I had the best intentions with this blog to keep it up to date with activities I was doing with the Hoboken Shelter, but then my own career in fundraising in NYC picked up and all good intentions and thoughts flew out the window. HOWEVER, I am now in a place where I think I should chronicle how I am doing.
I recently accepted a position to be the Development Officer at Pro Bono Net, Inc. and will, for the first time, supervise an employee to help put the organization on track with fundraising. Pro Bono Net is an organization that works to increase access to justice through innovative technologies.
I also am continuing to work guiding the Hoboken Shelter through their development efforts and hope to help them hire a part time person to help move activities along. I will also offer my advice and counsel.
I am hoping to use this space to chronicle my trials and tribulations and seek advice and counsel as I fumble through this complicated world of fundraising!
My new employee starts on Monday so I am hoping to set a good tone as a boss and keep her busy and learning. I feel like Ted Mosby on How I Met Your Mother, trying to decide what kind of teacher to be.
So I'll try to update weekly or bi-weekly with thoughts from the job in NYC or what actions we take fundraising in Hoboken, NJ.
Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blogging. Show all posts
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Blogging Blues: Creating an Editorial Calendar for Consistency
We've had a very hard time getting staff on board with regular blog posts and trust me, I know it is hard!! I haven't blogged on this blog as often as I'd like and I sometimes forget to post my regular Tuesday workouts on my fitness/food blog.
However, for an organization, it's good to have some sense of order and regularity in your blogging. I recently acknowledged the issue with staff and we decided to set up a calendar. However, it is very hard for program staff to make time to blog; however as we came up with ideas to help them, creating a calendar, talking through the idea and creating a draft with me, things seemed easier.
I began a rough draft based on a model from Beth Kanter, an expert at nonprofit social media, and some drafts I found online.
I've been using it temporarily and so far I've managed to fill all of February!! Yay! I created a monthly section for us to put ideas and conferences and track holidays we may want to reference.
And I also created a weekly section where I can track:
I noticed this also made me realize when I'd be on vacation in late February and to make sure the blog was due the prior Thurs COB and was posted on Friday evening to drop the next week.
How do you track your blogging efforts? And how do you get program staff to help blog?
However, for an organization, it's good to have some sense of order and regularity in your blogging. I recently acknowledged the issue with staff and we decided to set up a calendar. However, it is very hard for program staff to make time to blog; however as we came up with ideas to help them, creating a calendar, talking through the idea and creating a draft with me, things seemed easier.
I began a rough draft based on a model from Beth Kanter, an expert at nonprofit social media, and some drafts I found online.
I've been using it temporarily and so far I've managed to fill all of February!! Yay! I created a monthly section for us to put ideas and conferences and track holidays we may want to reference.
And I also created a weekly section where I can track:
- What week we're on
- Topic of the Blog
- Brief Description
- Author
- Due Date to me
- Due Date to Drop
- Did we push out to Social Media?
I noticed this also made me realize when I'd be on vacation in late February and to make sure the blog was due the prior Thurs COB and was posted on Friday evening to drop the next week.
How do you track your blogging efforts? And how do you get program staff to help blog?
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