We're talking newsletters here folks + new jobs and events
Answers to four common questions about setting up and running email newsletters.
Community
What do we want from AI? and 44 new jobs
Is it possible that Democrats have discovered relationship building? Plus: what we can learn from Danish Facebook group leaders.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.