Nt1310 Unit 1 Assignment
Slides / Summary: What does it mean to be a member of something? To me, it means belonging to a community. How does one become an active member of that community?
Through investments of time and/or active support. Now what if you could become a member of your local public radio community through donating time or active support? For example, if you could: ❏ donate code or volunteer at a hackathon...and become a member of your local station
❏ volunteer at an event or donate your time or expertise...and become a member of your local station
❏ “pledge” to become more civically engaged with your local news
❏ make a poster for a member station...and become a member of your local station ❏ help digitize or transcribe an archive...and become a member of your local …show more content…
CHANGE SLIDE MEL Which leads me in a different direction, to the HIV clinic I worked at in Philadelphia for a number of years. I tested a population of folks who didn’t always want to be there and weren’t always literate so they couldn’t always read the forms that the Philadelphia
Department of Public Health wanted them to fill out. So we had to think about designing a form that anyone could understand. This sometimes meant reciting the forms verbally or using language that changed based on the audience. And this too, was about creating community. It was about making sure people felt comfortable and would come back and get tested. In the clinic, I learned that it’s always important to think about who your audience is
and what the design of your story, series, logo, form, or campaign is so that your design doesn’t distract from the overall goal. In this case, it was to get our community to feel comfortable and return. CHANGE SLIDE …show more content…
Here’s a map of all of the
Code for America brigades. People come to these brigades not just to learn how to code but to find people like them. The brigades meet in coworking spaces and startups
really anywhere that they can find space. They’re social. Again, Why do people go?
To meet other people like them. CHANGE SLIDE MEL In many ways, public media is a lot like Code for America. We also have spaces all over the country. Here’s a map of all of the public and community radio stations in the United
States. You’ll notice there are many more circles. CHANGE SLIDE MEL And people really identify with public media. When I was on OK Cupid, Terry Gross appeared in lots of dating profiles. People slap bumper stickers on their cars. People consider listening to public radio as part of their identity. So what could we do to strengthen people’s relationships with public radio and with their communities at the same time, while at the same time strengthening public radio’s relationship with the public? I think it all comes down to our spaces. CHANGE SLIDE MEL There are 835 NPR member stations in the US. That’s 835 physical spaces where members could
Through investments of time and/or active support. Now what if you could become a member of your local public radio community through donating time or active support? For example, if you could: ❏ donate code or volunteer at a hackathon...and become a member of your local station
❏ volunteer at an event or donate your time or expertise...and become a member of your local station
❏ “pledge” to become more civically engaged with your local news
❏ make a poster for a member station...and become a member of your local station ❏ help digitize or transcribe an archive...and become a member of your local …show more content…
CHANGE SLIDE MEL Which leads me in a different direction, to the HIV clinic I worked at in Philadelphia for a number of years. I tested a population of folks who didn’t always want to be there and weren’t always literate so they couldn’t always read the forms that the Philadelphia
Department of Public Health wanted them to fill out. So we had to think about designing a form that anyone could understand. This sometimes meant reciting the forms verbally or using language that changed based on the audience. And this too, was about creating community. It was about making sure people felt comfortable and would come back and get tested. In the clinic, I learned that it’s always important to think about who your audience is
and what the design of your story, series, logo, form, or campaign is so that your design doesn’t distract from the overall goal. In this case, it was to get our community to feel comfortable and return. CHANGE SLIDE …show more content…
Here’s a map of all of the
Code for America brigades. People come to these brigades not just to learn how to code but to find people like them. The brigades meet in coworking spaces and startups
really anywhere that they can find space. They’re social. Again, Why do people go?
To meet other people like them. CHANGE SLIDE MEL In many ways, public media is a lot like Code for America. We also have spaces all over the country. Here’s a map of all of the public and community radio stations in the United
States. You’ll notice there are many more circles. CHANGE SLIDE MEL And people really identify with public media. When I was on OK Cupid, Terry Gross appeared in lots of dating profiles. People slap bumper stickers on their cars. People consider listening to public radio as part of their identity. So what could we do to strengthen people’s relationships with public radio and with their communities at the same time, while at the same time strengthening public radio’s relationship with the public? I think it all comes down to our spaces. CHANGE SLIDE MEL There are 835 NPR member stations in the US. That’s 835 physical spaces where members could