Monthly Archives: May 2017

Saturday: Pro Action Cafe Sessions

On Saturday afternoon, people came forward to host sessions on initiatives they wanted to move to action. Their topics are listed here. A transcript of the a one word “summary” and the first next step from the session hosts are below. See video … Continue reading

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Table of Contents

A graphic record of the conference Post-conference contributions Elevate Engagement Manifesto Practicing What We Preach by Lori Shontz Elevating Engagement through Design by Chelsea Anne Brown Summary of Themes from the Developmental Evaluation Conference Session Notes Themes Plenary Sessions Community building: beyond the … Continue reading

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Elevate Engagement: The Graphic Recording

#PDXengage17 as seen through the eyes of graphic recorder Nitya Wakhlu (with some help from Taylyn Harmon).

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How might newsrooms/journalists have ongoing conversations and engagement with communities independent of story projects? What resources might be needed?

Question proposer: Subbu Vincent Citations: Courtney Breese (NCDD), Linda Miller (APM), Michelle Levander (USC), Amy Wang (Oregonian), Jeremy Hay (Spaceship Media), Eva Perlman (Spaceship Media), Alicia Montgomery (WAMU 88.5), Jackie Hai (KJZZ), Linda Shaw (Seattle Times), Subbu Vincent (Trust Project, … Continue reading

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How do newsrooms measure loyalty?

Participants: Simon Galperin Kyle Bozentko Todd Milbourn Dahlia Bazzaz Notes TL;DR >> Measuring loyalty beyond the usual analytics (clicks, return users, etc) is a challenge, and something many newsrooms are still figuring out. But it’s an important metric to prove … Continue reading

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PHOTOS: Seven projects

Seven people in total agree to do action follow-ups. A recording of the discussions does not exist because Bill Densmore accidentally erased it rather than saving it. We’ll fill in the details and provide links shortly. Ben DeJarnette: I commit … Continue reading

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Nine people imagine how a 20K-circ. daily might use tools and practices for better engagement

How might a 20,000-circulation daily newspaper find tools and adopt practices for better engaging with existing and new audiences?  At Elevate Engagement ,  Journalism That Matters board member (and Reynolds Journalism Institute fellow) Bill Densmore discussed the topic with nine fellow … Continue reading

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Is passion enough? Dealing with the financial realities of student debt and unwaged labor in journalism.

Session Host: Yu Vongkiatkajorn and Simon Nyi Reporter: Jesse Hardman & Yu Vongkiatkajorn Participants: Keegan Clements-Housser Jesse Hardman Simon Galperin Mark Rellman Lisa Heyamoto Gracie McKenzie Notes: The purpose of the session was to open up a space for people … Continue reading

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Why is? Why come? Why not? with Sydette Harry

Participants: Simon Galperin Andre Natta Annie Anderson Summer Fields Sydney Padgett Adriana Gallardo Ariel Zirulnich Burgess Brown Mike Green Jesse Notes: what are roadblocks you encounter to you doing your best work? Turn roadblocks into questions. People never forget how … Continue reading

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How do we *earn* trust? Joy Mayer, Engagement Strategist

Disregard last submission! How do we earn trust? Joy Mayer, Engagement Strategist Participants: Linn Davis: Healthy Democracy Mike Fancher: “retired” superstar Jake Batsell: social professor of journalism at SMU. Author. Joe Barr: Chief Content Officer at Capital Public Radio/oversees music. Sarah … Continue reading

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