<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear Community Radio colleagues</div></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">The
newly re-designed <a href="http://www.communityradiotoolkit.net/" target="_blank">Community Radio Toolkit</a> web
site is re-launched this week with revised content in the Toolkit, and a new
and unique guide to Social Media for Community Radio. The latter is the
product of a Radio Regen project that also offers support to stations seeking
to improve their use of social media.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">The
site is based on Radio Regen's, and other sector leaders' experience in setting
up and running stations and has been widely praised as an essential tool for
community radio leaders. The old site had over two thousand subscribers
from the UK and overseas and many community radio people have told Radio Regen
that its information was indispensable to their work setting up and running
stations.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">The <b>Social Media</b> project is funded by the
Community Radio Fund and contains practical advice on how to optimise your station’s
use of social media, how to plan it and, where necessary, control it. The
section also discusses innovative ways in which social media can be used to
generate income. The project is also offering a limited amount of free
support on the topic.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b>If you are interested in support on
making effective use of social media, please contact cormac[at]<a href="http://radioregen.org">radioregen.org</a></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">The
Toolkit website is also a work in progress and as such Radio Regen is more than
keen to hear from users either via the site or toolkit[at]<a href="http://radioregen.org">radioregen.org</a> We would like to hear users' views on the site and how it
might be better. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">We also want to publish
the best <b>Community Radio Stories</b> -
that show off the sector at its best - or perhaps cautionary tales that can
help stations avoid future pitfalls. If
this is of interest please contact toolkit[at]<a href="http://radioregen.org">radioregen.org</a> </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">The
next new section of the site will be a detailed guide to <b>training</b> in the sector
– addressing both training best practice and business models that can be
applied to generate revenue from training. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Best wishes,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Phil, Cormac and Cathy at Radio Regen</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">PS - no prizes, but much gratitude to be had for spotting the inevitable typos or duff hyper-links ;)</p></div></div></div></div>
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