Newsweaver: Free webinar for Internal Communicators

From Newsweaver:

Free Webinar: How Successful Internal Communicators do it – their 7 step checklist.

Register Now for our free Webinar on Wednesday, June 26th at 3pm BST.

Along with award-winning support for our customers, Newsweaver also provides best practice IC engagement tactics.

We have created a 7-step check list for Internal Communicators to ensure their communications are effectively received and understood by employees.

Come hear our lead communications consultant, denise cox, take you through this 7 step checklist on Wednesday, June 26th at 3pm BST.

denise will take you through best practice advice plus she will share with you some of our customers examples on effective internal push communications.

Register now

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Poynter: 10 digital tools for journalists + digital tools webinar

• Thomas, T. M. (2013, April 30). 10 digital tools journalists can use to improve their reporting, storytellling. Poynter. Retrieved from
  http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/211954/10-digital-tools-journalists-can-use-to-improve-their-reporting-storytelling/
  

Wow, there are some tools that I’ve not heard of.  The end of the article has a note on training:

Related training: News University will host a digital tools Webinar with Meograph CEO and founder Misha Leybovich this Thursday, May 2. You can sign up here, and see a full list of digital tools here.

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Maynard Institute: Entrepreneurial Journalism with Mark Trahant

The Maynard Institute is offering an inexpensive webinar this Friday, April 26th, from 11 to noon PDT (think that is 2ish EST).  Register here: 
http://mije-trahant-042613.eventbrite.com/

Here are the event details from the site:

Mark Trahant says he didn’t leave daily journalism, it left him.

The former editorial page editor was laid off when the Seattle Post Intelligencer folded its print edition in favor of a scaled-down online version.

With no traditional jobs in sight, Trahant forged ahead in a career that combined his passion for news, history and social media.

He has succeeded in building a thriving, multi-layered enterprise and has reached income near parity with his old job.

During this interactive webinar he lays out some guidelines for creating your path and gives the nuts and bolts about how to structure your work and find new sources of income.

He’ll discuss: His business plan; His pricing strategies; How to find partners and business opportunities

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DPI: Digital Policy Institute — register for free webinars 4/26 2-3:15 pm

The Digital Policy Institute is offering free webinars on the topic, ” Social Media Innovation and Research Policy: Big Brother risks or Global Benefits?”   Take a look: 
http://digitalpolicyinstitute.org/

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Paley Ctr: Live Stream & Twitter conversation about Mad Men moderated by Brian Williams

From the Paley Center:

Tuesday, April 23, 2013
6:30 pm ET
New York

IN PERSON
John Hamm, Kiernan Shipka, John Slattery, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, Jessica Paré, Matthew Weiner

Moderator: Brian Williams

This event will be live streamed at approximately 6:40pm ET/3:40pm PT. Follow@paleycenter on Twitter and use #PaleyLiveNY to join the conversation. Tweet your questions now. Some will be chosen for Brian Williams to ask.

On the go? Watch the live stream on the Paley Center app.

As that instantly iconic shot at the end of Mad Men’s fifth season—the principals of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce arrayed in an undefined new workspace, facing out onto an uncertain future—faded to black, the familiar sweet ache of anticipation again took root in the show’s devoted fans. Our long wait is finally over as the heralded series returns for its sixth season, and The Paley Center for Media will convene a panel of Mad Men’s cast and creative team, including creator Matthew Weiner and star Jon Hamm, to discuss all aspects of the peerless television drama.

This event sold out to Paley Members.

Never miss a Paley Center event! Sign up for our eNews, follow @paleycenter on Twitter, and like us on Facebook.

To attend a private cocktail party with the cast of Mad Men, join at the Patron level. Call 212.621.6600 and ask for Larry Henry, or email lhenry@paleycenter.org.

PALEY100 is sponsored by
Jerome & Christine Ponz

PALEYAFTERDARK is sponsored by
Richard Kandel through the Theodore & Renee Weiler Foundation

 

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LexisNexis webinars

You are welcome to register for a LexisNexis webinar.  If you have any questions, contact Lynn Smith, J.D., MILS, LexisNexis Information Professional Consultant.  Here are the details:

LexisNexis Academic
Learn about this premier general reference tool that provides access to news, business, and legal information from one interface. Redesigned specifically with students in mind, this research tool provides students as well as other researchers across all disciplines with comprehensive results on the past and the present. Whether the search is on a current hot topic in the news, financial information of a specific company, or a following of a judgment on a case, LexisNexis Academic has it all.
*   Tuesday, April 23; noon to 1 p.m. (EST)–Register here<
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/770426729
>(Telephone ONLY)
*   Thursday, May 9; noon to 1 p.m. (EST) (VOIP ONLY)–Register here<
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/672678768
>(VOIP ONLY)

