Last night I gave my presentation to the Keynsham Lions at the Fry Club which seemed to go down well. They were a nice bunch of people and asked a lot of questions, so either they weren't listening or they were genuinely interested!
Surprisingly, I quite like Vista and Office 2007 which seemed to talk very easily to the projector without any problems. Much better than the old version which I always had difficulty with!
We seem to be getting a few more hits on our YouTube site although Facebook hasn't taken off!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Publicity....
As well as our recent attempt of 'viral advertising' via YouTube, Facebook and this blog, we still continue to do the conventional method of attending meetings in person!
On Monday 28th January, Rob will be visiting the Keynsham Lions at the Fry Club for an after-dinner talk. He will be talking about how and why the charity was set up as well as what we have done.
On Thursday 7th February, John and Tigist will be attending the AGM of CLinC at Cromhall village hall to talk about the charity. Roy Greenhalgh had attended our AGM and was very interested in what we were doing. He had previously been on the same course as Tigist which is where he got to know us.
Last bit of news is that Sue is organising a raffle for a lovely hand sewn quilt made by Lisa Hamblin at Bradgate Surgery. Tickets will be 50p each or 3 for £1 and can be bought from Sue or via the For-ethiopia website soon.
On Monday 28th January, Rob will be visiting the Keynsham Lions at the Fry Club for an after-dinner talk. He will be talking about how and why the charity was set up as well as what we have done.
On Thursday 7th February, John and Tigist will be attending the AGM of CLinC at Cromhall village hall to talk about the charity. Roy Greenhalgh had attended our AGM and was very interested in what we were doing. He had previously been on the same course as Tigist which is where he got to know us.
Last bit of news is that Sue is organising a raffle for a lovely hand sewn quilt made by Lisa Hamblin at Bradgate Surgery. Tickets will be 50p each or 3 for £1 and can be bought from Sue or via the For-ethiopia website soon.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Online updates
As well as our website, For-ethiopia now has a Facebook and a YouTube page. At the YouTube page we will try and keep adding videos of events and projects. Currently there are two videos on there so take a look...
The Facebook is a bit different. I signed up as an organisation and now cannot find out how to invite people to look at it. You don't seem to be able to have friends and the way to notify people is a mass mailing to Facebook users. Now, I don't really like receiving mass mailing myself so I really do not want to go down this route! If anyone knows how to invite people please let me know!!!!! Ideally I want people to add it and then their friends see it, visit and add if they like it....at the moment there are a few general photos of Addis Alem on there but I will add more. I cannot put the link to it as I am blogging from work and they have banned access to Facebook!!!!!
Almost forgot, we now have a Buy.At site which means people can search for shops and products and anything they purchase using the site will pass on a commission to go towards our projects!
Oh well, more soon.
The Facebook is a bit different. I signed up as an organisation and now cannot find out how to invite people to look at it. You don't seem to be able to have friends and the way to notify people is a mass mailing to Facebook users. Now, I don't really like receiving mass mailing myself so I really do not want to go down this route! If anyone knows how to invite people please let me know!!!!! Ideally I want people to add it and then their friends see it, visit and add if they like it....at the moment there are a few general photos of Addis Alem on there but I will add more. I cannot put the link to it as I am blogging from work and they have banned access to Facebook!!!!!
Almost forgot, we now have a Buy.At site which means people can search for shops and products and anything they purchase using the site will pass on a commission to go towards our projects!
Oh well, more soon.
Monday, January 07, 2008
Ethiopian Christmas Party
We held a party on Saturday to celebrate both Ethiopian Christmas and our 3rd year of operation.
Although it was a cold, dark, miserable evening, around 40 people turned up to see our presentation and eat mincepies(!), samosas, and an Ethiopian Flag Christmas cake made by Janet (lots of colouring needed!).
Dudley talked well and explained the projects in Addis Alem that had been completed in 2007 balanced against our funding needs for next year.
A couple of people signed up for regular donations and a lot of donations were made in the collection bucket. All in all, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and the Trustees felt a great sense of achievement by the end of.
2007 (year 3) has been a relatively hard one but the successes lead us forward to year 4 with more big ideas!
Although it was a cold, dark, miserable evening, around 40 people turned up to see our presentation and eat mincepies(!), samosas, and an Ethiopian Flag Christmas cake made by Janet (lots of colouring needed!).
Dudley talked well and explained the projects in Addis Alem that had been completed in 2007 balanced against our funding needs for next year.
A couple of people signed up for regular donations and a lot of donations were made in the collection bucket. All in all, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and the Trustees felt a great sense of achievement by the end of.
2007 (year 3) has been a relatively hard one but the successes lead us forward to year 4 with more big ideas!
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