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Marketing Your Practice
As a benefit of certification, DONA International doulas can use the official DONA International logo to market their doula services. Click here for the Logo License Agreement.
Sharing International Doula Month (May) with Local Media
International Doula Month offers an opportunity to educate your community
about doulas and the benefits of doula support. Use this letter to contact
local media and share the news.
Please review the Media Do's and Don'ts to familiarize yourself with what to say and do.
A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words!
Thank you to everyone who celebrated International Doula Month by participating in our photo contest. We received entries from all around the world, and you can see some of these amazing photos here.
Photos depicted many different ways doulas touch a family's life. We are grateful for the doulas who submitted these works of art and the families who allowed us to share in their special memories through their photos.
And the Winners are!!
1st place - Larsen Peterson (Ketchum, ID)
2nd place - Carol Roberts (Akron, OH)
3rd place - Wendy Topping (Alliston, ON)
You can see the winning photos on our new Facebook page!
Capturing the Doula Spirit Photo Contest
Have you ever heard the phrase, "every picture tells a story" or the phrase, "a picture is worth a thousand words?" In celebration of International Doula Month, DONA International will honor its members, their doula spirit and the contribution they provide to maternity care by accepting photo action shots that tell your story as a birth or postpartum doula. Photos must be submitted during the month of May, which is International Doula Month. The winners will be announced in the June eDoula.
First Prize:
The winning photo will be featured in the December issue of the International Doula and on the DONA International web site and the doula contestant will be awarded a free one year membership.
Second Prize:
The second place photo will be featured on the DONA International web site and the doula contestant will be awarded a $25 gift certificate for the DONA Boutique.
Third Prize:
The third place photo will be featured on the DONA International web site and the doula contestant will be awarded a $10 gift certificate for the DONA Boutique.
Submission requirements:
· Photo (see photo specifications below)
· Doula's name and credentials
· Doula's address
· Doula's day phone number
· Doula's e-mail address
· Name(s) of each person photographed, listed from left to right
· When and where was the picture taken and why you think it reflects the doula spirit
· A signed DONA International Photo Release form for each person photographed, available on the web site at http://www.dona.org/publications/id.php.
Photo specifications:
All photographs will be accepted for consideration. However, the best quality photos for print publication are 300 dpi TIFF files or high resolution compressed JPEG files with good contrast of light and dark. Images intended for cover use must be at least 8˝x10˝ (original size, not enlarged) at 300 dpi and should be sent in their original, untouched/unaltered format. Color photographs must be in RGB color format, but they may be converted to black and white.
All submissions should be sent to PublicRelations@DONA.org by May 31, 2009.
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