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The Smart Communications Podcast

The Smart Communications Podcast helps busy nonprofit leaders build their communications skills and develop their organization’s voice. Every episode shares insights and practical tips to help you lev... Read more

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Episode 3: What's the board's role in branding?

Episode 3: What's the board's role in branding?

Figuring out the right people to have in the rebranding process at the right time is a real struggle. In this episode of... Read more

2 Apr 2018

11mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 40: How can you be a better writer?

Episode 40: How can you be a better writer?

Dan Gunderman was Big Duck’s Creative Director and Senior Copywriter for over 12 years. Before moving to Scotland, he sa... Read more

17 Jul 2019

21mins

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Episode 30: How do you structure a growing communications team?

Episode 30: How do you structure a growing communications team?

Suzanne Shaw is Director of Communications at the Union of Concerned Scientists and has over three decades of expertise ... Read more

26 Feb 2019

17mins

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Episode 4: How do we communicate without communications staff?

Episode 4: How do we communicate without communications staff?

Having a dedicated communications team is out of reach for many nonprofits, but the need to communicate effectively to e... Read more

11 Apr 2018

12mins

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Episode 21: How can communications help development?

Episode 21: How can communications help development?

Sarah Durham and Farra Trompeter head to Fundraising Day to ask development professionals one question: “What can commun... Read more

31 Oct 2018

19mins

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Episode 17: How can you facilitate great internal communications?

Episode 17: How can you facilitate great internal communications?

Liz Ricca, Big Duck’s Managing Director, shares tools and practices that can help facilitate great internal communicatio... Read more

5 Sep 2018

15mins

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Episode 27: How can an executive director realize their vision?

Episode 27: How can an executive director realize their vision?

Vince Warren reflects on his twelve years (and counting!) as Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights.... Read more

16 Jan 2019

13mins

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Episode 28: How can you facilitate better internal communications?

Episode 28: How can you facilitate better internal communications?

Nonprofit leaders must make their vision clear and get everyone—staff, board, and other stakeholders—aligned and motivat... Read more

30 Jan 2019

18mins

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Episode 31: Should you rename your nonprofit?

Episode 31: Should you rename your nonprofit?

Farra Trompeter, Big Duck’s Vice President, and Dan Gunderman, Big Duck’s Creative Director, have successfully facilitat... Read more

12 Mar 2019

25mins

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Episode 48: How can you design when you’re not a designer?

Episode 48: How can you design when you’re not a designer?

Big Duck pros Sarah Durham and Claire Taylor Hansen discuss the do’s and don’ts of design—how and when to use white spac... Read more

6 Nov 2019

15mins

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Episode 46: How do you involve your community when rebranding?

Episode 46: How do you involve your community when rebranding?

“You’re never going to get 100% buy-in...” is one of many lessons Elisabeth King, Director of Communications for Lycée F... Read more

9 Oct 2019

23mins

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Episode 19: How can you get your new brand to stick?

Episode 19: How can you get your new brand to stick?

In this episode of the Smart Communications Podcast, Ally Dommu, Big Duck’s Director of Strategy, shares the four core e... Read more

10 Oct 2018

16mins

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Episode 45: How can your staff co-create your brand?

Episode 45: How can your staff co-create your brand?

Ambar Mentor-Truppa, VP of Communications at the Shriver Center on Poverty Law, chats with Big Duck’s Gil Mejia and Sari... Read more

25 Sep 2019

12mins

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Episode 34: How can you make a lean team more effective?

Episode 34: How can you make a lean team more effective?

Christine Hughes, Vice President of Institutional Advancement for Burke Neurological Institute, is a world-class fundrai... Read more

24 Apr 2019

15mins

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Episode 9: Why is it so hard to raise awareness?

Episode 9: Why is it so hard to raise awareness?

To successfully increase their organization’s visibility through campaigns, nonprofit leaders need to ensure they’re gro... Read more

13 Jun 2018

8mins

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Episode 5: How can nonprofits use photography well?

Episode 5: How can nonprofits use photography well?

Photography is an excellent way for organizations to show rather than tell. Tune in for tips and insights on how to inve... Read more

25 Apr 2018

8mins

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Episode 8: How are organizational values and personality different?

Episode 8: How are organizational values and personality different?

Organizational values and brand personality are related but very different, and often get confused. We’ll define and dif... Read more

30 May 2018

12mins

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Episode 15: How do you articulate your community’s values?

Episode 15: How do you articulate your community’s values?

Cecilia Clarke, President and CEO of the Brooklyn Community Foundation, shares her experiences listening to over 1,000 c... Read more

8 Aug 2018

15mins

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Episode 7: Are events and galas still effective?

Episode 7: Are events and galas still effective?

Special events and annual galas may no longer be a nonprofit’s best bet for fundraising. Why? The world is changing rapi... Read more

16 May 2018

12mins

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Episode 53: Is it really feasible for your nonprofit to raise millions?

Episode 53: Is it really feasible for your nonprofit to raise millions?

CCS Fundraising’s Managing Director Eric Javier discusses the feasibility of your organization receiving large donations... Read more

5 Dec 2019

19mins

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