by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Dec 16, 2024 | Thoughts You Can Use
Last week as I was suggesting ways you can use up your marketing budget by the end of the year I suggested “lunch with me.” The newsletter brought a host of questions from readers, including, “did anyone take you up on it?” Yes! They did!...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Dec 10, 2024 | Thoughts You Can Use
If you’re a leader with a public relations, strategic communications or marketing budget burning a hole in your pocket, let’s talk. Obviously, this is a self-serving piece of advice, but it turns out I could be doing us both a favor. Most organizations...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Dec 3, 2024 | Thoughts You Can Use
Recently I helped a nonprofit steer through some unwanted attention. A Murdoch-owned newspaper had gotten hold of an angle on something tangential. This tangential thing has little to do with the nonprofit’s mission and values. But the nonprofit does bear some...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Nov 26, 2024 | Thoughts You Can Use
I went to Costco last night with my father-in-law. Turkeys in there are 99 cents a pound and we picked a twenty-pounder. We’re in Norfolk, Virginia, where it’s been a tough year. My wife lost her mother in July — to pancreatic cancer, which I would say is not a death...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Nov 19, 2024 | Thoughts You Can Use
I’ve been getting a lot of calls in the wake of the 2024 election from CEOs and communications leads at nonprofits who want to talk. Last week, for example, I spoke with a communications lead whose chief executive was pressuring them to “get more...
