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Electronic PTA Meeting Planning Committee

At the September DCCPTA General Meeting there were several people interested in learning more about holding an electronic PTA meeting or committee meeting.  If you are interested in helping prepare for an electronic PTA meeting Please send your email address to web@dccpta.org to get involved.  Our first online meeting will be Saturday Nov 5 11:00 am.

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Before-School Running and Walking Program – Holiday Hill Elementary

Before-School Running and Walking Program Brings Multiple Benefits to Holiday Hill Elementary As schools across Florida reduce time devoted to recess and physical education, the rates of childhood obesity1, attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)2, and other health concerns increase annually. Allowing time for exercise and unstructured activity is one treatment, among others, that is commonly recommended. At Holiday Hill Elementary,

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Share Your Successful PTA Programs

Duval County is constantly starting and reactivating new PTAs that are looking for programing ideas.  Has your PTA/PTSA had a successful program that you think others PTA’s might want to implement? I would like to share these programs on the DCCPTA website. Here is a link to share your program.   

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Review of Social Media and Websites Links

2016 DCCPTA Fall Leadership Workshop Richard Godke DCCPTA Technology Chair rgodke@yahoo.com   Duval PTA Social Media Experts Celita Wilson leadership@dccpta.org Marla Bryant marlabryant@bellsouth.net Sign up for: National PTA Back-to-School Kit 2016-2017 PTAkit.org For PTA technology and communication information go to: http://www.ptakit.org/Communications/index.aspx The National PTA Kit includes:  Communications, Communicating with Members and Stakeholders, PTA Branding, Newsletters, Website, Social Media, Our Children

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Fall Leadership Workshops Presentation Summaries 10-01-2016

Here is a list of workshop; PowerPoint, summaries, and web-links to subjects that were covered at the worksheet Fall Leadership Workshops Presentations References 10-01-2016. Review of Social Media and Website Links  10-01-2016      (Rick Godke)  Tech DCCPTA web link:  https://dccpta.org/2016/07/13/webmaster-chair/ How to work with all people   (Celita Wilson, Santhea Hicks-Brown)  DCCPTA web link:  https://dccpta.org/2016/07/13/training-and-workshops/ How to obtain Business Partners  

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Writing an E-blast People Will Read

1.Keep it short:  Weekly better than monthly – use links 2.Skip the intro:  Get to the facts fast 3.Focus on headlines:  Use action grabbing headlines, place 3 most important articles first 4.Keep the best information on top: who, what, when, where, how 5.Link back to website 6.Place images to the left: especially of people

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Sources of Free Images For PTA

Microsoft Word™ – Go to Microsoft Word menu: Insert/Outline Pictures/Office.com clip art/ type in Image you want/Enter Google Image – https://images.google.com/ Flickr Creative Commons https://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/editors_choice/ Flickr Creative Commons agreement requires you to use: author, copyright, and back link to Flickr photo.  Used this hyperlink on “Paxon Clean Cut Day” to back link https://www.flickr.com/photos/101517127@N08/14006156830/in/photostream  Paxon Clean Cut Day ©

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Stepping Up: Florida’s Civil Citation Efforts 2016 Report

Contact Information: Ms. Cindy Gerhardt, President, president@floridapta.org,407-855-7604, FAX 407-240-9577, www.floridapta.org September 14, 2016 PTA is the oldest and largest child advocacy group in the nation. PTA’s mission is to make every child’s potential a reality, by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children.  “All children” includes those who are displaced, are in foster care or who find

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Try The New Free Meeting Collaboration Website join.me

No time to go to a PTA committee meeting?  Consider a meeting on line with the new https://join.me.  Whether planning an event, designing a flyer, preparing a presentation or ideating, making stuff is just easier with join.me. Share mouse control to work on the same document or design in real-time. Use the recording feature to capture the meeting for future

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Leaving Website Sample

XYZ Sponsor Sample Code You are leaving the XYZ PTA website. Offering this link does not imply endorsement by PTA. This web link is offered as sponsor identifying information not advertising.   PTA does not assume responsibility for the content of linked sites and does not independently verify or exert editorial control over information on the linked sites. PTA shall

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ONE by ONE: Student Voice

What does success look like for our youth? Hear from them directly! What does success look like for our youth? Hear from them directly! Too often, crucial public education decisions are made without the group that is the most affected by these changes: students. The Jacksonville Public Education Fund in collaboration with several local organizations welcome the nonprofit community, public

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