Monthly Archives: March 2012

Bright One AGM 3 April

Mar 22
By Tove |
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  Bright One Communications is pleased to call its third Annual General Meeting (AGM). The meeting will take place on Tuesday 3 April 2012 from 7pm until 8.30pm at Edelman’s offices, 105 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QT (Map) The purpose of the AGM is to inform you all on progress of the organisation, and in particular to: Update on [...]

What’s new on Bright Works

Mar 19
By danhowe |
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We’ve got a fresh batch of microvolunteering tasks over on Bright Works, from new and returning charities looking for skilled volunteers with some time to spare, as little as 15 minutes up to 4 hours. If you haven’t tried Bright Works yet, it is Bright One’s microvolunteering platform that connects causes with skilled volunteers in [...]

Take the Bright Works online volunteering survey and win £25 in Amazon Vouchers

Mar 7
By benmatthews |
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You are invited to give us your feedback on our online volunteering platform, Bright Works. By taking part in the survey, you will be entered into a prize draw with the chance of winning £25 of Amazon Vouchers. Woohoo! The survey will take less than 10 minutes and provide us with crucial feedback on how [...]

Take the @CharityComms Benchmark Survey 2012

Mar 6
By benmatthews |
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We’re encouraging every communicator working in the charity sector to fill in the CharityComms’ Communications Benchmark survey. The results will let you compare your organisation to others and help build a picture of how the sector communicates. The survey contains questions about resources, your senior management’s attitude to comms, and where comms functions fit into your [...]

The lobbyist register: the darks arts, charities and transparency

Mar 2
By nickstanton |
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In January the Government began a consultation on plans to set up a register of lobbyists and public affairs professionals in the UK. The document, Introducing a Statutory Register of Lobbyists, was unsurprisingly met with criticism from both sides. The Independent called it a green light for business as usual. On the other side, people [...]

5 Ways Charities Can Leverage LinkedIn

Mar 1
By Tove |
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    LinkedIn is sometimes thought of as the poor relation to Twitter and Facebook. Perhaps that’s because it was originally perceived as just a jobhunting site and a place to post CVs.  But to me LinkedIn is an invaluable resource for my job, both for gathering information and connecting with great people, and I [...]