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Raising The Barn: ACTion Alexandria Nonprofit Excellence Forum Presentation 10-13-10
Action Alexandria is an initiative aimed at enhancing community engagement through a digital platform that connects residents and organizations to address local issues such as health, homelessness, and education. The project seeks to inspire offline action, improve quality of life for vulnerable residents, and serve as a clearinghouse for nonprofits and community action opportunities. The initiative will roll out in two phases, with a blog launching in September and an online community platform following in December.
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- 1. Raising The BarnTracy Viselli, Community Manager [email_address] @ACTionAlexVA | http://facebook.com/ACTionAlexandria
- 2. It used tobe simple
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- 4. Communities are morecomplex
- 5. But we’re stillhere
- 6. Why ACTion Alexandria?Alexandria was faces with increasing community needs and fewer resources. Community members, nonprofit leaders, and city agencies embarked upon year-long assessment of possible solutions. Could technology help fill the needs-resources gaps?
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- 8. Technology-aided barnraising ACTionAlexandria is an online community that will connect neighbors and organizations to solve local problems related to health, homelessness, hunger, education, and literacy.
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- 10. We’re all inthis together
- 11. ACTion Alexandria GoalsCreate an online community that inspires offline action. Engage residents and organizations in problem solving to strengthen community ties and increase everyone’s stake in creating positive outcomes for specific community problems. Improve the quality of life for our most vulnerable residents through a platform that provides everyone with an opportunity to identify problems and offer solutions.
- 12. ACTion Alexandria Goals(cont) For Nonprofits Serve as an information clearinghouse of nonprofit organizations and action opportunities so that citizens can easily find your organization and how they can help. Increase the level of citizen engagement in Alexandria (volunteers, citizen philanthropists, etc.) Amplify the efforts of Alexandria nonprofits working in the community.
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- 14. Clearinghouse for communityaction opportunities
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- 18. Amplify your effortsYour calls for volunteers Your requests for donations Your events
- 19. When & howdoes this happen? When Phase I: blog launch in September Phase II: online community platform launch in December How Partner outreach Community outreach Information gathering Organization pages
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- 21. Sign up at ACTionAlexandria.org