Affnetz

MAY 21, 2024

Camp Management Software | How to Run a Successful Camp / By Bala Guntipalli Introduction: In this comprehensive guide, we’ll dive into the world of summer STEAM camps, exploring the benefits, planning strategies, and the role of camp management software in ensuring a successful and memorable experience for both campers and organizers.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 28, 2024

While some skills are innate, many nonprofit management skills can be taught. Before diving into vital nonprofit management skills, let’s explore how developing these skills enhances careers and strengthens the sector as a whole. Adapt your written communications. Explore storytelling strategies.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

AUGUST 20, 2024

We love to see nonprofit communications teams grow! I always do a little dance in my chair when someone in our community says they’ve been approved to hire a new comms team member. But then the question becomes, what should that new communications hire do? How should we write that job description?

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JUNE 3, 2024

According to research from the Project Management Institute, the biggest predictor of a project’s success — or failure — is communication. Their report found that project managers should spend 90% of their time on communications to ensure a project’s success, and up to 56% of revenue could be lost due to poor communication.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MAY 11, 2021

Those with corporate experience sometimes narrowly define nonprofit marketing as brand management, public relations, and advertising. ” Exactly how you define nonprofit marketing and how you define your job as a nonprofit communicator depends a lot on your specific situation — but it’s essential that you do so.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Here is where I found myself embracing project management. Earning my Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, I incorporated these methods into our internal projects and operations and advised other teams to do the same. With project management, obstacles become navigable challenges. And who doesn’t want that?

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

But that function — ensuring everyone has seen something and often in a particular order — is still extremely relevant to nonprofit communications work. Today, the routing slip function might be partially or fully automated by your project management software. Are you doing this through project management software?

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 19, 2023

Managers know that listening is a critical part of leading high-performing teams. They recognize that it’s the key to unlocking effective communication and ensuring organizational success. Many managers experience the perplexing and frustrating reality that listening goals are clear, but achieving them is complicated.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

APRIL 9, 2021

It’s time for Mixed Links… Farra Trompeter talks about managing your nonprofit’s communications as we emerge from the COVID-19 crisis. Quick Sprout shares The Complete Guide to Project Management Principles. Catch Up on Our Content from This Week… Hobbies of Nonprofit Communicators – Podcasts.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MAY 21, 2021

Communications Director Mentoring Program. We just opened registration for the next session of our Mentoring Program for Nonprofit Communications Directors. June 2: The Keys to Nonprofit Communications Success: The CALM not BUSY Master Class with Kivi Leroux Miller. Understanding How Stories Fit into Story Arcs. Register Now.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JUNE 11, 2021

All managers have to do it eventually – The Beginners Guide to Firing Employees. Communications Director Mentoring Program. We just opened registration for the next session of our Mentoring Program for Nonprofit Communications Directors. July 8: Communications Planning That Works Master Class with Kivi Leroux Miller.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

APRIL 10, 2024

Getting on the Same Page In the nonprofit realm, communicators often juggle the tricky task of keeping everyone on the same page. Implementing tools like shared calendars, communication platforms, and project management software can streamline collaboration, making the work more efficient and less prone to errors.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 8, 2023

If you have difficulty saying No to your supervisor or colleagues as a nonprofit communicator, you are not alone. Three-quarters (74% of survey participants for the 2023 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report ) said it was difficult or very difficult to say No to their supervisors when they make a work request. FTE or less.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 15, 2024

You are already working in nonprofit communications and marketing. Below, we outline the nonprofit communications and marketing training plans we recommend here at Nonprofit Marketing Guide (NPMG). How do you move up in your nonprofit marketing career?

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

AUGUST 8, 2024

Stephanie Mlot I am so excited to bring you a brand new submission for our Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator series! At the end of a WFH day, I’ll email my manager a bulleted list of what I accomplished that day. Tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro by filling out the form below.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 1, 2022

Libni Sanjurjo, Fundación Comunitaria de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Community Foundation). Here is the latest submission for our Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator series. For me, Communications are important for nonprofit organizations because help them to execute their mission. 8:00 am to 10:00 am: At 8:30 a.m.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JUNE 14, 2021

Here is the latest submission for our Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator series. She manages the Robert H. Jackson Center’s social media accounts and oversees the production of the quarterly newsletter, press releases, promotional materials, and other communications. Thanks for sharing your day, Nicole!

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JULY 30, 2021

Listen to The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 204: Change Burnout vs. Change Management. August 12: The Communications Directors’ Guide to Repurposing Content with Kivi Leroux Miller. September 9: Creating Your Donor Communications Plan Master Class with Kivi Leroux Miller. Try 17 Types of Content That Will Drive More Traffic.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 28, 2024

Nonprofit marketing and communications is all we do here at Nonprofit Marketing Guide. We focus on the needs of nonprofit marketing and communications professionals and offer community, training, coaching, and mentoring. Step One: Join Our Nonprofit Marketing Guide Community and Find Your People! It’s free!

