Happy Holidays! It’s that time of year where we show our readers some love with some FREE goodies. It’s our last blog post of 2016, and we’re making it a good one! We know lots of you have questions about how to store and manage your stories and photos. We conducted a survey this summer…
Happy Holidays! It’s that time of year where we show our readers some love with some FREE goodies. You don’t have to have a math degree in order to make sense of your email metrics. We show which metrics you need to be tracking and how to do it in today’s freebie: Email Metrics Explained…
Happy Holidays! It’s that time of year where we show our readers some love with some FREE goodies. Today’s freebie is a good one! We’re giving away our $49 e-book: 10 Editorial Calendar Templates for Nonprofits But this offer is only good until midnight Eastern tomorrow, December 29, 2016. In this e-book, we’ve taken all we…
Happy Holidays! It’s that time of year where we show our readers some love with some FREE goodies. You may remember a few months ago, we asked you to share your nonprofit communications success stories. The end result is this great e-book we’ve created with Big Duck: What it Takes to be Great: The Top Five…
Drum roll, please! Here are the Top 10 blog posts published in 2016, according to Google Analytics page views: 10. Cut the Glut! Wordy Phrases to Eliminate from Your Writing (And Alternatives) by Kristina Leroux 9. The Four Types of Productivity Styles by Carson Tate 8. Editorial Calendars for Nonprofits: Excel and Google Calendars [Video] by Kivi Leroux…
We are busy working on the 2017 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report, but we need your help with photos. In previous years, we’ve used illustrations of people in the report and infographics. This year, we want to use photography of real nonprofit communications professionals. Yes, we need YOU to be a Trends Report Model! It’s super…
Our All-Access Pass is more than just best practices and training. We’ve created a community of nonprofit communicators who are working on the same issues and dealing with the same struggles as you. And they are ready to help you with whatever you are facing along with our expert group of advisers. Whether you need…
In a few weeks, the year-end fundraising frenzy will be over. Don’t forget one of the most powerful things you can do for your campaign – the debrief. [And saying “thank you.” Always say that. So write that January “thank you” email spit spot!] Run right, debriefs help your organization learn from success and from failure. Conducted soon after…
“More confidence in my ideas and recommendations.” One of the biggest outcomes of our six-month Mentoring Program for Communications Directors is confidence. That’s a word we hear all the time from people as they finish the program — and over 100 communications directors have so far. The Mentoring Program gives participants a strong foundation on…
I know many of you are working on your 2017 budgets now, so rather than make you wait until mid-January to get the budget information from our 2017 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report, I’m sharing it with you today. I hope you can use this data to make the case for increasing your budget! Here’s how…
Is your nonprofit resolving to get more coverage in the media in 2017? You can do it! And to make that resolution come true, you don’t have to wait until after January 1st to get started. Media relations expert Peter Panepento will show you how during his BRAND NEW webinar: Get More Media…
Little black dresses and pumps. Blue jeans and flats. Cargo shorts and tennis shoes. Fashion essentials change from person to person, but as a nonprofit communicator, you must have these 6 essentials to do your best work in 2017: How to schedule your communications with editorial calendars and other planning tools. How to motivate your…
