The Website It’s Magical May 2008

1. The WebsiteIt’s MagicalMay 2008

2. How to Use the Cool Cities Website

3. Registration Page Create a User Name and Password Create a User Name First and Last Name E-mail City, State, Zip Phone

4. Your Profile Edit any detail of your profile Change your password here Optional Profile Opportunities About me Create a signature Useful for City Leads!

5. People Finder Only available to registered users Access to list of other Cool Cities activists in your town Can e-mail each other through website

6. Resources Core Resources Resource Sections File Access Resource Title

7. 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

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

9. 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

10. Forum - Main Page

11. Inside a Forum Add A Topic

12. Inside a Post Post a Reply Send a Message

13. The Green Playbook

14. U.S. Green Building Council

15. http://www.kingcounty.gov/exec/coolcounties www.greencounties.org

16. 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

17. 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

18. Editing Your City’s 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. Click “Edit City” to update your city profile

19. 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

20. Editing Your City’s Profile Add 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

21. What the Five Milestones? • Establish Campaign • Engage the Community • City Signs the Agreement • Initial Solutions Steps • Advanced Smart Energy Solutions Each milestone has concrete goals for your campaign

22. Editing Your City Profile Estimated Number of Volunteers Click Submit!

23. News and Announcements

24. 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

25. Creating a New Link

26. Creating New Links This is the underlined text a visitor will click on and links directly to the web address Put web address here Briefly describe what you’ve linked to Click here to submit!