Annoucements - Week of July 29, 2009

Affiliate News

• UCP of Middle Tennessee: Development/Fundraising Position Opening.
• UCP of Central Pennsylvania: A Night at the Ballpark...Highlights UCP.
• UCP of Northeastern Pennsylvania: UCP of NEPA is on Facebook!
• UCP of Southern Illinois: Adaptive sports - Soccer. For boys and girls, ages 4-17, who are physically and mentally challenged (RSVP by August 5^th).

Webinars

• Direct Care Alliance: ANCOR and the DCA Team Up for Better Wages.

Research/Study

• California State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Occupational Therapy program: Recruiting participants for a quantitative research study entitled Comparison of sibling perceptions of being raised with a brother or sister with non-ambulatory or ambulatory cerebral palsy. This research aims to increase awareness of the unique needs of siblings with a brother or sister with cerebral palsy. They are recruiting participants who are:
  • 18 years or older;
  • Have a sibling with cerebral palsy; and
  • Lived with your sibling with cerebral palsy for at least 5 years.
  If you know of anyone who fits this description please pass along the survey link: http://www.csudh.edu/actech/otsurveyintent.htm

Other News

• Disability.gov: The Web site has a whole new look and social networking integration.
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Art of boy with cerebral palsy in traveling show.
• Disability Scoop: iPod-Based Tutorials Teach Teens With Asperger’s How To Interact
• Disaboom - DeafMom Blog: Captioning on the Web? Of Course!
• The Future of Aging Blog: Questions About CLASS Act Answered
• Washington Post: NIH Staffers Get Into the Wiki World

Social Networking and Web 2.0

• New York Times: All You Need to Know to Twitter.
• Community Organizer 2.0: How Do you Gather and Process Information Online?
• Beth's Blog - How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Guest Post by Allyson Kapin - Top 8 Social Media Tracking Tools.
• Beth's Blog - How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Bridge Conference - Social Media ROI - Mapping Metrics to Strategy.
• Beth's Blog - How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Becoming A Social Media Savvy Nonprofit, Nurturing A Social Culture Through Personal Use
• Change.org Nonprofits 2.0: 10 Insights Gained from Spending 7,280 Hours on Social Media Websites.
• Diosa Communications: Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofit Organizations.
• Social Media Today: What's the next Twitter of the social web?
• Social Media Explorer: Three Keys To Non-Profit Success In Social Media.
• Online Media Daily: Study - Social Media Pays.