Can “Philanthropists in Corporate Suits” Help Tell Your Story?

January 30, 2010

Co-​​​​donation and cause-​​​​related mar­ket­ing were big in 2009 and may become big­ger in 2010, accord­ing to expert mar­ket­ing ana­lysts at the con­sumer trends firm trend​watch​ing​.com. It’s all part of the hot trend that trend​watch​ing​.com dubs Gen­er­a­tion G (for gen­eros­ity): con­sumers are switch­ing their buy­ing habits and brand loy­al­ties to sup­port com­pa­nies that “do good” and demon­strate a […]

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Build Better Connections by Giving Up Control

January 24, 2010

Over the years, a num­ber of foun­da­tions and non­prof­its have asked me to help them make bet­ter con­nec­tions with their tar­get audi­ence. But to do so, orga­ni­za­tions often need to over­come their great­est fear: giv­ing up con­trol. Think of it. A com­mu­ni­ca­tions plan is a big invest­ment. Orga­ni­za­tions devote plenty of time, energy, and salaried […]

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A Post-​​Racial America? Let’s Start with the Prisons

January 8, 2010

Since the elec­tion of Barack Obama as the first black Amer­i­can pres­i­dent, a num­ber of pub­lic com­men­ta­tors have declared that a “post-​​​​racial Amer­ica” has now arrived. How­ever, almost every indi­ca­tor of social and eco­nomic well-​​​​being says oth­er­wise. From alarm­ing dis­par­i­ties in aca­d­e­mic achieve­ment to inequal­i­ties in employ­ment, wealth, and hous­ing, the sta­tis­tics describe an Amer­ica of racial […]

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Blogging About Philanthropy, Nonprofits, Communications, and Racial and Social Justice!

December 9, 2009

Wel­come to my blog! As a com­ple­ment to my con­sult­ing work, I’ll be blog­ging about top­ics related to com­mu­ni­ca­tions, phil­an­thropy, non­prof­its, and racial and social jus­tice issues. I’ll also take on some top­ics related to fundrais­ing and devel­op­ment and, occa­sion­ally, other issue areas out­side of racial and social jus­tice, such as the arts or edu­ca­tion. You’ll find […]

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