The DC Time Bank creates circles of giving and receiving. In the DC Time Bank, the unit of exchange is an hour and everyone’s time is valued equally. People exchange language, music, art, cooking, gardening, and design skills, editing and business plan reviews, child and pet care, car rides, and more. There are Time Banks around the country and the world, and the DC Time Bank has over 250 members.
For the upcoming Benevolent Media Festival on November 4-7, we’re launching a Benevolent Media Exchange. We’ll connect people interested in sharing skills with people interested in learning skills for storytelling and design for good. Skills could include anything from exchanging photography skills to sharing social media tips for nonprofit advocacy. By using the DC Time Bank platform, we’ll be able to create ongoing connections between people interested in these ideas! Fill out this form to join in the fun. We’ll do our best to find you a match and send you an invitation to our face-to-face meetup on Saturday, November 5 at 12:00 p.m. at Bread for the City.
Examples of Exchanges in Storytelling and Design for Good
Storytelling techniques
Website design and development
Videography and filmmaking
PhotographyBlogging
Graphic design
Social media outreach
Music performance and production
Advertising and marketing
JournalismWriting and editing
To participate, fill out this form:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dFU0dEpEVWhIeDZ6T2hVYVlURGR1YXc6MQ#gid=0
For more information, contact Allison Basile at allison.basile [at] dctimebank [dot] org.
This event is part of the Benevolent Media Festival, an all-volunteer project celebrating storytelling and design for good, organized during Digital Capital Week. You have tens of thousands of Facebook fans and a popular, mission-driven blog. You know your way around hashtags, SEO, and conversion rates. Now how do you take your social media strategy to the next level? Learn how to use social media for everything from internal communication to internships, CEO visibility to capital campaigns, and everything in between.The panel discussion will be held at the World Resources Institute, a global environmental think tank.
The Benevolent Media Festival is a celebration of D.C.’s community of storytellers and designers dedicated to social and environmental good. Members of the community who identify as “benevolent media creators” are invited to host and organize their own lectures, workshops, performances, networking events or other activities, located at multiple venues across the city, that compel audiences to care about a cause, take action on an issue, or promote a point of view through strategic and inspiring multimedia.
Learn more: http://www.benevolentmedia.org/festival/
View the agenda here: http://benevolentmediafestival2011.sched.org/
Along with our sponsors Network Solutions and Georgetown University SCS Technology Management Program, we'll be having a Rotating Digital Strategy Workshop.
Through peer leadership we'll have three workshops going on at the same time, rotating every 30 minutes, on the following areas:
Snacks and sodas will be provided but there are only 25 seats available in our venue. Please RSVP.
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