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Poster Contest Winners Announced
JULY 25, 2010 -- The following are the 2010 winners of the Publicity Department Poster Contest held at Let's Celebrate Day, July 24, 2010, at Cheshire Grange Hall.
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Are you advertising properly?
JULY / AUGUST 2010 -- When advertising our Grange, we must include only positive images of our Grange and its activities. One thing many people forget when preparing their advertising is appearance.
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Poster Contest Reminder
JUNE 2010 -- This is to remind our members of the Information/Publicity Committees Poster Contest. We should all be preparing our posters to be judged at the Let's Celebrate event at Cheshire Grange Hall.
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Have your seeds matured?
MAY 2010 -- Have the seeds you have sown in the Springtime nurtured and grown? We hope that your publicity efforts have produced candidates for your degrees. We must continue using publicity to cultivate the minds of our friends and neighbors in the hope of increasing our Grange membership.
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April Showers
APRIL 2010 -- Has Spring finally arrived? As I am preparing this article, the sun is shining brightly and the temperature is in the 50's. All we can hope is that winter has left us. We should all be preparing to add new members to our rolls.
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Spring Thaw
MARCH 2010 -- Just the title sounds positive to me. With the weather channel forecasting temperatures in the single digits tonight, it doesnt seem possible that by the time this article makes it into Grange homes across our State and Country, it will be time for Spring.
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Who, what, where, when, why
FEBRUARY 2010 -- When you are planning your special event, you should remember to prepare a news release on the coming event. This news release should be sent to the local newspaper at least one to two weeks before the event.
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Information on the 2010 NE Leaders' Conference
DECEMBER 16, 2009 -- The 2010 Northeast Leaders' Conference will be held at the Ramada Hotel and Conference Center at 1380 Putney Road in Brattleboro, Vermont on January 8, 9 and 10, 2010. Hotel reservations must be made with the hotel at (802) 254-8701 no later than JANUARY 1, 2010; be sure to mention Vermont State Grange when reserving.
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Advertise
DECEMBER 2009 -- Have you been advertising your Granges activities? This is the start of a new Grange year and you should have completed your plans for the year. Now you should implement those plans. What are you waiting for? Today can be the first day of the best Grange year you have ever had.
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Off to National
NOVEMBER 2009 -- Last year at this time we were all preparing for the arrival of the National Grange in Cromwell. This year we can relax for a new hosting committee is in charge. Connecticut will still have a small delegation attending National in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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What is the Grange?
OCTOBER 2009 -- What is the Grange? I tell people that the Grange is everything we, the members, want it to be. The Grange is our extended family. This doesn’t happen in a month or a year but in years of helping our Grange and its members to become better, more rounded, better informed members of our Town, State and the Great Country we live in, the USA.
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1 on 1 Publicity
SEPTEMBER 2009 -- When your Grange is having an event, whether it is a tag sale, fundraiser, a fair or anything where the general public will be there, this is an excellent opportunity to promote the Grange. Design or use an existing poster that promotes joining the Grange and place it where it will be seen (such as the front door).
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Enter the Poster Contest
JULY/AUGUST 2009 -- July 25th is fast approaching. This is the date for the State Grange’s LET’S CELEBRATE event at Good Will Grange Hall. The CWA and Lecturer’s Departments will be judging their various contest at that time.
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Getting your news printed
JUNE 2009 -- Getting the eye of the editor of a newspaper is the first step toward getting your articles printed. Using the proper form when typing an article is important. The top of your paper should be labeled NEWS RELEASE.
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Let’s get CT Granges out of the rut
MAY 2009 -- Now it is time to Get Connecticut out of the Rut. That’s right. We are in a rut. We talk about all our past achievements. Remember Rural Free Delivery, and the gavels and gimmicks that brought 200 Grangers to various halls on a regular basis. Remember when your Grange took in 20 or 30 candidates on a degree night. All of this is great. It is all part of our past -- a part of our history.
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Sell the Grange
APRIL 2009 -- I hate watching commercial T.V. ... all those advertisements. You could watch a movie that starts at 8:00 and ends at 11:00. Most movies are less than two hours long, do the math, you’re watching more than one hour of commercials.
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Why did you join the Grange?
MARCH 2009 -- Why do you belong? Is it because of the Community Service Work the Grange does? Or, could it be the good and faithful friendships we make? Or, be honest now, do you come for the food?
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Make use of all resources
FEBRUARY 2009 -- A good publicity chairman takes advantage of every opportunity. A good chairman encourages all their members to be walking advertisements for the Grange. We have to use every available source.
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We are here to help you
JANUARY 2009 -- With the start of a new Grange year, your State Grange Information/Publicity committee met to make its plans for the coming year. We will try to assist as many of the Subordinate and Pomona Granges in getting their newsworthy articles into the local newspapers as possible.
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Marketing and Your Event: What Works, What Doesn't
JANUARY 2009 -- Here are tips to help you avoid learning the hard way what doesn't work when planning your next event. 1. Effective Copy Writing -- No matter what type of event you're planning, it's your promotional copy (such as your press releases and posters) — and how it's written — that is going to get people to sign up or attend.
