Mixed Links: Good Stuff for Nonprofit Communicators

This is what I call Mixed Links – an occasional tasty cocktail of great links for nonprofit communicators.

Upcoming Webinars

September 29: Fear v. Hope: Using Emotions in Your Nonprofit Communications

Join me for this writing workshop via webinar, where we’ll explore how to make your writing more powerful by using emotions, both positive and negative.

October 8: Who’s Talking About You and What Are They Saying? Listening to Online Conversations

Learn how to listen to online conversations about your organization and the issues you care about using free and affordable tools. Great for market research, finding new supporters, developing your expertise and more.

The weekly webinar series schedule for the rest of the year is almost complete and I’ll be opening registration for webinars in October – December later this week.

Nonprofit Taglines

Nancy Schwartz of Getting Attention has culled down 1,700 nonprofit taglines to the 60 best of the year and now she needs you to vote on the very best. She asks you to rank them as good, better, and excellent. Take a minute after you go through the list to see if you can spot trends in your own rankings. I certainly did when I tried it. I seemed to like best the ones that either emphasized both the “how” and the “why” and those that were clever while still clear and meaningful.

Nonprofit Blog Carnival

Nancy is also hosting the next edition of the Nonprofit Blog Carnival and she wants to know what tops your to-do list for the last quarter of the year. Write a blog post about it and share it with Nancy by September 25, and maybe you’ll see yourself in the Carnival. Learn more about participating.

Facebook Fans

Missed today’s webinar on 10 Ways to Engage Your Facebook Fans? No worries. Get the All-Access Pass and you can watch the recording and download the handouts starting tomorrow (and of course, you can attend the next 12 weeks of webinars too!)

Here are my delicious bookmarks on the best articles about using Facebook.

Online Fundraising

Last week I presented “Your Best Email Campaign Ever: 4 Steps to a Winning Strategy This Fall” as a Nonprofit 911 teleseminar. You can now get my quick outline, a full transcript, and the mp3 recording.

The Case Foundation is providing all kinds of training and resources on using social media as part of their Gear Up for Giving campaign, in anticipation of another America’s Giving Challenge.

Jeff Brooks offers some thoughts on What the Web Changes About Fundraising.

Proof That Being Lazy Makes You Smarter

This article validates what many of us have known for years. Our most creative thinking comes when we are in the shower, sleeping, driving, and otherwise not actually working on work. Give your brain a break if you really want to reach a breakthrough.

Board Fundraising

Gail Perry is hosting a webinar tomorrow (Tuesday) called Create a Fundraising Action Plan for Your Board Members:  Put Them to Work Where You Need Them. I’ll be working with Gail on a series of end-of-year fundraising teleseminars from some of the nation’s leading fundraising experts. More on that soon.

Volunteering

VolunteerMatch now has a widget that you can put on your website, blog, etc. that will allow people to search for volunteer opportunities right from your site.

Some Food for Thought

Sasha Dichter asks, Too Much Nonprofit Marketing?

This Could Be Fun . . .

If your nonprofit were to appear in a sitcom, what would the storyline look like? Share with the Chronicle of Philanthropy in their latest contest.