http://www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/2007/04/20/how-to-write-an-event-summary-for-your-newsletter/ Written for do-it-yourself nonprofit marketers and one-person nonprofit communications departments. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:40:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/2007/04/20/how-to-write-an-event-summary-for-your-newsletter/comment-page-1/#comment-41350 Nonprofit Communications » Blog Archive » Five Sure Signs Your Print Newsletter Is Really Boring Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:59:49 +0000 http://www.writing911.com/blog/2007/04/20/how-to-write-an-event-summary-for-your-newsletter/#comment-41350 [...] 2) You’re talking about stuff that happened months ago. Don’t summarize an event that happened three months ago in your newsletter. That tells me that you don’t have enough good stuff going on now and in the future to fill your pages. I’m not against event summaries in newsletters, but make sure they are very recent or that you’ve turned them into some other useful form of information, like a how-to article. Otherwise it’s just boring old news. [...] [...] 2) You’re talking about stuff that happened months ago. Don’t summarize an event that happened three months ago in your newsletter. That tells me that you don’t have enough good stuff going on now and in the future to fill your pages. I’m not against event summaries in newsletters, but make sure they are very recent or that you’ve turned them into some other useful form of information, like a how-to article. Otherwise it’s just boring old news. [...]

]]> http://www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/2007/04/20/how-to-write-an-event-summary-for-your-newsletter/comment-page-1/#comment-5894 Nonprofit Communications » Blog Archive » Carnival #39: Overlooked Opportunities to Shine Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:19:34 +0000 http://www.writing911.com/blog/2007/04/20/how-to-write-an-event-summary-for-your-newsletter/#comment-5894 [...] And here’s your bonus host post: how to write an event summary that will help you stand out. [...] [...] And here’s your bonus host post: how to write an event summary that will help you stand out. [...]

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