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 . . .…
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…
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…
Several great questions have come in via Facebook about storytelling, including this one, which I hear just about every time I teach a storytelling workshop: How can I use stories if we are several steps removed from the people receiving the help? This is a common question from organizations like United Ways and other fundraising…
Facebook changes the way it works so often that I can’t keep up. So while I will occasionally offer a webinar or two on Facebook basics, I’ve decided to partner with people who actually like keeping up with the changes and who are focused on helping nonprofits with social media: John Haydon and CharityHowTo. John is teaching…
I’m declaring March as “Storytelling Month” here at Nonprofit Marketing Guide. I’ll be blogging about storytelling more than usual, teaching three webinars, and offering story consultations to help you polish up your stories. Let’s Start with Your Questions! What questions do you have about using stories in nonprofit marketing and fundraising? I asked on Facebook…
Here are a few writing prompts to get you thinking creatively about March topics. If you were on our Nonprofit Writing Prompts email list, you would have received these a month ago. I’ll be sending out the writing prompts for April on March 3, so if you’d like to receive those, get on the mailing…
