October 2016 Social Media Report

We use social marketing to inform our membership. Our principle addresses are:


Our blog sarasotasistercities.com is our online newsletter. We keep a calendar events at the top, and amplify the information with photos on older posts,

We email our members several times each month with notices of events. We use two email addresses - sarasotasistercities@gmail.com and 

You can post information and photos and interact with others on the addresses below. All of our members and friends are encouraged to join us. These systems work best if we have a number of our members posting.

We continue our efforts with our Facebook page. If you use Facebook please check out our page, and contribute thoughts, ideas, and events  
facebook.com/SarasotaSisterCities

If you use Twitter please join us. It is easy to create an account and post directly yourself. And prove to everyone that you are up to date. twitter.com/SarasotaSisterC

We also continue our efforts on LinkedIn and Pinterest.

LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/sarasotasistercities

Pinterest pinterest.com/sarasotasister

And of course our Web Site. We use a consultant to update the site and we change it infrequently. It does pick up info from the blog automatically and has links to our social media. sarasotasistercities.org

We maintain our membership records on 
www.imembersdb.com

From this site you can update your own records and membership records.  Membership VP Dave Harralson maintains this site and can help you get access: membership@sarasotasistercities.com

I maintain a blog that has spreadsheets showing Board contact info and Members Contacts.  boardssc.blogspot.com 
The Board is open - you have to ask me for access to obtain access to all our membership. 

We have many photos on line. You can see them on our Pinterest page or see them from the left column of the blog. Or Click Here.

Google has provided us a domain email for free, since we are a non profit.  We will create an email address as Board Members request.  The address will be your title or name, followed by @sarasotasistercities.com

The system is similar to gmail. It also provides a way to share documents and photographs.  A little confusing but you can figure it out.

Using the domain email is of course voluntary.  If you do use the email it might make it simpler to use it with a separate web browser - perhaps use the Microsoft browser for your regular email and use Chrome or Firefox for you Sister City email.  That way you won't have to log in and out of the two email systems. Or you can choose to forward the Sister City email to your regular account.

A few of the new emails have started in the Estonian!! language. We don't know why. Great for internationalism but not so good for comprehension. If this happens give me a call at 309 634 5557 and I will help you get it back to English. 

If any of you would like to help improve our social marketing systems give me a call or send me an email or just jump in and start posting to our Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, or Twitter addresses. And if you know anyone who can help with this effort please put me in contact with me.

I continue to post news releases with little success. It is easy to write a news release on the Tampa Bay News Wire and theoretically the papers will pick this up. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

News Release tampabaynewswire.com

If you have articles or photos to share, please send them to us and we will post them to the blog and social media.
Sister City Blogs

We have established a blog for each of our Sister Cities. We encourage the City Directors to post photos and notices on their blog. Use of these blogs is of course optional for eachC City Director. 







xiamensarasota.blogspot.com

craighullinger@sarasotasistercities.com

 Our Social Networking report:  socialnetworkingreport.blogspot.com


Sarasota Sister Cities Social Marketing Plan
sistercitiessocialmarketing.blogspot.com


Sarasota Sister Cites Plan
sscplan.blogspot.com

Sunsets Sarasota
sunsetssarasota.blogspot.com

socialmarketing301.blogspot.com


September Presentation Cuba AC / BC: After Castro / Before Castro


         Sarasota Sister Cities Association
                     
For Future Information, Contact:

Ray Young, email: aloharay4@gmail.com  Phone: 941-227-7509




Copies of Older Newsletters




Our older Newsletters can be viewed at:

 ______    ______  ______  infosarasotasistercities.blogspot.com

 Historic Photos of Sister Cities can be viewed at:

 ______  pinterest.com/sarasotasister


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60th anniversary celebration and 2016 Diplomatic Leadership Awards

 
Thank you to all who helped us celebrate our official 60th anniversary on the day of our founding while honoring Robert J. Dole, former U.S. Senator; Timothy Chorba, former U.S. Ambassador to Singapore; Connie Morella, former U.S. Congresswoman and U.S. Ambassador to OECD; andJerry Abramson, Deputy Assistant to President Barrack Obama and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, White House, at the 2016 Diplomatic Leadership Awards Reception on Monday, September 12.

