by Marlene Oliveira | Jan 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Over the last few days, I’ve been blogging about a session I facilitated for Maytree last week on building nonprofitcommunications capacity. Duringthe session, after I shared my ideas about building capacity, I used the rest of our time to glean insights from...
by Marlene Oliveira | Jan 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
Why is building nonprofit communications capacity important? What is it communicators want to achieve with greater capacity? What would greater communications capacity mean for communicators, nonprofits and the communities we serve? Last week, I facilitated a Maytree...
by Marlene Oliveira | Jan 17, 2014 | Productivity
This week, I had the incredible honour of presenting for the Maytree Five Good Ideas event series, facilitating a session on building nonprofit communications capacity. In keeping with the Five Good Ideas model, I started the session by presenting my ideas on...
by Marlene Oliveira | Dec 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
As the year comes to a close, I wanted to share my reflections on what 2013 has meant for my business, along with my plans for 2014. 2013: developing a community Early in 2013 I was inspired to build an online resource and community for my clients, friends and...
by Marlene Oliveira | Oct 17, 2013 | Nonprofit copywriting how-to
This time of year is usually speechwriting season for me, and 2013 has been no exception. I really enjoy every step of the speechwriting process including the very last step, the icing on the cake: formatting. Once I’m completely happy with a speech (and so is my...