As nonprofit communicators, we know that building our capacity to communicate is important because there is so much we want to achieve. But it can feel like so much is outside of our control and it’s not always obvious what steps we can take as individuals to move in the right direction.

Over the last few days, I’ve been blogging about a session I facilitated for Maytree last week on building nonprofit communications capacity. During the session, after I shared my ideas about building capacity, I used the rest of our time to glean insights from the participants in the room, on the webcast and following on Twitter.

I first asked participants to answer the question: “What would you be able to accomplish with greater communications capacity?”

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? 

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.

Today, moflow launches a new website for the nonprofit marketing communications community: www.nonprofitmarcommunity.com. The Nonprofit MarCommunity is a guide to delivering nonprofit marketing communications, also offering opportunities for members to share their own experiences and insights.

Having just returned from the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Minneapolis, I'm sharing my experience highlight through my first Storify. I'm already looking forward to next year!

This spring has been a season of intensive learning, planning and development here at moflow. Things have been quiet here on the blog because big plans are under way for a new moflow site: the Nonprofit MarCommunity.

Podcasts have made a real comeback in my ear buds. I realize the format is not new, and I’ll admit that I’ve even been a resister because I’m more of a kinesthetic versus auditory learner. However, it seems that the quality and variety of available podcasts is both improving and increasing, so I’m making more room for them in my listening habits.

Starting in 1994, Helen Reilly spent eighteen years as a communicator for The Credit Valley Hospital – including five particularly fulfilling years as Hospital Publicist. According to Helen, she developed unique expertise from her work in an environment that was very lean, but dynamic and open to innovation.