A productive meeting was held, members learning about the key points on writing an article, and applying the knowledge to creating stories, that will be fit for our website.
After some reseach online I found this write up by Hannah Frankman that listed the "Six Rules for Writing Good Articles".
The 6 Roules are:
1. Minimise your barrier to entry
2. Keep your paragraphs short and your text visually appealing
3. Keep it short and sweet
4. Give me substance
5. Tell me a story
6. Show, then tell
About the Content:
1. We noted that we need a catchy title.
2. We need to determine what it is, a fundraiser, a contribution or a community project.
- talking about a fundraiser would need to cover, what we raised the funds for
- if we made a contribution, whom did we support
- but in general the 5 questions need to be answered:
- Who
- Where
- What
- Why
- How
- to finish the article, always write a conclusion, a general outcome.
The Rotarians chose to start to write about following projects:
- Tertiary Scholarship & Encouragement Awards
- Lesmurdie Falls
- Rotary Projects
- Perth Observatory
- Opera at twilight
- Community Grants
- Microscopes for Schools
The groups were formed by choosing a long standing member of the Rotary Club of Kalamunda, a member that has been in the club for 5-6 years and a new member.
The idea behind the formation of the groups was, that the long standing member knows about the project, the member that joined about 5-6 years ago has a different view on what needs to be covered by in the article, and the new member (or prospective member) was able to evaluate the article to ensure it made sense to non-Rotarians.
I believe everyone had a lot of fun, and it was great to see the different groups working so well together.