November 2010
Dear Play Scholar,
Playschool vacation is coming, so check out the final sessions of 2010! December brings us two new live webinars with expert presenters from Americorps Alums and the National Council on Crime Prevention . Click on the links below to view or register for the free sessions.
Online to Offline: Using Social Media to Drive Community Action
Wednesday, December 1, 2pm ET, 1pm CT, 12pm MT, 11am PT
Coordinating a community project? Advocating for play? Rallying around a community cause? Find out how to harness the power of social media for outreach and publicity, fundraising, and volunteer recruitment for any community project or action. Check out social media gurus Whitney Soenksen, External Relations Manager for AmeriCorps Alums, and Kerala Taylor, Manager of Online Content and Outreach at KaBOOM!, for a session on best practices, effective strategies, and exemplary case studies in harnessing social media to incite community action.
Overview of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design for Parks and Recreation
Thursday, December 16, 1pm ET, 12pm CT, 11am MT, 10am PT
Parks and recreation areas provide communities with places to gather and enjoy leisure activities. Find out how Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design relates to and enhances crime prevention strategies using the four principles of natural access control, natural surveillance, territorial reinforcement, and maintenance. Participants will also learn to apply the CPTED principles to an open space development plan in order to provide the community with connectivity, diversity, safety and security in parks and recreational settings.
Don’t forget to check out playschool.kaboom.org for a comprehensive list of on-demand and live webinars, including The Benefits of Nature Play; Neighborhood Play, Everyday; Putting the Public in Your Park; and many more! Whether you’re involved in a community-build playspace project or just concerned about issues in play, there’s something for everyone at Playschool.
PUT YOUR TRAINING INTO ACTION! Find out how you can start advocating for play in your community. Visit kaboom.org for more resources and ideas.
Thanks, and please let me know if you have any questions!
In Play,
Amy Dickinson
adickinson@kaboom.org
