From Our Brains to Yours
Email List Hygiene
Do some email list hygiene to boost your results. Check out these 3 Things for ideas on how to segment and best use your email list.
Move Your Agenda on the Opinion Editorial Pages
Don’t give up on getting your op-ed published in the newspaper or major websites…follow these 3 Things brought to you by special guest poster and op-ed specialist, Margot Friedman.
Get to the Point
Having shorter, clearer and more focused emails is a key to increasing your readership, click through and conversation rates.
Making an Effective Ask
It doesn’t matter if you are asking for someone’s time, money or advice, the fundamentals of getting them to do what you need them to do are the same.
Goooooooooooal Setting
Last week we suggested the general traits that a goal should include to be an effective tool for decision making and action. Since January is as good a month as any to focus on goals, we’re sticking to the theme this week.
Strategic Planning: Vernacular and Value
We’re hitting 2010 running, facilitating strategic planning sessions with quite a few of our clients, so have been revisiting the vernacular as well as questions about the value of these time- and effort-intensive undertakings.
Defining Your Goals
Having a clearly defined, targeted, measurable and deadline-oriented set of goals is the number one thing you can do to make yourself and your organization successful.
Writing a Great Job Description
Writing a clear, detailed and accurate job description is the first step in finding the best fit for your open position. Any energy you put into writing a great job description will pay dividends throughout the rest of the hiring process.
Don’t Get Distracted by the Shiny Object
Don’t fall into the trap of using a new tool just because you think you should. Make sure it solves an actual problem you have now.
How is [fill in the blank] helping my organization meet its mission?
2010 will be about figuring out what analytics mean, and how to apply them to measuring the results that matter for non-profits and advocacy efforts.