Category: Marketing
Advice and tips on how to market your building, as a venue to the local and wider community.
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Quaker A-Z: N is for Nosiness & Noteworthy
Nosiness = Knowing each other in the things that are eternal Nosiness isn’t always negative. I love learning about people – many of them Quakers. I do this by going to Yearly Meeting, reading The Friend, visiting other meetings, or even looking through their minutes and newsletters. I often joke that one of the best
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Quaker A-Z: M is for Marketing
Telling Your Charity’s Story With Purpose Marketing often feels like a luxury for small charities – something squeezed in between the ‘real work’ of service delivery, funding bids, and compliance. But here’s the truth: if people don’t know what your charity does, they can’t support you. Marketing isn’t just about promotion; it’s a key part
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Quaker A-Z: F is for Finding and being Found
Get found! How easily can your organisation be found? This is a vital element of attracting new members and hirers.
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AdventWord 2024: Gather
Gather for Good: How Charities Can Strengthen Community and Boost Impact Through Connection For charities, to gather people together – whether in person or online – is more than just an event or meeting. It’s an opportunity to create a deeper sense of connection, inspire support, and foster lasting community relationships. By gathering supporters, beneficiaries,
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AdventWord 2024: Refine
How Small Adjustments Can Make a Big Impact Photo by Carl Heyerdahl on Unsplash In 2025, MBS is turning its attention to communication, community and collaboration. In addition to our bi-weekly A-Z series, we are hosting FREE quarterly training workshops. Today’s AdventWord is REFINE and I would like to explore refining your communications strategy. You might
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AdventWord 2022: Sign
Charity Administration – Creating signs As a charity, there are many occasions where you might need to create a sign. In semiotics, a sign is anything that communicates meaning. There are many different types of signs, you may need to create one, to inform, warn, instruct or promote. Whatever the reason there are a few
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AdventWord 2022: Messenger
Photo by Alexander Shatov In today’s technologically advanced society, when I think about the term ‘messenger’ I think of a chosen app on our smartphones or computer. Historically we required a physical messenger to distribute our message (via town crier, pigeon or possibly on foot). Today we are overwhelmed with a catalogue of digital apps
