT Ashley Atkinson, Program Director The Greening of Detroit's AmeriCorps volunteers spread the message of the value of trees while ensuring that plantings are properly cared for in the summer months when they need the most attention. They travel around the city caring for the 28,000 trees that The Greening of Detroit has planted. Corps members learn about urban forestry and horticulture as well as team work during the course of the summer. Register now NEIGHBORWOODS NETWORK EXCHANGE Extended Learning- On the Ground There is so much more that can be learned in a week than in an hour, and on the ground as opposed to on a webcast. So here is your chance! Join the webcast to learn more about the NeighborWoods Network Exchange and how you can spend a week shadowing another ACT member. 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