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Thought Leaders Blaze Trails of Discovery and Engagement

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The term was coined in 1994 by Joel Kurtzman , who was the founding editor-in-chief of Strategy+Business magazine and editor of the Harvard Business Review. Industry events—Monitor the headline speakers and their audiences. That’s the beauty of thought leadership. Thought leadership is an old idea that has been made new again.

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What’s in My Inbox | Shorter attention spans means you need to deliver with your enews

Pamela Grow

magazine, comes as close as anything I’ve seen to the perfect e-news. Lots of great takeaways, including… Short, compelling headlines and article leads directing the reader to their website (for online, endeavor to keep your writing to a 5th-grade level or below. But this example, from YES!

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5 Design Techniques That Will Increase the Lifespan of Your Nonprofit’s Website

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Instead of trying to make sure the headline and first sentence of each post is the same length, the Assembly site chose to use a masonry-style grid, which de-emphasizes the length of text and visually balances the content by organizing the blocks vertically instead of horizontally. 2) Assembly | Malala Fund. 2) Women’s Funding Network.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: Big Cat Rescue

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Chris also notes the headlines and tags of videos that are trending and often patterns our next video to capitalize on the buzz. Technology and “what’s hot&# is changing all the time, so the successful social media practitioner will always be researching the best tools and the best places to be seen and heard.

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NTEN Members Online Round-Up: May 20, 2011

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Megaphone: Flickr: floeschie Every week we pull together interesting tid-bits from across the web where NTEN members are making – or writing – headlines! This week, we're seeing members do both: garnering headlines for awards and news and putting the spotlight on their ideas. Have more news to share?

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Using Twitter to Build Support Among Latinos for the Affordable Care Act

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Our ACA story headlined Las Blogueras (hashtag #lasblogueras), a largely Spanish-language Twitter newsletter with 15,000 readers. What struck us about this conversation was that a MomsRising story on how ACA would help Latinos was the No. 1 re-tweeted item of the 19 items we mentioned in that hour.

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Let’s Play with Soap!

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Google search “ads from the 1950s” and brush yourself up on the iconic advertisements that once graced the pages of magazines, periodicals, and outdoor boards of the time. A good sense of hierarchy—IMAGE, then COLA BOTTLE, then HEADLINE, then COPY—across the page with some consideration of white space. Newsprint black-and-white image.