How charities need to update their status
Earlier this week I gave a talk to about forty Action Aid staff members on social media, subtitled “does it mean we have to change our jobs?” Thanks to Joanna Juber – the charity’s Digital Engagement...
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Do you tweet out on a limb?
Do you work for a charity? Do you use Twitter? I’ll put the question I posed in the title another way: Do you ‘tweet’ ‘under the radar’… or seek management buy-in before you start? This is one of the...
View ArticlePutting your people at the heart of your social media strategy
This was the title of a talk I gave at the end of February and I think it is important, and frankly, worth repeating over and over. View on slideshare. It needs to be said that ‘digital’, and all the...
View ArticleCharity comms re-imagined #cc2020
Ben Matthews invited me to contribute to the CharityComms 2020 project, which he has announced today. The result is an insightful collaborative presentation… where key figures in charity communications...
View ArticleTwitter: this time it’s personal
Originally posted on the NFPtweetup blog – prior to the 8th meetup on September 15th Many scoff at those of us who love Twitter, and frankly I couldn’t care less. It works for me (at least for the...
View ArticleBeth is coming to London…
It has long been a shared and heartfelt wish to bring Beth Kanter back to the UK, and so I’m over the moon that later this month Beth will be spending a couple of days on these shores on her way back...
View Article15 conversation starters for rebooting charity
I’ve been invited to give a keynote at the Third Sector Social Media Convention in June. I wanted to frame some of what I will talk about by asking a few open questions. Quite a few, actually. Here...
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Giving and receiving
Two weeks ago the Government published the Giving White Paper. David Mills at the Guardian’s Voluntary Sector Network asked me for a quick 200-word response, which was included in the round-up of...
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The emancipation of the charity employee
It’s already been a pretty damn good week. I gave a keynote on Monday at the Third Sector Social Media Convention (#nfpsm), and it was a huge thrill to be invited on stage by Jon Snow. Later, on the...
View ArticleAre you part of the charity industrial complex?
This is Seth Godin at his disruptive best – speaking at last year’s NextGen:Charity conference on the topic of “Embracing Risk & Failure in Philanthropy”. Most charities are part of the charity...
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Target moments
I couldn’t help notice this exchange earlier this afternoon between Tony Wang (who manages the Twitter office in London) and Jamie Oliver. Must feel good to see people connect and discover common...
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