Nonprofit Communications

You’ll find some great Web 2.0 success stories for nonprofits compiled by Rebecca Leaman at Wild Apricot as this week’s edition of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. Read stories about  UNICEF and A Place to Bark, along with lots of solid advice.

Next week the Carnival will be hosted by Michele Martin at The Bamboo Project.

Nan at Endless Plain has posted this week’s edition of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants and it’s a very interesting roundup of posts on social media and how nonprofits are using it for marketing — including everything from not “getting it” to measuring its impact. Check it out.

On May 5, the Carnival will be hosted by the Wild Apricot Blog. See you there!

Jason Dick has posted this week’s Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants on the elements of a successful capital campaign. If you are considering a capital campaign or are having trouble getting yours off the ground, be sure to read this collection of posts.

Next week the carnival will be hosted by Endless Plain.

Michelle Murrain at Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Tech has posted this week’s edition of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. It’s a really interesting mix this week ranging from the economy and ethics to cause-related marketing and Twitter. Check it out here.

Next week, the Carnival will be hosted by Jason Dick at A Small Change - Fundraising Blog. The theme will be Ingredients to a Successful Capital Campaign. Details here if you want to submit a post.

I’m hosting this week’s edition of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, and I asked what people in the nonprofit sector were looking forward to (spring always puts me in that kind of mood). Here’s what some of your colleagues are eagerly anticipating . . .

Social Butterfly is looking forward to lots in life, the blogosphere, social marketing, and the nonprofit arena.

Marc at The Fundraising Coach is looking forward to speaking gigs in May.

Edith at Dream Think Act is looking forward to a poverty-free world.

Next week the Carnival will be hosted by Michelle Murrain at Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Tech.

This week’s Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants is live at Sea Change Strategies, with some pleasantly surprising responses to Mark’s question about how nonprofits can inspire their audiences. A definite must-read this week.

Next week, for April 7, the Carnival returns home here to Nonprofit Communications. It’s early spring here in North Carolina. Yellow bells and red buds are blooming and asparagus, daffodils, and tulips are all making quite a show of it. This is one of my favorite times of year because every day, something new is coming to life again and popping up out of the dirt. Our big backyard garden looks different every 24 hours.

So here is my question to all of you nonprofit bloggers: what are you most looking forward to in the coming weeks and months? What or who is it that you can’t wait to see? In anticipation of what event are you crossing off the days on your desk calendar with big Xs? What’s exciting you most as you look forward? Send your submissions to npc.carnival AT yahoo.com or use the Blog Carnival form by Sunday noon Eastern, April 6, GMT-4.

Nancy Schwartz has posted this week’s edition of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants on how you can more fully involve your base of supporters in your organization.

She’s highlighted several great examples of how nonprofits are doing just that through a variety of means, including several creative campaigns that you should consider borrowing and remaking as your own.

Nancy says the “whole dynamic has shifted and you have to embrace it” — I agree completely. In fact, I’m preparing for a two-workshop later this week with this message at its core. More on that later . . .

Next week the carnival travels to Sea Change Strategies.

Sam Davidson is hosting this week’s Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants with a green theme for St. Patrick’s Day. You’ll find posts on how nonprofits can save both kinds of green: money and the environment.

Next week the Carnival heads over to Getting Attention with Nancy Schwartz.