RTD Open Northwest Commuting Study with Telephone Town Hall
LOUISVILLE — A telephone town hall next week will launch a long-range study of the transportation needs of the northwest Denver suburbs.…
Jun13
The Northwest Area Mobility Study will result in a list of transportation priorities for communities including Broomfield, Westminster, Louisville, Lafayette and Boulder.
The telephone town hall meeting on June 19 will help residents learn about the study’s goals and objectives.
The public will also get a chance to questions and share comments, said the Regional Transportation District, which initiated the study.
The rising cost of providing commuter rail for the 41-mile northwest region prompted RTD to examine other transportation options.
“It is no secret that we have faced a number of challenges in the northwest area,” RTD board chair woman Lorraine Anderson said. “We are committed to collaborate in a manner that will enable us to successfully move FasTracks forward.”
The telephone town hall is scheduled for 6:30-7:30 p.m. June 19. Anyone can participate by dialing toll free 1-877-299-8493 and entering the ID code 19081.
Also, 50,000 residents in the northwest metro area will be called at random through an automated system and invited to participate in the public telephone forum.
The 13-month study, led by a consultant team headed by HNTB, will look at five key areas:
• Constructing northwest rail in smaller segments over time.
• Extending the North Metro Rail Line from 162nd Avenue to Longmont.
• Final program commitments to the U.S. 36 Bus Rapid Transit system between Denver and Boulder.
• Evaluating the potential for early implementation of Bus Rapid Transit on major arterial roads in the northwest.
• Examining the “bi-directional” commuting challenges on I-25 between Denver Union Station and U.S. 36.
This article originally appeared on DenverPost.com
Feb06
Tom Brady Calls Patriot Fans Using Broadnet Technology
So you come home at the end of a long work day, put the keys on the counter, and check the answering machine.…
After the reminder about your kid’s doctors appointment, and the neighbors asking you to clean up after your dog, imagine if this is the next message:
“Hi, this is Tom Brady calling, . . .”
If he could have followed it up with “Can Gronk come out and play?” he might be otherwise occupied this week.
But according to Mike Reiss of ESPNBoston.com, the Patriots are using their star quarterback’s voice to send out a message of thanks to their season-ticket holders.
“On behalf of the entire Patriots organization, I want to thank you for the tremendous support you showed our team this past season,” the message continues. “Your enthusiasm and passion in the stadium really motivated me and the team on game day. Thanks for being our 12th man on the field. As a season-ticket holder you help provide the foundation for our team’s success and we look forward to welcoming you back in 2013.”
It’s one thing to send a letter or a trinket, but the Patriots are giving their fans a chance to have Tom Brady in their voice mail.
If they really appreciated their fans, they’d get Bill Belichick to record the message next year.
“Thanks. . . . Bye.”
This article originally appeared on NBCSports.com
Jan31
Archbishop Calls Donors with a Personal ‘Thank You’
The Catholic Foundation of Northern Colorado tried something new last week. To express their gratitude to donors with a personal touch, they organized a live TeleForum™ event with Denver Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila—giving the prelate a chance to say “thank you” firsthand.…
Approximately 17,000 donors of the ongoing New Harvest Campaign, a $35 million fundraising effort for Denver’s two seminaries, were invited to participate in the call that was held at 7 p.m. Jan. 22. About 5,500 people accepted the invitation.
Using TeleForum™ technology, the archbishop—along with Msgr. Michael Glenn, rector of St. John Vianney Theological Seminary—thanked donors for their support, provided an update on seminarians, and left the bulk of the 30-minute call open for questions.
“It is wonderful to be able to be with you,” Archbishop Aquila began, speaking from his office on the campus of the John Paul II Center. “And to, first of all, extend my deep gratitude to each and every one of you for your generosity to the New Harvest campaign.”
Following comments from the archbishop and Msgr. Glenn, time allowed for six participants to ask questions, and the call ended with a blessing by the archbishop. Callers were also able to leave questions and feedback on voicemail: a total of 76 follow-up questions and comments were received (see sidebar for a sampling).
“We believe the TeleForum™ event went really well,” said Deacon Steve Stemper, president and CEO of the foundation, who moderated the call. “Feedback indicated 93 percent of participants appreciated the foundation ‘reaching out’ to them in that way.”
Broadnet, the company that developed TeleForum™ events, considers it to be the most powerful and popular telephone town hall product in the world. For this event, the technology was donated by company CEO, Steve Patterson, who is Catholic.
“We’re glad we did it,” Deacon Stemper said. “A 90-plus percent approval rating indicates it went well.”
Though he realizes this type of technology isn’t for everyone.
“We recognize that not everyone would want to get a call from the archbishop,” he said, “we ask for their understanding as we tried this new option of leveraging the archbishop’s time to communicate with thousands at once.
“Some people may have been leery of taking a call, because unsolicited calls usually involve a solicitation,” he added. “But this call was simply to allow the archbishop and Msgr. Glenn to thank A New Harvest donors and answer their questions. We hope that if we try this again, even more people will participate.”
Campaign donors were invited to the TeleForum through an audio message, recorded by Deacon Stemper, delivered to their phones the night before the TeleForum.
Jim Broski, a longtime Serran and parishioner at St. Thomas More Parish in Centennial, participated in the call.
“I appreciated the call very much,” he told the Denver Catholic Register. “It’s one thing to read the words of the archbishop or Msgr. Glenn, but it’s another to hear them or be with them live … the call was productive and almost as personal as being in-person.”
He also appreciated the content.
“Money, fundraising push or goals were not talked about,” he added. “What came across was the Church was thanking the faithful in a genuine way. That was clear from the ‘get-go’ and I thought that was very nice.”
The team will assess feedback to determine if future TeleForum calls will be conducted.
To listen to a 30-minute rebroadcast of the Jan. 22 TeleForum, visit www.thecatholicfoundation.com.
This article originally appeared on archden.org
Oct25
President Obama Hosts TeleForum™ Call Aboard Air Force One
President Obama Spoke to Over 26,000 Undecided Votes During TeleForum™ events Aboard Air Force One …
LAS VEGAS – President Obama addressed 16,000 supporters at a Denver rally this afternoon. But his campaign said two Obama conference calls from Air Force One later drew an even bigger – and arguably more important – crowd.
En route to Los Angeles from Denver for a taping of the “Tonight Show,” Obama gave a 15-minute pep talk to about 17,000 swing-state campaign volunteers, according to a spokeswoman.
“This election is much more important than last time around,” he told them, according to photographers who briefly were allowed to shoot the scene inside Obama’s personal cabin.
Later, he held a 20-minute TeleForum™ call with roughly 9,000 “undecided” swing-state voters invited to join by the campaign’s field staff, aides said.
The president took questions that were suggested by voters on the call, but the questions were read to the president by staff members in Chicago, said Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
President Obama is scheduled to place more calls Thursday. He uses a special campaign-designated phone on the plane that is not paid for by taxpayer dollars, aides told ABC News.
This article originally appeared on www.abcnews.go.com
