You’ve got a lot to say. Your United Way does a lot, and sometimes it may seem like you do too much to explain it all to your community. When you have so much to say, how can you simplify and prioritize your messages?

Most United Way donors we have surveyed recall being thanked by their local United Way. However, not all donors report they have been thanked the way they want to be thanked.

Your community doesn’t care how much money you raise. If you want to convince your community to support your United Way, you need to stop talking about your campaign goal and start telling donors what they really want to hear.

While it’s true that the United Way credo does a great job of explaining what the United Way system as a whole does for communities throughout the world, it does not offer local context. So, how do you expand on the credo to contextualize your United Way’s work?

Social media is social, so building strong online relationships means there are some basic social norms you need to practice. The most basic of these norms is the Golden Rule: treat others the way you want to be treated. In other words: share content with your followers that you would want to see.

To build a strong social media presence, you have to take you social media efforts off the backburner and make them a priority – there’s no way around it, and everybody knows it. Here are four essential principles for your to consider during your social media renaissance.