Holding good ideas up to the light
When I first attended the Nonprofit Communications Institute five years ago, I was looking to hone my skills for working on nonprofit campaigns. I had spent more than 15 years doing public relations primarily for corporations, tech start-ups, and social entrepreneurs and I was …
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Today, applications open for the 19th Annual SPIN Academy, a training program that brings together nonprofit professionals from across the country working on a diverse set of progressive issues. Over the four-day retreat, the SPIN Academy supports the development of nonprofit …
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Every year, the SPIN Academy trains emerging activists to use the power of communications for change. Co-Founded eighteen years ago by our own Holly Minch, we love SPIN Academy because we get to share our knowledge and passion with a new cohort of communicators. At last year’s …
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LightBox Collaborative was honored to partner with Communities for Public Education Reform (CPER), to help strengthen the work of public education advocates nationwide. Following is an excerpt from a report recently released to summarize the learnings of this innovative funder …
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Do-gooders achieve great things, but we can always do better (myself included). Sometimes, all we need is some focused training time. For 13 years, the SPIN Academy has brought together a diverse group of people united by one goal: to improve their ability to use …
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