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Office/Rooms/Workspace Names

Rooms/workspaces
Blind Pilot
Spoon
Everclear
Pink Martini (women's)
Dirty Martini (men's)
Storm Large (women's room)
and The Balls (men's room)
The Decemberists
Blitzen Trapper
Modest Mouse
The Shins
Menomena
Elliot Smith
Pavement
Nu Shooz
Curtis Salgado
Quarterflash
Lifesavas
Ohmega Watts
Horsefeather
Obo Addy
James Depriest
Leroy Vinnegar
The Kingsmen
Paul Revere & the Raiders
The Dan Reed Network
Cherry Poppin' Daddies

To Do | People pictures with WDYDWYD? and bio, etc.

portlandhunger

Portland, Oregon

people and organizations focused on issues of hunger

http://www.oregonhunger.org/
http://www.tryonfarm.org/
http://www.citygardenfarms.com/
http://www.growing-gardens.org/
http://www.loavesandfishesonline .org/
http://www.oregonfoodbank.org/
http://www.portlandfruit.org/
http://www.sunshinepantry.org/
http://www.treaty.org/
http://www.urbangleaners.org/
http://www.yardsharing.org/

Kampala Kids League

What is KKL?

Kampala Kids League is a voluntary sports league run by volunteers in the Ugandan capital of Kampala. It has had over 14,000 kids through it prograames over the ten years since it began in 1998.

The Euroteam, selcted from Kampala and the rural districts has won 17 International Trophies including 5 World Youth Cup championships making it the most successsful team in Africa in the 32 year history of the world cup. This is all the more remarkable as the entire Management team are volunteers!!!!

Out of the increasing awareness that sports had a very positive impact on disadvantaged people's lives - especially in building team ethic, citizenship and in giving out Health and Education messages, came the desire and need to professionalise the development part of the work in order to offer opportunities to more young people and get it funded....and so....The Kids League was born.

The Kids League (TKL) is a Non profit NGO registered in Uganda. The aims of the organisation are to help boys and girls aged 8-15 in Uganda improve their lives using sport as a means to promote global citizenship and to create education, health and HIV/Aids awareness. To November 2008, around 40,000 kids have been through its programmes.

What is the TKL Programme in Uganda? TKL identify and support those Districts who want their children to benefit from such programmes and then discusses with Local District Councils, Officials, Schools and other NGO’s on the best way to help children in the area.

TKL provides capacity building by training coaches and administrators to run quality sustainable football, netball and volleyball leagues in these Districts.

There are smart kits, certificates, trophies and medals provided to give a feeling of pride where the local surroundings perhpas mitigate against that precious feeling of achievement. Fields and equipment are improved. Coaches, administrators and officials receive special training.

TKL has also developed innovative peer education squads in the rural districts. This group of dynamic youth ambassadors will use Cheerleading, acrobatics, gymnastics, music, dance and drama to transmit health and education messages to spectators in an exciting and positive way.

How is the work funded? TKL seeks International Donors to support the start up of such programmes. TKL also look for local and international Commercial Sponsors to share in the positive publicity associated with the league under funding from their Corporate Social Responsibility Programmes. TKL believes that the role of commercial sponsors is vital to ensure sustainability should donor funding be reduced in the future.

How did the programme start? UNICEF asked TKL to set up a league in Gulu in 2004. Stanbic Bank and MTN immediately bought branding rights. Now in its third year TKL Gulu has provided the opportunity for over 3,500 boys and girls to play football and netball in a quality environment. Ex abductees affested by the LRA conflict in northern Uganda (now hopefully drawing to a close)have particularly benefited from this programme. Over 5,000 children in 8 IDP camps are now playing TKL football.

TKL then went on to establish programmes in some 13 other northern districts.

Other international donors have included USAID, the British High Commissioners, The Tides Foundation from USA, TPW West from USA, The Royal Danish Embassy, Motorcare, the EU and Barclays Bank.

What are the plans for TKL for the next few months? In July 2006 USAID also agreed to fund a TKL programme in Apac, under the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development and the CORE initiative. UNICEF have also requested TKL to establish leagues in IDP camps in Apac and Pader and to establish programmes in Karamoja in Moroto and Nakapiripirit Districts. UNICEF in Jan 2007 sponsored a TKL talented football team to compete in a tournament in Lima, Peru. The team also played FC Barcelona in Spain. FC Barcelona plan to send a youth team to Uganda later in the year. UK Sport have agreed to support TKL to produce an improved M&E model to show that Sport is improving children’s lives.

