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What's New

Webinars

• We've added a webinar on incentives and norm appeals to our ongoing series of instructional sessions
• We've added a two hour instructional webinar, "Introduction to Social Marketing for Waste Managers." This and our waste-related case studies now earn continuing education credits from the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)
• Each month there is a new case study webinar in our Highlights Series

Newly Added or Revised

• Fork It Over! (prepared food donation program)
• Safe Routes to School 

Accolades

Tools of Change has been recognized as an outstanding reference site by a number of independent organizations. For example, the Society of Environmental Journalists awarded our web site its highest rating as a source for environmental journalists. Most recently, the site has been recognized by the Infography as one of six superlative references on social marketing

April, 2005

Webinars

Now you can learn and keep up-to-date on public outreach and social marketing best practices, from the comfort and convenience of your office or home! Choose from our instructional series of 90 minute webinars or from our "Highlights" series of 60 minute webinars

• We offer an ongoing series of instructional sessions including: Introduction to Social Marketing, Introduction to Market Research and Overcoming Barriers, Building Motivation Over Time, and Impact Measurement and Evaluation
• Our highlights series features presentations by the 'movers and shakers' behind the innovative programs we've described in new or recently-revised case studies. During the sessions, you can listen to them describe their work, ask them questions, and learn about related initiatives 

Newly Added or Updated

• Switch Out Mercury Recovery Program
• Road Crew Reduces Drinking and Driving
• Water-Efficient Durham
• We've added a new page to the Tools of Change website with a list of recommended sources for learning from other programs

September, 2004

New Topic Areas Added

• We've added clean air as its own separate topic 
• We've re-classified our climate change case studies into climate change adaptation and climate change mitigation
• We've added Safety as a new topic area, with four subcategories: bullying prevention, crime prevention, road safety, and occupational health and safety

Workshops Now Offered World-Wide

Since registering Tools of Change as a non-profit organization, our training mandate has been expanded. We are now offering our popular workshops and presentations world-wide, covering both theory and best practice case studies from on-the-ground programs. Our workshop mailing list is separate from our newsletter list. To find out more about our workshops or add yourself to our workshop list, click here.

Newly Added:

• Research Alert: Reducing Residential Pesticide Use
• Reducing Pesticide Use in Hudson, St. Lazare, and Notre Dame de L'Ile Perrot
• Halifax Pesticide By-law
• Quebec's Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
• The Bullying Prevention Program
• Lion's Quest -Skills for Adolescence and Working Towards Peace
  

Site Activity

Steady at 1 million hits a year, from program planners and facilitators around the world.

2003:

Tools of Change: The NGO

The Tools of Change Educational Institute was incorporated as a not-for-profit organization.

November, 2000

Site Activity Continues to Increase

The monthly number of sessions increased dramatically in October.
(Note: Each session can consist of several hits)

Month	Number of Sessions
June 2000	2035
July 2000	2371
August 2000	2402
September 2000	2576
October 2000	4183
November 2000	3546

June, 2000

Funding Will Add New Case Studies, Intern Program

The Canadian Government's Climate Change Action Fund, Enbridge, TetraPak Canada Inc., and Suncor are funding the addition of 20 - 40 new climate change case studies by March 2001. If you know of a suitable case study, please click here to tell us about it. This funding will also help us to set up an intern program for writing and translating new case studies. If you are interested in becoming an intern click here.

Site Traffic Grows Steadily

Our site traffic has been growing steadily.
(Note: Each session can consist of several hits)

Month	Number of Sessions
December 1999	532
January 2000	698
February 2000	1010
March 2000	1347
April 2000	1829
May 2000	2859

February, 2000

External Links to Case Studies Now Possible

The site's programming was modified to allow people to link directly into the case studies, without losing the site's frames.

May - July, 1999

Health Promotion Case Studies Added

Health promotion case studies were added to the web site.

May 19th, 1999

Tools of Change Web Site Launched

The Tools of Change web site was launched at Natural Resources Canada's Energy Efficiency Conference in Ottawa!

October 31st, 1998

Tools of Change Web Site Available

The Tools of Change web site was made available for its initial preview!