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You have 34 days to meet the 2010 Beacon Awards early bird deadline! It’s time to begin thinking about what projects you want to enter and in which categories. Over the past year, your organization has probably executed several successful communication campaigns or initiatives. Carefully review the work your organization has completed between April 23, 2009, and April 23, 2010, to determine which of your projects you would like to submit as a Beacon Award entry. Next, take a close look at the new categories listed in the 2010 Call for Entries to determine where your project fits best. The Beacon Awards recognize the best of the best cable communications and public affairs campaigns. Enter your best work and receive the recognition you deserve. The early bird deadline is April 9, 2010, and submitting entries by then allows you to save $50 per each entry. The final deadline is April 23. A PDF of the Call for Entries is available online. This year’s Beacon Awards will be presented at a luncheon ceremony during ACC’s FORUM 2010, September 15 and 16 at the New York Hilton hotel. For more information, visit the ACC Web site. Back to Top Cable’s support of the 2010 Census has taken on a multicultural theme. Operators and programmers have put together education efforts to reach out to the nation’s growing Latino community and emphasize the importance of participating in the survey. Comcast has launched the “Make a Difference-Be Counted!” campaign to increase awareness and participation in the Census. The campaign is built on a two-part PSA series that will air in English and Spanish. “Awareness” the first PSA, runs through March 15 and educates viewers about the importance of the Census. The second PSA, “Motivation,” encourages viewers to complete and return the Census questionnaire and runs March 15 to April 15. Actress Eva Longoria Parker (Desperate Housewives) stars in the English-language version, and co-star Lupe Ontiveros, with Latin pop singer Jose Sosa, are featured in the Spanish-language version. The PSAs are available through On Demand services, at comcastvoices.com, and on YouTube. Cable industry partners Bresnan Communications, Charter Communications, Cox Communications, and Time Warner Cable have donated air-time to run the PSAs. “Make a Difference-Be Counted!” is also supported by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), and U.S. Census Bureau Advisory Committee members: Asian American Justice Center, National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO), and the National Conference of Black Mayors (NCBM). Comcast also extends its multicultural education efforts to other communities in the U.S. by making several of the U.S. Census Bureau's "It's Easy" tutorial videos available through its On Demand service starting on March 15. The videos provide a step-by-step guide to filling out the Census form and will be available On Demand in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Russian, and Vietnamese. Comcast will also make the Bureau's "It's Easy" video for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals available On Demand. MTV Tr3s and Voto Latino are also working to reach out to Spanish-speaking communities. The bicultural network and nonprofit organization have partnered to produce PSAs featuring famous Latinos, including Wilmer Valderrama, Ana Ortiz, Luis GuzmÃ�¡n, Jorge Garcia, Graciela BeltrÃ�¡n, Malverde, and Voto Latino founder Rosario Dawson. Each PSA will focus on demystifying the Census by examining the rumors and facts circulating in the community. The PSAs and links to Census information can be found on MTV Tr3s’ dedicated page.
For the first round, ACC will mail entries to ACC member volunteers to review during a two week period in June. To serve as a Beacon Awards judge, please fill out the judging form and fax it to Michelle Butler at 202-222-2371. Back to Top There’s still space for you to join an exclusive group of 25 cable communicators for ACC’s 2010 Cable Communications Institute, June 13-16, in New York City at Syracuse University’s Lubin House facility adjacent to Central Park on 61st Street. This graduate-level program is designed for mid to senior level communications executives who would like to expand their knowledge base and advance their capabilities to the next level. The upcoming Institute will review multiple communications techniques that are completely transferable to their daily work. Although the program is not finalized at this time, expected topics for the 2.5 day academic program include Strategic Communication Management, New Media Communications Opportunities, Measuring Communications Efforts, Communications Law: Competitive Communications, and Conflict Resolution/Strategic Communications.
