Why are you hiding your work?
09:30, 25 October 2010
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I get contacted frequently by people who have a question about communications, virtual volunteering, working in Afghanistan, working for the UN, and on and on. And I get a LOT of requests for my guide to Basic Fund-Raising for Small NGOs/Civil Society in the Developing World.
Sometimes, the work that the requester is doing -- usually in a developing country -- really gets my attention. The person is doing something especially difficult, or something that I'm interested in professionally or personally. So in addition to answering the question, I ask, "Do you have a blog about your work? Or have any photos online about your work?" And most of the time, the answer is "No."
Sigh.
There are people out there that want to read about your work, that want to support it in some way, that want to tell their friends and colleagues about it. But we cannot unless you share information online about it. A web site is great, and you absolutely need one, but there also needs to be frequently updated information available to those who want it. Even a once-a-month email newsletter people could sign up for!
You are probably already taking photos, already writing emails to supervisors, already writing donor reports about your work. Why not excerpt some of that as a blog entry? Or a Facebook status update?
The world wants to hear from you!
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