This week Carnival-goers should skip on over to Donor Power Blog where Jeff Brooks has assembled an edition with advice and commentary on charity rating services, motivating your audiences, the impact of corporate funding, making cause-related marketing work, connecting with donors in meaningful ways, how people learn, and annual reports — All good stuff. Next…
In December 2006, I taught a “Blogging for Nonprofits” workshop as part of Duke University’s certificate program in nonprofit management. You can access the course materials here: Kivi’s “Blogging for Nonprofits” Course. Here is the course outline. Blogging Basics What is a Blog? Blogging Lingo How Blogs are Different from Other Online Tools How Nonprofits…
Nancy Schwartz of Getting Attention is asking nonprofits to complete a very quick survey on their communications/marketing challenges for 2007. I’m looking forward to Nancy’s report on the results, so I encourage you to share your insights and experiences in the survey.
This week’s edition of the Carnival appears at Data-Scribe’s blog. Leila has highlighted posts on donor relations, starting a nonprofit blog, and more. On Monday we’ll head over to Donor Power Blog. Get your posts in to npc.carnival AT yahoo.com by this Friday night if you want Jeff to review them. I’ve made a few…
The Columbus Foundation asked me to write an article on annual reports for one of their newsletters. That article appears below. If you’d like a customized article for your foundation or association newsletter on nonprofit annual reports or another nonprofit communications topic, contact me at kivi *AT* writing911.com or 336-499-5816. Even though nonprofit organizations aren’t…
This week’s carnival is up at the Nonprofit Consultant Blog. Ken reports having a hard time narrowing it down to seven posts this week, so you are in for some great stuff. Posts cover social marketing, branding, public speaking, fundraising and more. Next week we return to Data-Scribe Blog. If you’d like to contribute a…
I’ve compiled a list of the ten mistakes that I most often see in nonprofit annual reports. The top mistake? Focusing on activities instead of accomplishments. I’ve written about this one before. You can request a copy of the full list at www.NonprofitAnnualReports.net Don’t feel bad if you’ve made some or all of these mistakes.…
This week’s Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants is ready for you at The Bamboo Project. Michele Martin has compiled a great round-up of Web 2.0 how-to’s and examples. It’s another can’t-miss edition! On Monday, December 18, the last Carnival of 2006 will be hosted by Katrin and the gang at N-TEN Connect. Watch their blog for…
Here is your weekly ticket to the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, hosted this week by Heather Carpenter at Aspiration Tech. It was an open call, but Heather found a theme: preparing for 2007. This edition includes several new contributors. Next week we move on to a new host, Michele Martin at Bamboo Project. Submit your…
I just realized that I have read at least one article and learned something new in every single edition of Tech Soup by the Cup that I have received in at least the last three months, and probably longer. Given how many e-newsletters I get, and how many I delete without reading, that’s saying something.…
The Carnival is off this week for the Thanksgiving holiday, but if you missed our last edition over at Donor Power Blog, now is a good time to check it out. Jeff highlights some bloggers who haven’t appeared in the Carnival before, as well as some regular contributors. Heather Carpenter at Aspiration Tech is our…
I taught my course on writing for the web and e-newsletters this week as part of the Duke University certificate program in nonprofit management. I always enjoy seeing the light bulbs go off over people’s heads as we move through the course and they realize that their websites are missing some of the most basic…
