NISM Blog
Conference Content: It’s Showtime!
Lights! Camera! Content! What some conference presenters miss out on is the opportunity to take their content offstage! If you find yourself presenting, know that your impact and content can live on long after your hour is up. How do you do that? Well, it’s showtime! ...
8 Essential Visualization Tools For Social Media Marketers
As a social media marketer, communication is your stock-in-trade. From weaving just the right words to make an irresistible post to crafting the perfect images that your audience can’t turn away from, capturing your audience’s attention is the mission. But...
Conference Content: How to Bring Your Best!
Not dissimilar to a big game, vacation, or even Christmas, the time leading up to a conference can be filled with anxiety (the good kind hopefully) and excitement! Say sponsoring a session, presenting, or setting up shop behind a booth just isn’t your thing. Hey...
7 Things to Consider Before Collaborating with a Social Media Influencer
The rise of social media influencers is expected to grow over the coming years. This isn’t surprising given how the marketing landscape has changed. 36Ad-block usage is expanding. Banner blindness persists. And just about every commercial out there isn’t connecting...
2020: The Year of ‘Cancel Culture’
I think most people can agree that 2020 has been rough. So is it really surprising that the topic of today’s blog post took shape and flourished in the uncertain, alarming, messy, and disappointing hodgepodge that is 2020? I think not. ‘Cancel Culture’ or “callout...
How to Build Great Marketing Strategies With VoIP
VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) is rising in popularity for enterprises and small businesses alike. In the text below, we’ll go through how you can use VoIP to increase sales. You’ll also learn about the top phone providers like RingCentral and its competitors,...
Why Social Media is an Essential Tool for Fundraising Professionals
I often hear nonprofit fundraising professionals advize one another to avoid connecting with donors on social media. In my opinion, this is terrible advice! A misconception about fundraising is that it’s all about asking for money. Those of us trained and working in...
Vanity Reporting: Feeling Good Doesn’t Get Results
What looks better to share with the leadership team? “This month we had 10 new followers on our Facebook page” or “This month we increased our Facebook audience by 25%”? Of course the latter option looks better, so you may be inclined to use that in your monthly...
Going live in 3, 2, 1 – Dos and Don’ts of YouTube Live
Solving challenges and finding good solutions is part of my everyday work as a coach and consultant. How many challenges the new situation in a pandemic would bring I did not anticipate. With a positive shift in perspective however, these challenges became...