At the 2017 Convention, Missoula CD's Jen McBride gave a presentation on checking the county mill levies for your district. If you missed the presentation and would like to watch it, you can view it here: Mill Levy Presentation
At the very basic level, logos are symbols made up of text and images that help us identify brands we like. But they can be so much more! A good logo is the cornerstone of your brand. It helps customers understand what you do, who you are and what you value. That’s a lot of responsibility on a tiny image! Here are some pointers on using logos, plus a link to a free logo library of businesses & organizations in Montana.
At the Statewide Administrator’s Training this month, we had a great discussion about social media and how to use it to better reach people in your area. Social Media is great for keeping your organization in people’s minds, which is important when they’re, you know, thinking about digging up a stream or maybe implementing some cover crops. Your job is to help them, so make sure that you’re the first place they think to go!
As part of a six-month series on district operations, the Did You Know? monthly feature in eResource will highlight chapters of the NACD District Outlook Task Force report: “Blueprint for Locally-Led Conservation – A Strategy for District Success and Sustainability” (available here on our website). This month’s chapter tackles communications.
Each year, the MACDEO offers a few scholarships for administrators/conservation district employees to attend the annual convention. You must be a member of the MACDEO with dues current in order to apply. Here is the application for 2016: 2016-blank-scholarship-app
I recently read an article by a family friend, Lisa Benenson, that I thought the Conservation District community may find enlightening.