The Website It’s Magical

May 2008

How to Use the Cool Cities Website

Registration Page

Create a User NameCreate a User Name and Password

First and Last NameE-mail

City, State, ZipPhone

Your Profile

Edit any detail of your profile

Change your password here

Optional Profile OpportunitiesAbout me

Create a signature

Useful for City Leads!

People Finder

Only available to registered usersAccess to list of other Cool Cities

activists in your townCan e-mail each other through

website

Resources

Resource Sections

CoreResources

Resource Title

File Access

Resources Sections• Activist Tools

•Basic Materials for Every Campaign

• Best Practice Guides and Technical Information•Cool Cities Guide, US Mayors, USGBC, Inventory Factsheet

• Campaign Handouts•Factsheets

• Chapter / Group Leaders (Training & Mobilization)•Training Presentations

• Climate Action Plans

• Global Warming Background•Under construction

• Personal Action•Five Things You Can Do

Search Options

• New Activists Should Start Here• Let Us Know If You Think Something Should Be Added• Conference Call Materials Will Be Posted Here

Cool Cities Forums• Discussion Board• Space for Q & A• Library of Information

• Forums• Announcements• Getting Started • Sustaining and Building Your Campaign• Technical Issues• Solutions and Best Practices• Climate Action Plans• Cool Counties• Global Warming and Energy Information• In The News• Success Stories• Using the Website

Forum - Main Page

Inside a Forum

Add A Topic

Inside a Post

Post a Reply

Send a Message

The Green Playbook

U.S. Green Building Council

www.greencounties.org

http://www.kingcounty.gov/exec/coolcounties

What Makes a Great Profile

•A Primary Contact

•The Official Sign-on Date

•Regular Campaign Updates

•Picture from Your Campaign

•Updated Milestones Section

•Local News and Event Announcements

Primary Contact

Connects any interested activists with your campaign team and efforts

• City Lead• Communications Coordinator

Remember: Not all Cool Cities Activist comes to this campaign through the

Sierra Club

Editing Your City’s Profile

Click “Edit City” to update your city

profile

Click “Download City Activists for a list of all registered activists in

your city

Update “Milestones Completed” when you edit your city profile

Click “NEW” box to share news,

announcements, events, and links.

Editing Your City’s Profile

Update your mayor’s name

Write about your campaign, successes,

upcoming events

Necessary so your city shows up on the map

Editing Your City’s ProfileAdd a photo to your

profile- events, volunteers, your mayor, fun local

landmark

If your mayor has not signed on, leave as a “No”

and leave date blank.

If your mayor has signed on, mark as “Yes” and

choose appropriate date.

Check off the milestones that

match your campaign progress

What the Five Milestones?

1. Establish Campaign2. Engage the Community3. City Signs the Agreement4. Initial Solutions Steps5. Advanced Smart Energy Solutions

Each milestone has concrete goals for your campaign

Editing Your City Profile

Estimated Number of Volunteers

Click Submit!

News and Announcements

Creating an Announcements

Title

Synopsis (Will be shown in the

sidebar)

Full Story (Will be shown when

user clicks the MORE button)

Choose the last date you want the

announcement to be displayed

Click Submit Changes

Creating a New Link

Creating New Links

Put web address here

This is the underlined text a visitor will click on and links directly to the web address

Briefly describe what you’ve linked to

Click here to submit!