My new reel is below. I've worked at a few news stations in my day. If you work on-air, you need to have a news reel which shows what you can do. Let me know what you think about my work.
What exactly is LENS on Atlanta? How does it work? How will you benefit? These are questions that all of the community leaders, residents, activists, and organizations will who gather here will answer. This site has been built for you to learn, engage, and most importantly act.
I'm Amani Channel, and I currently serve as the Content Manager for LENS on Atlanta. I hope you will use this site to engage in meaningful conversations, that will facilitate positive community change. It may seem like a tall order, but I'm sure there are issues you are passionate about.
Building this community will be a work in progress, but we want this to be a destination for the people of Atlanta region to learn, engage, and most importantly act. If there's a cause you support, or want to get involved in making your street, neighborhood, or city a better place, you can. That process can start right here.
It begins with a thought, which can lead to conversation, and action. What do you want to focus on your action on? We're reaching out to friends, neighbors, community groups, grassroots organizations, nonprofits, local government, neighborhood associations, who did I miss? What would be your first task if you wanted to help change your community? Then let's get it done.
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Over the weekend I had the chance to speak about social media at an event organized by the State Humanities Council. I was the speaker by default when Atlanta social media strategist Sherry Heyl was unavailable and asked my to fill in.
I've been really working to make presentations like this as interactive as possible. Since social media is all about engaging in thoughtful conversations, I wanted the discussion to be just that.
I prepared a slide show to accompany the conversation, and also selected a few key websites to visit. The meat of the presentation focused on the idea that organizations should develop a social strategy plan before diving in. This includes researching the niche communities where their prospective audience, or supporters may gather. Individuals should identify the reasons and goals for engaging in social media, identify key communities, key influencers, and also have a way to measure results.
From the begining, the audience was very engaged, and everyone had great questions. I showed them Twitter and FriendFeed. Audience memnbers were soon piping in with examples of how they use social media, and shared their success stories with the group.
As more and more organizations and individuals consider the value of social media, remember: social media is just an extension of what we do in real life; We meet people, have conversations, build relationships, explore business opportunities, socialize, and have fun. The same things happen online via social networks, message boards, forums, and niche communities.
Here at Lens on Atlanta, we want you to think about how we can work together to improve community. We've made it easy for you to connect with individuals who are working to improve Metro Atlanta. As great as it is to talk about these things, if we don't organize and act, the conversations will have minimal impact. So the question then becomes how we use social media to create positive change? Do you have any thoughts? Please share.
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While it may be a sad story to many, my wife and I hope it will touch and inspire you to support the March of Dimes.
We're participating in the annual March for Babies this Saturday April 24, and would appreciate your support of Team Rico and Jordan.
Please donate here: http://bit.ly/dwR7FK
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