{"358221":{"#nid":"358221","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Technical Communication Class Creates Digital Presence for Atlanta Non-Profit","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis fall, Rebecca Weaver\u0027s Fall 2014 Technical Communication class had the opportunity to work with Hagar Civilization Training Missionary (HCTM) to create the WestSide non-profit\u0027s digital presence\u2014a website, social media presence, and tactile marketing materials, including letterheads, business cards, event flyers, and newsletter templates. HCTM, headquartered at 19 Joseph E Lowery Boulevard NW in Atlanta, works on neighborhood revitalization and community building. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe technical communication class, part of Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/lmc.gatech.edu\/writingcomm\/\u0022\u003EWriting and Communication Program\u003C\/a\u003E, provided students with a semester-long experience working for a community client with real deadlines while developing strategies for composing professional communication. In addition to creating communication projects for HCTM, students produced an instruction manual to guide the organization in learning to utilize these new materials. While working on this rel-world application, students studied communication theory, including the causes and effects of the digital divide, characteristics of digital philanthropy, best practices for non-profit digital communication, and the WestSide\u0027s history and relationship with Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn December 4, students presented their completed projects to representatives from HCTM, the WestSide Communities Alliance, Tech\u0027s Community Engagement Office, and various LMC and other faculty, students, and staff. Sister Precious Mohamed, HCTM\u0027s founder, expressed deep pleasure and gratitude for the students\u0027 work in helping her organization \u0022enter the digital age and become available to the community.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis fall, Rebecca Weaver\u0027s Fall 2014 Technical Communication class had the opportunity to work with Hagar Civilization Training Missionary (HCTM) to create the WestSide non-profit\u0027s digital presence.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This fall, Rebecca Weaver\u0027s Fall 2014 Technical Communication class had the opportunity to work with Hagar Civilization Training Missionary (HCTM) to create the WestSide non-profit\u0027s digital presence."}],"uid":"27725","created_gmt":"2014-12-17 16:06:11","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:46","author":"Carol Senf","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"358181":{"id":"358181","type":"image","title":"Weaver\u0027s class with Sister Precious and Erik Levine","body":null,"created":"1449245775","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:16:15","changed":"1475895093","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:33","alt":"Weaver\u0027s class with Sister Precious and Erik Levine","file":{"fid":"201500","name":"3403presentation_-_version_2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/3403presentation_-_version_2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/3403presentation_-_version_2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":13118,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/3403presentation_-_version_2_0.jpg?itok=gIMXOPzU"}},"230761":{"id":"230761","type":"image","title":"Rebecca Weaver","body":null,"created":"1449243602","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:40:02","changed":"1475894903","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:23","alt":"Rebecca Weaver","file":{"fid":"197529","name":"weaver_rebecca_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/weaver_rebecca_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/weaver_rebecca_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":21951,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/weaver_rebecca_0_0.jpg?itok=swf30h0e"}}},"media_ids":["358181","230761"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"112831","name":"LMC 3403"},{"id":"167890","name":"service learning"},{"id":"12603","name":"writing and communication program"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Weaver\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.weaver@lmc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Erebecca.weaver@lmc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}