The Public Relations Handbook for Nonprofits: A Comprehensive and Practical Guide - Hardcover

Art Feinglass

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787974544 ISBN 13: 9780787974541

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2005

Synopsis

Nonprofit organizations must employ effective, professional public relations techniques in order to get the recognition, support and dollars they need to fulfill their missions. The Public Relations Handbook for Nonprofits offers you the first comprehensive guide to all the practices organizations need to do well in their efforts to do good. This title examines all the elements, tools and processes involved in an effective nonprofit PR campaign.

Offering a combination of theory and practice, it shows you how to market to your key audiences, both inside and outside of your organization. In addition to helping you understand you target markets and shaping your message for your audience, Feinglass discusses all the key public relations vehicles, including:

• news releases
• press kits
• brochures
• newsletters
• annual reports
• direct mail
• advertising
• the internet
• special events

A final chapter walks you step by step through the process of developing your own comprehensive public relations campaign.

About this title

About the Author

Art Feinglass is founder and president of Access Communications, Inc., a New York–based training and public relations firm. He is an adjunct professor at New York University's George H. Heyman, Jr. Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising, where he teaches courses in public relations for nonprofits. He has more than twenty years of experience in public relations for nonprofits and serves on the Communications Advisory Committee of the American Red Cross in Greater New York. He can be reached at www.artfeinglass.com.

From the Back Cover

Learn to thrive in the highly competitive environment of nonprofit public relations. The Public Relations Handbook for Nonprofits shows you how to get the recognition, support, and dollars you need to fulfill your mission. It explains key PR theory and provides basic guides, checklists, and practical, step-by-step advice. It illustrates concepts with a wealth of examples and case studies drawn from successful actual campaigns from a wide range of fields, including religious, arts, educational, and social service organizations. And it discusses all the key public relations vehicles, including news releases, press kits, brochures, newsletters, annual reports, direct mail, advertising, the internet, and special events.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787974544
• ISBN 13: 9780787974541
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336