The event was hosted by the reception's Honorary Chair, Ambassador Kirsti Kauppi at the beautiful Embassy of Finland in Washington, DC.
Jerry Abramson, Timothy Chorba, Ambassador Kauppi, Mary Kane, Ambassador Aldona Wos, Connie Morella, Tim Quigley, Ron Nirenberg
Connie Morella, Mary Kane, Tim Quigley, Ambassador Wos, Bob Dole
Timothy Chorba
Mary Kane, Jerry Abramson, Tim Quigley
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Live video discussion for Global Collaboration Day this Friday, September 16

 
We're excited to join Design Squad Global for a live video discussion this Friday, September 16 at 12pm ET in honor of Global Collaboration Day.

We will discuss how we're collaborating with other organizations to enhance sister city programs and our best practices for supporting global collaboration and the future of youth engagement in order to support their futures as involved citizens, capable leaders, and successful problem solvers of the 21st century.

Watch live at https://youtu.be/30IVdbvwks8! 
Watch live

Host the 2016 Young Artists & Authors Showcase winners and finalists in your community 


Are you interested in hosting the grand prize winners and finalists' artwork, writing, and photography from the 2016 Young Artists and Authors Showcase (YAAS) in your community? We are seeking YAAS hosts for February, March, and May 2017. 

Host communities will host the tour for 1-1 1/2 months. This time commitment depends on the city, as some cities plan receptions around the tour while others display the art at local art galleries, libraries, or city halls.

Note: Hosts do not need to be YAAS participants or finalists, but do need to be dues-paying members of Sister Cities International. 

If you're interested in hosting the tour, please email Alyssa Fox, membership manager for youth programs, at youth@sistercities.org.
Host the YAAS tour

Deadline approaching: High School Homestay spring 2017 applications


Help foster cultural exchange in your community by hosting a high school student from your sister city! Applications for students to participate in the spring 2017 semester are due October 1, 2016.

Through the High School Homestay Program, U.S. sister city programs can select high school students from their international partners to take part in a year-long or semester-long exchange. SCI is a U.S. State Department-designated sponsoring organization and can process the J-1 secondary school student visa.

Click here to download a flyer with more information, including eligibility, costs, and deadlines. Visit http://sistercities.org/HSHS or email Alyssa Fox at afox@sistercities.org to learn more. 
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The latest from the Sister Cities Exchange
Sewing Group Changes Lives of Young Women in Africa

City of Seattle. Watch how a special project from the Seattle Limbe Sister City Association & Sarah Allen Sisterhood Saturday Sewing Sisters is changing lives. Learn more...
 

Tell your sister city's story! Did your sister city program's ambassadors go on an interesting exchange or host an exciting cultural event? Tell us about your organization's past or present experiences through a blog post for The Sister Cities Exchange.

Click here to download blog guidelines. Check out the blog here.

Please direct all questions and blog submissions to communications@sistercities.org.
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September 20 and 21 - Noon To Noon - Giving Partner Challenge




 
Once again Sarasota Sister Cities participates in the

2016 Giving Challenge
with Matching Support from 
The Patterson Foundation

 For each contribution to Sister Cities from new donors -- up to $100 apiece --The Patterson Foundation will provide an AMAZING 2 to 1 MATCH! 

 And that’s not all, folks -- contributions from returning donors – up to $100 each – will be matched 1 to 1! 

 Minimum contribution is $25.

 Be the one to make a difference during the 2016 Giving Challenge!

 Mark your calendar for: September 20 & 21 from noon to noon!

 To have your gifts be eligible for a match they must be made by credit card through the Giving Challenge Web site between noon on Sept 20 and noon on Sept 21.

