Neighborhood Networks Week 2009 National Events

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Monday, August 3 at 2:30 p.m. EDT
National Kickoff Event Web Cast
This year, the Parkways Neighborhood Technology Resource Center in Chicago, Illinois, will be the virtual host site of the Neighborhood Networks Week 2009 national kickoff event. Join your peers from around the country at 2:30 p.m. EDT for a national Web cast that showcases and recognizes the achievements of the youth who participated in the Internet Community Arts Media Partnerships (iCamp) program offered at the Parkways Neighborhood Technology Resource Center and the Neighborhood Technology Resource Center. The 75-minute event will showcase the centers partnership with After School Matters, a nonprofit organization that teams with many Chicago city and local community-based organizations to expand out-of-school opportunities and provide hands-on job training for teens. The winning essay from the 2009 Neighborhood Networks Week Essay Contest will also be read live!

Tuesday, August 4 at 11 a.m. EDT
Do It for You Day Event Web Cast
At 11 a.m. EDT, the Village at Lakeview Neighborhood Networks Community Center in Edgewood, Maryland, will host a graduation ceremony for residents who have completed workforce development programs at the center and successfully passed the General Educational Development (GED) exam and/or obtained employment as a result. During the 75-minute Web cast, recent graduates will share their success stories and confirm the fact that every Neighborhood Networks center truly is a community asset. Representatives from the property management company and local partners will also describe the benefits of collaborating with the local Neighborhood Networks center.

Wednesday, August 5 at 2 p.m. EDT
Get Connected Day One-Stop-Shop Web Page Webinar
If you missed the first One-Stop-Shop Web Page Webinar, here's your chance to learn how you can put your center on the Web with the Strategic Tracking and Reporting Tool (START) Web site creation tool. At 2 p.m. EDT in observance of Neighborhood Networks Week 2009 Get Connected Day, Neighborhood Networks will host a second Webinar that will teach you how to use this free online resource to create a center Web site and give your center a cyber-presence. The one-hour Webinar has been revamped to include information useful to participants of all technical skill levels, from novice to advanced Web site creators.

To participate in the Webinar, please follow these simple steps:

1. Download Instruction Guides
   
   • Web site Creation Tool Instructions
   • Asset Mapping Guide
   
   
2. Install Microsoft Live Meeting Software
   Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click "Accept, Install and Join".
   
   Note: Your system must meet the minimum requirements to participate in the Webinar.
   
   
3. Join Conference via Web
   Meeting ID: w654704
   Entry Code: A65470
   If prompted, click the "Join Meeting" link located on the left side of your screen.
   
   
4. Join Conference via telephone by calling 1-800-580-5730.
   Participant Passcode: 6547042
   
   Need help? Operators are waiting to assist you at 1-888-569-3848. If you experience technical difficulty during the call, dial *0 for assistance.

Friday, August 7 at 2 p.m. EDT
Neighborhood Networks Week 2009 Closing Event Web Cast
At 2 p.m. EDT, Neighborhood Networks center staff members and stakeholders from across the country are invited to join in a national Web cast that spotlights the remarkable partnership between the Town and Country Family Learning Opportunity Center and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). The one-hour Web cast will describe how UCSD undergraduate and graduate student buddies visit the Town and Country Family Learning Opportunity Center each day during the afterschool hours to serve as tutors to school-aged children. A panel of key contributors will describe how the partnership was started and how centers can form similar partnerships with their local academic institutions. Panelists will offer guidance on how to approach a local college/university, including which department to contact for the initial call; explain why partnering with a Neighborhood Networks center is an appealing proposition for a college or university; list different services and resources that colleges and universities can provide to Neighborhood Networks centers; and discuss how to share the mutual benefits that a partnership will produce. Panelists will answer questions from online participants in real time.