Two ideas to retire
Time to retire not just “empowerment” and “capacity building,” but the mindset and orientation that created them and are often still working underneath them.
Time to retire not just “empowerment” and “capacity building,” but the mindset and orientation that created them and are often still working underneath them.
Reflections from teaching “Storytelling and Communicating for Change” in the University of Vermont Masters of Leadership for Sustainability program.
3 reasons I make sure my organization rejects conventional, offensive fundraising strategies.
Just in case you want to remain “old school” in your communications strategies and keep them grounded in a charitable fundraising model.
What does it take to lead a 30-year-old organization to change its name and brand to reflect its values? I’ll tell you in a few weeks after I’ve had some rest.
Is it time to stop utilizing the private sector’s marketing toolbox?
Sharing an article from NPR’s Goats & Soda blog, “At What Point Does A Fundraising Ad Go Too Far?”
Can photos provoke people to donate to charity AND ensure people’s dignity?
“Maybe it is a little about identity, but that’s ok.” A guest post by Vanessa Deering
A conversation with David Humphries, Global Communities’ Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs.
Loyalty doesn’t have to mean avoiding the hard questions.
For NGOs considering how to ‘reframe their message’ in their communications and fundraising, they can include their local partners in developing countries in this proces. Invest in partners’ branding and communications. Let them tell their own story. As much it is ‘our message,’ even more so it is theirs. ~Judith Madigan of BrandOutLoud
Weh Yeoh of whydev.org argues that everything that we do in development is about selling a message. But how do we convince people when a message goes against the grain of what they already believe?