April's Nonprofit Blog Carnival: A Celebration of SOFII
Monday, May 04, 2015
It's time to share April's Nonprofit Blog Carnival. I'd like to say to a big thank you to everyone who got in touch. It's definitely a case of quality over quantity, but in the coming weeks there will be great new content on SOFII from the following people - n.b. all links are to the contributor's websites.
Roger Craver from the Agitator is sharing some of his archive and curating a history of social movements in the U.S.A.
Giles Pegram CBE will be revealing some of the secrets behind the NSPCC 'Full Stop' campaign.
Michael Rosen describes how much a good story is worth.
Freelance copywriter Robbie Rae will be contributing a direct mail classic to the 'How I wrote it' series.
Concern Worldwide Ireland working with Open Fundraising shared how they revamped their welcome process for new face to face donors.
Reinier from 101 Fundraising has kindly shared their fantastic archive for future SOFII exhibits.
It's still not too late to contribute an article. So if that has whetted your appetite then do get in touch.
In the meantime check out five of my all time favourite SOFII articles:
All the fab talks from the 'I Wish I'd Thought of That' events over the last three years.
The Jerry Huntsinger tutorials: over 50 articles of wisdom and advice.
Indra Sinha has written some of the most emotionally charged and successful fundraising ads of all time. Read all the about the Bhopal Medical Appeal ads he wrote from 1994 onwards.
Lisa Sargent's 'thank you' letter clinic.
May's carnival is hosted by Erik Andersen from the Donor Dreams Blog. The topic? 'You are the future of philanthropy'. Do get involved.