Editorial planning works, we promise! If you want to really get serious about your nonprofit communications, YOU HAVE TO USE AN EDITORIAL CALENDAR. We’ve proven (and I bet you already know) editorial planning works and is a key component in creating an effective communications program. Having an editorial calendar shouldn’t be an option for any organization who wants to…
Here’s what’s happening this month at Nonprofit Marketing Guide: Online Training: May 2: Build a Better Nonprofit Blog: Simple Steps to Turn Your Boring Blog Into a Powerhouse Breathe some life into your blog or get the inspiration to start one. Registration is $20 or free with an All-Access Pass Learn More and Register May…
May is “Editorial Calendar” month around here, so we’d like to provide a bunch of updated show-and-tell videos of nonprofit editorial calendar set-ups using whatever software you use. It doesn’t matter if it’s a Google or Microsoft product, or if you use a project management tool like Trello, Asana, Airtable or Smartsheet. We just want…
What software is everyone else using for an editorial calendar? I answer in this quick video. Can’t see the video player? You can watch it on Facebook here. Download your free copy of the 2019 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report too.
Editorial calendars are essential tools for nonprofit communications staff, and we’ve got answers to your questions about them. What Should Go in My Editorial Calendar? At its most basic level, you need the content you are creating, when you are publishing or sending it, and in what communications channel. But you can add a lot…
An editorial calendar is an essential tool for all nonprofit communications directors. We know that the most effective nonprofits use one consistently and that 80% of nonprofits use some sort of editorial calendar. If you aren’t using an editorial calendar or not using one as effectively as you could, odds are you are hung up on which…
Haven’t quite filled in your content calendar for next month? Use these prompts taken from our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts Email Newsletter for your blog posts, social media updates or newsletter articles. (If you are all set for content ideas in June, sign up for our Nonprofit Writing Prompts email newsletter and you’ll receive July’s prompts early…
Editorial calendars work. Our research in this year’s and last year’s Trends Reports makes that clear. But I often hear from nonprofits who say their editorial calendars just don’t work. The urgent always overtakes the important, and the plan gets thrown out and never revisited to make way for all the other things that come…
Here’s what’s happening at Nonprofit Marketing Guide this month: Online Training: Feb 6 and 8: Everything You Need to Know About Editorial Calendars in 2018 Learn how to create an editorial calendar and use it strategically in order to create more effective communications. Registration is $99 for Part 1 Only, $199 for Parts 1 and…
Are you sick of us talking about editorial calendars yet? Well, I hope not because editorial planning is a BIG key to effective nonprofit communications: Nonprofits with effective communications are three times as likely to use an editorial calendar as those who say their communications are ineffective (2018 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report). Kivi ran down some…
Earlier this afternoon, I did our second edition of our new Facebook Live show. Let’s just say, I had quite a few technical problems at the beginning and the end. But the middle wasn’t so bad, so I edited out most of the annoying stuff, leaving 15 minutes of solid commentary on Why nonprofits need…
You know how I feel about editorial calendars. They are the single most important tool for a communications director. So I get VERY excited when I hear a good nonprofit editorial calendar story. When Sharon Sharp, the marketing and communications associate at the SPCA Tampa Bay, told me the story of how she launched an…
