Cross-pollination at your Community Media Center presented by Erica Jones, director of Membership & Outreach SCATV, Somerville, MA

Going beyond the traditional, linear, public access TV model Develop creative ways to cross-pollinate with others to help increase your visibility, form new partnerships & keep the energy alive in order to stay relevant!

Rough Cut Media Series A quarterly community building event for SCATV members and the community to convene to give positive feedback on media projects (not held at SCATV).

Local Tours of Media Center On-going tours encourage local schools, churches, meetup groups and others to tour your facility & see what you have to offer.

Community Vault: a retrospective community media screening A community building event that celebrated and gave recognition to all the hard work of community media centers over the last 30 years. ACM-NE provided funding for this event to help show their support for local community media events.

Community Vault - a win/win

Mobile Storytelling Bus A collaboration with the Somerville Arts Council to develop an archive of the city’s history through interviews. The bus is setup at different events and we collect various stories about time, place and community.

Potluck & Lecture Series A quarterly event that invites people in the media & film industry to share their knowledge and inspiration to SCATV members & to the community. past guests: Arlington Int’l film festival, 48 Hour Film Festival Boston, Local Filmmakers

Collaborative Productions Legacies: a Journey through the Lives of Elders (Cambridge Health Alliance) Meet the Merchants series with Somerville Local First

Cinema Somerville series Inspired by Cinema Northampton - The event series is free and is open to the community-at-large. It builds community in Somerville through collaborations with community organizations and residents by presenting free public film screenings at various locations in Somerville.

Cool events/projects, now what? Share it around! social media: instagram posts, twitter (tweeting at specific groups with big reach), Facebook, google +, YouTube & more! community partner’s social media & e-news google groups list servs online calendars local blogs local news outlets meetup.com couchsurfing e-news website posts

Never stop believing, creating, collaborating and cross-pollinating! Thank you!