My cliche of the day is “Better late than never.” So here is your Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, a day behind schedule, but still as interesting, insightful, and helpful as ever! Colin Delany at e.politics looks at how the Washington Post is implementing social media and social networking to build an audience. Colin believes nonprofits…
Welcome to our eleventh issue! Here are seven posts you won’t want to miss. Beth Kanter at Beth’s Blog outlines some ways to use Web 2.0 tools to share notes from conferences and other events your group may sponsor or participate in. Britt Bravo at Have Fun – Do Good shares Six Steps to Every…
Check out Edition #10 of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants over at Donor Power Blog. This week’s theme is “Nonprofit Horror Stories,” where you can learn from the misfortunes and blunders of others. Next week the Carnival will be back here at Nonprofit Communications and it’s an open call — all topics are welcome.
When I teach newsletter classes, I always like to show examples of good newsletters as well as examples of ones that have big problems. The most glaring errors, because they are so easy to see, are those involving photos. Here are a few newsletter photo horrors you’ll want to avoid. Photos at the wrong resolution.…
The 9th edition of the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants has been posted at Aspiration Tech. The topic is nonprofit operations, and you’ll find some great tips to help your nonprofit run more smoothly. Our topic for the coming week is “Nonprofit Horror Stories.” This should be a good one! If you want to share, send…
I have great relationships with several printers whom I rely on to make my clients’ written materials look great. Here’s how you can develop a great relationship with a printer too. 1) Expect outstanding customer service. You deserve to be treated well. The printing industry is very competitive, so if your printer’s customer service people…
This question came in last week to AskKivi.com, the site where you can ask me all those publications questions not answered on my other websites. “What is a good ratio of program to budget information for annual reports for a nonprofit organization?” I’d go with the 80-20 rule on this one. Eighty percent should be…
Welcome to the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, #8. We had no special theme this week, so I have picked seven posts from the nonprofit blogosphere that I found particularly useful and enlightening. Here you go: Nedra Weinreich at Spare Change has been sitting on a grant evaluation panel and shares some great advice on how…
Nonprofits often rely on consultants to perform work that their staffs aren’t capable of doing because they lack the time, skills, or interest in doing the work themselves. Learn how to get the most out of your consulting relationships with the posts in the this week’s Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, hosted by Data-Scribe Blog. The…
Nonprofit managers, ask yourselves these seven questions before you hire a freelance writer. Before you start interviewing . . . 1. What do I want a freelance writer to do? The more specific you can be about what you need, the better you’ll be able to recruit a freelance writer who can meet your needs.…
Nedra Weinreich at Spare Change is hosting this week’s carnival and her theme is “Marketing for Nonprofits.” Check out the carnival for posts both thought-provoking and pragmatic. Next week the Carnival heads to Data-Scribe Blog and the theme is “Working with Nonprofit Consultants.” To be notified when each edition of the Carnival has been posted,…
Nonprofits have great stories to tell — and telling them well is what brings in more support, whether it be cash, volunteers, new partners or political help. But writing up all of those stories and formatting them for publication can be time-consuming. To save yourself some time while still gaining all the benefits of good…
