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Benefits of Mapping (Part 2)

In continuing with the subject of using the mapping technique (where bubbles/boxes/shapes are used) to organize and visualize your ideas, the following are some more ways that mapping helps; especially with documentation. Aids in organizing documents – Use mapping to group or categorize various documents or their parts to remain organized. Aids in creating technical …

Big Ideas – A Parable

By Guest Blogger: Geoff Rotunno www.linkedin.com/in/geoffrotunno People are always asking me where I get all my big ideas. Answer: They just come to me. Drop by my local coffee shop sometime. That’s me right there, front and center, within easy earshot of all the rants from every table in the place. People do love to …

What’s Coming – The Next Seven Weeks of the Fundraising Blog

June 18: Reason and Emotion in Grant Proposals – Part I: Reason by Lynn deLearie Successful grant proposals are often carefully crafted using both reason and emotion. On one hand, proposals must, logically, show how non-profits will use grant funds to effectively…. June 18: The U.S.-Style of Fundraising Can Work in Other Countries – Part …

Rap Genius – When Your Co-Founder Creates a Crisis

Crisis plans should include the possibility of even the highest-ranking employees causing reputation damage Unfortunately, after every tragedy there are some who are going to make wildly inappropriate comments or even joke, and if one of those people is your organization’s co-founder, you have a major reputation management issue on your hands. That’s precisely the …

Pairing Legal and PR for Crisis Management

Working together, these two can make a crisis management dream team. Apart, well, watchout! Getting pairing legal and PR for crisis management teams to work together is a frequent topic on our blogs for a reason. Together, these two can help craft the ideal response to just about any situation, but if they wind up …

Facebook’s New Privacy Policy Smart Crisis Management

Privacy changes a healthy move for social network’s reputation Widely blasted by regulators and users alive for a lack of effective privacy settings or respect for the sanctity of users’ information, Facebook is far from the cutting edge of the confidentiality movement. However, a recent change is a surprising step in the right direction and …

American Girl’s Defensive Crisis Management

Stakeholders upset by retiring dolls bombard social media Dollmaker American Girl was slammed with a major social media backlash after announcing it would be retiring four dolls from its historical character collection, including one of Asian descent and one of African descent. Thousands of Facebook comments and tweets accused the company of everything from ignoring …