Submitting Stories for the Website & eBulletin
Posted by David Gardner
on Mar 29, 2014
Have you recently hosted an event or project or are planning something in the near future that you would like to share with your fellow Rotarians from around District 7930? The new weekly eBulletin will depend on the content provided by clubs so please be sure to submit your stories and we will publish them on the district website and in the next eBulletin. Please submit the text for the article and the graphics that you would like to use as separate files and send to djg@boydsdirect.com. If you are a webmaster, a story editor, a public relations chair or any other committee chair you should consider submitting stories that showcase your club or event and possibly interest Rotarians from around the district to get involved. You can submit stories via the new portal here!
If you want some guidelines on creating stories, please read more!
Write up the story in a common text editor such as Microsoft Word and make sure you answer the following questions:
- Who - Who attended, who helped, who is invited
- What - What is the event, is it a service project, fund raising project or fellowship event
- When - What was the date or when will the event occur, include starting and ending time as appropriate
- Where - Where was or is the event, provide a map if possible or at least a very specific address so a link can be created to a map complete with directions
- How - How do you register, include a digital form in word or pdf or an online registration option
- Why - Most importantly, why was or is the event being held, this is why someone would want to participate, be as engaging as possible
Send photos from the actual event if it has occurred or from a prior year complete with captions describing who is in the photo (optional) and the story behind the picture.
When writing the story, make the first paragraph as engaging as possible and that will be used on the home page, and the reader will have to click on Read more . . . to get the "Rest of the Story". This will allow for more stories to be displayed on the home page and still allow for additional content to be accessed when you have inspired the reader to do so. You can use this article as a basis for creating a best practice for web stories.
When complete submit the story to David Gardner at djg@boydsdirect.com by clicking on this link. and attach any photos in that email even if embedded in the story. This will provide the opportunity to display at the recommended quality and to place into the website more effectively.