LexisNexis Academic – Business
Learn about this premier general reference tool that provides access to news, business, and legal information from one interface. This seminar focuses on business resources and Company Dossier.
*   Friday, April 19; noon to 1 p.m. (EST)–Register here<
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/967054353
>(VOIP ONLY)
*   Tuesday, May 7; 3 to 4 p.m. (EST) –Register here<
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/644440809
>(VOIP ONLY)

LexisNexis Academic – Legal Research
Learn about this premier general reference tool that provides access to news, business, and legal information from one interface. Redesigned specifically with students in mind, this research tool provides students as well as other researchers across all disciplines with comprehensive results on the past and the present. This session will concentrate specifically on conducting legal research.
*   Tuesday, May 14; noon to 1 p.m. (EST)–Register here<
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/307734384
>(VOIP ONLY)

LexisNexis Academic – News
Learn about this premier general reference tool that provides access to news, business, and legal information from one interface. Redesigned specifically with students in mind, this research tool provides students as well as other researchers across all disciplines will comprehensive results on the past and the present. See how to search current hot topics in the news, as well as archival news information and tailor search results to fit your needs.
*   Tuesday, April 16; 11 a.m. to noon (EST)–Register here<
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/579189921
>

LexisNexis Academic – Shepard’s(r)
Shepard’s(r) is an extremely important part of legal research. Once you have found a case that is relevant to your research, you must verify that it is still good law. The webinar will cover the features and benefits of using Shepard’s(r) on-line. This webinar is only 30 minutes.
*   Tuesday, April 23; 2 to 2:30 p.m. (EST) –Register here<
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/214069184
>(VOIP ONLY)
*   Wednesday, May 8; 2 to 2:30 p.m. (EST) –Register here<
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/527551880
>(VOIP ONLY)
*   Tuesday, May 14; 2 to 2:30 p.m. (EST) –Register here<
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/931170504
>(Telephone ONLY)

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IC Event: Mother Jones’s Environmental Reporter Kate Sheppard to speak 4/9 at 7 pm, Park Auditorium

From Park News (listserv):

The Media Alliance for People & the Planet is proud to host IC alumna Kate Sheppard, environmental reporter for independent magazine Mother Jones (this year’s Izzy Award recipient). Kate will be giving a public lecture on media representations of environmental issues and how we can do a better job. An informal Q&A session will occur after the lecture. The lecture will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, in Park Auditorium. 

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Copyright Office: Nimmer on Copyright: Celebrating 50 Years

From  NewsNet Issue 498  April 3, 2013  (we don’t subscribe to Nimmer but most law libraries do):

The U.S. Copyright Office will host a Copyright Matters program on May 6, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress. A panel of experts will address “Nimmer on Copyright: Celebrating 50 Years” with reflections about the treatise and copyright law. The panel will be moderated by Karyn Temple Claggett, associate register of copyrights and director of policy and international affairs, and includes David Nimmer, UCLA School of Law and Irell & Manella LLP; Jon Baumgarten, former general counsel in the Copyright Office; Barton Beebe, professor of law at New York University School of Law; Robert Brauneis, professor of law at The George Washington University Law School; and Shira Perlmutter, chief policy officer and director for international affairs at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The event will be hosted by Maria A. Pallante, Register of Copyrights. Joseph Salvo, president of the Copyright Society of the USA, will give opening remarks. The event is free and open to the public. (Read more.)

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IC event: Israeli Film “Numbered” being screened on April 9 to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

From Dr. Lesses, Prof. Jewish Studies, Ithaca College:

On Tuesday, April 9, 2013, the Jewish Studies program and Hillel at Ithaca College are screening NUMBERED to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom ha-Shoah). The movie will be shown in Textor 101 at 7:30 pm, and is free and open to the public.

During the Holocaust, prisoners at Auschwitz, both Jewish and non-Jewish, were tattooed with serial numbers, first on their chests and then their left arms. An estimated 400,000 numbers were tattooed in Auschwitz and its sub-camps; only some several thousand survivors are still alive today. NUMBERED is about these numbers and their meanings – to those who still bear them and to their families and communities.

Danna Harman, in her review of the film in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, writes: 

“Numbered,” by Israelis Dana Doron and Uriel Sinai, tells the story of survivors who, for the last six decades, have been living daily lives with the grayish-blue numbers tattooed on them by Nazis in Auschwitz. What do those numbers on the forearms mean to the people bearing them, the filmmakers set out to find out. There is no one answer, of course. For some, they are marks of shame to be hidden. For others they are badges of honor.