Univision Communications and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have partnered to launch “Es El Momento” (The Moment is Now), a comprehensive, multi-platform, multi-million dollar, three-year, national, education initiative. “Es El Momento” will be aimed at improving academic achievement among K-12 Hispanic students with a specific focus on increasing rates of high school graduation, college readiness, college completion and engaging Hispanic parents and the broader community in these efforts. The campaign focuses on fostering a strong culture of academic achievement and college aspiration among the U.S. Hispanic community. Outreach targets Hispanic students, their parents and caretakers, and the broader community. The initiative includes PSAS that will air on Univision media platforms, national and local news coverage, and special programming on television and radio, along with partnerships at the local level for grassroots and community efforts. “Es El Momento” will also include a Web site, www.eselmomento.com, featuring a weekly Q&A with motivational radio personality Dr. Isabel. Interactive offerings include a school locator widget and weekly mobile text alerts that provide relevant educational tips. Participants will be able to find educational tools and resources in their area through localized feeds on the Web site. For more information, visit www.eselmomento.com. Social Media for Social Change: How MTV Used Viral Videos to Increase Youth STD Testing--an ACC WebinarJoin ACC for “Social Media for Social Change: How MTV Used Viral Videos to Increase Youth STD Testing” its webinar on April 8 at 2 pm EDT. To address the public health crisis of one in two sexually active Americans being infected with a STD by age 25, MTV and The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) joined with Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to launch GYT (Get Yourself Tested). Pegged to National STD Awareness Month (April ’09), the campaign was purpose-built to inspire a critical mass of young people to be tested for STDs, including HIV. MTV’s Jason Rzepka and Lily Williamson will lead a case study of this successful campaign.
Speakers: Lily Williamson How ACC Members Can Participate: Only ACC members may attend this webinar, and it is free of charge as a benefit of ACC membership. ACC members can register for this free webinar via the association’s online education portal in the members-only section of ACC’s Web site. You must be logged into the members-only area to access this portal, and you can log in through the member login box in the left-hand corner of each individual page of the Web site. Your username is your work email address, and the password is your last name all in lowercase letters. If you are not currently a member, use ACC’s trial membership and join free for your first six months. Cablevision Announces “Power to Learn” Essay Contest WinnerCablevision named Connecticut 7th grader Naysha Ruiz the grand prize winner of the “Power to Learn” Hispanic Heritage Month essay contest last month. Students in 6th through 8th grades were asked to answer the question, “What does it mean to be a Latino?” to compete for the $5,000 savings bond grand prize. Entries were evaluated by a panel of judges for comprehension, organization, conclusions, creativity, and writing quality. Ruiz’s essay detailed life in a Latino family and highlighted aspects of her Puerto Rican culture. Runners up included students from Ruiz’s own town of Bridgeport, as well as students from New Jersey and New York. First, second, and third place winners received a laptop, iPod Touch, or portable DVD player respectively. Cablevision partnered with Olympusat Inc. to sponsor the essay contest. Olympusat provides satellite transmission for numerous Spanish language channels including Ã�¡Sorpresa!, Latele Novela, TV Colombia, TV Chile, Momentum, and La Familia. For more information, visit the “Power to Learn” Web site. Back to Top Have an area of interest in the field you’d like ACC to explore in an upcoming webinar or online chat? ACC’s Online Education and FORUM 2010 Survey gives you the chance to have an impact on future content for all ACC members. Currently, social media communications is the most popular topic among respondents, with a total of 45% voting it into their top five issues. Other options include using technology and gadgets in communications, competitive communications, reaching out to reporters to get your message published and many more. Your response is important to creating the most useful and targeted programs for ACC members. This is your chance to customize ACC’s expert education content to your needs as a communicator. The survey also gives you the chance to impact FORUM 2010. Are you planning to attend? What would like to do while in New York? ACC wants to know. To take the survey, respond to the SurveyMonkey e-mail sent out earlier this week or contact Prasana William, Membership Services Coordinator, at services@cablecommunicators.org. Back to Top The Cable Show 2010, May 11-13 in Los Angeles, will provide attendees with multiple opportunities to make a difference in the local community and the health of the environment. This year’s annual convention will partner with organizations A Place Called Home and Carbonfund.org to give back.
The Cable Show 2010 also will give attendees a chance to “go beyond” impacting the local community and make a difference in the health of the environment. Partnering with Carbonfund.org, NCTA will participate in a carbon offset program during the show. Exhibitors and attendees can contribute to the NY State Landfill Methane Project, which converts methane produced by landfills into carbon dioxide and heat. For more information, visit CableCares’ Web site or Carbonfund.org. Back to Top Join and support ACC by becoming a 2010 corporate member. For more information on how your organization can join ACC as a corporate member, please contact Steve Jones at sjones@cablecommunicators.org or 202-222-2373. For membership details, go to http://www.cablecommunicators.org/cmember.php. Golden Benefactors Friends & Associates PO Box 75007 Washington DC 20013 · Phone 800.210.3396 or 202.222.2370 · Fax 202.222.2371 |
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