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Resources for Grantees

Looking for support to make your organization stronger or more effective? Check out these resources that have been selected by MRG staff with your needs in mind.

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Just in time for summer, Kathleen's picks for fun books to rock your world when it comes to communicating ideas effectively.

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If you’re the person in your group who’s writing news releases, why you need to know what "bury the lede" means. And never do it.

The mythic "forward" button

Want to create emails or online action pages that people are more likely to forward? Ask yourself three questions before you hit "publish" on an action page or "send" on an email call to action. 

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Kathleen shares her top five resources for thinking about messaging and social change communications.

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Common Counsel, a national funder, has announced that they are awarding grants for travel to June's U.S. Social Forum in Detroit, Michigan.

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The 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference has shared some useful slideshows on communications

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For groups that can't afford their own online action pages, there's a free and reliable option.

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The Heath Brothers' Made to Stick book has great tips on how we can craft effective social change messages.

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Three tools that your group can use to keep you in the know and spread the good word about your work.

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Some groups seem to have all the luck when it comes to taking pictures that make their group look exciting. But, is it luck? Or do they follow some simple rules that you can learn too?