View fullsize

FACEBOOK TIPS

Facebook allows you to create a custom profile picture + a custom frame for your organization’s page. With an assist from Canva, you can easily create a custom profile.

Here’s how: Go to Canva (link above)

Create new design and select CUSTOM // key in 1080 x 1080 for the dimensions which is the Facebook profile specification.

Upload whatever logo or art you wish into the square shape, but remember that Facebook will CREATE A CIRCLE out of it. You can insert your own circle to help you with the design and be sure to keep all art inside the circle. That whole thing can become your frame. Download as a transparent png, save and then upload to Facebook profile picture. Voila!

Facebook has a link for creating a custom frame as well and, once made, the template should be shareable with your fans. CREATE A CUSTOM FRAME HERE.

There are so many options for information on social media post sizing. So why is it so hard to find the best one? Well, here’s a couple of short-cuts.

Constant Contact has a great link on sizing for all social media platforms.

Need help with online design? Google has you covered. Now if you only had a day or two to play with each one.

Selling tickets online? We probably know the top 2-3 used by most of us. Google had a few that may be new to you.

Pixels are different than inches. Here’s a converter shortcut in case it helps you visualize sizes.

Canva is a graphic designer platform for the common (wo)man. You can create good-looking posts for virtually every platform plus flyers, etc. You can create your own custom Zoom background, too.

Pick out one or a whole new palette of colors for your branding or project on Color Hex, W3Schools, or multiple others just by searching for hex palette guide.

If you have something you use that you find easy and, best of all, free, post in the comments please.

If you haven’t heard of Joan Garry, follow that link and see what she has to offer. She’s a guru on nonprofit management and all the topics included, and she really specializes on the role of the director. There is a lot of stuff from her that is free, books to buy, or even more intensive coaching (for lack of a better word) at a cost. Her podcast, Nonprofits Are Messy, is fantastic. Listen to her latest here.

How do we describe the job of director of a main street program and how do we prioritize tasks when literally everything is important and there are so many stakeholders?

I stumbled upon this article and thought this guy from Wytheville, VA, said it pretty well. Check out their organizational page and how they post their Annual Report and Form 990.

Read more…