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Five Tips for Maximizing the New Facebook Profile

Facebook recently changed the profile page for businesses and nonprofit organizations. While the structure is similar there are a few changes to highlights to ensure that your organization is maximizing the platform. Update your About The “About” section for...

#YesAllWomen and the Power of Inclusive Language

The #YesAllWomen Twitter discussions have been written about extensively since last weekend. From highlighting the difficulty of seeing misogyny, to the furious reactions that these stories elicit, to even the impact that video games are having in our patriarchal...

Four Steps to Create Your Nonprofit Style Guide

Nonprofit organizations of all sizes struggle for consistent branding, imaging, and messaging. A style guide helps to define and set standards for the writing and design of documents. It is a tool that your organization can utilize to help staff and volunteers...

Weekly Roundup for April 25

Meetings, deadlines, and computer issues, oh my! A busy week for Social Change Consulting culminates with our favorite activity - the sharing of links. Follow our Tumblr for links throughout the week. Here were a few of our favorites: Business 2 Community discusses...

Nonprofits and Password Protection

Following the fallout from the HeartBleed bug over the last couple of weeks, it is apparent that many folks, both within and outside the nonprofit community, need to update passwords on compromised sites. But in addition to updating passwords, it is imperative that...

Assessing the Value of Volunteers

It’s National Volunteer Week! This is an opportunity to celebrate volunteers, recognize their achievements, and mobilize new supporters. Some news coverage this week has discussed the fact that volunteering in 2013 was at a ten-year low. Greg Baldwin, President of...

Spring Cleaning

With the official start of spring behind us, a popular pastime for both households and offices alike is the practice of spring cleaning. From a communications standpoint, spring is a great time to assess how efforts started in the new year are performing, as well as...

Weekly Roundup for March 28

Everyone gets busy from time to time - but no one should be too busy to check out some of our favorite articles from this past week.  Don’t forget to check out Tumblr for additional inspiration. Craigconnects presents an interesting infographic that attempts to crack...

Trademarked Events and Nonprofit Organizations

The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament started this week. This is the time of the year in which companies see production slow down as employees follow scores and check their brackets throughout the day. This is also a time of year in which nonprofits need to pay close...