Wis.community is several things:
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A collection of “mini-sites” or communities based on topic or location
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Discussion areas in each community that can be carried on either on the site or via email or text messaging (soon)
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Event calendars for each community, and an aggregated calendar of all of the communities
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Spaces for news and resources in each community
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Incorporation of media (audio, video, webinars) throughout the site
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Templates for different types of communities, including organizations, small businesses, performance groups, government agencies (think of townships), political groups, nonprofits, and others to come.
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Resources – these can be many things – links to other places, local businesses, etc.
Communities may be public, private, or some mix of both. The site has a sophisticated permissions system and access can be controlled in several ways.
Current communities include Politics, Chippewa Valley, Food, Arts, Government, and Technology. More are coming
How can I help?
There will be upcoming community meetings in the Chippewa Valley to discuss ways to use and expand this platform. You can help by:
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Visiting https://wis.community , create an account, look around, and leave feedback for us.
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Attending the upcoming meeting Sept. 24 at Menomonie Market Food Co-op – 6 PM.
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Giving us ideas for new ways to use this platform
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Volunteering to run a community on the site
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We are very interested in talking to alternative media in Wisconsin (community TV, low-powered radio, blogs, etc. for collaboration.
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Take the survey at https://wis.community/survey1
contact: [email protected] or visit http://wis.community
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Steve is a member of LION Publishers , the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, the Menomonie Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Local Media Consortium, is active in Health Dunn Right, and is vice-president of the League of Women Voters of the Greater Chippewa Valley.
He has been a computer guy most of his life but has published a political blog, a discussion website, and now Eye On Dunn County.
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