What about plans for the next few years? (i) TKL's development plan aims to establish a membership scheme so that a network of compatible youth sports leagues extend to 40% of the country. (ii) Get more girls involved in sport over the next 5 years. TKL started a community league in Kampala in 2007 to help kids in slum areas improve their lives through sport. (iii)Construct a National Children’s Sports Centre to provide opportunities for all children to improve their talents. (iv) Develop an exciting income generating sports equipment manufacturing unit to benefit schools. (v) Attract support from people and groups to help prepare a Ugandan girls football team to come to USA to take part in tournaments in 2008. This would create popular youth ambassadors and would help develop interest in the game for girls in Uganda. (vi)Develop ties with US Colleges that would provide a conduit for volunteers to come and work in our exciting programme and that provides an opportunity for talented sports students to come to US on a sports scholarship.

Already we have 10 more Districts which have committed District Officials and volunteers ready to get started. That’s over 100,000 children desperate to get involved in their own Kids Leagues!! More Districts are joining the queue every month. Unfortunately we do not have the donors or sponsors on board yet to fund these programmes.

What are the costs involved for Donors and sponsors for a whole District? This depends on the extent of the programme and how many children are to be reached. For one complete year of activity in one District that involves 3 seasons of football and netball and feeder programmes that would reach around 10,000 boys and girls the total cost to the Donor would be between $40,000 - $120,000 depending on the District and the extent of the programme. The total cost for a Commercial co-sponsor for branding rights would be between $3,000 - $8,000 per year. Exact costs depend on the requirements and objectives of the programme.

I am not a big international donor, how else can I support TKL activities? In each District that we operate we have identified and created plug in modules where for a smaller sum a Donor or sponsor can get actively involved in TKL. For example sponsoring a league in an IDP camp in the Northern Uganda conflict zones that would cost around $10,000 - $30,000 for a whole year.

We always have many other simple ideas and suggestions where funds from a donor or a sponsor can be used. For example just $20 will provide one quality football in an IDP camp and provide activity for over 100 kids for one whole year. $400 would provide a set of quality uniforms with your logo on and associated equipment to create a new team to be included in our programmes. Nike donated 4,500 items of sports apparel for distribution to desperate children in IDP camps. We also receive donations of second hand clothing which we distribute to needy kids and volunteers in IDP camps. Setting up sports leagues to encourage more girls to play sport would cost $18,000 per District. Tax efficient donations can be made through our pages on Global Giving website. www.globalgiving.org

How do I know my funding is being used effectively? TKL have carefully set up a team of dedicated young professionals under the leadership of Trevor Dudley who work with the Districts to make sure our programmes are a success. We ensure that wasteful overheads are kept to a minimum and that the large majority of funds received get to where they are needed – to the benefit of the kids themselves. We have testimonials available from all our Donors on the effective work that we are doing. We also ensure that reports are prepared regularly and audits carried out every year.

How can a donor get involved in helping TKL? We are always ready to discuss ways and means to see how we can work together to help the underprivileged children of Uganda improve their lives through sport.

Please contact us at Tel +256 772 415193 or email Trevor Dudley at thekidsleague@yahoo.co.uk or check out our website at www//thekidsleague.org.

We look forward to forming new Donor and Sponsor partnerships to ensure that every District is given the opportunity to join in The Kids League activities.

The Kids League Uganda PO Box 8392, Kampala, Plot 35, Nakasero Rd Kampala Tel +256 772 415193, email info@thekidsleague.org

racc

Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC): Serving the Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Will Click For Art: Online Marketing Workshop for Artists and Organizations

Discussion

From the technically outlandish to the tactical and the practical, how can artists market themselves online and maybe even enjoy doing it? Online marketing: what works, what doesn't, how to do more of the first and less of the second. Discover oodles of free online resources that will bring more and more visitors to your web site. Web 2.0, what is THAT all about? Luddites and technophobes, maybe they are on to something? Time for a new web site, now what? What is the one single most important thing to consider when you are building your web presence? Good principals of user interface, information architecture and navigation structure that will not make your teeth sweat. Peer web site reviews if time and desire allow.

Presenter: Mark Grimes. Friday, June 27, 2008 from 10:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Location: Art Institute of Portland, 1122 NW Davis Street, Portland, OR 97209.

From the "technically outlandish" to the tactical and the practical, how can artists market themselves online and maybe even enjoy doing it?

Somehow suffered from a typo online and at the RACC web site for a time read...

From the ethnically outlandish to the tactical and the practical, how can artists market themselves online and maybe even enjoy doing it?

Now the ethnically outlandish?...that's one to think about. Well, we decided to simply leave well enough alone and just make the edit.

Ahh, the internets...

Name, arts focus, what's the internet done for you lately?

