Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JULY 13, 2015

Katie Houston. Katie Houston is Marketing & PR Coordinator at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts , which includes the Kirk Newman Art School. Here’s the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators, where we ask you to describe your day in your own words. We’d love to hear from you too! Tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro. Kristina.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

The SSS Foundation has officially launched the SWEET site for its 'Bowling for Boobies' event in Houston. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Busted Foundation. The SSS Foundation is trying to raise $20,000 through the effort. Bowling for Boobies.

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Getting Attention

JULY 8, 2014

Director of Communications , Houston Endowment (Houston, TX). Please post your open nonprofit marketing positions here. Administrative Assistant, The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County (San Luis Obispo, CA). Communications Officer , The Raikes Foundation (Seattle, WA). Digital Engagement Officer , International Rescue Committee. New York, NY). Digital Marketing Specialist , The Harwood Institute (Bethesda, MD).

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The Agitator

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Like millions of folks a good deal of my attention over the past 10 days has focused on the rising waters and the flood of destruction and misery inflicted on the people and animals of Houston by Hurricane Harvey. — I wanted to share some impressions from the week of the Houston storm.

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Getting Attention

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Director of Communications , Duchesne Academy (Houston, TX). Please post your open nonprofit marketing positions here. Digital Communications Manager and Communications Content Specialist , Hunt Alternatives (Washington, DC and Cambridge, MA). Digital Marketing Specialist , National 4-H Council. Chevy Chase, MD). Director of Audience Development & Communications , WETA (Arlington, VA). Communications Director , Center for Social Policy (Washington, DC).

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Getting Attention

AUGUST 3, 2012

3) Communications Coordinator , The Immunization Partnership (Houston, TX). NEW OPPORTUNITIES 1) Assistant Director of Communications Achieving the Dream (Silver Spring, MD) 2) Awareness and Community Relations Manager National Brain Tumor Society (Watertown, MA) 3) Communications Coordinator, The Immunization Partnership (Houston, TX) 4) Digital Content Coordinator and Digital Program Director Food & [.]

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Getting Attention

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Director of Communications , Duchesne Academy (Houston, TX). Please post your open nonprofit marketing positions here. Digital Communications Manager and Communications Content Specialist , Hunt Alternatives (Washington, DC and Cambridge, MA). Digital Marketing Specialist , National 4-H Council (Chevy Chase, MD). Director of Audience Development & Communications , WETA (Arlington, VA). Communications Director , Center for Social Policy (Washington, DC).

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Getting Attention

APRIL 28, 2014

Houston, TX). Please post your open nonprofit marketing positions here. Communication & Event Coordinator , Alliance of Community Assistance Ministries, Inc. Communications Director , The United Methodist Children’s Home (Atlanta, GA). Communications Intern , The Opportunity Agenda (New York, NY). Director of Communications , Michigan Academy of Family Physicians (Okemos, MI). Graphic Design Associate , Public Interest GRFX (Philadelphia, PA).

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Getting Attention

JULY 8, 2013

Marketing Manager , Reasoning Mind (Houston, TX). Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. New Opportunities. Assistant Graphic Designer , Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY). Associate Director of Communications , Encore.org (San Francisco, CA). Communications Manager , Conservation Law Foundation (Boston, MA). Communications Manager , Family Online Safety Institute (Washington DC).

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The Agitator

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

And the answer seems to be ‘Yes’, at least as demonstrated by the success of Houston Public Media after Hurricane Ike in 2008. As Roger commented, Houston Public Media was/is to be complimented for its business savvy in preparing for such a scenario, as well as its ability to mount the required financial. I’ll admit to being blown away by Roger’s post yesterday, Are Your Fundraising Proceeds Insured?

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The Agitator

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

This morning I’m wondering how many nonprofits in Houston and Florida had their fundraising proceeds protected from the ravages of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma by insurance. Frankly, until yesterday this wasn’t a question that would occur to me in a 100 years. But then I received a note from my friend Chuck Longfield , the Chief Scientist at Blackbaud.

