http://www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/2006/04/10/how-to-write-your-elevator-speech/ Written for do-it-yourself nonprofit marketers and one-person nonprofit communications departments. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:17:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/2006/04/10/how-to-write-your-elevator-speech/#comment-36068 Nonprofit Communications » Blog Archive » Don’t Pass Go Until Three Marketing Tasks Are Complete Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:27:08 +0000 http://www.writing911.com/blog/2006/04/10/how-to-write-your-elevator-speech/#comment-36068 [...] 3) Make sure all staff and board members can nail your elevator pitch. Your staff and board members should be able to very clearly and very briefly describe the value of your work and exactly what it is you do. This is NOT memorizing your mission statement. It’s explaining who you are, what you do, and why you do it in three-four short sentences. Here are my tips on writing your nonprofit elevator speech. [...] […] 3) Make sure all staff and board members can nail your elevator pitch. Your staff and board members should be able to very clearly and very briefly describe the value of your work and exactly what it is you do. This is NOT memorizing your mission statement. It’s explaining who you are, what you do, and why you do it in three-four short sentences. Here are my tips on writing your nonprofit elevator speech. […]

]]> http://www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/2006/04/10/how-to-write-your-elevator-speech/#comment-7 Carol Sun, 21 May 2006 14:43:07 +0000 http://www.writing911.com/blog/2006/04/10/how-to-write-your-elevator-speech/#comment-7 I am currently involved in fleshing out the development side of a growing animal rescue group in Atlanta. Of course communications and PR plays a huge role in this endeavor. The advice offered here is wonderful. I think it helps to create a succint, statement that provides a good foundation for a call to action. Thanks! I am currently involved in fleshing out the development side of a growing animal rescue group in Atlanta. Of course communications and PR plays a huge role in this endeavor. The advice offered here is wonderful. I think it helps to create a succint, statement that provides a good foundation for a call to action. Thanks!

]]> http://www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/2006/04/10/how-to-write-your-elevator-speech/#comment-4 Reality Checkpoints » Blog Archive » The Non-Profit Elevator Pitch Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:46:37 +0000 http://www.writing911.com/blog/2006/04/10/how-to-write-your-elevator-speech/#comment-4 [...] I freely (and often) admit I’m an old bleeding heart do-gooder and yet, many non-profits pitches leave me - well - both unmoved and un-bleeding (if that’s a word). So, when I ran across this post, The Nonprofit Elevator Speech, it really resonated with me. Here are her key points: [...] […] I freely (and often) admit I’m an old bleeding heart do-gooder and yet, many non-profits pitches leave me - well - both unmoved and un-bleeding (if that’s a word). So, when I ran across this post, The Nonprofit Elevator Speech, it really resonated with me. Here are her key points: […]

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