Example: Save Darfur Coalition integrates its blog feed onto its homepage.
5. Build audience.
Blogs are marketing, outreach, problem solving and potentially patron feedback all in one, Griffey said.
6. Share secrets.
Every organization is doing important work that people might not know about. Libraries, for example, have amazing collections, Griffey said. Whether it's the smallest public library in a rural town or a major academic library, every library has things in its collection that are vastly important to someone in the world. The problem is connecting the reader and the object. Blogs can help get information about the collections more fully out into the world.
Nonprofit Blogging for Beginners
Example: Save Darfur Coalition integrates its blog feed onto its homepage.
5. Build audience.
Blogs are marketing, outreach, problem solving and potentially patron feedback all in one, Griffey said.
6. Share secrets.
Every organization is doing important work that people might not know about. Libraries, for example, have amazing collections, Griffey said. Whether it's the smallest public library in a rural town or a major academic library, every library has things in its collection that are vastly important to someone in the world. The problem is connecting the reader and the object. Blogs can help get information about the collections more fully out into the world.