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Getting Attention

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

2) Communications Coordinator , The Immunization Partnership , (Houston, TX). NEW OPPORTUNITIES 1) Communications and Public Relations Manager, Hostelling International USA (HI-USA), (Silver Spring, MD) 2) Communications Coordinator, The Immunization Partnership, (Houston, TX) 3) Communications Manager, Habitat for Humanity, (San Francisco, CA) 4) Coordinator, Online Content and Community, World Wild Life [.]

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Getting Attention

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Pius X High Schoo l (Houston, TX). Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. Thanks! NEW OPPORTUNITIES. Communications Director , Highstead (Redding, CT). Digital Marketing and Analytics Director , Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, NJ). Director, Communications and Corporate Marketing , The Joint Commission. Oakbrook Terrace, IL).

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 24, 2017

She earned her Public Relations/Advertising degree and Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Houston. Both Sheena and her husband of 9 years were born and raised in Houston. Sheena Abraham. Welcome to the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators, where we ask you to describe your day in your own words. We’d love to feature YOU in this series!

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

AUGUST 28, 2019

The Democratic Party’s third presidential debate will be held on the 12th (and possibly an additional night on the 13th) in Houston, Texas. Interested in getting monthly ideas for social media, blog posts, or newsletter articles earlier? Sign up for our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts. I send this email newsletter the first week of every month with prompts for the following month. For example, I will email the prompts for October next week.

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Getting Attention

APRIL 13, 2015

Marketing/Communications Internship , American Diabetes Association (Houston, TX). Post YOUR comms job here —nonprofits, grantmakers, B Corps & vendors serving nonprofits. Advocacy & Communications Associate , RespectAbility (Bethesda, MD). Cause Marketing Business Development Leader , Phil & Co. New York, NY). Communications & Impact Specialist , Institute of International Education. San Francisco, CA).

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JULY 18, 2011

Kathryn Bauchelle, Literacy Advance of Houston. Thanks to the 391 nonprofit staff who helped pick the topic of our next free webinar: Quick and Dirty Nonprofit Marketing Plans, which is now scheduled for November 16, 2011. I know that seems like forever from now, but we are already talking about nonprofit marketing plans during another free webinar THIS week: 30 Nonprofit Marketing Planning Questions in 30 Minutes , on Thursday. You are some plan lovin’ people!

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JUNE 27, 2013

After: Cool donor gifts from Heart Healthy Houston! Subject lines are more important than you might think. On average, at least 100 emails flood your constituents'' inboxes every single day. That''s a lot of digital noise to shout over, which is why your email subject lines need as much TLC as the content inside. Here''s a simple, four-step makeover to help transform your subject lines from ho-hum to "Oh, wow!" " 1. State the Obvious.

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Getting Attention

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Director of Communications , Laura and John Arnold Foundation (Houston, TX). Here’s the last job posting of 2012, with some exciting opportunities. I’ll be back next year with weekly jobs plus more content on developing your skills and getting the job you really want. Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. Thanks! NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

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Getting Attention

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Director of Communications Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX). Please post YOUR nonprofit marketing job here. Associate Director, Media and Public Relations American Association for Cancer Research (Philadelphia, PA). Communications Associate The Partnership for Palliative Care (New York, NY). Communications Director The American Federation of Musicians (New York, NY). Communications Manager America Achieves (Washington, DC). Communications Manager Oceana (Washington, DC).

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Getting Attention

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Houston, TX). Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. Thanks! NEW OPPORTUNITIES. Associate, Online Communications, UN Foundation Special Initiatives (Washington, D.C.). Communications and Advocacy Associate , Global Health Strategies (New York, NY). Communications and Marketing Associate , Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.). Communications Associate , Center for a New Community (Chicago, IL).

