A total of 18 Capital region non-profit organizations have received federal grants to help them ramp up their marketing skills, including their websites.
The Capital Area Community Media Center, under the leadership of Matt Penniman, is helping by lining up freelance summer work for those with technological skills.
While the media center is not yet a physical place, its organizers are at work in the community. Penniman, part of the media center movement for two years, is amassing a pool of what he calls “tech-savvy types” to help the non-profits this summer, and perhaps enlist their help in a media center in the future.
He’s looking for Photoshop jockeys; people who know how to make HTML and CSS sit up and dance; those who are wise to the ways of Wordpress; and people who want to earn hourly wages this summer while working for good causes in the Capital region, Penniman says.
The project is funded through federal Compassion Capital Fund grants, administered through the Department of Health and Human Services, targeting faith-based and non-profit groups. The fund aims to give the non-profits the tools to give better service, and the skills to make use of those tools, Penniman explains.
The work may include designing or modifying logos, headers, backgrounds, and other images; customizing site templates, including text size and placement using CSS; organizing site content using Wordpress or other appropriate content management systems.
The work will be done for organizations ranging from the Greater Lansing Housing Coalition which rehabilitates housing for first-time buyers, to Lansing Teen Court, which provides peer review of teens who commit misdemeanors for the first time.
Contact Penniman with work samples here or call him at 517-410-5499 by June 8.
Source: Matt Penniman, Capital Area Community Media Center
Gretchen Cochran, Innovation & Jobs editor, may be reached here.
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