Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MAY 23, 2019

Earlier this week, it penned this piece for the Detroit Free Press. Nonprofit PRWhat’s your hook? This question likely looms over you daily if your job is to pitch stories to the media or create content for your organization’s owned media channels. To get your story picked up and noticed, it’s critical to have something current to latch on to — a hook that adds a sense of urgency by connecting to something that’s happening right now.

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Getting Attention

MARCH 30, 2015

Marketing & PR Associate Detroit Historical Society (Detroit, MI). Post YOUR nonprofit communications job here —nonprofits, grantmakers, B Corps, and vendors serving nonprofits. ABQtodo Marketing & Operations Manager Albuquerque Community Foundation (Albuquerque, NM). Account Executive Fenton (Los Angeles, CA). Associate Director, Marketing San Francisco Ballet (San Francisco, CA). Communications Associate Center for Health and Gender Equity (Washington, DC).

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Getting Attention

JULY 20, 2015

Communications Officer The Skillman Foundation (Detroit, MI). PR Specialist Kids Wish Network (Holiday, FL). This is my 202nd jobs posting, and the final one. There are so many dedicated nonprofit jobs sources, that this feature is no longer necessary. I’m going to focus content 100% on what you’ve told me is most useful, and can’t find elsewhere —tips, tools, templates and case studies. Thanks for reading, and for your feedback!

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Non Profit Marketing 360

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

To the CEO of a bank, a $1 million gift might be small price to pay for some good PR. Christina Xu has stood up recently as a champion of microdonations for the work her organization does in Detroit. Her most recent post at PBS’s MediaShift Blog pertains to efforts by local foundations around Detroit, MI that specialize in offering microdonations of $1ooo to $5000 to help revitalize the Motor City.

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Diva Marketing Blog

MARCH 16, 2011

One : An agency employee (Chrysler's Marketing Department contacted with a PR firm to be their voice on Twitter) was fired for an inappropriate tweet that ran on Chrysler’s @ChryslerAutos Twitter account. The tweet denigrated Detroit area drivers using an obscenity. As I wrote on the Chrysler blog, it was the fact that we’ve built a tremendous amount of goodwill promoting Detroit and the U.S.

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Selfish Giving

AUGUST 22, 2018

Director, Special Events & Cause Marketing, Girl Scouts (Detroit) 4. PR/Corporate Social Responsibility, Neighborhood Health Plan (Providence, RI) 5. Two personal notes and a business note this week. First, I'm taking my baby girl to college tomorrow! She'll be a freshman at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. I'm so proud of her! But I'm also sad (on most days) that she's leaving.??I I realized the other day that I may be in good company.

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