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 6, 2022

Whether you are a team of one or several, you probably have questions about how other nonprofit communications or marketing teams are set up and how they function. We’ve also learned a great deal by coaching and mentoring hundreds of nonprofit communicators over the last decade. Communications Team Size.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Lisa Jenkins talks about the new feature Facebook Admin Assist: Streamline Your Facebook Group Content Management. 17 Ways to Manage Work Anxiety. October 7: Measuring Your Communications Work: How to Get Started with Kivi Leroux Miller. Does yours have The 6 Attributes of a Highly Effective Board Chair ? Register Now.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MAY 28, 2021

Communications Director Mentoring Program. We just opened registration for the next session of our Mentoring Program for Nonprofit Communications Directors. June 2: The Keys to Nonprofit Communications Success: The CALM not BUSY Master Class with Kivi Leroux Miller. Is Your Leadership in Touch with Reality? Register Now.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

As the communications roles and responsibilities grow in nonprofits, both staff and managers will question the function of the communications team within the organization. We began researching nonprofit communications team models in 2017 and have continued investigating how they work and what is most effective since then.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

If you are still working from home or you are managing a team that is working remotely, see Remote Working & Mental Health: A Young Professional’s Guide. October 7: Measuring Your Communications Work: How to Get Started with Kivi Leroux Miller. Have you ever been interested in How to Create a Wikipedia Page ? But You Are One!

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

DECEMBER 8, 2021

While the position poses some challenges, it’s also incredibly rewarding and with some clear boundaries and reasonable expectations, the workload can be more manageable. . Perhaps the office manager would be willing and interested in copy editing emails before they go out, or the program officer could support some grant writing.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

We coach nonprofit communications staff on how to say No to work requests all the time (or not yet, or not until. You may think, “What’s wrong with executives and programmatic leaders setting communications and marketing priorities? What is this nonsense about communications staff saying No to work requests?!”

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 10, 2023

New Me” stuff, January is a perfect time to evaluate how you manage your time. A lot of the #NPCommLife posts explain why taking a break and rest are so important to your productivity: Schedule Your Vacation, Nonprofit Communicators, (and Actually Take the Time Off). Is Time Management the Key to Happiness?

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 4, 2024

Would you like to guess what percentage of nonprofit communications teams will grow in 2024? We are working on the 2024 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report for release later this month, which will explore this question further. So, which organizations were most likely to have staffed up their communications teams in 2023?

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MAY 30, 2023

Dawn Crawford has the secrets to giving and receiving feedback to make your communications work great, and she’s put it all into her new book, Kindly Review (NPMG’s Amazon Link). You as a nonprofit communicator do BOTH of these roles, but you should not be doing them simultaneously. This alone is gold. Of course, it is.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 6, 2023

Creating individualized 12-month communication plans for all 150 donors on your major gifts caseload to a fundraiser may initially sound like a lot of touchpoints to create. But the truth is you can create the vast majority of your planning for each donor in less time than you think.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 12, 2023

Pre-pandemic (March 2020), 67% of nonprofit communicators worked in an office or work site environment , with the rest split equally between home/remote or a hybrid of the two. This represented a shift in working locations for 64% of nonprofit communicators. Obviously, this was initially due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Storytelling can entertain, educate and entice people to act. Nonprofits have more stories at their fingertips than any other organization. Nonprofits that create an internal storytelling culture can excite staff and volunteers, entice new supporters, strengthen relationships with donors, and raise more funds.

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Affnetz

JUNE 10, 2024

Summer Camp Management Software | Streamline STEAM Lessons / By Affnetz Over the years, I’ve developed innovative solutions that harness technology to solve real-world challenges. While camps provide incredible experiences for kids, integrating STEAM lessons effectively can be a headache for camp managers.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A good volunteer manager should help your organization recognize this and build a team approach. Analyze and Interpret Data & Communicate Results While gathering, analyzing and interpreting data will be based on the type of data you have collected, always communicate results to key stakeholders.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

If you have an employee who is one of the 34% of communications staff looking for a new job , we have some ideas on how to keep them around. According to our 2023 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report , two factors seem to help nonprofits retain employees. How can you start to implement these changes with your communications staff?

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Stephanie Krieg It’s been a minute, but I am so excited to bring you a brand new submission for our Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator series! Stephanie’s Bio Stephanie Krieg, MSHC, CHES, is an advocate for health promotion and communication. This series lets you describe your workday in your own words.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 14, 2024

Just when it feels like you’re making headway with a donor, they pull back. Here's how being persistent in these situations pays off.

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