February 2012
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Found Time: How To Spend The 24 Hours Of Leap Day... →
npr: An extra day. How will you use it? Start by reading our hour-by-hour guide. Here’s a sample: Feb. 29, 2012, Hour By Hour: Midnight. Too excited to sleep, you can click on the fascinating site of the Long Now Foundation, timekeepers of the 10,000 Year Clock. Computer wizard Danny Hillis first dreamed up the idea of a massive timepiece that “ticks once a year. The century hand ...
Feb 29th
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NCME: EXPERT SPEAK: SHANE GUITER ON HOW YOUR... →
shaneguiter: From more ways to share content to tighter budgets, there’s no doubt the public media landscape is evolving. So, how can stations take advantage of new opportunities? Shane Guiter invites your station to start thinking like a start-up. Join us for our first-ever Expert Speak webinar on Wednesday, February 29 at 2 p.m. ET featuring Shane Guiter, director of development...
Feb 28th
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“The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real.”
– Marge Piercy, from her poem, “To Be of Use“  (I’ve been reading and thinking a bunch on work, which is how I came upon this gem.)
Feb 21st
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Announcing Teacher Wall Grants
Thanks to a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to CPB, NCME is excited to announce a new American Graduate grant opportunity: Teacher Wall Grants. This grant helps stations amplify teacher voices by interviewing local educators and adding their videos to TeacherWall.org. You can apply here. 
Feb 17th
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Think like a start-up with Shane Guiter
Do you follow Shane Guiter on Tumblr? He’s director of development at KLRU-TV and always has excellent insights and ideas to share on public media innovation. That’s why we tapped Shane for our first-ever “Expert Speak” webinar coming up February 29. Shane will talk about how your station can think like a start-up, including advice on how to create creativity, keep your...
Feb 13th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 3rd