Indianapolis Bike Paths. Cities continue to build bike infrastructure (at varying paces) and, as Treehugger reports, the Indianapolis Cultural Trail deserves some attention and congratulations!
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Manage Your Day-to-Day
Everybody’s abuzz about the new book, Manage Your Day-to-Day, by the folks at 99U. The subtitle—build your routine, find your focus & sharpen your creative mind—pretty much describes the insides. For those of us drawn, for whatever reasons, to the productivity, self-help, get-creative, work-smarter books, this one hums. It’s succinct. Editor Joycelyn […]
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Now for something practical for the leader who’s getting ready for an interview: The Esquire Guy’s Guide to Media Interviews. Even more practical, a link to Kivi Leroux Miller’s 7 Ways to Repurpose Your Content. And a nice overview on Infographics from Socialbrite. Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They […]
Engaging Millennials
By Stephen Bailey Engaging Millennials? Be creative! Millennials are people born between (loosely) 1980 and 2000 (so now they’re between 14 and 33). Also called Generation Y, they’re the children of the baby boomers. If your organization wants to involve them, you may learn from a couple of web sites at Washington University (WashU) in […]
Turn Your Nonprofit Brand into a Powerful Place
Nonprofit Brand as Place Quit reading this and take a minute to think of an actual place that means a great deal to you—where you are energized or nourished. Is there a park, a coffee shop, a certain neighborhood or street, a section along a river? Hey, you’re […]
Nonprofit Helps: Videos, Power of Ideas
The winners of the DoGooder Video Awards for 2013 have been announced. The annual awards are presented by See3 Communications, YouTube and the Nonprofit Technology Network and sponsored by Cisco. If you’re thinking about creating a video for your cause, the starting point would be YouTube’s Playbook Guide for Nonprofits. Finally, here’s a post on the awards […]
Nonprofit Celebrity Engagement — How-to
By Chris Talbott It’s frequently asserted in conference rooms and casual conversation that a nonprofit celebrity supporter is some sort of silver bullet that will propel an organization towards its fundraising and brand awareness targets. We could all point to celebrity-cause pairings that look like a match made in heaven. But people seldom consider the […]
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Arise! Today, March 8, is the 101st International Women’s Day. Here are some nice graphics on Pinterest for inspiration and spreading the word. And 10 ways to celebrate it from The Washington Post. Write! In the last post, we mentioned Neil Gaiman. Here, via Aerogram Writers’ Studio, are his Eight Rules of Writing: Write […]
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Mission Statements that Don’t Suck! If you’re creating or updating mission statement, start by watching this video from Dan Heath. We’ve all been in that room. I’ve seen some where almost every word had a Latin root—never a good sign. Thank you! First, thanks to all of you for reading my musings and ramblings; I […]
Diversify Revenue to Grow Your Organization
Are you monocropping? Does your group get most of its funds from just one source? Need a diverse revenue stream? If so, you may want to meet the Matidzas. In a small South African town, Anna and William Matidza practice integrated farming, and when I visited, I saw that it made a huge difference. On […]