World Humanitarian Day Assessed in a Word

There's a new social media campaign going around, and if you're not living underground, you may have heard of it: Beyonce is promoting this year's World Humanitarian Day on August 19. The campaign "I Was Here" is intended to be a "global celebration of people helping people." The … Continue reading →

Storytelling Tips from the Pros at the Nonprofit Technology Conference

Last week, I attended the Nonprofit Technology Conference, and had the pleasure of attending an interesting session on "The Future of Nonprofit Storytelling." Moderated by Rob Wu of CauseVox, it included an all-star panel of storytelling experts: Cara Jones of Storytellers for Good, … Continue reading →

Social Media and Journalism: Key Impact Areas

On Friday, I gave a presentation on how social media is impacting journalism and the newspaper industry for the New England Press and Newspaper Association's winter conference. I had the honor of sharing the panel with Boston Globe reporter Milton Valencia and Crowdsourcing author Jeff … Continue reading →

Rethinking the Annual Report for Video

Three things I know about the nonprofit annual report: it takes a ton of time to put together beautifully, few people actually read it, but funders require it. The annual report is one of those pieces of communication and collateral that executive directors and development directors dread … Continue reading →

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World Humanitarian Day Assessed in a Word

Storytelling Tips from the Pros at the Nonprofit Technology Conference