It was no easy feat, but I managed to keep my schedule completely clear today in celebration of my 42nd birthday. I decided that I wanted to be able to do whatever it was that I wanted to do at any given moment during the day. So far, that’s included going to my yoga class…
I asked for your storytelling questions at the beginning of March on Facebook, and answered a few of them with these posts: Three Stories Every Nonprofit Should Tell Telling Stories When You Help Indirectly Storytelling: Behind the Scenes at One Warm Coat Here are my “lightening round” answers to the remaining questions . . .…
I’ve run into more than the usual number of nonprofits who have crappy websites built by consultants lately. I’m not talking subjective design preferences here, but flat-out terrible decisionmaking and implementation. When I’ve questioned the nonprofit communications staff about these websites, the answer is always “The website consultant did it that way.” Enough is enough.…
Last week, Nancy Schwartz, Katya Andresen, Sarah Durham and I hosted a meetup for nonprofit marketing and fundraising folks attending the Nonprofit Technology Conference in DC. This is our third year hosting the event, and it’s getting bigger every year. (Note to NTEN: Give us a bigger room, and one NOT next to others, because…
What should we write about in our newsletters, website, blog, social media, etc.? How do we engage our supporters and get them talking to us, especially online? How I do manage our communications without driving myself insane? As I spend more and more of my time thinking about and working on answers to these three…
Dan Heath, co-author of Switch: How to Change When Change Is Hard (Amazon) delivered a rousing keynote at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in DC last week. I read the book when it first came out, and was still completely enthralled by the presentation. I’m giving away a free copy of Switch — read on for…
I’ve learned (OK, relearned) that on-the-spot blogging isn’t my strength, especially when I’m at a conference with spotty wireless. So, here is what I’m learning about this week at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in DC and will share with you in posts next week . . . Overwhelmed with too many priorities? Nancy Schwartz, Katya…
Yesterday at Google’s DC Headquarters, they gathered about 200 nonprofits, consultants, and bloggers to unveil their latest version of Google for Nonprofits. Google’s had all of its tools of interest to nonprofits on one page for awhile, but here’s what’s different now: They are bundling several services into a suite of tools that you can apply…
Online fundraising will be a huge part of the conferences I’m attending this week. Just in time, Convio has released the latest update from its Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark Index Study. The report analyzes a variety of data (from fundraising to email files to web visits) from approximately 600 Convio clients who have collectively raised more…
I’m heading to the airport soon, and will be blogging from Maryland and Washington, DC this week. On Tuesday, I’m speaking three times (yes, three times) at the 2011 Nonprofit Summit in Frederick, Maryland, sponsored by the Ausherman Family Foundation. I’m talking about Quick and Dirty Marketing Plans, Nonprofit Storytelling, and Positioning Your Nonprofit as…
Welcome to the latest edition of Mixed Links, our roundup of good links for nonprofit communicators. A few weeks ago, I told you about See3 and You Tube’s 5th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards. Voting closes Monday so hurry on over to You Tube and cast your vote! The contest received more submissions than ever…
We all know how valuable photos are to telling our nonprofit stories. And decent point-and-shoot cameras are so affordable that we can do much of this photography ourselves. But then what? How do you organize your photos so you can actually find what you need? I asked one of my favorite nonprofit photography and storytelling…
