Mixed Media Free eBook Extravaganza

Abstract Buildings by CSNYfan,
mixed media artwork.I wanted to pass along a bunch of free eBooks I came across at Cloth Paper Scissors. Each one gives you new avenues of artistic exploration--whether it is unusual processes or new media.

At Cloth Paper Scissors, they're all about starting from scratch and that’s why Mixed Media Art Techniques is a collection of four different approaches to mixed-media backgrounds. Whether you like to work on paper or canvas, these ideas will get you started. Use any or all of these techniques to jump start a day of creativity or work them into your own private day of experimentation.

It's summertime, which means a laid-back approach to life with vacations, picnics, and travel journals mixed in. The great thing about artist journals is that there are so many approaches—you can definitely find one to fit your style. Art Journaling Techniques is a great resource, whether you like doodling or painting, writing or collaging. There is a way to work art journaling into you creative life.

Printmaking Projects will be of special interest if you attracted to the process of mark making and surface design. Whether you like to use printmaking as the focus of your art, or just as an integral layer, these workshops will offer you new techniques to try in your next art session.

For those with fiber-oriented art interests, Felting Techniques teaches you how to needle felt by hand, wet felt, and machine needle felt to create mixed-media fiber art projects. Four artists (Beryl Taylor, Kelli Perkins, Beate Knappe, and Sarah Lawrence) show you how.

 

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Cvent Releases eBook to Help Event Planners Boost Attendance with Social Media

Press Release Source: Cvent On Thursday June 2, 2011, 12:58 pm EDT

MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cvent, the world’s largest provider of online event management, meeting site selection and web survey solutions, today released a free eBook, “Event Marketing 2.0: How to Boost Event Attendance through Social Media,” that offers the practical tips and best practices event planners need to effectively market their events through social media.

“Networking opportunities and educational content are two key reasons why people attend events. Social media is ideal for extending the reach of these event elements, making social channels a natural fit for event marketing,” said Eric Eden, Vice President of Marketing at Cvent. “For planners, learning how to effectively leverage social networks to market their events is key because it broadens their access to millions of potential attendees. Our eBook provides a compilation of tried-and-true tactics to help event planners better understand and execute social media marketing campaigns that will deliver quantifiable results, such as increased registrations.”

Highlights of the eBook include:

Pointers for developing a solid social media marketing strategy; Tips on how to use the most relevant social media channels to effectively engage your audience; Techniques for building a social infrastructure for your event; Insight into how to leverage registrants to broaden awareness for your event; and Guidance on how to integrate social media with your event invitations, online registration and event website.

The release of Cvent’s eBook comes on the heels of recent social media enhancements to Cvent’s web-based event management system, including the ability to easily share and promote events through social media channels; embed live feeds from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube on event websites; and allow attendees to share links to their social media profiles with the event organizer and other attendees, among other features.

For a complimentary copy of the eBook, visit http://www.cvent.com/en/sem/social-media-event-marketing-ebook.shtml?&=download.

About Cvent

Founded in 1999, Cvent is the world’s largest meetings management technology company and has over 800 employees worldwide. Cvent offers web-based software for meeting site selection, online event registration, event management, e-mail marketing, and web surveys, and helps over 90,000 users in 40 countries manage hundreds of thousands of events, surveys and e-mail campaigns. The company has processed over $2 billion in online payments and has managed over 30 million event registrations and survey responses for its clients. A leading authority on Strategic Meetings Management (SMM), Cvent has implemented SMM programs for more than 40 corporations over the past year. For more information, please visit www.cvent.com.

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What Every Nonprofit Needs to Know About Social Media

Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, oh, my! With Ventureneer’s new eBook, the road to effective social media for nonprofits is no longer a mystery.

New York, NY (Vocus/PRWEB) April 15, 2011

For nonprofits who feel daunted by social media options, Ventureneer has created a new ebook that takes the mystery out of starting, building, and maintaining a social media marketing program.

“This ebook is about practicality and how social media can be used in the real-world of nonprofits. It’s meant to inspire as well as guide,” says Geri Stengel, founder of Ventureneer.

Social Media for Your Nonprofit: Take Charge! is a must-read for several reasons:
It isn’t a sales job. Problems, how to resolve them, and the real costs of social media are discussed as well as the benefits.

It is jargon-free and accessible to everyone from novices to advanced users (which means from board members to execs to the staffers who will be implementing social media).

It lists a wealth of resources for further exploration as an organization dives deeper into a particular social media platform.

It’s free.

