Social Media Communications Report - August 2014

Spreading the Word About Sarasota Sister Cities - We are Not For the Birds
We continue to work to build our social network for our Sarasota Sister Cities Membership. We connect using Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest, and Google+. If you are using any of those systems please like or friend or link with us. Our addresses are at the bottom of this post.

We use our Blog to spread current Sarasota Sister Cities news:
  


We are always looking for scoop about the organization to post on our blog, so please email any items of information to me and I will post. 

Our Web site also provides a great deal of information. 

We have also developed a blog for each one of our eight Sister Cities. The addresses for each one start with the name of our Sister City and then Sarasota. The easiest way to reach these blogs is to go to the blog - they are in the left column.  One example below.


Our consultants have completed their first draft of our video. Five of our members have reviewed it and the consultant is revising. A draft should be ready for your review soon.

We have been collecting photos of the organization and posting them on line. You can view them by going to the blog, and clicking on the links in the left column.

Our Addresses Below - More in the left column of this blog:

Blog         sarasotasistercities.com
Web         sarasotasistercities.org 




Sister Cities International

Sister Cities International has a nice web site and they are also on Facebook and Twitter.       sister-cities.org



Thank you to our partners!

Sister Cities Meet & Greet Wednesday, August 20, 2014 5pm – 7pm

PLEASE NOTE DAY OF WEEK CHANGED TO WEDNESDAY!!!!!


Sister Cities Meet & Greet

WednesdayAugust 20, 2014 5pm – 7pm

Sarasota Wine Club 1528 Main Street

Sarasota 941-366-6363

With over 100 International wines it’s an around the world Tour of wine

–no itinerary, no packing - just relaxing and conversing!

Wine tasting concept -you choose the wine and serving size or enjoy your favorite aperitif or spirit!

SRQ Wine Club to host complimentary hors d'oeuvres.
  

Please note that this season our Monthly Meet and Greets will be held on the 3rd WEDNESDAY of every month.

Thank you for your understanding and support!


Carrie Weaver
Director of Events, SCAS
direct: 01(941)580-8184



Sarasota Sister Cities International Conference in San Jose, California


















Laura Maxey and Sarah at the flag ceremony at the Youth summit of the International Conference at San Jose, California.



Laura Maxey at the Sister City tour of Google.




Mission and History

To promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation — one individual, one community at a time.

Sister Cities International was created at President
Eisenhower’s 1956 White House conference on citizen diplomacy. Eisenhower envisioned an organization that could be the hub of peace and prosperity by creating bonds between people from different cities around the world. By forming these relationships, President Eisenhower reasoned that people of different cultures could celebrate and appreciate their differences and build partnerships that would lessen the chance of new conflicts.

Sister Cities International creates relationships based on cultural, educational, information and trade exchanges, creating lifelong friendships that provide prosperity and peace through person-to-person “citizen diplomacy.” Since then, Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, and now President Barack Obama have served as the Honorary Chairman of Sister Cities International.

Since its inception, Sister Cities International has played a key role in renewing and strengthening important global relationships. Early partnerships included a trading relationship between Seattle, Washington and Tokyo, Japan, repairing post-WWII tensions by creating cultural and educational exchanges and, subsequently, lasting friendships. A 1974 study found that many early sister city relationships formed out of the post WWII aid programs to Western Europe. The relationships that endured, however, were based on cultural or educational reasons that developed lasting friendships. Sister Cities International improved diplomatic relationships at watershed moments over the past 50 years, including partnerships with China in the 1970s.

In the new millennium, Sister Cities International continues to expand its reach to new and emerging regions of the world. Today, it dedicates a special focus on areas with significant opportunities for cultural and educational exchanges, economic partnerships, and humanitarian assistance.