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Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan Strand and I talk to Chris Noble , CEO of Matchfire , a marketing and technology company for business and social impact, about key trends in cause marketing, including the power influencers, content marketing and employee engagement. On the show, Megan, Chris and I discuss: Chris Noble, Matchfire Co. How Matchfire brings four different agencies together (StudioGood, Kompolt, Patron & Matchfire) that were once "Brand Soup.
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Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage
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Persuading people is never easy, but it can be a game-changing skill in the nonprofit world. You might think that persuasion is a trait you’re born with or just pure luck — and you aren’t alone — but Dr. Robert Cialdini disagrees. He sees it as a science and says it’s something everybody can get better at. You just have to know how. . As I talked about in a previous article , Dr.
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Speaker: Gareth Webb & Phil Selley, Founding Partners at Intouch Business
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Menucha Saitowitz. Here’s the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators, where we ask you to describe your day in your own words. We want more stories! Don’t be shy – tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro. . Menucha Saitowitz earned her degree in psychology and religion from Dartmouth University in 2010.
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