A New Approach to Basic Communications:
Five Essential Tools Your Nonprofit Must Have

April 15, 2010

Workshop Presenter: Rick Schwartz, StraightTalk

Workshop Cost: $79

Workshop Description: Social change groups don’t have a minute to waste or a penny to spare. That’s why all our communications have to be efficient, affordable and – most of all – effective. This workshop begins with asking what you want your constituencies to do, then getting them to do it. We’ll explore in depth the 5 communications tools that every nonprofit must have at your fingertips.

Presenter Bio: Rick Schwartz’ 35-year career weaves communications with his commitment to nonprofits. He spent half his career with the Rhode Island Foundation, one of the nation’s largest community foundations, and the Mass. Council on the Arts and Humanities, a premier state arts agency. In both cases, he was in charge of all communications, deeply involved with policy-setting and working directly with grantees.

He spent the other years as a journalist, in government (Mass. Senate Committee on Human Services and Elderly Affairs), and consulting with nonprofits on communications and strategic planning.

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