Word of the Week: Channels

Example: Non profit Hub and Spoke

Last week, I did a guest blog post over on NPower NW’s blog. It gives you a specific approach for keeping all your communications channels aligned called the “Hub and Spoke Model.”

We tend to think about one channel at a time. When updating Facebook, we think about Facebook. When posting on Pinterest, we’re all about Pinterest. And when we’re prepping the next newsletters, that newsletter rules our life—who cares about those other channels?! If you don’t take time to align them, they quickly get out of alignment and, just like you’re car, everything goes wonky.

Read the NPower post to learn how to get and keep your channels in sync—donors, supporters, volunteers and fans like well-aligned channels so it’s worth it.

If you want to see what a lean, mean non-profit channel machine looks like, check out these organizations’ well-aligned channels (oh la la!):

  1. Grist: Website, Facebook, Twitter
  2. Humane Society of the United States: Website, Facebook, Twitter
  3. LiveStrong: Website, Facebook, Twitter

Do you communicate as effectively as you think?

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Do you communicate as effectively as you think?

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