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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
As a reminder, a strong positioning statement answers these questions: Who (what group) does your organization serve? What does your organization provide to the group you serve? Consider how how this information is conveyed by TexasNonprofits, a 2009 Nonprofit Tagline Award winner :  “Building community deep in the hearts of Texans”.
 
Monday, July 19, 2010
In her new book, The Nonprofit Marketing Guide: High-Impact, Low-Cost Ways to Build Support for Your Good Cause , Kivi Leroux Miller asserts that in the "Connected Age" marketers have to learn to become community managers vs. But the real question is, HOW do you become a community manager and/or how do you find the right person for the job?
 
Friday, July 16, 2010
Two great organizations are seeking nonprofit marketing experts and reached out to me recently, requesting that I spread the word. Most importantly, I wanted to share these fantastic opportunities with you: Greenpeace USA is looking for an experienced online organizer and campaigner who has a passion for making change. Just email me !
 

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With the purpose of creating a set of experiences for program managers; policy-makers; program planners, evaluators and staff; implementing agencies; and investor and donor organizations that provide them with knowledge and tools to utilize social marketing to improve the health of poor and vulnerable populations.
quot; Simple and powerful, Twitter is a must for nonprofit organizations. Build community. Those nonprofits who are most successful at utilizing social networking Web sites like Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace know from trial, error, and experience that a “marketing and development approach” on social networking sites does not work.
In her new book, The Nonprofit Marketing Guide: High-Impact, Low-Cost Ways to Build Support for Your Good Cause , Kivi Leroux Miller asserts that in the "Connected Age" marketers have to learn to become community managers vs. But the real question is, HOW do you become a community manager and/or how do you find the right person for the job?
Example One: The Wing Museum, in Seattle, A COMMUNITY MUSEUM. The Wing Museum is a participatory community based museum, which means that community members create each exhibit, become board members, docents, and volunteers. Woven into the fabric of the community, and led by the community, not just sucked dry for money.
If you’re trying to organization and mobilize people to get things done in your community, I’ve got a couple of resources for you. Here are two documents from the Center for Community Change. . 8220;Funding Community Organizing: Social Change Through Civic Participation&#. Emjoy!
The organizations these folks represented are varied in size, experience, issue focus and more. Yet the group came together as an incredibly productive learning community around social media. world (used synonymously w/social media) are saying about your organization. This takes 30 minutes or less. Read him.
Organic Farming Research Foundation Accepting Applications for Research and Education and Outreach Grants Deadline: July 15, 2008; and November 17, 2008 The Organic Farming Research Foundation ( [link] ) grants program is open to all applicants residing in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. From The Foundation Center.
What I learned can be applied to your development office. Here’s what Ann Webb of Skin Organics told us about how to start and run a million dollar business. If you see clients in the community, see if you can meet in a library or community center. Give great salaries to everyone in your organization.
Organizations' leaders, in the very nature of their work, envision what could be better for the community, they imagine what could get done through the work of the agencies that they work for, and they imagine what could improve the world. to consider our organizations. One person may say 'I wish things were better.'
What are the two most important / effective things marketers can do to help promote their organization to the public, when we have very few dollar and people resources? How do you re-energize a longstanding nonprofit’s image in the community? Most media outlets don’t want to include event sponsors in the stories.