1989 founded Arts Marketing Association a newsletter and consulting group for marketing directors of performing arts groups which was then sold to John Zorn as it then became: Arts Reach

1996-2003 CEO/President, Advertising Agency 96-03: Clients such as P&G, Nextel, Disney, and Outpost.com. One of the top 20 interactive advertising agencies according to Adweek magazine. Profitable from 1996 through 2001. 7.1 million in annual revenue. 40+ staff. Office in Portland, San Fran, and NYC. Crashed and burned in 2002.

2004-present founder Ned, a global, all-volunteer, member-governed, online social network (in combination with real-world locations) that is made up of social entrepreneurs, activists, artists, social purpose enterprises, grassroots nonprofit, non-governmental, and community-based organizations, and is collaborating and taking action locally, nationally & globally, in order to make the world a better place.

Online marketing: what works, what doesn't, how to do more of the first and less of the second. Discover oodles of free online resources that will bring more and more visitors to your web site. What doesn't work?

Spam

Spamdexing

Cloaking

Lying, cheating, and stealing.

Marketing bullshit. Well, poorly done marketing bullshit anyway.

Web 2.0, what is THAT all about?

Web 2.0

Time for a new web site, now what? Luddites and technophobes, maybe they are on to something? What is the one single most important thing to consider when you are building your web presence? Good principals of user interface, information architecture and navigation structure that will not make your teeth sweat.

What doesn’t work about your web site...

Poorly crafted web sites. Poorly designed user experiences. Static, non-dynamic, boring sites. Broken web sites. Broken links. Poor email response time. Hard to find contact information.

What should work about your web site...

Good domain. Give users a domain that is interesting...and helps build your brand.

Fresh content. Daily, weekly, or monthly...let em know.

Great user interface. No scrolling please.

Helpful navigation. Know where you are.

Fantastic user experience. Make visitors want to return again and again.

Interactivity. Make em click and do stuff.

Relationships.

Connection.

Authenticity.

Email sig file.

Follow the artists, know the artist, paper beaded bracelets selling real world versus digitally online.

Cluetrain Manifesto

Some Good Free Tools

Submit to the Yahoo Directory (for organic search)
Submit to the Open Directory Project (for organic search)
Google Alerts: http://www.google.com/alerts?hl= en
Google Suggest: http://www.google.com/webhp?comp lete=1
Google Zeitgeist: http://www.google.com/intl/en/pr ess/zeitgeist2007/
Google Trends: http://www.google.com/trends
Wordtracker: http://freekeywords.wordtracker. com
Link Popularity Check: http://www.marketleap.com/publin kpop/default.htm
Dead Link: http://www.dead-links.com
SpyFu: http://www.spyfu.com
URL Trends: http://www.urltrends.com
Copyscape: http://www.copyscape.com
Alexa: http://www.alexa.com
SEO Digger: http://seodigger.com
Jott: http://www.jott.com
Twitter Meter: http://www.twittermeter.com
MetaSpy watch what people are searching for...live
Archive: http://www.archive.org
Summize: http://summize.com/
Zemanta: http://www.zemanta.com/

Google Analytics Reports

Ned Artists & Friends

Peace Tiles: http://www.peacetiles.net (Lars)
Mixed Media: http://www.mixedmedia.us (Lars)
Cancer Kid: http://www.cancerkid.org (Cynthia)
WDYDWYD?: http://www.wdydwyd.com (Tony)
Seeing Beyond Sight: http://www.seeingbeyondsight.org (Tony)
Darlene Charneco: http://darlenecharneco.com/ (Darlene)
The Apple Gallery: http://www.theapplegallery.com (Dominique)
Colour Lovers: http://www.colourlovers.com (Darius)
Art Face Off: http://www.artfaceoff.com (Steve)
Callahan Online: http://www.callahanonline.com (John)
Obo Addy: http://www.oboaddy.com (Obo & Susan)
Andrea Schwartz-Feit http://www.schwartzfeit.com

Web Site User Interface (UI) & Design (free)

Use It: http://www.useit.com
User Interface Engineering: http://www.uie.com
Elance: http://www.elance.com
Dreamweaver: http://www.adobe.com/products/dr eamweaver/
Logo Works: http://www.logoworks.com/
Nameboy: http://www.nameboy.com/

Wiki (free)

AboutUs: http://www.aboutus.org/
Wikipedia: http://www.wikipedia.org/

Social Networks & Media (free)

General: http://www.facebook.com/
Links: http://del.icio.us/tixeon
Video: http://www.youtube.com/neddotcom
Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ned dotcom
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com
Second Life: http://www.secondlife.com
Better World: http://www.ned.com

Just Wow

The Shining Recut (meme flipping): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K mkVWuP_sO0
Subservient Chicken: http://www.subservientchicken.co m/
Amazing Dylan: http://www.dylanmessaging.com/cr eate

Pay the Piper

Your Web Site for Peer Review

Web Sites Under the Radar

One Thing About Online Marketing You Want To Know

How to make using the web an easy and efficient part of my workday as a tool for increasing my income.
How to rank higher on search engines
Does it really work?
How to get folks more interactive, i.e. to sign my guest book and to buy my reproductions!!
What is the best overall design for ease of navigating, for customer?
Want to know what is important when setting up a web site and selling online.
How to set up a store on my blog.

