This is Part 2 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 In my last post, “How to Hire a Graphic Designer or Design Firm, Part 1: Where to Look” I offered suggestions…
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…
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.…
This blog is all about helping small nonprofits and one-person marketing departments communicate as effectively as possible with their supporters. Sometimes the best way to do that is to outsource your content creation to a professional freelance writer. The problem is that there really aren’t all that many writers who specialize in producing the kind…
My favorite session at last week’s Nonprofit Technology Conference was “This is Iron Chef . . . Battle Nonprofit.” Three teams made up of consultants from four different agencies (Beaconfire Consulting, Forum One Communications, Free Range Studios, and Firefly Partners) got together on a Sunday for a strategy and design competition. Their challenge was to…
By Guest Blogger Claire Voyant If you’re a later baby boomer, maybe you remember “The Archies†singing their animated hearts out during the Saturday morning cartoons. “Sugar, Sugar . . . ah, honey, honey. You are my candy girl . . . †Now that you’re a grown-up, working in the wonderful world of nonprofits,…
Jeff Brooks at Donor Power Blog is looking for posts on what’s good or bad about fundraising for next week’s Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. Here’s what’s bad about fundraising from my perspective as a nonprofit marketing and communications consultant. These are the three reasons that I nearly always turn down requests to write grant applications…
If you are interested in hiring a consultant to help with your communications or marketing and want to compare a few firms or freelancers, you should put your needs in writing in an RFP (request for proposals). Nancy Schwartz at Getting Attention has drafted some great guidelines for marketing RFPs. Here are a few more…
If you are looking for a freelance writer or editor to help with your nonprofit communications and marketing work, I will post your listing on my other blog, Writing for Nonprofits, which is read by freelancers interested in working with nonprofit clients. I want to post only links and very short descriptions, so you’ll need…
Good consultants work hard to please their clients. Good clients work hard to keep their good consultants. In other words, your relationships with your consultants should be partnerships that both parties value. In the last two weeks, I received these three notes from three separate clients after submitting work to them: From a new nonprofit…
I’m interested in hiring a handful of freelance writers/editors who are familiar with InDesign, Dreamweaver, WordPress and/or Joomla to help me get a number of exciting projects off the back burner. You’ll find the details here. Help me find some good help and I’ll be able to double the amount of resources I can get…
This question came in to me recently on AskKivi.com: “Do you have any referrals to non-profit/charity writers who can write brochures? I don’t want a full service firm, I want a consultant who has written copy for charities: direct mail, annual reports, brochures, promotional/fundraising pieces, etc.” As a full-time freelance writer, I’ve found that most…
