I love getting to meet our blog readers in person, so if you will be attending any of these events, please find me and say Hello! I’m usually around for awhile both before and after I speak. February 12-13, Tampa, FL, UST Annual Meeting (private). I’ll be leading some discussions on marketing campaigns and how to…
Happy Friday, everyone! Let’s wrap things up for the week with some Mixed Links… Erica Mills lets us know how much words for nonprofits matter in Great Mission. Bad Statement. Wild Apricot asked what nonprofits do in a year and compiled their answers in The Ultimate Nonprofit Calendar. Big Duck has released its 2016 edition of…
Not too shabby, North America. A new research project by the Public Interest Registry and Nonprofit Tech for Good surveyed over 2,700 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide to gain a better understanding of how NGOs used technology to communicate and engage supporters and donors. According to the report, North American NGOs are ahead, albeit sometimes just…
Here’s our third video in this week’s series on editorial calendars for nonprofits. See the earlier videos on using Excel and Google Calendars for editorial calendars and using Asana. If you prefer a project management tool that’s more visually oriented, you may like Trello. Let’s take a look at some ways you could use Trello for an…
Let’s stay warm this weekend with some Mixed Links… Today is the last day to get your Nonprofit Blog Carnival submission to Beth Kanter on “What are you doing to be happier and healthier in 2016?“ Bloomerang has introduced “Bloomerang Lite,” a free product for nonprofits with less than $100,000 revenue and 500 constituent records.…
We need to break down the barriers preventing fundraising and marketing staff from cooperating in order to get the best results. The advice to get rid of “silos” is nothing new. But we have some new data in the 2016 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report that adds a few more good reasons why your nonprofit should…
Did that seem like a long week to you? It seemed like a long week to me. Let’s start the weekend early with some Mixed Links… Looking for tips on content marketing and SEO?Here are 46 Expert Tips For Creating Addictive Content [INFOGRAPHIC & EBOOK]. And if you plan on making 2016 the year you…
OK, online fundraisers, nap time is OVER! The December fundraising season has come and gone. Some of you may still be crunching the numbers. Others may be on to the next campaign. Either way, it’s time to talk results. What worked? What didn’t? What did we learn, and how will we apply it to future…
I just wrapped up our first free webinar of the year on Editorial Calendar How Tos for Nonprofits with about 300 participants. We asked two poll questions that I thought I’d share with you . . . Are nonprofits using an editorial calendar? It’s about 50-50. Half answered yes, and the other half said it…
If you have been reading our blog the last year, you will probably recognize Peter Panepento. Peter is the principal at Panepento Strategies, a full-service content, digital, and social strategy firm for nonprofits and socially-minded companies. He was formerly an assistant managing editor at The Chronicle of Philanthropy as well. We are excited to announce…
Join me for our first round of Mixed Links in 2016… A quick note before we dive in, our 2016 Annual All-Access Pass sale ends today. A Pass lets you attend all of our live webinars, access the Webinar Archive recordings, and download e-books and other resources in our Pass Library. You will save $200…
Download your copy of the full 2016 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report here! We’ll be sharing a lot more detail from the report over the next several weeks. Here’s the first of two infographics, including new data on communications team size. Watch for the second one tomorrow, with new data on salaries!