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The Agitator

JULY 2, 2018

She says her surveys indicate that the passengers might enjoy a light entree on the Houston to Las Vegas flight. The person stammered for a moment, so Kelleher responded: “You say, `Tracy, will adding that chicken Caesar salad make us THE low-fare airline from Houston to Las Vegas? From Make to Stick by the Heath brothers: “Herb Kelleher [the longest-serving CEO of Southwest] once told someone, “I can teach you the secret to running this airline in thirty seconds.

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Getting Attention

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

2) Communications Coordinator , The Immunization Partnership , (Houston, TX). Please post your nonprofit marketing position here — FT or PT staff, consulting or internship opportunities. NEW OPPORTUNITIES. 1) Campaign Marketing Coordinator and Marketing Intern , Leukemia & Lymphoma Society , (San Antonio, TX). 2) Communications Associate and New Media Content Manager , Southern Poverty Law Center , (Montgomery, AL).

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Selfish Giving

MAY 8, 2018

You played a big role with Habitat in the days immediately following Hurricane Harvey in Houston. Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to Mike Esposito , Director of U.S. Marketing at household cleaning tools brand O-Cedar about their involvement in Habitat for Humanity's Home is the Key cause marketing initiative that's now in its second year. On the show, Megan, Mike and I discuss: Mike Esposito, O-Cedar. Tell us more about O-Cedar and your partnership with Habitat for Humanity?

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Non Profit Marketing 360

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The ‘National Senior Games’ is a biennial event, held this past June in Houston, TX and slated to be in Cleveland, OH in July 2013. Doctors, teachers, and athletes encourage us all to get more exercise. For many of us, our springtime means the energy to start a program to get fit and overcome the initial discomforts. As we enter our summer months, the foundation of better health has been set, and we begin to push some of our boundaries.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 25, 2016

She received awards from both the Houston and Dallas Press Clubs for newscasts she produced. Jennifer Starkey. Here’s the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators, where we ask you to describe your day in your own words. We need more stories! Don’t be shy – tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro. .

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SocialButterfly

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

18-20, 2010, Houston, TX. From online webinars to Twitter chats to traditional conferences, people are on the move. Starting this month, I plan on posting that month’s event listing at the beginning of each month. I also do my best to keep an updated, ongoing list of events. So–Where will you be this month? November Events. Month-Long Observances. American Diabetes Month. Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Individual Events and Observances. 2010 Election Day–Vote!

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Getting Attention

MARCH 9, 2015

Communications Specialist Moroch (Houston, TX). Please post YOUR nonprofit marketing job here: Featuring jobs with nonprofit organizations, grantmakers, B Corps, and agencies and other vendors serving nonprofits. Account Coordinator, Digital Fenton Communications (Washington, DC). Assistant Director Kilts Center for Marketing: University of Chicago Booth School for Business (Chicago, IL). Assistant Director of Loyalty Marketing Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York, NY).

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Houston, TX / $250. Digital Marketing Conferences (DIGIMARCON) / Houston, TX / $945. Grantmakers for Effective Organizing (GEO) / Houston, TX / Price TBA. In the past year, thousands of nonprofit pros took advantage of our definitive Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar, and we're so excited to share our brand new 2016 list!

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Getting Attention

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Houston Food Bank , a 2009 Getting Attention Tagline Award winner, has gone the extra mile and included its tagline (Filling pantries, Filling lives) in its main voicemail message. A great tagline separates your organization from the pack while expressing the heart and soul of your organization. So when you integrate your tagline into all of your communications, you’re well on your way to having a memorable brand.

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EveryAction

JULY 23, 2018

Last year disaster relief once again became the main focus of our organization as we activated and served over 4 million meals in Peru, Houston, Puerto Rico, and California. World Central Kitchen was founded by chef and activist José Andres in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Since then the organization has grown to work in 10 different countries.

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The Agitator

JANUARY 2, 2013

How did Whitney Houston die? As you reflect on your ‘market’ for the coming year, perhaps you should be careful about overestimating. I know your donors are attentive to the big picture, well-informed, and serious-minded.

