I just wrapped up our first free webinar of the year on Editorial Calendar How Tos for Nonprofits with about 300 participants. We asked two poll questions that I thought I’d share with you . . . Are nonprofits using an editorial calendar? It’s about 50-50. Half answered yes, and the other half said it…
Is there such a thing as the perfect job? Maybe, maybe not. We hear about some good situations and some bad ones in our Day in the Life series. We also learned a few things in our 2016 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report too. Does size matter? Communications directors at nonprofits with budgets of $5-10 million…
We get questions all the time about the frequency with which nonprofits should be communicating. Of course, the right answer for you depends on many factors, especially your goals, the demographics of the people you are communicating with, and your relationships with those people. Need some averages to start the discussion? Here are the most popular…
Download your copy of the full 2016 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report here! Today we are sharing the second of two infographics for this year’s trends report. (Here’s the first one, on communications channels, frequency and teams.) See below to discover: How many communications directors and coordinators plan to leave their jobs in the next two…
Download your copy of the full 2016 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report here! We’ll be sharing a lot more detail from the report over the next several weeks. Here’s the first of two infographics, including new data on communications team size. Watch for the second one tomorrow, with new data on salaries!
I am usually a dutiful recipe follower, but I’m finally competent enough at baking cookies that I have been freestyling on some recipes lately, including this new one I created this year. It’s a mashup of sorts, inspired by this recipe for Disney’s Cinnamon Glazed Almonds and this recipe for Toffee Almond Sandies. Enjoy! Cinnamon…
In case you missed this great stuff, here are our Top 10 blog posts published in 2015, according to Google Analytics page views: 10. 5 Easy Hashtag Hacks for Nonprofit Marketers by Kerri Karvetski 9. A Great Nonprofit Annual Report in a Fabulous Infographic by Liesl Manone 8. Repeat: 31 Phrases to Use in Email…
Controlling your own calendar and to-do list is essential to being a CALM not BUSY communications director. Of course, you don’t have complete control, but I bet you have more than you think you do — or can get more control with some practice and discipline at saying “No” to new requests for your time…
Read virtually anything on productivity, and you’ll come across the concept of chunking out your time: working on one specific thing at a specific time. The idea is to avoid unproductive multitasking and always letting the urgent overtake the important. But how you actually do that can take lots of different forms, including Calendar Time…
Donors are Testing Nonprofits, and Nonprofits Are Failing According to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project, first-time donor retention is a measly 19%. While repeat donor retention is much better at 63%, that still means 1 in 3 current donors don’t give again. Overall, the median donor retention rate is just 43%. It’s not a huge mystery…
Are you starting to think about your annual report? It’s time! Next week, I’m presenting my webinar on How to Write an Annual Report People Will Actually Read, and throwing in our e-book too, all for a “happy holidays” price of just $20, instead of the usual $99. One important decision we’ll discuss is how…
Time and money — we never seem to have enough of either in the nonprofit sector. In theory, you can raise an unlimited amount of money with the right skills and dedication to the job. But time is finite — we all get the same 24 hours each day. Right? While that is technically true,…
