By now, just about every nonprofit of any size seems to be using the web, email and social media. And yet many are behind the curve on using online tools effectively.In particular, we find that many nonprofits use email as if it's just a digital version of a paper newsletter, and the web and social media as if they're just digital bulletin boards.But in working with any medium … [Read more...] about Great, up to date advice for raising money with social media & the web
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Type-Finder: An Online Tool for Finding Typefaces
If you need to quickly find a great typeface for your project, here's a terrific online tool that can help - and is kind of fun as well. (That's always good.) Type-Finder takes you through a series of questions that let you define the use of your typeface, and then displays a list of fonts that it thinks will match the use. For example, your first question is "Where … [Read more...] about Type-Finder: An Online Tool for Finding Typefaces
Empathy: The overlooked key to nonprofit marketing
It's an occupational hazard of the nonprofit world to know too much about the problems you're trying to solve. When you're an expert, facts have great resonance for you.Why is this a hazard?Because when you're trying to reach people, facts are not much use. Then, you need to know not facts, but feelings. That's because it's emotions, not information, that drive our beliefs and … [Read more...] about Empathy: The overlooked key to nonprofit marketing
#Hashtag Etiquette, #unnecessaryhashtags
Believe it or not, there is a hash-tagging etiquette. Most likely you have seen people make these mistakes regularly on many of your social media news streams. Or worse, you may have done them yourself. :) Learn how not to hashtag from Mashable. … [Read more...] about #Hashtag Etiquette, #unnecessaryhashtags
George Clooney vs. a Bad Robot
The glitz and glam of the theater often outshines the hard work and the technical achievement we see at the movies. Everybody can name a few favorite actors or recognize a George Clooney caliber star. But ask about directors, then the average score drops, move on to producers and forget about it. So how does a production company stay in the collective zeitgeist? … [Read more...] about George Clooney vs. a Bad Robot