In part four of the Get Out of Your Own Way webinar series, Kimbia's Taylor Shanklin talks through her tips for internal communication within nonprofit organizations. We talk project management tools, collaboration/communication channels and how to disrupt the silos
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Get Out Of Your Own Way: Internal Communication
1. Get Out Of Your Own Way
“GOOYOW”
Webinar Series
• 4 Parts in June – each only 15 minutes
• Taylor Shanklin, aka “T-Shank”
• Director of Marketing Strategy @Kimbia
• Online Fundraising Is Our Jam!
• Favorite things: Coffee, chocolate, digital trends
• On ”The Twitter” @kimbiainc @tshankcycles
• www. Kimbia.com
2. Practicality: 3 Tips, Each Time
Things you can do now
Today’s Topic:
Communicate
Across Departments
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3. Communication Poll:
Do you know what other
departments in your
organization are working on?
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4. Tip #1: Disrupt the silos
• Communication silos inhibit
growth and progress
• Start by sharing your team’s
plans
• Change CAN begin with YOU
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5. Tip #2: Use a shared project management tool
Many tools on the market
• Spreadsheet Format (Ex: Smartsheet)
• Visual Format (Ex: Trello)
• A little bit of everything (Ex:
Basecamp)
• Assists in keeping people accountable
• Know progress without having to ask
• Google docs for collaboration is great
and free for nonprofits
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6. Tip #3: Use collaboration tools
Video meetings (when remote)
• This makes everyone pay attention to each other
• Drives relationship building
Instant messenger
• Quick wins, easy conversations
• “Hangouts”
Use a mix
• Video + Chat + Collaboration docs
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8. Next Up on “GOOYOW”!
Thank you for joining today!
June 8 @ 11 AM CT – Are you annoyed by your own donation form?
June 15 @ 11 AM CT – Event registration DOs and DONTs
June 22 @ 11 AM CT – Work on your core: How to grow your sustained giving program
June 29 @ 11 AM CT – Communicate effectively within your organization to create growth
Want to see a demo of how Kimbia can help you love your donation form? Visit Kimbia.com
Email us: info@kimbia.com
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Hinweis der Redaktion
We’ve now done the office, seinfeld, the mindy project and office space!
Focus on the need and break it down
You can fall into the pitfall of over-communicating on the chat platforms like Slack. Don’t let it run all of your communications, but use it for quick conversations or when you need to create a group chat between 3 or more colleagues. Create topics of conversation within your organization