When someone says the words, “it’s time for a rebrand,” does your heart skip a beat?
Effective nonprofit messaging is critical to nurturing your existing community and growing new relationships. It can also be hard to communicate the reason that your organization exists and the impact that is has in one crisp statement. This post will walk you through the basics of creating effective and targeted messaging that can be delivered…
We are excited to announce our 2019 brandUP participating organizations.
If you’ve done any strategic communications work, the implementation phase that follows can be challenging. You’ve spent weeks, sometimes months, creating a comprehensive communications plan only to freeze during the campaign execution. So often, we see nonprofits create amazing marketing strategies that die in the execution phase. The team sticks to old habits. Reacting to…
Even nonprofits with established identities need to reevaluate from time to time in order to stay relevant. In many cases, a brand refresh may be necessary. What is a Brand Refresh? Simply put, a brand refresh is a makeover. The goal is to enhance your organization’s image, while staying recognizable—but how do we go about…
Generating a marketing plan for a nonprofit is a daunting task, to say the least. Content strategy is an easy process that will help you figure out who you are marketing to, and how to talk with them in a way that motivates them to take action.
“Being a human-centered designer is about believing that as long as you stay grounded in what you’ve learned from people, your team can arrive at new solutions that the world needs.” -IDEO Field Guide to Human-Centered DesignWhat is Human-Centered Design Thinking?Really all it means is putting the people you are serving front and center—learning from…
Keeping your audiences attention in this time of phone alerts, sound bites, social media and noise is hard. But, a powerful story is one of the most powerful ways to capture someone’s attention. Relating to stories is hard wired into the human capacity. We’ll show you how to leverage that. Using stories to motivate supporters…
1. Identify your core values This is not just your mission, philosophy or that elevator speech people are always telling to you refine. These are the heart and soul of the work that you do, the high level concepts, the attributes of your brand that are inspiring to you, yes, you as a person who…
What is branding? Designers, strategists, marketers all throw this term around, but do you really know what it means? You know what your brand is, but what is “branding?” Well, it is composed of a few different things: