Webinar - Editorial Calendar Essentials: Organize and Plan Your Communications

Overwhelmed with the number of social networks that require a constant flow of posts, updates, tweets, etc.? Wondering how to create solid, engaging content that will keep your audiences interested over multiple platforms? Trying to stay organized and on top of everything you’re posting?

What you need is an editorial calendar to help you organize, plan, and track your online (and offline) content. Join Kirstin Beardsley, Marketing & Communications Manager at CanadaHelps as she discusses “Editorial Calendar Essentials” during this week’s Webinar Wednesday.

Learn about:

• What an editorial calendar is
• The history of editorial calendars
• How to use an editorial calendar to organize and plan your online content
• What tools to use for your editorial calendar
• Much more!

Missed the webinar? Check out the video below.

5 MORE Reasons to Register for MyCharityConnects 2012!

Still haven't registered for MyCharityConnects? We've got 5 MORE reasons why MyCharityConnects is right for you! If you missed our first 5 reasons, you can check them out here.

1. Get better at what you do. Everyone can improve in some areas. Maybe you are curious how to use video to tell your organization's story, or maybe you want to learn how to take your Facebook Page to the next level. Whatever area you want to gain skills in, MyCharityConnects is most likely covering it!
2. Allison, Matt, and Jon. We have 3 amazing keynote speakers that will inspire, motivate and entertain you. You'll hear from Allison H. Fine, Matt Thompson and Jon Duschinksy, who all know and understand your challenges and will provide priceless insights based on years of experience.
3. Stellar Eats. We promise that the menu is not going to disappoint! Over the course of the conference, attendees will enjoy 2 delicious breakfasts, 2 mouthwatering lunches, and 4 appetizing snacks. And don't forget about the Collaborators' Cocktail Reception on Tuesday at 5pm, which will feature even more delicious grub!
4. Get hands-on learning in the Recharge Room. Have questions about a specific tool? Struggling with your strategy? Want to recharge your mobile phone, tablet or laptop? Come visit us in the Recharge Room and let us help you!
5. To rejuvenate. All of the above reasons are important, but one of the biggest benefits of going to a conference is to fill up your creative well. Listening to people share their stories, talk about their failures and how they climbed out of the hole they were in, is nothing less than inspirational. Sometimes all we need to hear is that someone else is in a similar situation.

Register for the MyCharityConnects Conference today to hear from industry leaders and your peers about how to make your organization's story stand out from the crowd!

Check out the full agenda here: www.mycharityconnects.org/2012agenda. Session descriptions are available here: www.mycharityconnects.org/2012sessions.

Questions or comments? Please contact Kara at karag@canadahelps.org or 416-628-6948 x2398.

Recap: MyCharityConnects Tweet Chat #2

During the 2nd MyCharityConnects Tweet Chat on Tuesday, there were a few questions about how to use Storify to create a social story so we thought we’d share how we put together our Storify post about the chat that took place on May 22nd at 1:00pm EDT.

For anyone unfamiliar with the tool, Storify allows users to “curate social networks to build social stories”. In other words, you can pull tweets, videos, posts, images, and other content from a variety of social networks and use them to tell your story in one place using engaging and interactive content. You no longer need to embed a plethora of links into a blog post and it definitely makes transcribing a tweet chat, like the #mcc12 chat that took place on Tuesday, quite easy.

Creating an account is a quick and painless process. You can link your Storify account to either Facebook or Twitter and then pick a username and password. Once that’s done, you hit the blue “Create Story” button in the top right corner of your screen, which brings you to a blank page like the one below.

All you have to do is write out a title and description for your story, pick a social network (e.g. Twitter) in the search area on the right hand side of your screen, and search for a username (e.g. @canadahelps) or hashtag (e.g. #mcc12). Once that’s done, you can add text and drag and drop content into your ‘story area’ to put your post together, like we’ve done below.

Check out the complete CanadaHelps' Storify post about the 2nd Tweet Chat at: http://storify.com/canadahelps/2nd-mycharityconnects-tweet-chat or in the slideshow below.

Don't forget to join us for the final #mcc12 Tweet Chat on Tuesday, May 29th at 1:00pm EDT to discuss the upcoming MyCharityConnects conference and #nptech.

Want to know more about Storify, the Conference, or anything else? Ask us in the comments section below!