%%USERNAME%%    %%ACCWORDS%% %%ONOFF%% |
 |
Newsletter about the Power Group |
           WDC POWER REVIEWERS  Hello, Power Reviewers! Read this newsletter to the end, then give the newsletter item a review of 500 characters or more, and I will credit it with 1000 gps from now until the end of this month. I'd love feedback from you so that we could improve future newsletters. Do you believe it's 2017 already? Last year was a great year for our group, and this year will be even better. This year marks the tenth anniversary for "WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group"  . The upper staff and I would like to take this time to thank everyone for all you do. Keep up the good work, and most importantly, have fun. You are ALL important to us, and we hope that you will all have a happy and healthy year.    Raiders of the Year Congratulations to the following loyal, bright and enthusiastic 2016 Review Raid Reviewers: We look forward to seeing who will make the list in 2017.
10th Anniversary Celebration Happy 10th Anniversary to
Our group will turn ten this August. We wish to celebrate the decade of our wonderful group with monthly activities. Please join in the FUN. The following is the list of activities which we have so far. Most of the activities are fun events for your entertainment. We could use a few more fundraising activities thrown into the mix, as our group funds are dwindling quickly. We are a very large group, which gives out tremendous amounts of gps. It would be bad to run too low on gps during our anniversary year. If you think you might have a 'Powerful' fundraiser you'd like to add, please let one of the upper staff know and we'll add it in. We'd love to have two activities each month. 10 Anniversary Activity List Schedule January -- Maryann  "Praise A Member of The Power Group" February -- Lornda  - fun reviewing activityMarch -- A E Willcox  - Write One, Review One and A Cinquain Chain - Campfire Creative. April -- (1) runningwolf04 Auction - donations in March, auction running in April to raise funds. (2) THANKFUL SONALI Library Class!  Interactive fun!May -- Starr Phenix  Blind Item ChallengeJune -- (1) Andy~hating university  - treasure hunt(2) Sum1's In Schaumburg  - Photo auctionJuly -- Choconut  - some kind of quiz about Power Captains, maybe based on favourite books/authors?August (NB: GoT month) -- eyestar~*  something for our actual birthday weekSeptember -- kerrimiller - Possibly a K. J. Miller Special! TBA!  October -- Nixie🦊  Power Reviewer Auction Fundraiser November -- ~ Aqua ~ - TBA  December -- (1) ember_rain - Bringing the Jail-a-thon back Proceeds will all go to Power Reviewers (2) eyestar~* Power's Honor Item To kick off "WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group" 's Party Celebration Year, we put together the following item:
The Power Crew Upper staff and I searched through HUNDREDS of Powerful members to carefully choose the most 'power participating' members to add on that page.   Did we accidentally leave you out, and you feel you should be added in?We didn't mean to. Please send us a note, and we will fix that asap. January 31th is our final Praise item BIG PARTY BASH DAY. It would be our pleasure to add those active members, along with our other favorites who are already listed, to that day. Join the party and join the FUN! Criteria to keep in mind: ~~Have you been a very loyal and active Power member through the years? *Have you reviewed a lot for our group? *Have you participated in most Power Review Raids and mini challenges? *Have you played on Power's Martel team in Game of Thrones? *Have you hosted fundraisers to support the Power Group? *Have you donated to "WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group" and supported/participated in "WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group" 's fundraisers. ~~Are you a new, active member to our group, or an already existing member who is now very active in 2017? Bring it to our attention, and we'll gladly add you to the PARTY DAY of January 31st.  Thank You Fabulous Power Captains Let's have a big round of applauds for our very amazing "WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group" Captains. I'd like to also personally thank Power's Senior Staff: SENIOR OFFICERS Maryann  ~~ Senior CaptainLornda ~~ Senior Captaineyestar~* ~~ PR Com Link CaptainNixie🦊 ~~ PR Camaraderie Captain Tiggy  ~~ Special Operations Captainember_rain ~~ Special Operations Captain The combined efforts of the Senior Staff, the wonderful group captains, and (of course) everyone of our terrific group members, made our group what it is today. How wonderful it is to approach our Anniversary Year as a 2016 Quill Nominee. Well done.   