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Getting Attention

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Houston Food Bank With simple but effective use of word repetition, the Houston Food Bank clarifies its work and impact. A nonprofit’s tagline is hands down the briefest, easiest and most effective way to communicate its identity and impact. But this high-impact, low-cost marketing tactic is often overlooked or under-emphasized by nonprofits. GettingAttention.org’s 2008 survey of nonprofits showed that 7 in 10 nonprofits rated their tagline as poor or didn’t use one at all.

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MAY 17, 2008

For example, when users in an area with a large black population, like Atlanta, do a search for 'Whitney,' they are more likely to be looking for the singer Whitney Houston or the civil-rights activist Whitney M. My next post on this blog was going to be all about the "what is" of Gen Y-who they (we in my case) are, why they are, why you, the nonprofit marketer should care. But then last night I came across this great article in Newsweek I just felt was too important to put away for later.

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Selfish Giving

JUNE 12, 2019

Assistant Director, Corporate & Community Alliances, MD Anderson (Houston) 2. I moderated a great panel at the Engage for Good Conference with the National Park Foundation on how nonprofits can attract companies from a variety of industries. Kim Hirose from NPF recorded footage from the session and I have eight clips to share with you.

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Cause Related Marketing

JUNE 22, 2012

Think about it, in the movie Apollo 13 , what saved astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise was that the engineers and technicians back in Houston failed really fast on their way to an eventual solution. Back in 2007 and 2008 Hamburger Helper ran a fun cause marketing promotion called My Hometown Helper that I don’t remember at all. In fact, there’s nothing about it at www.myhometownhelper.com, the campaign’s old website.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

After all, The Chronicle of Philanthropy does not have the same focus as The Houston Chronicle. When nonprofits build their media relations strategies, they often focus on getting their stories told in the local media or in the national mainstream press. But they often overlook an important potential avenue for spreading the word about their work — the nonprofit trade press.

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The Agitator

APRIL 15, 2010

In this case, the study examined the behavior and attitudes of customers of Houston’s Dessert Gallery cafe chain who became the company’s Facebook fans. eMarketing & Commerce reports on a study of Facebook fans and their brand loyalty, as published in the March Harvard Business Review.

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JANUARY 5, 2008

For example, ‘See our adoptable puppies in Houston ' is a much better incoming link than ‘ View our pets ' 6. Imagine someone looking online for volunteer opportunities or services you provide. Would they find your organization? When you think about how to drive traffice to your nonprofit website, pay attention to how your site ranks in search engines like Google.

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Selfish Giving

AUGUST 1, 2018

Despite being seriously injured in the very first stage, he pledged to donate $100 for each stage he finished to help the outdoor velodrome in Houston (Yep, flooded) where he got his start in cycling. The other day on the James Altucher Show marketing guru Seth Godin was asked how to accomplish our work in the world. According to Seth: Zig Ziglar used to say, "You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want."

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Selfish Giving

JUNE 6, 2018

Director, New Partnerships, Southwest Region Development, Feeding America (Los Angeles, Houston or Dallas) 2. Years ago I used to work for a chamber that hosted networking events. Members came to these events to meet new people. But that's not what happened. People either talked to people they already knew OR to new people that were similar to them in occupation and/or status. Sales people would talk to sales people and CEO's would talk to other c-level executives.

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Selfish Giving

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Tito’s is also partnering with the Austin Disaster Relief Network to load supplies on two of their 18-wheeler trucks to send to Houston. Hurricane Harvey was a one-in-a-thousand-year rain event dumping nearly 25 trillion gallons of rainwater on the gulf coast. Most of the affected people were Texans, hearty and independent folk whose pride in their state leads them to take care of their own at a time like this.

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The Agitator

OCTOBER 19, 2009

— Houston Food Bank. With simple but effective use of word repetition, the Houston Food Bank clarifies its work and impact. Getting Attention blogger Nancy Schwartz today announced the 2009 winners of her annual "Nonprofit Taglines Awards" competition. More than 4,800 nonprofit professionals voted on sixty finalists from 1,702 entries.

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