Swing

<Ned> Swing

Pay It Forward meets CSR

products:

philanthropic reloadable prepaid debit cards

develop philanthropic/pay it forward literacy

track giving

integrate brand

international reach

ikobo

payoneer

microfinance solutions

Haiti

Alianza

Accion

related links:

UpSide

Meta

NBPCA

Giving Tree

Blackhawk

NetSpend

GreenDot

ECount

philanthropic business cards

combines business card with gift card

related links:

Ignite

mobile banking

MShift

mFoundry

Firethorn

M-Pesa

mobile giving

Obopay

MobileGiving

MobileAccord

stories

Dennis & Phyllis Washington Foundation

reading:

how we give

embedded giving

example

betterworldvideos

Sandbox for possible videos

Kiva 5:38 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M Xk4GUGXNTQ - a little long, though Grace Ayaa (the peanut butter lady) is a member here

The Miniature Earth 3:28 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4 C-u6kdHuXE

Free Hugs Campaign 3:39 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v r3x_RRJdd4

In My Language 8:35 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J nylM1hI2jc - very long, but wow, just a stunning video

McElway Basketball 2:44 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y 80BBjJAUaI

World on Fire 4:23 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h zoNInZ2ClQ

Tina Humphrey 4:52 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s knEaZHHbhc

homowo

Homowo African Arts & Cultures

Library- Resource Center in Ghana

6 Month Goals

Here's the discussion thread and you can also make any edits to this page by clicking on "edit" in the brown navigation bar above. Simply make an edit, then hit save.

EXPLORE

Library research
Organizational strategy
Mission Creep
Ghanaian bureaucracy
Develop the team
Learn the chieftain’s motives
Look at models

VALIDATE

Local expert “sniff test”
Peace Corps veterans on feasibility
Develop the “why”
Develop the plan in phases

PLAN

Project plan
Acquire land
Book acquisition
Funding
Staffing
Tangible goals

COMMITTEE

Local Expert-
Librarian with international experience-
Peace Corps experience-
Organizational development- Michael Howard
Fundraiser-
Grantwriter-
Real estate-
Logistics-

Homowo Library project in Ghana

GROW Conference, January 26, 2008

Portland, Oregon

MISSION: Homowo African Arts and Cultures, under the artistic direction of Obo Addy, preserves and presents authentic African music, dance, & culture and fosters cultural exchange by sharing with stages, schools and communities of the world.

Homowo African Arts and Cultures is beginning to make plans to build a library and media center in Sowutuom, an area about 10 miles outside the capital city of Accra.

This is an area that could be compared to a suburb in the U.S. It is an area that has developed rapidly and doesn’t have many of the necessary services that could be found in the city. The roads are still being finished. There is electricity, water and other services but like so many developing countries—the service is frequently off. There are schools, churches and small stores.

There are no libraries at all in the region. Obo Addy, Artistic Director of Homowo African Arts & Cultures was designated a chief in 2006. He was named development chief and since he lives in the U.S., it was bestowed as an honorary title. Obo and Susan (his wife and Executive Director of Homowo African Arts & Cultures) travel to Ghana once a year bringing students from Portland on a Study Abroad Program. Since Obo is in Ghana once a year, his role has become a more active one. He was recently asked by the General of the Sowutuom Chieftancy to become involved in building a library for the residents of the area. Issah Tetteh Sarbah has requested that Obo and Homowo take on this project.

Issues and challenges:

What resources can be utilized to enable us to build and staff a facility in Ghana to offer reading and media facilities to the people of the region?
How do we develop a plan with measurable outcomes?
Who else has done work like this who can help or partner with us?
How can we change our website to show this project as an essential part of our mission?
How do we open a branch of our U.S. based nonprofit in Ghana?
How do we broaden our mission to include a library project in Ghana?

Oregon

<Ned> Oregon

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One fun thing about workspaces is that you can create new pages just by naming them in your document. For example, here's a new page now: Sandbox Notice that it's a single word, and followed by a single underscore. If I wanted to create a page with multiple words, I would enclose the page in back-ticks, like this: My experiments To get that, I typed this: `My experiments`_

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