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Tools and Resources
- Need a logo for your organization, a new or old project, or yourself? Try DesignEvo. Select from templates or design a custom logo. It's easy and intuitive to use. And it's free.
- Grammar Girl is my go-to for grammar questions. In addition to the question and answer posts about semicolons, ie versus eg, and using commas before quotations, Grammar Girl covers subjects such as important versus importantly, bad versus badly, expresso versus espresso, and using the correct of similar-sounding phrases.
- Are you using tech for good? Do you have an app to help your clients? Use Submit.co. Built for startups to get media coverage, it can also be used by governments and nonprofits to tell their success story.
At work
- How to Engage With Your Social Media Followers Quickly and Authentically offers some simple, do-able tips. Read and implement, find your faves.
- Is the Rise of Contract Workers Killing Upward Mobility? is an interesting read and listen (there's a podcast featuring Wharton Business School's Matthew Bidwell and Wall Street Journal reporter Lauren Weber). This will get you thinking about using contract workers where you work and contractors as public policy issue.
- Does your organization work on employment-related public policy? Read 'Ban the Box' Laws Are Hurting Black Applicants.
Learn something
- The Secret to a Record-Breaking #GivingTuesday, Wednesday, October 11, 4:00 pm. "$168 million. That's how much was donated on #GivingTuesday in 2016. Can your nonprofit position this day of giving as the launching pad for a successful year-end campaign? YES." Even if you can't attend, register. That way, you'll receive the presentation.
- Register for the 2018 National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference being held February 25-27 in Washington, DC. The three-day event will challenge you to think harder and more strategically to become an even better, stronger, more effective anti-hunger advocate.
- It's that time! 47 Free Nonprofit Webinars for October 2017. Some faves: Creating a Content Strategy for your Nonprofit Website (October 19); Avoiding Donor Attrition after #GivingTuesday (October 20); and The Donor Stewardship System with Joe Garecht (October 25).
- 6 Actually Helpful Interview Tips From a Former HR Specialist and the comments are helpful.
Good reads
- Breast surgeons exert 'enormous influence' on patients’ choices
- So Long, Selfies: Why Candid Photos Make a Better Impression is interesting and informative. Listen to Wharton School of Business's Jonah Berger discuss his research on posed photos vs. candid photos. There's also an edited transcript if reading is your thing.
- Younger start in football linked to higher risk of behavior, mood problems
- You've heard the term Millenial, Gen X, Gen Y. But what do they mean? Listen to and read What Defines Millennials – and How Marketers Can Reach Them. Want to listen to the other interviews Barbara Kahn mentioned? Find them on Marketing Matters.
- Building Community Through Better Street Lights