May was another strong month here at my communications blog. Here’s what people were reading the most: You can schedule tweets. Here’s when and how. - Not approved by Scott Stratten How nonprofits can visualize data - Approved by Beth Kanter 10 best practices for annual reports - A continuing favourite #WRawesome Online: @daejin_v2 - A model of how… Continue Reading
Highlights of the All Day Breakfast on May 29
Here are the highlights! Here are highlights of the All Day Breakfast that Social Media Breakfast: Waterloo Region held May 29, 2012. The first link has more information about the event and the speaker’s bios. Social Media Breakfast Waterloo Region - All Day Breakfast: May 29 Think of it as a full day of the… Continue Reading
#WRawesome Online: kwkids.com
I feature an interesting website, blog, Twitter feed, Facebook page or other online destination related to Waterloo Region on CKWR with Randolph J. Johnston called #WRawesome Online, Mondays at about 12:30. Here is the Midday with RJ’s Facebook page. I hope by doing so that I’ll help people find places online that help them to connect to their community-online and in… Continue Reading
Seth Godin should learn to control the noise on social media
Seth Godin is a genius. I don’t read his blog much but I know it is very popular and that he writes many concise thought-provoking posts. Seth Godin on signal to noise ratio on social media On Tuesday when he complained about the noise level on social media, he was just plain wrong. His ‘blog” doesn’t… Continue Reading
How to promote an event: Use the tried & true?
As a nonprofit communications professional, I’ve promoted events throughout my career. As founder of Social Media Breakfast: Waterloo Region, I have been doing it frequently and successfully over the past two years. Today, I’ll look at traditional forms of promoting events and in a follow up post I’ll share how online tools and social media… Continue Reading
You can value communications without paying
Sustainable Waterloo values communications without much of a budget. How is that possible? A quick recap In an earlier post, I asked if your organization values communications? In it, I stated that you needed to pay for communications in some form if you valued it. Then I saw how a communications firm was celebrating its anniversary… Continue Reading