Our friends at the SPIN Academy are celebrating their 15th Anniversary by celebrating those closest to them – their alumni! We at LightBox Collaborative are happy to share with you some of their featured alumni and a way you can…
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SPIN Academy Alumni – Where Are They Now?
Tagged with: Asian Pacific American Legal Center, crowdfunding, IndieGoGo, Karin Wang, SPIN Academy, SPIN Academy Alumni
Posted in *Impact, leadership, strategic communications, Uncategorized
Posted in *Impact, leadership, strategic communications, Uncategorized
SPIN Academy turns 15 – Applications Now Open
When I helped start the SPIN Academy fifteen years ago, we had a heckuva time convincing folks that they should set aside three days in the woods to talk about nonprofit communications. It just wasn’t a topic on folks’ radar…
Tagged with: IndieGoGo, nonprofit communications, SPIN Academy, SPIN Academy Alumni
Posted in *Impact, leadership, messaging, social media, storytelling, strategic communications, Uncategorized
Posted in *Impact, leadership, messaging, social media, storytelling, strategic communications, Uncategorized
Take Charge of Your Editorial Process as Air Traffic Control
How can nonprofits and philanthropies keep their content production flying smoothly? How can organizations more effectively run their own communications channels and create amazing content? At the recent 2013 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC), I spoke to attendees about ways…
Build Your Airport: Content Strategy to Help Your Content Take Flight
Later this week, I’ll be talking with attendees at the 2013 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) about techniques that nonprofits can use to help their content take flight. During the session, “Air Traffic Control: How to Guide Your Content from…
Big Shots and Big Ideas: Could a Celebrity Connection Advance Your Cause?
Celebrities, superstars and pop culture icons. Whatever we call them, they are the big shots that make headlines and whose names we know even when we’ve only seen them on TV. And as Jodi Foster’s recent “coming out” at the…
Set Your Communications Agenda with LightBox Collaborative’s 2013 Editorial Calendar
The LightBox Collaborative 2013 Editorial Calendar is here! Three years ago, we released our first editorial calendar with the hopes that our fellow nonprofit communicators would be inspired to think of new and interesting ways to get their message out,…
The SPIN Academy Turns Fourteen
If you’ve ever been to the SPIN Academy, the scene to the right probably looks familiar. Taken by Chris Jordan, it features copious amounts of Northern California sunshine filtered through green leaves, the seats around the fire pit at Walker Creek…
Tagged with: SPIN Academy
Posted in *Impact, *Insight, *Inspiration, strategic communications, Uncategorized
Posted in *Impact, *Insight, *Inspiration, strategic communications, Uncategorized
These Days Everyone Can Be a Communicator…But Is That Enough?
These days, everyone is a communicator. After all, how hard is it to send a tweet, post to a blog, or even shoot and upload a video? Many people in charge of foundation and nonprofit communications have taken advantage of…
Tagged with: Bruce Trachtenberg, Communications Network, Michael Hamill Remaley, Philanthropy New York, social media
Posted in *Insight, social media, strategic communications, Uncategorized
Posted in *Insight, social media, strategic communications, Uncategorized
It’s No Joke: Leveraging April Fools’ Day for Your Cause
It’s been at least a couple decades since I played an April Fools joke, but this week I’ve been getting inspired. Maybe it’s because I have a 7-year-old who is surely gearing up to play her own jokes on me.…
Tagged with: 2012 Editorial Calendar, April Fools' Day, charity:water, CompassPoint, Huffington Post, Union of Concerned Scientists, Yes Men
Posted in *Illumination, strategic communications
Posted in *Illumination, strategic communications