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Publicize Your Activities
DECEMBER 2008 -- As I am preparing this news article, the National Grange Convention is in the back of my mind. The deadline for this article is only four days away. By the time you get to read it, the Convention will be history.
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Plan on attending the National Convention
NOVEMBER 2008 -- Now that the State Grange Session has been completed, do you have plans to attend the National Grange Convention? The dates are November 11th to the 15th.
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New year... new publicity opportunities
OCTOBER 2008 -- October 1st marks the start of a new Grange Year. We hope that you have all your plans for the coming year in place and you are preparing to lay-out your advertising campaign.
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A new year begins
SEPTEMBER 2008 -- As the summer is winding down, we should be preparing to begin a new grange year. Many granges held picnics and other events during this period. Last July, the State Grange held the “Lets Celebrate” event.
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Enter the new Poster Contest
JULY / AUGUST 2008 -- The Information/Publicity Committee will be judging Publicity Posters at Let’s Celebrate at Good Will on July 26, 2008. This is a new contest this year. Every Subordinate and Junior Grange member is eligible to enter.
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Why publicize?
JUNE 2008 -- Why indeed! If no one knows who you are or what you are doing they certainly are not going to be interested in you. Publicity is free advertising.
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Getting newspapers to work for you
MAY 2008 -- One of the most important things that a Publicity Committee has to remember is that in addition to getting the news out, newspapers are in business to make money. They will only print those articles that will increase their circulation.
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Getting the word out
APRIL 2008 -- I recently received a Membership Tip of the Month from National Grange. The article spoke of membership development by using the power of the written word. The best way to discuss this is by calling it advertising.
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Keep your communications positive
MARCH 2008 -- One of the most important principals that an Information- Publicity Chairman should have is enthusiasm, with a dedication to the Grange. Be careful who you select to have speak to the press. Make sure it is someone who has a positive attitude and is not always looking back to the past.
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Proper Press Release Content
MARCH 2008 -- There are seven basic elements that every press release should have in terms of content and how it appears: 1. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: These words should appear in the upper left-hand margin, just under your letterhead. You should capitalize every letter.
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Make your plans
FEBRUARY 2008 -- Have you finished making your plans for the coming year? What are you waiting for? Today can be the first day of the best Grange year you have ever had. Think positive. Pursue casual acquaintances. They may just be waiting to be asked to join the Grange.
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Press Release Formatting Tips
FEBRUARY 2008 -- 1. Use 8 1⁄2 x 11 paper. 2. Use a minimum of one-inch margins on each side of the page. 3. Use a Bold typeface for the headlines to draw attention.
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COMMUNICATE
JANUARY 2008 -- Communicate: transmit, impart, to make known, to be in communication. This is Webster’s definition of the word communicate. It is very important that we all communicate to the general public our Grange Message.
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Organizations and Non-Profits Can Profit From Blogs
DECEMBER 2007 -- Blogs are a powerful addition to any organization's marketing and public relations effort. Blogs work well, either as a blog section within the site, or as a free standing blog linked to the organizational website. Non-profit organizations include charities, industry organizations, special community events, trade unions, and Chambers of Commerce.
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Blow Your Own Horn!
DECEMBER 2007 -- Now that State Session has been held, we should all inform the general public what your Granges have been doing the past year. It is very important that we keep the name of the Grange before the eyes of the general public. It is one of the goals of the State Grange to have a gain in membership.
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Spread The Word
NOVEMBER 2007 -- Congratulations on receiving all those awards at State Session. Every Grange should spread the good cheer to the residence of their community. This is the best time to inform those who are not members that we are a very active organization.
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Is Your Grange Active?
OCTOBER 2007 -- Here it is the beginning of Fall. Your Grange should be implementing your planned activities that were made in the previous months.
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Community Service is an opportunity for Publicity
SEPTEMBER 2007 -- Does your Grange sponsor a Fair, a Boy Scout or Girl Scout Troop? Do your members transport senior citizens or handicapped persons to their Doctor’s offices or take them shopping? These are all community service.
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The call of spring
MARCH 2007 -- Can you believe it? It is already the beginning of March. Spring is only a few weeks away. Now is the time to think of Degrees and obtaining new members. The Membership Committees face one of the hardest tasks of all.
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Signage makes a difference
APRIL 2007 -- Have you ever been asked, “Where is your Grange Hall?”, or “Where does your Grange meet?” If you are planning a special event it is important to give your visitors directions to your hall.
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Have you sown the seeds for May flowers?
MAY 2007 -- Have the “seeds” you have sown in the Springtime nurtured and grown? We hope that your publicity efforts have produced candidates for your degrees.
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Photo journalism
JUNE 2007 -- Turn the page of a newspaper. What is the first thing that catches your eye. Was it a picture? Chances are pretty good it was. t you want to get people to read your Grange's news, try to include a photo to supplement your news submission.
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Why have publicity?
JULY/AUGUST 2007 -- Publicity is free advertising. We must make every effort to put ourselves before the public in a positive way every chance we get. We cannot hope to increase our membership if no one knows anything about us.
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How do we tell people about the Grange?
JANUARY 2007 -- What is the Grange? How many times have you been asked this question? Wouldn't it be easier to just say, We are many things, but to help you find out about our family organization I would like to give you this brochure about the activities of our Grange.
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