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Ted Fickes

Ted Fickes

Substack is not a strategy, a tactic or even a verb

Substack is not a strategy, a tactic or even a verb

Five things to think about before you say the word Substack. If you want to have a great newsletter, that is.
Ted Fickes May 14, 2025
Paddle, paddle, paddle!

Paddle, paddle, paddle!

The case for creation of content, emotion and emotion. More than ever, the content people consume guides their emotions, actions and politics. It also guides donations, loyalty and activism.
Ted Fickes May 8, 2025
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Connection is the superpower we need now

Social platforms and our informational spaces are increasingly soulless and overwhelming. But nonprofits can't avoid engaging there. This is a call for connection as a goal, not communication.
Ted Fickes May 1, 2025
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Build things together: How to not drown in the seas of distrust

Social platforms no longer build for connection. We shouldn't do the same. How and why organizations can connect people, build together, and grow their power.
Ted Fickes Apr 30, 2025
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Power and impact and 32 new jobs

Teaching people about power and building solidarity with stories about our impact.
Ted Fickes Apr 22, 2025
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Teaching power

We've been so busy doing polling, testing messages and asking for approval that we forgot what power is, how to build it, how to teach people to use it.
Ted Fickes Apr 18, 2025
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From chaos to what, exactly?

Takeaways from the Job Searching: From Chaos to Calm session. And 61 or so new Future Community jobs.
Ted Fickes Apr 11, 2025

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