NVC Community Connect Newsletter

Kia Ora NVC Community
    
JUNE 2010 COMMUNITY CONNECT

Fern frond by Ani1967.

(click here to read June 2010 newsletter)

Greetings of Peace to you all. Here’s the long-awaited June 2010 newsletter. It contains reports and articles from a number of contributors across the NVC Community. It was extremely uplifting to receive a variety of contributions from individuals who responded to the request for articles and reports. We celebrate their contributions and appreciate their time, effort and support. We’ve put together information from the active regions in Aotearoa-NZ with Regional Reports from Auckland, Hawkes Bay, Wellington, Motueka and Christchurch. There’s an official announcement about the NVC-Aotearoa NZ Charitable Trust. There’s also a beautiful tribute to Robert Gonzale’s July 2009 workshop by a number of people who attended and enjoyed his workshop.

Rounding it up are special announcements and reminders of exciting events in October/November 2010 with Gina Lawrie and Cate Crombie at Waitakere Ranges, Auckland. Then in March 2011, Robert Gonzales returns to Aotearoa-NZ for a 5-Day Residential Retreat in Kaiteriteri, Motueka. There’s a recommendation for you to book early and take advantage of the Earlybird Specials. Also if there’s a prerequisite for attendance at these events, please check-out the NVC website for Foundation Trainings currently being offered in the different regions.

http://www.nvcnz.info/Workshops.html  

Finally, there’s a touching letter from the Philippines, requesting support for a lone NVC trainer, endeavouring to bring Social Change through NVC to the masses in a conflict-ridden country. Hundreds of people in the Philippines are eager to learn about NVC. However, lack of trainers and resources prevent this valuable tool being taught to help people with compassionate resolutions to many years of bloody conflict.
We trust you will enjoy this June newsletter. Please pass on to your networks.  

(click here to read June 2010 newsletter)


As newsletter editor, I sometimes
ask myself if newsletters are a
waste of time and effort?

However, the following statistics
are encouraging! Consider this - generally surveys indicate 80%
of newsletter readers say they
are useful, 90% get an idea from
each issue and 75% save copies.

This is good news for all
editors, but why do we do a
newsletter in the first place?



Newsletters help to:

  • inform
  • announce events
  • get people interested
  • reach people by e-mail when other means won't work
  • reach many people economically
  • reach a small, special interest audience
  • in other words - to communicate
  • connect communities with a common purpose

I was interested to see the following diagram and
information. As a newsletter editor, it is important to
lure the reader into your newsletter so they read your
message as quickly as possible. The diagram below shows
the percentages of time spent looking at the different areas
of the page:


Time spent looking at different areas of page -- 41% top left - 20% top right - 25% bottom left - 14% bottom right


The upper left-hand corner of the page is where the
eye goes first and readers spend most of their time there. The most important information should be
placed in the top left quadrant.

 


I now view newsletters with quadrant awareness!

 

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