Guest Blogger Rebecca Jamison Last week I wrote a post criticizing the Special Olympics’ decision to use a movie boycott to launch a campaign against the use of the word “retard.” The post was picked up by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, where it received quite a few comments on all sides of the debate (some…
UPDATE 8/20/08: The Chronicle of Philanthropy picked up this post. Please feel free to comment here or there, but do participate in the conversation! I’ll respond to comments in both places. ~ Kivi Advocates for the intellectually disabled, led by Special Olympics, are boycotting the movie Tropic Thunder because of the use of the word…
With the end of summer approaching and a busy fall right around the corner, it’s a good time to look at some of the trends in the nonprofit sector. How does your experience mesh with what these bloggers are seeing? Leave a comment and take part in the conversation. It’s All About Social Media The…
Danielle Denhardt with the Fancy Cats Rescue Team is working on the group’s annual report and had this question for me: “When we list the Board of Directors, do we list the people who were on the Board during the FY on which we are reporting, or do we list the current Board members? We…
I am hosting the next edition of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, publishing this Friday and the theme will be “What’s Hot and What’s Not in the Nonprofit Sector.” If you write a blog, share your thoughts on trends in your particular corner of this great big field, and then let me know about the…
Image by CJ Sorg on Flickr Does this belong on our website? What should go on our home page? How can I make our website more user-friendly? How can we grab our website visitors’ attention and keep it? My answers to these very common questions from nonprofits usually include some form of this response: It’s…
When you write your web content, you are writing first for real people and second for search engine spiders. For your website to be as successful as possible, you need to keep both in mind. Prominent keywords are important for both audiences. They help real people skim your page, so they can decide if they…
I’m heading out tomorrow for a week at the beach, but here are some great mixed links for you before I go. And actually, I’ll have a post or two queued up to publish while I’m out (I love that about WordPress) — including one on where to put your keywords so both people and…
Photo by Nataliej on Flickr If you live in the eight states or seven Canadian provinces/territories below (or know someone who works for a nonprofit and does), read on. I’m extending the deal I mentioned last week through the end of August, to give all of you summer vacationers time to get back in the…
Michelle Murrain at Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology has posted this week’s edition of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants on the worst mistakes nonprofits can make with their websites. Check it out! What’s Hot and What’s Not? FYI, the Carnival will no longer publish weekly, but will now appear on the 1st and…
The biggest mistake that a nonprofit can make with its website is to use it as an old-fashioned brochure, where you immediately hit the visitor with your long, jargon-filled mission statement, right at the top or smack in the middle of the home page, followed by bulleted lists of “projects” or “services.” Why is this…
I came across HelpaReporterOut.com last week and it’s an email list that I highly recommend you subscribe to. This is what happens: Reporters from all around the U.S., including those who work for major media outlets and freelancers who write for just about every publication under the sun, send their needs for sources and interviews…