Fun and Fundraising While I'm thanking the fantastic members of our group... A big (((THANK YOU))) to those of you who have donated or hosted fundraising activities for our group. We remember, and we dearly appreciate your strong efforts. Donations are always welcome...Send what you can to "WdC SuperPower Reviewers Group" whenever you wish, and please remember to add us as a beneficiary to your fundraisers.  Reviewing Tips This is a repeat posting of some reviewing tips which I have sent out in the past.Several members have asked me recently for reviewing ideas, so I decided it might be good to add some in this newsletter. If you go to the left side of your screen, and click on 'my account', you will be able to then click on 'my review tool' and follow the prompts to create a template. This will make your reviewing much easier. You will then be able to concentrate only on doing each review, rather than having to set it up each and every time. ..And the reviews might be quicker and easier to do because it's like a 'guide' to your thoughts. You can get creative and make any template you want...I think there's a nice link to templates at "Helping Links" ... but here's a quick one here which you can copy and use or change around the way you'd like (...adding colors, centering, different image, no image, more ideas, etc.):Hello {suser:} {b}My Thoughts:{/b} {b}My Favorite Part:{/b} {b}My Suggestions:{/b} {center}Write On!!{/center} {center}{citem:power}{/center} {center}{image:1389515}{/center}  If you notice in the template above, there is an opening greeting, followed by thoughts. You might take the opportunity to say something really nice in your opening thoughts:--How did this piece make you feel? --Did it remind you of something? --Continue being honest, positive, encouraging and helpful throughout your review. You will notice in the next part of the template, you mention your favorite parts of the item. Even if the piece you read was incredibly terrible, you can always find something positive to say.--Was their idea creative? --Did their descriptions make you smile? Cry? --Did something about it really touch you in some way? If the piece was so perfect that you can't think of anything that might improve it, let the author know that. Letting the author know that you really loved the piece is also a big help. You are saying that the author is on the right track. The next area in the sample template is the suggestion area. This is where you can truly shine and be helpful. It's always a great feeling to know that you are able to really help a writer. --Try not to be rude. We don't want to send anyone away in tears...We want to get them excited about the new ways you pointed out that might improve their work. --Did you notice anything about the story plot that might be improved? --Was the rhyme of the poem off? --Could more descriptions eliminate confusion? --Did you notice any spelling/grammar errors? --Typos? - The above were just a few quick suggestions. The captains and I will give you more help and ideas from time to time. In the meantime, don't hesitate to post on "Superpower Reviewers HUB" if you have any questions. One or more of your fellow power members or captains will be glad to answer your posts. Member Items, Group links, and Staff Picks The following are a few Power links and links to a couple of member activities. Please don't get upset if your item isn't listed. It's impossible to list thousands of wonderful member items in this little space.
"Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor "The Contest Challenge" by Schnujo's Doing NaNoWriMo?  "Anniversary Reviews" by NaNoNette  "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor "The Carousel : 2016 Quills nominee" by Lady Elf "Behold, The Bread Tie Bandit" by ♥noVember tHiNg♥  "Star Stuck" by RainbowFish "Haiku and other small poems" by GabriellaR45 "Dear me" by Sammie Ham "Santarina Clause" by the Wordy Jay "Adventures at Swamp River Ranch " by Dee "The Mystery of Bo's Obsession" by Jeannie  "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor "Jenny's cNote Shop" by Jellyfish "My Community Notes Collection" by PureSciFi  "The Memory Chest" by Choconut         MARYANN WDC Power Reviewer  |
View Portfolio
Visit Notebook
Send Gift Points
Awards
Badges
Send Email
Community Newsfeed
General Discussion
Book of Trinkets
Static Items
Books
Groups
Interactive Stories
Audio
Campfire Creatives
Community Notes
Crossword Puzzles
Documents
Folders
Images
In & Outs
Madlibs
Photo Albums
Polls
Product Reviews
Quizzes
Survey Forms
Web Pages
Word Searches
