This document provides an overview of the Global Bridges website and how grantees can benefit from using it. The webinar's objectives are to introduce grantees to the key parts of the website, explain how they can contribute content, and demonstrate the registration tool. The website aims to facilitate knowledge sharing between grantees and the spread of best practices in tobacco treatment. Grantees are encouraged to submit resources, events, discussions, news, blogs and translations to populate the multilingual site and engage with other members.

1. How you and your project can benefit
from using the Global Bridges website
Grantee Webinar: November
11-12, 2014
www.globalbridges.org

2. Webinar Purpose:
To make sure all new grantees are
familiar and comfor table with the
Global Bridges website so that they can
use it to their advantage and also
share their progress and lessons
learned with the broader community

3. Webinar Objectives:
 Provide an overview of the dif ferent
key par ts of the website and how to
use them
 Explain the content development
process and how grantees can (and
should) contribute
 Demonstrate how to use the signup &
registration tool

4. Global Bridges Website - Overall
Goal
Provide a platform that ef fectively
facilitates the spread of best practices
in tobacco dependence treatment
through networking among members
and grantees, sharing resources, and
highlighting impor tant people and work
in the field.

5. Why should I sign up to be a
member?
Non-member
features
News
Events
Resources
Blogs
Spotlights
Member-only
features
+Discussion and
Listserv
+Member
Directory

6. Types of Content

7. Where Does the Website Content
Come From?
YOU!

8. How You Can Submit Content
 Resources Web form
 Events Web form
 Spotlights  Web form/email
 Discussion topic  Discussion forum
OR listserv
 News Email
 Blog ideas  Email

9. Languages and Translation
 Website suppor ts Arabic, Chinese,
Russian, Por tuguese, French, Spanish
and English
 We need your help to populate the
site with content, especially in your
language!
 Blogs and Spotlights– translations
 Content in languages not suppor ted
on website can be submitted as
resources

10. “Mini” Signup/Registration Tool
 Available only for grantees
 Easy membership signup at events
you attend
 Capturing trainees at grantee training
events as members of Global Bridges
 Useful registration tool for grantee
trainings/events
• Complete list of registrants for
sign-in
• Name badges + event info

11. Questions?
info@globalbridges.org

12. Homework!
 #1: Fill out your Global Bridges
network profile
 #2 (you choose):
Submit an EVENT
Post a question on LISTSERV
Submit a RESOURCE
Nominate someone for a SPOTLIGHT

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www.globalbridges.org