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By Lisa Lujan, Online Giving Coordinator, Community First Foundation December 10, 2013 marks the fourth annual Colorado Gives Day! As always, our goal is not only to help raise millions of dollars for fabulous Colorado nonprofits, but to help you engage with donors via social media (last year, Facebook was the #1 referring site to ColoradoGives.org). Here are a few tips to help your social media on Colorado Gives Day be a success: Begin by   liking  our ColoradoGives Facebook page and/or  following  us on Twitter – not only will you be privy to great inside information, but you’ll also be part of a larger conversation involving over 1,400 nonprofits throughout the state and thousands of donors. Be sure to check out our  Social Media Guidelines & Sample Copy for Colorado Gives Day 2013  for tips, tools and suggested copy to use before and on the big day. Tag ColoradoGives.org on your Facebook and Twitter pages by using the @ symbol in front of the name in your post. B

By Kayla Arnesen, APR, Director of Strategic Communications, Community First Foundation I am pleased to have joined Community First Foundation in October as director of strategic communications. In this role, I am responsible for the Foundation’s marketing, branding and public relations activities. I couldn’t be happier to be part of such a wonderful organization dedicated to strengthening Colorado nonprofits and inspiring philanthropy. Tips for working with the media Nonprofit organizations are all about people and providing services to help improve lives. Therefore, the nonprofit community is in a great position to feed the media’s need for human interest stories.  The key to success is knowing when your ideas are newsworthy.   Here are a few questions to ask yourself before you approach the media:   Is my idea really newsworthy? If you saw the same story about another agency, would it grab your attention?  Does my idea have drama or solve a dilemma? The media loves st