For many outsiders, meanwhile, these survivors have become living, walking exhibits of the Holocaust, with their trauma on display for all to see − whether they are eating an ice cream or taking money out of an ATM or just reading a book on the bench. Which immediately raises the question of how the next generations will remember those numbers when the survivors are no longer sitting on those benches.

Doron, a medical doctor and filmmaker, and Sinai, a still photographer, not only take testimony from the survivors themselves but also introduce some extreme attempts by some of the younger generation to capture these numbers, and all they symbolize, and hold onto them.

One middle-aged woman interviewed explains how her family has come to use her father’s Auschwitz number in their lives − it serves as the house alarm code, for example, the bank code, and the Internet password. When her father passed away recently, she takes this a step further, going to get his number tattooed on her ankle − with unforeseen results.

Another young man does the same with his grandfather’s number. “This is our connection,” says the grandson, posing for a photo with his elderly grandfather − each holding out an arm with the identical number etched onto it. “I don’t want it to fade.”

For more information, please contact Rebecca Lesses, Coordinator of the Jewish Studies Program, at 274-3556 or rlesses@ithaca.edu. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation should contact Kim Wojtanik, H&S Dean’s Office, at 274-3409 or kwojtanik@ithaca.edu. We ask that requests for accommodation be made as much as possible in advance.

 

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IC Event: HRW lawyer Keppler to give talk on the ICC & global justice 4/9 at 7 pm – open to the public

Please mark your calendars and plan to attend this event:

Human Rights Watch lawyer and activist Elise Keppler will deliver a talk on the efficacy of the International Criminal Court and the promise of global justice at Ithaca College. The event is sponsored by the Honors Program.

The title of the talk is ‘From Nuremberg to The Hague: The trial of Charles Taylor and beyond’.

The event is at Clark Lounge, Ithaca College, Tuesday, April 9th, from 7-9pm.

It is free and open to the public

There will be a chance to informally chat to Elise at a reception following the talk.

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IC: World Water Week event

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Park Distinguished Visitor: Dan O’Shannon, April 4th at 8 pm, Emerson Suites – we have his book!

Check out the new book by Dan O’Shannon: What are you laughing at? : a comprehensive guide to the comedic event

Here are the details of his visit:

Dan O’Shannon:  April 4, 2013  - 8 p.m. – Emerson Suites

Dan O’Shannon is an executive producer and writer of the hit show Modern Family.

He sold his first sitcom script in 1985. As a writer and producer, he has made significant contributions to some of the most acclaimed network comedies of the past 25 years such as Newhart, Cheers, and Frasier.

For the past three years, O’Shannon has won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for his work on Modern Family. He has received multiple Emmy nominations for Cheers and Frasier, including a win for Cheers.

A Golden Globe winner, O’Shannon has also received numerous Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Producers Guild of America (PGA) awards, as well as one Academy Award nomination.

O’Shannon’s other work includes shows such as Jericho, Back to You, Suddenly Susan, King of Queens, and Better Off Ted.

In addition to his television success, O’Shannon recently published What Are You Laughing At?: A Comprehensive Guide to the Comedic Event. O’Shannon writes about the bigger picture of comedy and why people respond the way they do, using examples from his own experiences.

 

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FLEFF: Attend the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival from April 1-7, 2013

The 2013 theme is MOBILITIES

 

 

FROM ITHACA COLLEGE:   
http://www.ithaca.edu/fleff/

The IC FLEFF site includes the Cinemapolis Schedule as well as the Campus Schedule.

FROM CINEMAPOLIS:
Festival Pass Prices for Screenings and Events at Cinemapolis

Festival Five Pass $40
Early Bird Special for Ithaca College Students at IC bookstore $20 (only for the first 200 passes sold)
Individual Tix for Festival Screening: $9.50
Student Tix for Festival Screening: $8
Seniors Tix for Festival Screening: $8
OR: Find a FLEFF Mobiliites bookmark or postcard–they are a two-for-one coupon. Present the coupon and a friend and get a two-for-one price for FLEFF screenings at Cinemapolis!
How to Get a Seat at Cinemapolis
Seating at all FLEFF events (running at all five theaters at Cinemapolis) is on a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED basis.
Get to the theater early, use your pass to get a ticket to the specific event, and then join the line. You can talk about festival films with cinephiles in line!
What’s Free?

