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How An Informal Nonprofit Employee Champion Program Can Benefit A One-Person Communications Dept.

Beth Kanter

Are you an one-person communications department? Perhaps you can relate to this chart from Gerard Matthews , Communications Director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. As a one-person communications department, your workload, which includes doing the social media, is always increasing.

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Association Brain Food: 5.19.23

Reid All About it

Hear about best practices for preparing for negotiations, identifying and assessing potential risks, and establishing effective communication and negotiation strategies, insights into negotiating contracts, and practical guidance on how to protect the interests of their association and avoid common pitfalls. More info/register. .

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Social Media and Disaster: Hospitals On Facebook

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

Facebook became a gathering place - a communication hub - a way to share important information with a large number of other people who had no other way to communicate with one another. Fort Belvoir Community Hospital was listed as one of the Top 50 hospitals for Facebook engagement via UbiCare's research of over 1,000 hospitals.

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Advocating for a Better Legislative Flow

Association Adviser

Bush has informed his role as an association-based advocate. Now that I’m on the outside [with AWWA], I understand what the regulatory interests and concerns are from utilities and how to best communicate those to the EPA insiders. We manage a constant flow of information between our department and others.

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Association Subculture: DIY - "Makes Me Think Of" Creativity Exercise

Association Subculture

For example, "Clouds" which makes me think of "sky" which makes me think of "planes" which makes me think about "visiting my grandparents in Arkansas," which makes me think of.well, you get the picture. communications. (4). community. (3). information. (1). mizz information. advocacy. (1). appreciative inquiry. (1).

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Transforming Nonprofit Staff Into Champions on Social

Beth Kanter

A formal champion program provides the training and support for all employees to engage in this activity with much more impact than having it happen organically and informally. Many nonprofits have limited capacity and staff resources when it comes to implementing marketing and communications strategy, especially social media.

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How Your Organization’s CEO Can Use Social Media for Thought Leadership

Beth Kanter

Your organization’s branded social channels will most likely have a formal and structured editorial calendar linked to your policy agenda and other communications objectives. Having your CEO use social in a separate channel gives you more flexibility, especially with breaking news. Bruce Lesley, CEO of First Focus, is an example.