Archive for June 2009
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How nonprofits can engage with social media aka I try to keep up with Lucy Bernholz
The podcast I did with Lucy Bernholz is now online at the Columbus Foundation website. You can check it out here.
Got a good tagline? Submit it for an award!
(Folks who are keeping score at home - this is by 497th blog post! My 500th blog post will be written by you, my readers. It’s not too late to share your wisdom for the big 500.)
Your nonprofit or foundation could be one of this year’s Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Award winners! Enter today here.
A strong tagline does double-duty—working to extend your organization’s name and mission, while delivering a focused, memorable and repeatable message to your base. It’s one of your most basic, and effective, marketing tools, but the 2008 GettingAttention.org survey showed that 72% of nonprofit organizations don’t have a tagline or rate theirs as performing poorly.
All entrants will receive a free copy of the fully-updated 2009 Nonprofit Tagline Report in late 2009. It’s the complete guide to building your org’s brand in 8 words or less—filled with how-tos, don’t-dos and models.
Enter today, while it’s on your mind. Deadline is July 31st.
Check out the winners of the 2008 Nonprofit Tagline Awards (selected by nearly 4,000 voters in the field). This could be your org in 2009!
P. S. Follow the tagline award news on Twitter at @orgtaglines (http://twitter.com/orgtaglines )
14 ways to build your email list
This is one of the most common questions I get asked: How do I build by email list? Here are 14 ways courtesy of Kivi Leroux Miller, queen of email knowledge, and Network for Good. Nonprofits marketing friends, this is a must-read!
If you want more, please join our free training with Kivi this week. Register here for:
7 Steps to Better Email Fundraising & Communications
Do you want to grow/build your email list? Do you know if anyone is reading your emails? Does your email outreach need a design or copywriting upgrade?
Free Teleconference
Special Day & Time:
Thursday, June 25 at 4 p.m. (eastern)
‘The Philanthropist’ Lacks Reality [8]
‘The Philanthropist’ is entertaining, but not based in reality, says foundation leader
Early Reviews of ‘The Philanthropist’ [1]
Is the popcorn ready? Beer and soda chilling? And may be a few rotten tomatoes on hand to throw at the television screen? Then you’re ready for tonight’s debut of “The Philanthropist.”
The new drama about an erstwhile do-good…
Check out the Fine/Kanter follow-up report to the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge
The Case Foundation's follow-up research and assessment report from their 2007-2008 America's Giving Challenge has been getting a lot of love on Twitter, and just in case you missed it, here it is:
The Giving Challenge: Assessment and Reflection Report
The report was written by the always fabulous Allison Fine and Beth Kanter.
A few highlights:
Debate About Tour of Impoverished Villages in Africa [2]
Debate erupts about tour of aid program in Africa
Future Tech Panel at Craigslist Nonprofit Bootcamp
Future Tech (10:15am, Wheeler Hall) Presenters: Peter Deitz, David Greenberg, Ramya Raghavan, and Marnie Webb Moderator: John Scott When it comes to technology, the future is now. The Future Tech panelists are experts in the development and implementation of new…
Discussing ‘The Philanthropist’
We’re live blogging the premiere of the new NBC series The Philanthropist.
Chronicle editors and reporters are providing commentary about the debut — and we’ll be giving viewers the opportunity to offer their own opinions and react…
