Where will your organization find its next communications, marketing, or development director? In this guest post by Geri Stengel, get some tips on how to use LinkedIn to find the right candidates. Looking for a new job? Take note too! ~Kivi Guest Post by Geri Stengel, President of Ventureneer Two recent studies caught my…
“It’s hard to move beyond the great training you provide . . . what I really need now is help applying it.” We’ve been hosting the Nonprofit Marketing Guide Weekly Webinar Series for almost four years now. We’ll keep it up in 2012, because the feedback we’ve received is so positive. But I’ve heard from…
I’m a nonprofit marketing geek, so I get really, super excited about things like awesome nonprofit thank you emails. That’s why you are here, right? This week I received a thank you email from Stacey Monk of Epic Change. You may know Stacey and her organization as one of the shining examples of using Twitter…
This is Part 1 in a series of posts that Julia Reich will share with us about how to hire a graphic designer or design firm. ~Kivi Guest Post by Julia Reich, Julia Reich Design If you’ve never worked with a designer before, the task can seem daunting. I’ll try to demystify the process. Intro You…
A question I hear a lot from my readers is “How much time do I need to devote to marketing when it’s just me?” Many nonprofit communicators are simply over-tasked and wearing too many different hats. What I usually tell people who are freaking out because they have too much to do is to first…
Welcome to this week’s Mixed Links! CharityHowTo has launched a new set of Quick Tip Videos that will help with some of your social media how-to questions. Speaking of videos, here’s a great one from our friends in the UK. Check it out to see how nonprofits in the UK are using the web and hopefully…
Today at Shelter’s Edge, the blog by ASPCApro (for animal sheltering professionals and volunteers), they ask, “Can we save more lives simply by taking better pictures?” ASPCApro is considering whether or not to do formal research on this question, but the anecdotal evidence is pretty striking. Show us cute, in-focus photos of cats and dogs…
I have yet another fabulous example of an annual report postcard to share with you. I’m so excited that people are giving this a try! This one comes from Claudia Herrold, vice president of communications and public policy at the Ohio Grantmakers Forum. Here is what Claudia says about the process of creating the postcard: “After…
I’m teaching a workshop in Toledo on Wednesday for the Center for Nonprofit Resources (a program of the Toledo Community Foundation) called 7 Steps to Better Email Fundraising and Communications. I’m looking forward to meeting the 50+ nonprofits signed up for the workshop. Here are the seven steps: 1. Acknowledge Trends in the Way People…
Happy Friday! I’m in Edmonton, Alberta today at the Alberta EcoTrust Foundation’s River Rally. I hear there will be margaritas at my evening keynote tonight . . . Something tells me I should skip Happy Hour! So here are some Mixed Links instead. TIME SENSITIVE: Voting closes today for potential NTEN conference sessions. Check out Nancy…
Last week, I received this note from Nicole Daspit Sarkar, the director of development and outreach for AGE (Austin Groups for the Elderly), about what happened when they decided to reduce their long annual report to a postcard, and she agreed to let me share it with you. I love how these examples are flowing in…
I get this question so often, that I asked Kristina if she would re-post this tip she shared on her blog last week about posting to your Facebook page. She’s tailored this version to nonprofits for us. ~Kivi Guest Post by Kristina Leroux Before I get started, let’s establish a few definitions as I know…
