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Is Your Nonprofit’s Website Leaking Potential Online Donors?

Whatever your nonprofit's strategy is to acquire new donors and cultivate relationships with existing ones, chances are you're including an online component that drives people to your website and inspires them to give. Or at least, you should be. Released last week, the Convio Online Marketing … [Read More...]

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5 Crisis PR Lessons To Learn From Invisible Children

KONY 2012, a short documentary produced by the young and hip nonprofit Invisible Children, went viral Wednesday, racking up millions of views on YouTube and Vimeo and clogging up social media feeds everywhere. The social media campaign was created by the advocacy organization to call for the … [Read More...]

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Why Knowing Your Supporters Matters

Editor's Note: Today's guest post comes from Heather Howell, a PR & Marketing student at the University of Winnipeg. Recently, I was tasked with writing a communications plan for an organization. After some initial research into the organization and conversations with staff members, I was … [Read More...]

Pinterest Nonprofit

5 Types Of Nonprofits That Should Be Using Pinterest (Part 2)

This is Part Two in a three-post series on the social content curation site Pinterest. With 10.4 million registered users, Pinterest officially became the fastest growing website ever last week. Still in its beta phase, the site now takes a backseat only to Facebook and Tumblr when it comes … [Read More...]

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5 Tips To Film Professional Interviews With Your Digital Camera

Editor's Note: Today's guest post is by Jenette Martens, a social media convener at a … [Read More...]

Planned Parenthood

3 Things Every Nonprofit Can Learn From Komen’s PR Gaffe

If you've ever wanted a case study in how a nonprofit should not handle crisis … [Read More...]

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Should Your Nonprofit Be On Pinterest? (Part 1)

This is Part One in a three-post series on the social content curation site Pinterest. … [Read More...]

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Editing checklist: 18 questions to ask yourself when proofreading copy

When I started my first PR job at a local nonprofit, I inherited a pile of work left by my … [Read More...]

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20 New Year’s Resolutions For The Small Nonprofit

1. Improve your copywriting. Ban all "nonprofit speak" from your copy. Make your … [Read More...]

Eats, Shoots & Leaves

Last-Minute Christmas Gifts For The Nonprofit PR Pro In Your Life

If you work in nonprofit PR or resource development, chances are you've just had the … [Read More...]