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Association Brain Food: 5.19.23

Reid All About it

Hope, Inclusion, Support, & Strategies to Maximize Mental Health Learn about the resources and strategies available to boost our mental wellbeing and support our colleagues, friends, and family members, and mental health awareness month and how to participate. Fri 5/19 at 4 p.m. 1 CAE credit. More info/register. More info/register.

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Association Brain Food: 5.26.23

Reid All About it

WBT Systems shares strategies for convincing people to commit time to their own professional development. In this session, a seasoned mar/comm pro and an IT expert debate how both components need to work together strategically to deliver the best communications to its target audiences. 501Works acquires ReviewMyAMS. 1 CAE credit.

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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 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. Shelly’s favorite words are change, vision, strategy, tactics, learning, teaching and Lord of the Rings. communications. (4).

Arkansas 100
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Transforming Nonprofit Staff Into Champions on Social

Beth Kanter

Many nonprofits have limited capacity and staff resources when it comes to implementing marketing and communications strategy, especially social media. It expands your organization’s social footprint and presence beyond what the lone communications director or marketing team is capable of reaching on their own.

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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. It takes more time, savvy, and online comfort.

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How Experimentation and Measurement Can Help Win A Little Bet with Facebook Promoted Posts

Beth Kanter

” designed to help grantees institutionalize social media and networked nonprofit skills and strategies and integrate them into their broader strategy for communications on children’s health. Promote high quality content. Promote posts that help get you to overall results. … Read More