“Political Correctness” or Cultural Sensitivity: Do These Five Questions Help?

How can people who don’t dissect language for a living distinguish between a word that’s hurtful and one that’s silliness disguised political correctness? I’ve come up with a few simple questions that I think can help.

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How is a Communications Plan like a Meal Plan?

Developing a communications plan need not take a lot of time. For small organizations, or even individuals, a basic chart that will help you visualize what your goals are, what you’re already doing, where the gaps are, and how you might fill them is all you need.

A New Look at Nonprofits

Why is it okay for a person to make a lot of money doing nothing good for the world but it’s not okay for a person to make living trying to do something good for the world?

How to Write Good

Transcendental caffeination?

How Not to do Cause (Tele)Marketing

As a communications professional who’s worked with nonprofits for years, I’d like to say a few things to the telefundraiser who responded to my polite “no” with sarcasm.

Revolutionizing Punctuation

Example: The sinceriod ( . ) for when you want to break out of your cynical shell and be truly honest with someone.

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