News Blast Archive

The NCO monthly email News Blast highlights public broadcasting news related to community engagement. If you would like to receive the News Blast, contact us.

• August 18, 2008
• Peer-to-Peer Dialogue Group on Environment
• New Resources: Trends in Community Engagement
• Community Engagement Discussions at DevCon
• Extended: Design Squad's Trash to Treasure Contest
• Make A Difference: Volunteer for the Annual Day of Caring
• Find the Info You Need at NCO's Online Directory
• My Source Grants Awarded
• My Source Highlights: NJN and WBGO-FM
• My Source Testimonial Tool to Launch

• July 17, 2008
• Grant Deadline for FRONTLINE/World's Social Entrepreneurs
• NCO at PRDMC
• Join the Discussion: Outreach and Community Engagement Audio Call
• Tools to Help You Know Your Community
• Talk With Your Peers: Dialogue Groups Now Forming
• Educational Resources for Ken Burns's THE WAR On iTunes U
• NCO's Repository Pick: WXXI to reach millions with We Shall Remain
• My Source Web Conferences
• My Source Highlights: APT and WQLN Public Radio

• June 19, 2008
• PRDMC Session: Mission-Driven Community Engagement
• My Source Community Impact Grants
• Grant Opportunity: Social Entrepreneurs from FRONTLINE/World
• NCO Connects 400 Pubcasters with Engagement Opportunities
• NCO Partners with National Radio Program
• The Forgetting Follow-up Show Hosted by David Hyde Pierce
• PBS to Increase Online Video for Local Stations
• NCO'S Repository Pick: WCMU Convenes Rural Community
• DAC on DTV Upcoming Partnership Conference Call
• My Source Highlights from New Hampshire and Grand Junction, Colorado
• Audio Call July 31: From Outreach to Community Engagement (sidebar)
• NCO Pipeline Videoconference Archived Online

• May 9, 2008
• My Source Regional Workshops
• Grants from Talaris Institute
• Resources for DEPRESSION: Out of the Shadows
• World Café Live: A WXPN Radio Impact Story
• NCO'S Repository Pick: Nashville's "Rivers to Oceans"

• April 16, 2008
• New Morning Show to Include Community Engagement
• Station Remote Control to Re-Launch This Month
• Tools to Support your Digital Transition Activity
• Understanding Community Rhythms - a Harwood Tool
• NCO'S Repository Pick of the Month: KCET's Online Premier
of CARRIER
• A Diversity Initiative from APT

• March 12, 2008
• MY SOURCE Inspiration from KVLU in Louisville
• StorySHARE Adapted for CARRIER
• Public Broadcasters Attend Harwood Innovators Lab
• We Shall Remain: Building Community Coalitions
• Recognize Your Volunteers During National Volunteer Week
• Engagement Highlighted at Community Radio Conference
• NCO Webinar: Helping Our Commuunities Make the Switch!
• NCO's Community Engagement Repository Pick of the Month: KLRU's plans for CARRIER

• February 11, 2008
• MY SOURCE in Louisville
• P.O.V. Announces Films for 2008
• SUPER WHY! Big Event Outreach Grants
• Upcoming Grant Opportunity: We Shall Remain
• Expanding Our Audience of Educators With iTunes
• The Impact of StorySHARE During THE WAR

• January 10, 2008
• Two New Grant Opportunities: Jean-Michel Cousteau:
  Ocean Adventures and FRONTLINE'S Heat
• Coming This Spring: Carrier
• NFCB to Feature Community Engagement at Annual Conference
• Harwood Tools Available Through NCO

• November 13 , 2007
• Plan and Share Your Reading Rainbow Activities in PlanIT!
• NCO to Offer Community Engagement Innovation Grants
• Promoting Your Good Work, from NCO & NETA
• My Source Grants
• Tap into the PBS KIDS Brand for Your Engagement Events
• Story of the Month: Kids with Asthma Can!

• October 24, 2007
• Local Stations Featured in USA Today
• Promoting Your Good Work, an NCO/NETA Conference Call
• MediaShift Idea Lab Blog
• New Hampshire's StorySHARE: Two Families Brought Together during WWII

• September 18, 2007
• Engage your Community with New Media
• RFP for "Depression" Grant Now Available
• Activating Viewers with the WIRED SCIENCE Web Site
• StorySHARE Holds Over 1,000 Stories

• August 17 , 2007
• Now Online: the NCO Pipeline Video Conference
• September Grant Opportunities
• New NCO Web Site Coming in October
• Great Idea: Innovative Engagement from WIPB
• Out and About: NCO at DevCon
• WQED's StorySHARE: "Surviving the Bataan Death March"

• June 29, 2007
• NCO Pipeline Video Conference July 26
• Rolling out THE WAR to Educators: Audio Conference
• StorySHARE (formerly PBShare) Reaches the Community
• A Son's Story -- from KETC StorySHARE

• May 10, 2007
• NCO's new Station Relations/Communications Manager, Anne Wilder
• SUPER WHY! Outreach Launch Grants Are Now Available Through NCO's PlanIT! Tool
• NCO Outreach Video-Conference: Thursday, July 26, 2007
• Community Engagement Initiative

• April 11, 2007
• PBS Showcase, NCO Story Collection Training: Space Still Available!
• Updated NCO Pipeline
• Tell us what you're doing!
• CPB creates the Office of Public Media Engagement
• Station News

• March 7, 2007
• THE WAR Outreach Grants Announced
• NCO Story Collection Training: THE WAR & Beyond
  Attached to PBS Showcase
• PlanIT! Getting Simpler and More Flexible