Our Mobilities Concert, Carmina Burana, on Tuesday April 2, at 8:15 p.m. in Hockett Recital Hall. FREE
All concerts, screeenings and special presentations/forums/meet-ups with guests on the Ithaca College Campus April 1 through April 5 are FREE.
FLEFF Lab Friday, on April 5, in Park 220, where festival guests lead discussions and do presentations about their work.

After Parties upstairs at the Chanticleer Loft, 101 W. State Street
Come celebrate FLEFF’s 16th Anniversary at the after parties Thursday April 4, Friday April 5, and Sat April 6. Live music, cash bar, no cover. 18+

FLEFF Films to date for Cinemapolis, April 4-7, 2013 (click the links and find trailers for ALL films below…just to whet your appetites)

AKA Doc Pomus (USA, 2012) with director Peter Miller

All Together (Stephane Robelin, France, 2012)with distributor Rodrigo Brandao, KinoLorber Films

Amazon Gold (USA, 2013)with director Sarah Du Pont

Anak-Anak Srikandi (Indonesia, 2012) with distributor Vanessa Domico, Outcast Films, and producer Laura Coppens

Black Maria Film and Video Festival 2013 shorts, with festival director John Columbus

China Concerto (Bo Wang, China, 2012) with distributor Kevin Lee. dGenerate Films

Couples (Korea, 2011) with Director / Writer Yong ki Jeong

Dear Governor Cuomo (USA, 2012) with director Jon Bowermaster and other special guests

Everyone’s Child (Zimbabwe, 1995) with filmmaker Tsitsi Dargarembga

Five Broken Cameras (Algeria/Palestine, 2011) with distributor Rodrigo Brandao, KinoLorber Films

Habibi (Susan Youssef, Palestine, 2011) guest TBA

October (Sergei Eisenstein, USSR, 1928) with Cloud Chamber Orchestra

Old Dog(Pema Tseden, Tibet/China, 2011) with distributor Kevin Lee, dGenerate Films

On the Road (Walter Salles, USA, 2013) speakers TBA

Once Upon a Time (Korea,2008) with Director / Writer Yong ki Jeong

Sherlock Jr. (Buster Keaton, USA, 1924) with Fe Nunn and Friends and Cynthia Henderson

Silenced Voices :Tales of Sri Lankan Journalists in Exile (Beate Arnestad,Norway/Sri Lanka, 2012) with the subject of the film Sonal Samarasinghe

The Water Front ( USA/Canada, 2008) with film director Liz Miller

Upstate Filmmakers Showcase, with filmmakers Vincent Grenier, Jason Harrington, John Scott, Becky Lane, Arturo Sinclair, and others TBA

Violeta Went to Heaven (Andres Wood, Chile/Brazil/Argentina/Spain, 2012) with distributor Rodrigo Brandao, KinoLorber Films,

Wild Style(USA, 1983) 30th Anniversary Screening with director Charles Ahearn

 

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Michael Moore: Hold your own 10th anniversary ‘Bowling for Columbine’ house party and discussion

Filmmaker Michael More is encouraging people to gather together on March 23rd to watch his Academy Award winning doc ‘Bowling for Columbine.’  At 9 pm at MoveOn.org there will be a live discussion of the video.  You can tweet questions to the panel at #BFCquestion.  I checked out the IC Library copy — he lists places to stream it from (the whole thing is on YouTube). Get the details: 
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/must-read/hold-your-own-10th-anniversary-bowling-columbine-house-party-and-discussion

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LexisNexis: Webinars on Shepard’s (legal research)

Posted on the LexisNexis Academic List:

Shepard’s is an extremely important part of legal research.  Once you have found a case that is relevant to your research, you must verify that it is still good law.  The webinar will cover the features and benefits of using Shepard’s on-line.  Please remember that Shepard’s is only available on LexisNexis.

Please share this information with your colleagues and staff.  If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.

Earnrolyn “Lynn” Smith, J.D., MILS
earnrolyn.smith@lexisnexis.com<mailto:earnrolyn.smith@lexisnexis.com>
Information Professional Consultant
LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions

These webinars will last approximately 30 minutes. All times listed are ET.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 12:00 PM-12:30 PM (Eastern Time)–Registration Web Link (Audio is VOIP): 
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/878397537

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 2:00 PM-2:30 PM (Eastern Time)–Registration Web Link (Audio is Telephone): 
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/639147913

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 12:00 PM-12:30 PM (Eastern Time)–Registration Web Link (Audio is VOIP): 
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/332525416

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These Amazing Shadows: The Movies that Make America

Thanks to filmmakers Mariano and Norton for visiting Ithaca College!  I thoroughly enjoyed their documentary called  These Amazing Shadows.   Nothing made me laugh so hard as the clip called The House in the Middle (available at the Prelinger Archives).   Here is a look at The Packard Campus of the Library of Congress. If you haven’t perused it, also look at the National Film Preservation Board’s National Film Registry  (yes, Spinal Tap is there); here is the complete list.  The filmmakers asked us to think of our favorite film & how it would be if it no longer existed. Is your favorite on the list?   You may also enjoy watching Le fantôme d’Henri Langlois (DVD 8249) available at IC Library; it is about Langlois and the Cinémathèque Française.

