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Center for Digital Storytelling Seeks Board Members The Center for Digital Storytelling, www.storycenter.org, is a California non-for-profit, based in Berkeley, California is seeking qualified candidates for our Board of Directors to help lead the organization\'s efforts to serve and local, national and international constituency. The organization is internationally recognized as the developers of Digital Storytelling, a series of methods and practices assisting individuals in creating short narrated films. The methods have been adopted by educational, social service and public health, environmental and arts organizations in all 50 United States, and over 40 counties. CDS provides in depth project management, consulting and trainings that support sustainable implementation of Digital Storytelling programs for the clients and communities they serve. CDS has a full time staff of 9 based in four US locations, a part time staff based in one other location, and over 40 contractors that work on an ongoing level assisting us in implementing projects. The prior year budget was $900,000, in 2010-11, the budget is planned at $750,000. CDS is seeking to expand their current Board from 6 members to 10 members begining in October of 2010. They are seeking candidates for two year terms that are able to meet six times per year, and lead at least one subcommittee project. There are four areas of professional background that we are seeking in our recruitment process for the 2010-11 year. Development We are looking for candidates with experience in non-profit fund development. This could include experience in serving on other non-profit Boards with an international reach, specific background in grantsmanship or grants management, and strong networks within the private/public foundation communities. The focus would be the development of a thorough grant strategy for our organization, which historically has earned over 90% of its income through consulting, fees for service and training. Marketing/PR We are looking for a professional with a strong marketing and public relations background to assist us with developing and implementing a marketing and PR plan to increase our visibility. In particular we are interested in strategies with a new media focus, using enhanced social media and web-based marketing tools. We are also interested in developing a public relations strategy that expands our coverage in local, national and international media outlets, etc/ Organizational Development We are looking for someone with expertise in either internal communications, accounting/financial management, leadership, professional development, and/or human resources management. Technology We are looking for someone who can support and facilitate technology issues, e.g. researching options for purchases, managing our backend web issues, enhancing or optimizing our existing technology infrastructure.

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