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 * Arts Council Silicon Valley **


 * Contact Person:** Josh Russell
 * Phone:** 4089982787 x210
 * Email:**  jrussell@1stACT.org
 * Executive Director:** Connie Martinez
 * Communications Director:** Josh Russell, Director of External Affairs
 * Social Media Staff:** Ben Daniels


 * Baseline **


 * CWRF Overall Level:** Walk
 * Overall Score:** 1.68
 * Detailed Score:**[]
 * Burning Questions To Be Answered**: How does social media paid promotions factor into what nonprofits are able to accomplish? As a name change may be in the future for the organization what is the best way to manage that change on Facebook?
 * Measurement Indicators [Crawl=1, Walk=2, Run=3, Fly=4]**
 * Data-Informed:** 1
 * Tools:** 2
 * Sense-Making:** 2


 * Social Media Presence **

Blog: http://www.livesv.com/blogpage/detail/69 Facebook: http://facebook.com/ArtsCouncilSiliconValley & facebook.com/livesv Fans: 1205 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/livesvchannel Subscribers: 2922 Views: 6 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/artscouncilsv Followers: 561 Hashtags: #pickoftheday

Excited about the project. I am debating on which project to focus on. A couple come to mind, but I think I should really focus on one thing and put my energy toward that. My concern is in the distribution of labor. Because I am the only one from my organization participating on the call, I want to figure out how to manage the time so I am not actually doing all of the work and am engaging my colleagues even though they are not part of this peer learning group. That will help inform what project we do. Overall, I am excited for the opportunity.
 * January 22 Reflections**

I am excited because we have just hired a new communications manager that will be working with me directly on this project. He starts next week and this will be one of the first things we talk about. We also have a new executive director who started on Friday so the players are changing but for me, I will no longer feel like I'm living on my own island. Once we collectively align the organization's goals with the new ED, I think ideas will be flowing...
 * February 4 Reflections**

Our new communications manager has joined the organization and he and I have been crafting our project. We are planning to do an online fundraising initiative to generate 'net new' money from next generation philanthropists for a grant award for emerging artists. We are really excited, have started identifying partners and existing events that can be perfect book-ends and are devising our social media strategy and goals now. Stay tuned...
 * February 27 Reflections**