CDP/COCO and URL Radio

We formed this partnership to highlight our COCO members, HTC Communities, and Community Development Events. The contract runs from 4/1/10 to 4/1/11 and with 2 call-ins a week – one on Morning Show and one on Shake It Up with Molly and Martini on Wednesday nights, Facebook and Twitter mentions, and links from their website!

This radio station can be listened to anywhere where the internet can be accessed, just visit www.URLradio.net. They have been listened to in 49 states and 84 countries! You can even hear past shows as they have podcasts available on their website and podbean.com.

We are featuring owners Nicole Morrison-Mathern and Stacy Sturm at the 10th Annual Strom Conference “Insights 2010” on April 22 at the Days Hotel. We are excited that they will be our keynote luncheon speakers!

Either Julie or Amanda will be on at 9:00am MST on Monday Mornings and a representative from the nonprofit or the featured community will be on Wednesday Evening at 7:30pm. April 5 will be the kick-off show. Be sure to tune in early that day as they are starting at 8:30 MST with Stacy Sturm’s morning show.

Amanda & Julie Meet Peter P. Dog

Last week Amanda Moser & Julie Raatz went to Medora, ND for Medora’s Community Development Project Year-4 Kick-Off Event. The event was an open house at Theodore Roosevelt National Park with a silent movie that was 91 years old. The event was well attended & Amanda & Julie event got the opportunity to meet Peter P. Dog, the park’s newest onsite reporter.

Medora’s Community Development Project is intended to help build the Medora community. Everyone who lives & works in Medora is welcome to attend any of the community development events! Who knows, you may get the opportunity to meet Peter P. Dog too!

Kim Goldsmith
Web & Social Media Manager

Community Field Day Successes

We held Community Field Day on October 20, 2009 on the Dickinson State University Campus. The day consisted of 4 panels—leadership, resources for development, entrepreneurship, and youth. These topics opened doors for communicating and networking on issues that relate to sustaining strategies for communities.

What are people saying about the day?

The Strom Center’s Community Field Day was a terrific way to connect some of North Dakota’s greatest community resources and dedicated leaders. Community Field Day offered a multi-dimensional look at issues facing our communities. The shared stories of trials, collaboration and success were both instructional and inspirational. It was great to interact with active leaders who walk the walk. We all know success in our communities is dependent upon the collaboration of the many parts…….and you provided a forum that truly adhered to this concept I’ll be back next year.
Shannon Schweigert
GivingPoint/Giving Magazine– Principal
Fargo, ND

Community Field Day was a fun and educational day. The panel discussions were a smorgasbord of projects and ideas to absorb. Hearing individual testimonies about how each entity approached their challenges and overcame difficulties really gave each of us encouragement and new exuberance towards our own community projects. The enthusiasm for each person’s community or personal project was contagious.
Kathy Miller
North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame –Manager
Medora, ND

Community Field Day was a great venue for sharing and celebrating the stories in our communities. A day of learning from one another, sharing resources and networking. For me, the day reaffirmed the importance of networking and collaborating as rural communities. We heard testimony on a variety of community successes, issues and concerns and through that discussion discovered a continued positive spirit in our communities, who- though often faced with some rather interesting barriers – continue to press on.
I watched in amazement as the Leadership Panel opened the floor for questions, addressed some delicate issues happening in one of our small towns, determined our local leadership was often unprepared for public conflict, and immediately began implementing additional education for RLND participants in conflict management skills! A whole room conversation between panelists, facilitator and attendees. Wow – problem identification – discussion – solution – implementation – all in one morning!!
Ray Ann Kilen
Small Business Development Center–Regional Director
Dickinson, ND

These successful conversations happened because of the panelists and attendees that came to talk about building social capital and community.

Watch for other stories that we were able to capture at Community Field Day!

Amanda Lynn Moser
Community Development Project Coordinator
Strom Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Strom Center Staff – Julie Raatz, Administrative Secretary for the Community Development Project Coordinator

Julie Raatz joined the Strom Center staff as an Administrative Secretary for the Community Development Project (CDP) Coordinator on September 8, 2009.  She will also be working with COCO (Coalition of Charitable Organizations).

Julie is a native of Dickinson.  She earned an Associate of Applied Science in Legal Office Administration from DSU, graduating with distinction, and she also earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in Technology from DSU, graduating Cum Laude.  Julie brings 15 years of previous work experience in office administration in both private and state offices to the Strom Center.  Julie has been married to her husband, Don, for 13 years.  They have two children, Austin and Sierra.