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Using Psychology in Nonprofit Marketing

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

My college journey went on to start with a major in sociology – the study of human social behavior, a natural fit for someone intrigued by the mind and social society. and I found myself gravitating towards Communications, Media Studies, and yes – Marketing. Then, practicality kicked in (gotta pay those college loans!),

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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Stacy Harbaugh

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

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. Don’t be shy – tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro. Tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro.

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What is the Secret to Successful Grant Writing?

Blue Avocado

While these aspects are important, I eventually realized it is so much more critical to focus on what you are trying to communicate and how you are communicating it, and contextualizing your pitch within the current narrative(s) of your community, society, and/or the world. A missed comma will be forgiven, I promise!

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For the Love of Humankind: End of Year Fundraising for Community impact

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Some other important ideas for having a successful end of year work: Create a dissemination calendar or plan for the marketing + communications team. She moved to Chicago after high school to study Political Science and Sociology at DePaul University. Be creative, innovative, and take risks! . Louis City, Missouri.

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What’s Your Start Agenda?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We spend an equal amount of time focused on what the organization sees as the solution and who ultimately needs to adopt it and fund it (the socialization and communication part of the task). Inherently, these organizations know not only what they want to stop, but also what they want to replace it with.

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What We Can Learn From the COVID-19 Philanthropy Commons

Stanford Social Innovation Review

“Fourth-grade soccer teams with phone trees have more effective lines of communication than we do,” they wrote: “Even the largest philanthropies figure out what others are doing through random emailing or searching online. We attribute this failure, largely, to sociological hurdles.

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Jocelyn Harmon Joins Care2 as Director of Nonprofit Services

Care2

Jocelyn has been a member of the capacity-building community for nonprofits since 2000. She started her career at the Georgia Center for Nonprofits and then led the Development and Communications activities for the National Council of Nonprofits, an association of 22,000 local charities.