By Sara Veltkamp, Minerva Strategies — The outdoor gear company MSR has just ended the active phase of their crowdfunding campaign to raise money to distribute their Community Chlorine Maker, a device that uses a car battery to turn salt and water into chlorine that can treat water from unsafe sources. We’ve been pleased to partner…
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Minerva Strategies Working with nonprofits offers particular challenges and rewards. At Minerva Strategies, we specialize in collaborating with nonprofits and we partner with other like-minded communication experts who also want to serve the sector. We talked with John Chimmy, Partner and Director of Sales at one of our web development partners, Eat.Sleep.Work (ESW), to find out his…
By Joy Portella, President, Minerva Strategies — I attended DevEx World in Washington, DC this week, a conference with not-so-humbly billed itself “the global development event of the year.” That’s a bold claim, and the jury’s still out in my mind. For sure, DevEx World was radically different from other conferences of the global development…
Joy Portella By Sara Veltkamp, Minerva Strategies — The typical global health communicator’s editorial calendar is jammed with cause awareness days. These are days that nonprofits around the world try to galvanize supporters around a cause that is meaningful to their organization. They can be a very effective tool to motivate people to take action – whether that means…
Sara Veltkamp By Sara Veltkamp, Minerva Strategies ̶ I recently attended the Association for Healthcare Journalists Conference in Cleveland Ohio – #AHCJ16 if you want to see highlights from Twitter. With the exception of the less than balmy conditions, the conference was excellent. Panels dissected and analyzed wide ranging US health topics from obesity to maternal mortality rates…
By Roger Burks – I’m not a big fan of sports analogies, but I am a college basketball fanatic. And it’s March. Throw in the fact that my alma mater – the Kansas Jayhawks – are the #1 team in the land, and that’s got me considering similarities between what happens on the court and…
By Rebecca Zanatta, President and Founder of RJZ Connections, Inc. and a Senior Consultant at The Ostara Group ̶ Rebecca (Becca) is one of Minerva’s partners. We team up with her for work with clients that need smart fundraising expertise on their team. We love Becca because she understands the connections (and differences) between communications and development. Plus, she knows…
By Sara Veltkamp, Sr Associate, Minerva Strategies — On Tuesday, I attended the Stanford Social Innovation Review’s data science for social change, or “Data On Purpose” conference on Stanford’s campus. I loved it. The energy of the speakers was what I’ve always wanted to hear from the social change sector – far from the safe, t-crossing…
By Sara Veltkamp, Sr. Associate, Minerva Strategies ̶ I’m obsessed with articles that promise the ability to “do more with less.” From decorating tips for small spaces to maximizing time spent exercising, I read them all. Ironically, most of the articles about saving time are a waste of time. So, as a gift to you…
By Joy Portella, President, Minerva Strategies — In the week since Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan announced that they will give away 99 percent of their Facebook shares – about $45 billion – everybody in the world of philanthropy has opinions and questions. What causes will the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative champion? Will it engage in lobbying?…