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Growing the Movement: Community & Media Relations

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Thinking and Learning Together	6/7/04 1:59 PM
Author: Roger W. Bourassa

MaryBeth, great thoughts. Thank you for sharing them. I hope to be able to continue on the path of transparency, cooperation and collaboration with the local school district as long as possible. However, as I proceed forward, I have two concerns: the up-coming Charter application deadline and the integrity of the educational program we envision. How much time should be given to this process and at what expense? Should I devote an unlimited amount of time and resources to educating

Posted as a reply to: transparency, community and charter schools by MaryBeth Merritt

Discussion Thread:

Community & Media Relations
Submitted by Bob Montgomery on 6/7/04 5:40 AM
- What's your strategy based on?
  Submitted by Dan Quisenberry on 6/7/04 6:00 AM
  - Community & Media Relations Strategy
    Submitted by Michael Strait on 6/7/04 9:05 AM
    - targeting a common message?
      Submitted by mark i. m. thompson, ph.d. on 6/7/04 11:54 AM
      - Strategic Messaging about Chartering vs. Charter Schools?
        Submitted by Bob Montgomery on 6/7/04 5:22 PM
  - New report re charter schools & news media
    Submitted by Joe Nathan on 6/7/04 9:15 AM
- Community and Media Relations
  Submitted by David Harris on 6/7/04 6:04 AM
  - Response
    Submitted by lori porter on 6/7/04 6:15 AM
  - transparency, community and charter schools
    Submitted by MaryBeth Merritt on 6/7/04 7:10 AM
    - community expectations and fiscal hardships
      Submitted by mark i. m. thompson, ph.d. on 6/7/04 12:12 PM
    - Thinking and Learning Together
      Submitted by Roger W. Bourassa on 6/7/04 1:59 PM
      - Thinking and Learning Together Part II
        Submitted by Roger W. Bourassa on 6/7/04 2:10 PM
        
        Two years to open
        Submitted by Paula Crandall Decker on 6/7/04 2:24 PM
    - Schools within schools
      Submitted by Paula Crandall Decker on 6/7/04 2:13 PM
- Schools working together
  Submitted by lori porter on 6/7/04 6:08 AM
- An Information Plan
  Submitted by Paula Crandall Decker on 6/7/04 7:21 AM
- telling our stories
  Submitted by Gerry Vazquez on 6/7/04 7:24 AM
  - Humanizing Innovation & Change
    Submitted by Bob Montgomery on 6/7/04 4:45 PM
- Research "On Thin Ice"
  Submitted by Dan Quisenberry on 6/7/04 7:26 AM
  - organization seems key
    Submitted by Nancy Peden on 6/7/04 7:56 AM
    - National Coordination Efforts Underway
      Submitted by Dan Quisenberry on 6/7/04 10:33 AM
      - Centralized Web site vs. Centralized Organization
        Submitted by Bob Montgomery on 6/7/04 2:54 PM
- Cultivating Relationships with Education Reporters
  Submitted by Michelle Godard Terrell on 6/7/04 8:07 AM
  - Ways to develop relationships with education reporters
    Submitted by Lisa O'Brien on 6/7/04 9:24 AM
    - new media and our communties
      Submitted by mark i. m. thompson, ph.d. on 6/7/04 12:22 PM
      - Out of the box...
        Submitted by Debbie Beyer on 6/7/04 9:42 PM
    - developing relationships with reporters
      Submitted by Gary Larsen on 6/7/04 4:20 PM
      - Need to have a spokesperson at the start
        Submitted by Lisa O'Brien on 6/8/04 2:30 PM
  - Working w/Media
    Submitted by Shirley Johnson on 6/7/04 7:15 PM
- Media relations
  Submitted by curtis alston on 6/7/04 12:12 PM
  - Discuss Protocol
    Submitted by Paula Crandall Decker on 6/7/04 1:21 PM
  - State PIOs
    Submitted by D.L. Bearden on 6/7/04 4:55 PM
    - state pio's
      Submitted by curtis alston on 6/7/04 5:45 PM
  - Public Relations and media...
    Submitted by Debbie Beyer on 6/7/04 9:28 PM