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Write better with these three techniques for readable content. Simple language, writing for skim readers, and avoiding errors.| Kind Word
Owning your own business is great. But when your business partner is your spouse, sometimes it can get a bit… annoying. The post What’s it like running a business… with your spouse? appeared first on Kind Word.| Kind Word
In this 2-minute video, Maddie chats with our friend, Tasha Van Vlack (CEO & Co-Founder at The Nonprofit Hive), about some of the unique differences between ‘nonprofit writing’ and ‘for-profit’ writing. The post What makes ‘nonprofit writing’ different? appeared first on Kind Word.| Kind Word
In this 15-minute video, Maddie and John Lepp (Agents of Good) give you 5 ideas for a very important (and often overlooked) part of your fundraising letter… the P.S.! The post 5 Ideas for your “P.S.” appeared first on Kind Word.| Kind Word
Thanks to the 150 people who signed up to watch this event! Here’s the recording: Sign up to the Kind Word newsletter and Frank’s Monday on Message Memo to receive nonprofit writing tips and insights. Follow Madeleine Nance on LinkedIn Follow Frank O’Brien on LinkedIn The post LinkedIn Live Event: Frank & Maddie’s Storytelling Dos & Don’ts for Nonprofits appeared first on Kind Word.| Kind Word
A collaboration between Frank O’Brien at O’Brien on Message and Madeleine Nance at Kind Word I recently got together with my friend and fellow fundraising writing specialist, Frank O’Brien, to talk about our go-to Copywriting Dos and Don’ts. Frank already had a list of his own tips. After all, he has been writing for American nonprofits for the better part of four decades. And he asked me one day if I’d come up with some of my own to add to the list—bringing our different perspect...| Kind Word
Word on the street is that AI is coming after our jobs as writers. Do I agree? No. Do I think it might change how us humans write? Yes. But perhaps not just in the way you might think. There could be some good in this. I recently chatted with the lovely team at toth shop to explain my thoughts on this. Why AI alone can’t replace good human writing I spend my days writing my own content, writing for organizations, or reading what other people are writing. I live and breathe words. So, as a ...| Kind Word
Proofreading, copyediting, rewriting—they all mean the same thing, don’t they? Well, actually, they’re all slightly different and require different skills. If you’re confused about what kind of help you need, we’ve unpacked it all in this blog post—with helpful explanations and what’s included in each of our packages. It can be daunting to send your copywriting out into the world for everyone to see, so it’s a good idea to appoint an expert eye to give it a once over, and tha...| Kind Word
Why would you hire someone to review and edit your work for you? You can do that stuff yourself, right? Whether you’re a professional writer or complete novice, good writing doesn’t always come easy. You can spend hours and hours writing and rewriting, but sometimes it feels like you just can’t get it the way you want it. Similarly, it’s easy to get too close to your work so you can’t see any pesky typos that might creep in, or if there’s a better and clearer way to say something....| Kind Word
Write better with these three techniques for readable content. Simple language, writing for skim readers, and avoiding errors.| Kind Word
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