The anatomy of radio advertising

For many nonprofits, radio is an effective advertising medium and a relatively inexpensive way to get your message across to a large audience. Today, the radio business is an extremely competitive industry, with stations employing several account representatives to compete...

Help Yourself: Seven questions can clarify communications strategies

"What target audiences are most important to your success?" It was a simple question. The answer, however, was complicated: "Well, we get about 200 hits on our website every month from interested people. We launched a Facebook page a few...

Social Media: What are you afraid of?

As the interview begins, James Topham apologizes and takes a moment to read and respond to an urgent tweet. Another typical day for the communications and marketing director of War Child Canada, where tweeting and Facebook updates are as commonplace...

Five simple steps to creating compelling e-newsletters

E-marketing is an efficient and low-cost way to attract volunteers, build support for your organization, and encourage donors to give. However, many organizations never realize the potential of e-marketing because they fail to develop e-newsletters that inspire their supporters. Below...

How to get people to read your e-newsletters

Did you know that one of the main things people want to do when they visit a charitable organization's website is sign up for an e-newsletter? Sending out a regular e-newsletter is a quick and low-cost way to communicate your...

Mind the Gap: Creating new paths with new stories

Computer scientist once observed that "the best way to predict the future is to invent it." What we can create is, in fact, instrumental in shaping our future. As puts it, "The future is not a result of choices among...

Why stories matter

Many of us have grown tired of the economic gloom and doom news stories. But last night something captured my attention. In fact, I was totally riveted to a news story...a real journalistic piece, so rare on network news it...

The secrets of storytelling and leadership in tough times

I was sitting around with a few friends the other night and we were all talking about the economic recession that is having a dramatic and unprecedented impact on every nation’s financial well-being. The conversation became quite animated with all...