Facebook changes too much. Twitter moves too fast. We don’t have cute pictures for Pinterest. LinkedIn is boring. Quit making excuses as to why you aren’t getting the results you want on your social media networks and learn how to engage your followers across all of your social networks. Social media can be effective –…
Here’s the latest installment (and our first international edition!) in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators, where we ask you to describe your day in your own words. Tracy Hutchinson Wallace is the Communications Officer for Habitat for Humanity Trinidad and Tobago, an affiliate to the international organization battling poverty…
Happy Pi Day! Let’s celebrate with some Mixed Links… Couldn’t make it to NTC this week either? Follow the conversation with the #14NTC hashtag and at the NTEN blog. In other conference news, Beth Kanter is back from SXSW with some insight into What Social Media Analytics and Data Can’t Tell You. Caryn Stein of Network…
Kristan Allen and her work as the director of marketing and communications for The Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania were featured in my book Content Marketing for Nonprofits. She took part in our first Book Club discussion panel a few weeks ago and had such great things to say, we asked her to share her insight with you.…
Here’s the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators, where we ask you to describe your day in your own words. Malin L. Bergman is a grant writer for ACE Programs for the Homeless, Inc. in New York. Here is her typical day: Before 8:00 am: Yoga. Breakfast. Walk…
Happy Friday, everyone! Let’s have some Mixed Links… Voting for the 2014 doGooder Video Awards closes next week. Vote now for your favorite. PR Daily has its own nonprofit awards to give out in over 20 categories. For eligibility requirements and how to submit your work, see their awards page. In honor of Dr. Seuss’…
Here’s the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators, where we ask you to describe your day in your own words. Tyler LePard is the Senior Digital Strategist for Catapult, a new crowdfunding platform to advance the lives of girls and women around the world. Tyler is an…
This Friday could not come soon enough. I really need some Mixed Drinks – I mean Mixed Links… Capital campaign experts Andrea Kihlstedt and Gail Perry are presenting a free webinar on March 3rd called How to Hire the Right Capital Campaign Consultant for Your Campaign. Voting begins today for the DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards. This year’s…
Welcome back to our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators, where we ask you to describe your day in your own words. Nancy Brownsberger currently works as the Manager of Communications & Partnerships for SIRCH Community Services, a small, rural nonprofit in the beautiful Haliburton Highlands of Ontario, Canada. A social worker by…
I am working on the next edition of our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts E-Newsletter. We’ll send April’s prompts next week to over 7, 525 nonprofits and thought we would let you know a few we will be including. Look at this as a jump start on finding topics for April’s blog posts, social media updates,…
We are bringing back our a Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator Series this week, and as I was going through the days of our contributors, I noticed a common trend. See if you can spot it? “Lunch is usually brought from home, and eaten at my desk…” “Eat lunch at my desk…”…
Let’s celebrate the end of the week with a round of Mixed Links… Images are far more engaging than big blocks of text on social media. Here are 14 Tools to Help You Add Images for Your Social Media Posts. Learn how to encourage your staff, board members, and volunteers to use their personal social…
