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  |  The V.I.N.E.
I.N.K.E.D.'s Venue for Inspiring Newcomers and Encouraging Deeds. |
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A huge thank you to MumstheWord-OutOfCirc  for the gracious plaque!Featured in "Contests & Activities Newsletter (May 9, 2012)"  & "Contests & Activities Newsletter (January 22, 2013)" The V.I.N.E. Venue for Inspiring Newcomers Encouragement        Welcome to the main activity forum for "I.N.K.E.D." . The goal of this forum is pretty straightforward. Here, any member in the community can partake in welcoming newcomers to the site in any way they feel. The purpose of this forum serves two activities that go hand-in-hand with each other.A.N.T. Awarding New Talent The first is an activity we lovingly call A.N.T., which stands for Awarding New Talent. Each month nominations from "I.N.K.E.D. Newbie Spotlight Nomination" are highlighted within the forum. The committee, also known as "I.N.K.E.D." 's group leaders, go through the list and award nominees for exceptional talent, dedication, and hard work. This may be in the form of Awardicons, Merit Badges, or C-Notes with Gift Points. We firmly believe that every single individual makes up a community and that newcomers are integral to helping it be great. Anyone may nominate a newcomer who is approximately two months or younger to the site. While we understand that everyone learns at different paces and that there is no set definition for what a newcomer is, we feel that this is a reasonable time frame for those who have not quite got their shoe in the door yet. Have you noticed an up-and-coming newcomer? Let us know!
G.I.A.N.T Awards Giving Inspiration and Awarding New Talent It's remarkable how fitting this acronym is to how the community works. Sometimes, one simply cannot help but feel small and insignificant. Some may even say like an ant, but on closer examination, an ant is so much more than an insignificant speck. While an individual may not be able to carry fruit back to its colony, several ants can lift things enormously larger than themselves. What happens when we communicate and come together is something grand, something giant. (This is where we will post our nominee spotlights.) On the V.I.N.E. Where veterans can help newcomers grow. Our second activity is an ongoing monthly event. You, dear veteran, can encourage and spread kindness to someone through C-Notes, Scribbles, or Reviews. Each month, we invite "I.N.K.E.D." group members to partake in welcoming newcomers to the site. This entails sending a newcomer a C-Note, Scribble, and Review on one or more of their items. Do this to just ten newcomers and at the end of each month we will award you with a Merit Badge and C-Note with 7,500 Gift Points plus Review Credits. You are of course welcome to do more, but due to limited funding we will only be giving out extra prizes to those we feel are standing out in the crowd through the entire month.C-Notes Send a newcomer a welcoming C-Note from the group through one of our shops. Please note that for each group you send the site automatically charges you 250 Gift Points. We understand that it is not always possible and reasonable to send them in groups of five, so this is why we have included such a generous incentive above. Please be sensible when sending a C-Note, we don't want to come across as spammy or over the top. We ask that when you write a C-Note that you try and find something personal include. Take some time to browse their port and try to find something to comment on. Thank you! 
Scribbles While you're in their portfolio, why not leave a Scribble? Scribbles are a delightful way of introducing a newcomer to their notebooks, while showing them that someone has taken the time to wander into their port and say something. Below is a list of Scribbles we've come up with. You may use them as you see fit, but really these are here as an examples. Cutting and pasting them for sheer volume and convenience is not what it's all about. We highly recommend that you modify and personalize these to the individual portfolio you're visiting.
Reviews Not every newcomer has work in their portfolio, but a many of them do. If you notice that they have work in their portfolio, why not give it a review? We all remember the excitement of receiving our first review and being thrilled that someone out there noticed what we've done. Reviews should not be affiliated with "I.N.K.E.D." . We would rather see you give your reviews to other established groups within the community that you partake in. Instead, simply copy and paste the image or tagline below into your review at the top or bottom. Other well known groups work this way, like "The Newbie Welcome Wagon" and "Anniversary Reviews" . We would love to see you gain more credit and recognition in the community by utilizing tags rather than affiliation!START COPY  {center}{e:starY} {size:3.5}Welcome to WDC from all of us at {item:inked}{/size} {e:starY}{e:coffeeBl} {size:3.5}Join us for some coffee and conversation in the {item:lounge}{/size} {e:coffeeBl}{/center}  END COPY Welcome to WDC from all of us at "I.N.K.E.D."  Join us for some coffee and conversation in the "Coffee Lounge"  Please post in the forum when you've completed all three tasks on a newcomer. We will award a Merit Badge plus Gift Points for those that do each three tasks to ten newcomers each month.![Merit Badge in Inspirational
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Thank you for all of your dedication to [Link To Item #1516434] - You rock! *^*Heart*^* from [Link To Item #1516434]](http://imgs.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/genre-Inspirational-960.gif) May "Inspiration" Challenge Bring inspiration back! Nominate 5 newcomers! This on-the-fly challenge is for the tail end of May, beginning on the 24th and ending on the 31st. The challenge is: nominate five newcomers through "I.N.K.E.D. Newbie Spotlight Nomination" and do a Review for each of them. Do not affiliate your review with "I.N.K.E.D." , rather, affiliate it with another group that you are part of. Be sure to include our review tag (as seen above) somewhere in your review. You may combine it with other review tags, but the main message and spirit must be included. Report to the forum below when you're done, including who you nominated, why you nominated them, and your review links. On June 1st we will go through our submissions for those that have taken part in our challenge and award them with an Inspirational Merit Badge. Please note that this is a separate activity than our on-going monthly activity. This is merely a side activity to help jump start our new changes. If you participate in both, you will receive both awards. Optionally, you may do one or the other.Other Resources How do I find a newcomers? There are several ways in which you can find a newcomer to the site. Below are just a few examples.  Read a Newbie: http://www.writing.com/main/list_items/type/newbie *Find a Newbie: http://www.writing.com/main/authors *In the pulldown menu, select "Newest Account First" and then click "Go!" next to the empty search field. IM a Newbie: - http://www.writing.com/main/im.php?action=im_console*This is a great way to find invisible cases and their ports! (Scroll to the bottom.) |
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