 Join us in our mission of international person-to-person diplomacy!

 You can go directly to the site below to donate
https://givingpartnerchallenge.org/npo/sister-cities-association-of-sarasota-inc

Or visit www.GivingPartnerChallenge.org. and search for Sister Cities.


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INFO @ SARASOTA SISTER CITIES September 2, 2016 #11

All the news that´s fit to print—Some newspaper ought to adopt this as its motto….
 
“And Then There Was Quiet - New York After 9/11” Photographic Exhibit by David Gordon.  Sponsored by Sarasota Sister Cities September 7at 6 om - Opening Reception, Artist’s Talk at the Manatee County Public Library at 1301 Barcarrota Ave, Bradenton.  These photographs chronicle the horror in NYC of 15 years ago.  The exhibit will run through September 30.
 
SEPTEMBER LUNCHEON at the Bird Key Yacht Club, Sept. 14
           Olga Pliner and Craig Hullinger will speak on Using Facebook, Blogs, Linkedin and other social media for your Organization, Family, or Business.  Register to attend online at www.sarasotasistercities.org. You can RSVP by email to craighullinger@sarasotasistercities.com  
       
A CUBAN TALKS ON CUBA BC-AC
          Sister Cities member Eladio Amores will provide an insiders look at Cuba before and after Castro.  This promises to be a fascinating talk……..
                    September 29, 4pm, Selby Library
After Eladio´s talk, we will  adjourn to Louie´s Modern on Palm Avenue for our Meet & Greet at 5pm.  If you can´t get there for Eladio´s talk, just come to the Meet &
Greet.  We’ll be glad to see you.
 
OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME INVOLVED WITH LAWN BOWLING
          What is it?  New member Daniel Jittu knows all about it and would like for Sister Cities folk to get to know it as well.
          On November 5-19, and November 4-18, 2017, The City of Sarasota will be holding the US Lawn Bowling Open.  The 2017 Open marks the Club’s 90th anniversary in Sarasota.  Few clubs have been in our community as long as the bowling club. 
          The Club is located just north of the Memorial Auditorium.
          Bowls or lawn bowls is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green which may be flat or convex or uneven. It is normally played outdoors and the outdoor surface is either natural grass or artificial turf.  Today the sport is played in over 40 countries with more than 50 member national authorities. The home of the modern game is still Scotland with the World Bowls center in Edinborough.
          We are exploring ways to help the Sarasota Lawn Bowling Club with its US Open.
          For more information:


--How to play the game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PonGXrse4MU

--How lawn bowling balls are made:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU30zrbLagk


--Bowls England: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20150326/ARTICLE/150329778
 
NEW OFFICERS YOU SHOULD KNOW
 
Olga Pliner, City Director for Vladimir
          Olga was born in Moscow and took her degree at Moscow Sate Pedagogical University in Special Education.  She soon moved to Germany where she earned an MBA at Hagen University where she majored in Marketing.  She worked in companies managing sales, customer care, acquisitions, and account management.
          In May, 2012, she moved to the US and founded P&P Media Partners in Venice.  This trilingual lady is the publisher and manager of the German-language newspaper in Florida.  Pick up a copy at Geier’s and other fine stores.  Welcome Olga!
 
Isabelle Eidet, Assistant City Director for Treviso Province
          Isabelle grew up in Seattle, WA, and was employed by the State Department and the US Agency for International Development. She worked overseas for more than 30 years. She was also an Executive Director with R.H. Macy & Co.  She has lived and worked in Manila, Nairobi, New Delhi, Jakarta, Rome, Geneva, Vienna and has had several stints in Washington, DC in between foreign assignments. She has also served as a Board member with several NGO’s overseas.  Isabelle has lived in Rome for five years and traveled extensively throughout Italy.
          Isabelle moved to Sarasota with her husband Gary from Vienna, Austria, in 2011. They have 3 children and 2 grandchildren.  Welcome Isabelle¡
 
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