After figuring out the information part of the job, I turned to the newsletter part. The newsletter hasn't been published for a couple of years, so I had a brainstorming conversation with another person about the format of the revitalized newsletter. We came up with some good ideas, but decided we also wanted to poll the people who will be reading it.
In the meantime we decided our first 'issue' would be an email that would contain short welcome notes from some of the officers and some basic information about the fellowship website. After I figured out how to update data to the website, I played around with an email newsletter template and figured out how to add text, hyperlinks, and images. The final result was super simple, but I was proud of it.After sending the draft to several people for their input, this morning I sent the message out to everyone.
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Good for you Kathy! -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
ReplyDelete"two things" How about 10 things! A newsletter is... lots more than one.
ReplyDeleteLooking back at what I sent, it was more of a glorified email than a newsletter, but it did include the organization's header at the top, graphics, and links.
DeleteExcellent! That's wonderful Kathy. They will all appreciate your hard work.
ReplyDeleteLook at your rockin' it. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteAwesome-feels good to learn something new and accomplish it-Well done
ReplyDeleteOh, I love a good newsletter! Have fun keeping everyone informed!
ReplyDeleteGood for you taking on a new task, and one that won't be all that easy. Gathering and publishing news each month will definitely take your time. But, it your people are anything like me, they will appreciate all your hard work in making it happen. I love to to get newsletters. I even have an author friend in Chicago who does her own handwritten newsletter pretty much each month. She calls it "Fieldnotes." She is without a color printer for a few months so is just printing it on colored paper. (She mails the copies through the postal service.)
ReplyDeleteI think the gathering and publishing obligations is what led the previous person to stop putting the newsletter out. I hope to do it with a small team.
DeleteGood, that you figured it out. I've worked on newsletters and always enjoyed it. Technology, whether some like it or not is something as we get older should embrace. I believe it keeps us sharp. We don't have to be a whiz but we should try to keep up because the technology moves so fast and we don't want to be left behind.
ReplyDeleteI've already had a couple of people contact me with technology questions or issues, and need to go back and redo some of the things I did earlier this week.
Deletedoesn't it feel great to get something like this figured out and to receive positive thoughts back? Glad you have figured this out. I'm not good with technology..
ReplyDeleteBefore the past several weeks I would have given myself a B- grade in technology, but that grade may be going up soon!
DeleteYEAH! you did great! A newsletter is fun to receive. Probably a bit more than making it. :-)
ReplyDeleteI deliberately made it an easy job for the first time, and will see what happens going forward.
DeleteWell done! Starting a new venture can be a nail-biting time, but you've come through that with flying colours.
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