The content of the ebook reflects the findings of the Ventureneer survey in August 2010 of how nonprofits used -- and why they didn’t use -- social media. In that survey, Ventureneer found that many nonprofits were not taking advantage of social media because they were fearful of the amount of time it takes, lack of return on investment, and cost.

This ebook builds on the best practices guidelines laid out by Ventureneer in Nonprofits and Social Media: It Ain’t Optional! but goes further. This second ebook takes the nonprofit exec through the process of getting started, from finding out what is needed for a particular project to getting board agreement. Each of the Big Four -- Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn -- are covered along with smartphones and commenting.

And the nemises of newcomers to advanced users of social media -- metrics and analytics -- are also explained in user-friendly language.

The ebook has value to novices about to dip their toes in the social media pool and to advanced users ready to dive into the deep end. It pulls together resources, ideas, and examples of nonprofit success with social media, from very small organizations to mega-agencies, from fundraising to friend-making.

Get a sneak preview of the new ebook! Just “Like” Ventureneer on Facebook and the ebook will be sent to you before it is released to the general public. Early copies are available exclusively through Facebook.

In addition, on Wednesday, April 27, 2011, from 12n to 1pm, Stengel is offering her free webinar Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits, in which nonprofit leaders and their staff can get first-hand information and ask questions.

About Ventureneer
Ventureneer connects values-driven small business owners, social entrepreneurs, and nonprofit leaders with the knowledge they need to make the world a better place and to thrive as businesses. At Ventureneer, entrepreneurial and nonprofit training and advice are practical, accessible, and affordable. With Ventureneer, you learn new skills, collaborate with peers, develop solutions to your real-world problems, get one-on-one help from experts, and access the information you need to make better decisions for your organization.

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Geri Stengel
Ventureneer
212-362-3088
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"Hunt for History" Offers School Library Media Specialists and Teachers Chance to Win Valuable Prizes on History ...

ABC-CLIO Will Award 45 Winners in Annual Contest, Prizes Include iPads, Online History Database Subscriptions, eBook Collections

(PRWEB) March 22, 2011

ABC-CLIO , an award-winning publisher of history reference and research resources in print and online, is calling for school library media specialists and social studies teachers around the country to join the 2011 "Hunt for History " and win valuable prizes such as iPads and subscriptions to the company's suite of databases and eBook Collections.

To take the Hunt for History challenge, school library media specialists and teachers sign up for a free 60-day preview of the 13 ABC-CLIO online databases, and then use this wealth of history resources to find and submit the answers to 15 questions about worldwide historical events, people, issues and dilemmas. Prizes will be awarded weekly during the month-long contest, providing many opportunities to win. The competition launches on March 22, and the deadline for submitting answers is April 30, making it a great way for school library media specialists and teachers to celebrate National Library Week in mid-April.

"With our Hunt for History competition, school library media specialists and teachers will enjoy collaborating on a fun scavenger hunt for the answers to challenging questions about history," said Becky Snyder, president, ABC-CLIO. "At the same time, they have the chance to win great prizes that will help their students delve deeply into history and build research, writing and critical-thinking skills."

This year's Hunt for History five grand-prize winners will receive an Apple iPad and subscription to the ABC-CLIO databases for one year. The ABC-CLIO collection of 13 databases meets the needs of today's learners with authoritative reference materials from leading scholars, resources that focus student research and understanding, and analytical essays that model critical-thinking approaches and stimulate scholarly debate.

Sixteen first-prize winners will receive a one-year school-wide subscription to any four ABC-CLIO databases, and 24 second-prize winners will receive access to the ABC-CLIO eBook Collection for one year.

Hunt for History is open only to teachers and librarians in accredited, public and private schools in the United States and U.S. territories and is limited to one entry per individual. For more information, go to http://www.abc-clio.com/huntforhistory.

About ABC-CLIO
Founded in 1955, ABC-CLIO is an award-winning publisher of reference titles, academic and general-interest books, electronic resources, and books for librarians and other professionals. The company, headquartered in Santa Barbara, Calif., publishes under four well-respected imprints. ABC-CLIO serves the history profession, history teachers, and students and scholars of history with a complete line of databases, books and eBooks, along with social studies reference and curriculum resources for middle and high school libraries and classrooms. Greenwood publishes high-quality, authoritative reference books and general-interest topics across the secondary and higher education curriculum. Praeger is widely regarded for scholarly and professional books in the social sciences and humanities, with emphasis in modern history, military studies, psychology, business, current events and social issues, international affairs, politics, visual and performing arts, and literature. Libraries Unlimited/Linworth publishes professional materials for librarians, media specialists, and teachers. For more information, visit http://www.abc-clio.com.

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LISA WOLFE
ABC-CLIO
773-227-1049
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