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When a major event or tragedy happens, and dominates the news, charity communicators have an important role to swiftly steer and articulate our charity's response. I've written about five things to prioritise for @CharityComms
When major news events occur charity communicators have a vital role in articulating our organisation’s response.
To help in these situations @hmdeakin suggests five things to prioritise.
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New #CommsBenchmark research from @CharityComms finds:
💡Comms pros feel that comms has a good standing and a strategic part in their org (great news)
🔥But top barriers to achieving comms goals continue to be competing priorities, firefighting & a lack of integrated processes
How has comms changed over the past five years?
With the help of @nfp_Research, we’ve taken the temperature of comms to create a new version of our Communications Benchmark.
Today’s blog gives a taster of some of the findings. 👇 #CommsBenchmark
bit.ly/41Oa3LK
💰Plus budgets remain tight - the comms budget stayed the same for 42% of participants in the last year
⚡️And looking to the future, we know we need our comms to be even faster, snappier and more convenient
Looking forward to hearing more at the @CharityComms webinar today
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What are you doing this Thursday? Why not join us for our lunchtime virtual event and see if we can inspire you to get Chartered? Our panel will answer your questions and it will count towards your @CIPR_Global CPD 75 point challenge! Details below...
We would LOVE to see more not-for-profit communicators getting Chartered, so much so that we have organised an event to answer your questions and inspire you to take that step.
🗓️ Thursday 20 April
🕛 Midday
🗺️ Online
💳 Free
Sign up here: shorturl.at/mtzPT
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Helen Deakin retweeted
We would LOVE to see more not-for-profit communicators getting Chartered, so much so that we have organised an event to answer your questions and inspire you to take that step.
🗓️ Thursday 20 April
🕛 Midday
🗺️ Online
💳 Free
Sign up here: shorturl.at/mtzPT
ALT A graphic with the CIPR logo and the txt: I am Chartered. Public relations is professionalising. Be part of the movement.
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It SOOOO worth doing this. We put our all into our jobs but need to conserve some time and energy for our own learning and development too.
Almost at 60 points for your CIPR CPD?
Keep going, you're almost there! CPD is the key to staying relevant and growing in your career.
You got this! Log all your points by the 31 March deadline: ow.ly/qRnm50NnLKn
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It’s just the best news that @WeAreCarers has won a @SmileyCFA for this video about the daily reality of being an unpaid carer.
Well done. #TheOnesWhoCare
This #CarersWeek learn the daily reality of #UnpaidCarers today.
Watch our new film #TheOnesWhoCare
Join us wecarecampaign.org.uk/
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It's your final chance to support #UnpaidCarers in the Charity Film Awards 2023! Last day to vote 🗳️ is Friday.
Do vote for The Ones Who Care, our powerful film 🎥 showing the daily realities of #UnpaidCarers
⬇️
smileycharityfilmawards.com/…
@SmileyCFA #CFA2023 #CharityFilmAwards
So @AliceFuller just shared this Rupi Kaur poem with me and I needed this today.
#InternationalWomensDay
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Where my #charity Chartered PRs at?
I'm hunting for a charity comms pro who got Chartered in the last year to 18 months to take part in an online event I'm organising. Wave in my direction if that's you...
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This thread has made me laugh and wince. So many organisations feel they should do something, because it’s expected. But doing something - the right thing - can be done without fanfare, at any time and can make more of a difference.
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Want to support fellow not-for-profit comms pros to develop their skills? We're seeking a volunteer to help coordinate and support our events. As well as the warm glow that comes from assisting colleagues, you'll get 20 CPD points. Email [email protected] for info
If you haven't yet - have a watch of the incredibly powerful @WeAreCarers film - up for a Charity Film Award in the @SmileyCFA You can view and vote here too smileycharityfilmawards.com/… #CharityFilmAwards #cfa23 #charity
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We’re hiring! JFG Comms has a vacancy for a Public Affairs and PR Executive and we’d love to hear from those of you looking to further your career in public affairs! Further info below 👇
#PublicAffairs #Jobs #JFGComms
jfgcomms.co.uk/blog/229-join…
🚨Interesting not-for-profit comms job alert 🚨
Part-time Communications Officer role at @WoodlandTrust. Reconnect local people to their woodland heritage in #Sussex. With a real focus on engaging people underserved by heritage projects.
Apply here bit.ly/3Ho8yLU
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So excited to say we’re finalists 🎉
Thanks to our amazing supporters for all the votes 🗳️👏🎉🎉
⭐️First up we are delighted to announce our #CharityFilmAwards 2023 finalists in the Under £100,000 turnover category:
Friends Of Kirkby Fleetham CE Primary School
T-21 Charity
@Schoolbookclubs
@MindFoodCIO
@WeAreCarers
@SandcastleTrust
@BanktheFoodUK
@SaveAKSDog
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Need to carve out time to plan your not-for-profit comms?
Join us @CIPRnfp today at midday to talk about how we plan when *everything* is so uncertain and when we have little resource and time...
Today’s the day! Our first event of the year, 'Strategic planning in the NFP sector' cipr.co.uk/CIPR/Events/Event… Whose joining us? See you all then
I'm looking forward to talking all things comms planning at our @CIPRnfp event on Thursday at midday. Join us.
One topic we'll be talking about is how to balance the time to plan strategically with the need to get stuff done... What are your top tips?
This time next week you'll be planning the heck out of the new financial year because you'll have been to our event 'Strategy Planning in the Not-for-Profit Sector'.
Won't you? cipr.co.uk/CIPR/Events/Event…
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You don’t see us, but we’re there.
We’re the ones. The ones who care.
🗳️Vote for our film #TheOnesWhoCare to be shortlisted for a @SmileyCFA charity film.
We need a big push before Monday 16th to be in with a chance 🤞
Vote ⬇️
smileycharityfilmawards.com/…
I'm really looking forward to being part of this @CIPRnfp event on comms planning on Thu 26 Jan
We'll have a particular focus on how to plan when you're low on resource, stretched, and just needing to get stuff done.
We've just marked the actual new year but there's a new financial year on the horizon and we know what that means... PLANNING! Get ahead of the game by joining us at midday on 26 Jan for hints and tips on strategic planning for the not-for-profit sector shorturl.at/ckyJX