February 5, 2010 in Featured by Susan Marynowski
Wednesday, February 17th, 6-8pm, $5-$10 sliding scale, Sharab Lounge, 109 S Main St., Gainesville
Review the year and brainstorm 2010 strategies for creating a more sustainable future with Sustainable Alachua County, while enjoying networking and beverages. Event is organized in cooperation with Green Drinks and all proceeds will be donated to the Gainesville Environmental Film & Art Festival happening March 19th-28th. Please join us for this follow-up session to the 2009 Stakeholder Meeting. Action starts with ideas and ideas start with people!
RSVP michaelamish@gmail.com or visit SAC online at http://sustainablealachua.org for more information and updates.
October 1, 2009 in Website Help by Susan Marynowski
We hope that individuals and groups are finding their way around SAC’s sustainability hub website. We wanted to let you know that there are several things you can do to maximize the attention to your group and events:
1. CREATE A GROUP! If you haven’t created a group for your organization, agency, business, institute, neighborhood, or club yet, please go ahead and create it. If you notice that groups are missing from the site, please send them on over. Groups don’t have to be “official” in any way — you can create a group to network about any topic of interest, from bird watching to pizza making. Groups can even be “private” if you want to communicate with a limited number of folks on some issue — you’ll just have to let them know where to find the private group.
2. INVITE PEOPLE TO JOIN YOUR GROUP. You can invite any site members to join your group. You should also reach out to your real-world friends or members and get them to come over and join the site and group. When a person becomes an individual member of the site (free), they can join any groups that grab their interest.
3. USE YOUR GROUP WIRE to generate buzz and communicate with group members. Every time you post a news or “wire” item in your group space, all of the members can be notified. You could use this area for weekly updates, monthly news, volunteer requests, or group discussions. Group members can post replies for discussion topics.
4. POST GROUP EVENTS to the main calendar. (Click on “Create an Event” when you first log in.) Your events will then be listed and visible for everyone who visits the site to see. You can also set up private events. Remember to post event reminders and updates in your group news section, so members of your group get alerted to event changes or needs.
You can see that there are many ways to use the GROUPS feature on SAC’s website. These hints should help you maximize attention to your events, discussions, and volunteer needs. Make sure to invite your friends and contacts to come on over and join SAC’s site — we are getting a nice critical mass going here and we want to keep the energy flowing!
Susan Marynowski, for the entire SAC Board
September 6, 2009 in Website Help by Susan Marynowski
Welcome to SAC’s new sustainability hub! Here you can find groups, events, and ways to participate in moving our community closer to the sustainability ideal.
If you are new to this kind of social network, all you need to do is sign up. Then you can login to browse the groups and events and post
messages. Go here to sign up.
If you are looking for the full events calendar, just click on Events to view the calendar. If you are interested in food or energy issues, browse in the Groups to find ones that you are interested in.
If you represent a group, sign up first as an individual, then you will be able to create a group page for your organization.
If you feel that a group is missing, if you have trouble with site features, or if you find inappropriate content on the website, please
contact us right away with your feedback by leaving a comment here.
We will continue to update the site as new features become available.
I want to send out a round of applause to Chris Cano and John Casey for site concept, and to Chris for building the site. You can see some other websites that Chris has built on his website.
Mainly, we hope you will participate, because your participation is what will make this sustainability hub work for the entire community. If you think that the site looks a bit empty for starters, that’s because YOU need to provide part of the content of this site…and YOU are a part of creating a more sustainable Alachua County and North Florida community.
Enjoy!
For the entire SAC Board,
Susan Marynowski
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