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Durland Alternatives Library: Celebration on March 7th from 7-9 pm.

An event celebrating The Alternatives Library, 127 Anabel Taylor Hall, 607-255-6486

Here is the post: 
http://www.alternativeslibrary.net/2013/02/13/connect-the-dots-celebrating-the-alternatives-library-2/
  :

There will be guest speakers, delicious refreshments, and library tours of our collection. Invite your friends and family to come experience this incredible resource.

6:00 pm – Library Tours & Social Hour
Pizza & other refreshments served

7:00 pm – Connecting the Dots
Presentation about the new shelving scheme model

7:30 pm – Curator Panel
Discussion with Alt Library Volunteer Curators

• Paula Ioanide on Prison Studies & Abolition
• Melissa Madden on Agriculture & Climate Change
• Rebecca John on Feminism & Gender Studies
• Friede Rica on Biocentrism & Environmental Studies
• Kenton Cobb on Masculinity Studies & Anti-Sexism
• Kara Timmins on Health, Herbalism & Plant Lore

8:15 pm – Media & Social Movements
Open Forum Discussion about Alternatives Library’s Role in shaping and sustaining local efforts toward social change.

The Alternatives Library is a place where ideas & culture converge. Our collection reflects decades of careful selection and a passion for social transformation. The most basic operation of the library, sharing this amazing collection, is completely free to the public. Beyond this, the Alternatives Library represents a space in our community where many different cultural frameworks, world views, and paths come together. Through our collection, the Alternatives Library upholds a deep rooted commitment towards cooperation, solidarity, and collective liberation.

In the past year, we’ve created a dozen new shelving sections for our collection. Through our new website and the volunteer curator program, we’ve developed our collection to reflect local social movements & issues of concern. We’d like to invite you to join us in celebration of our new shelving scheme, Thursday, March 7th from 6:00-9:00 pm.

New sections at the Alternatives Library include (in alphabetical order of course) Anarchist Studies, Asian American Studies, Biocentrism, Critical Race Feminism, Community Organizing, DIY Self-Sufficiency, Food Justice, Graphic Novels, Herbalism & Plant Lore, Hip Hop, LGBTQ Studies, Local Recreation, Race & Ethnicity Studies, Sexual Health, and a unique archive of people’s history posters.

More information about the library & our programs at http://www.alternativeslibrary.org

Visit us on Facebook/AlternativesLibrary & Twitter @Altlibrary

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Ithaca College: Doc on Treasures of American Cinema to be Screened, 3/5, 6pm, Park Hall Auditorium

Find out more about the film here: 
http://www.theseamazingshadows.com/

Press release from David Maley:

ITHACA, NY — Filmmakers Paul Mariano and Kurt Norton will screen and discuss their documentary “These Amazing Shadows: The Movies That Make America” at Ithaca College on Tuesday, March 5. The 6 p.m. showing in Park Hall Auditorium is free and open to the public.

“These Amazing Shadows” tells the history and importance of theNational Film Registry, a listing of movies deemed “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant, and therefore worthy of preservation by the Library of Congress. The current list of over 575 films reflects the diversity of the medium — and of the American experience itself — including selections from every genre: documentaries, home movies, Hollywood classics, avant-garde, newsreels and silent films.

This is the second film that Mariano and Norton have worked on together. It features interviews with such notables as directors Christopher Nolan, John Waters and Amy Heckerling; actors Tim Roth, John Singleton and Debbie Reynolds; and critics Leonard Maltin and Mick LaSalle.

For more information contact Melissa Gattine, marketing communications manager in the Roy H. Park School of Communications, at (607) 274-1023 or mgattine@ithaca.edu.

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Harlem Shake (WICB edition)

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CISION: Internet of Everything (IoE) economy tweetchat 2/21 w/Solis &Evans

Internet of Everything economy tweetchat 2/21 at 11:15 PT (2:15 ET?) w/ Solis & Evans by CISCO twtvite.com/WhyIOE #ICSocial

— Catherine Michael (@ICComLib) February 19, 2013

 

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