Category: Social Good

CreateAthon Blog

CreateAthon Brand Makeover Contest Announces the Top 10!
  • Written by Teresa Coles

After much deliberation, we are pleased to announce the 10 finalists for the CreateAthon Brand Makeover contest.  The 10 nonprofit organizations are: Boots in Business (Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce) Carlsbad, California Canines for Disabled Kids Princeton, Massachusetts Care of Southeastern Michigan Fraser, Michigan The Children’s Museum in Easton North Easton, Massachusetts One Less Meal Marion,... Read More

CreateAthon Extends Brand Makeover Contest!
  • Written by Teresa Coles

Nonprofits, sharpen your #2 pencils! We’re extending the deadline for applications on the great CreateAthon Brand Makeover contest until July 15. We’ve also simplified the application to make it super easy to apply on Facebook. We want to make sure as many nonprofits throughout the US and Canada get their shot a chance at one... Read More

CreateAthon Brand Makeover Contest Brings More Pro Bono to More Nonprofits
  • Written by Teresa Coles

“I’m sorry, but you don’t have a CreateAthon agency in your market,” is the news I’ve had to deliver too many times to nonprofits who’ve called me to ask how their organizations can benefit from CreateAthon’s 24-hour marketing marathons. It pains me more than I can say to tell these folks we can’t help them... Read More

You’ve caught the CreateAthon bug. Now what? (Part Three)
  • Written by Julie Turner

This is the finale of a three-part series designed to help communities, companies and creative crews start their very own local CreateAthon. In January, I shared just how easy it is to get the CreateAthon goodness flowing in your community. A great thing about CreateAthon is the model is flexible. A 24-hour pro bono marathon... Read More

Top Nonprofit Links of the Week
  • Written by Jody Piland

Building Traditions into Your Communications Calendar Traditions are a wonderful way to entice excitement. You can help make your audience as excited about your nonprofit as you are by creating some traditions when it comes to communications. Start planning a certain time and date that you will always host a Twitter chat. Do you have... Read More

Top Nonprofit Links of the Week
  • Written by Jody Piland

A guide to telling your story in pictures One incredible way to tell your nonprofit’s story is through the use of pictures. This is an easy way to reach out to your supporters. Georgetown University’s Center for Social Impact Communication recently launched a guide called, Communicating Via Imagery, to help teach you this process. The... Read More

The Ugly Cry
  • Written by Andrea Goulet

I thought I was prepared for staying up for 24 hours straight. I drank plenty of water, limited my caffeine to avoid a crash, and did my best to pace my energy throughout the event. But there was one thing that I wasn’t prepared for: the ugly cry. This year was my third CreateAthon, but... Read More

Whatever and Ever, Amen.
  • Written by CreateAthon onCampus

This is the third time I have rewritten this. I am having trouble expressing myself in regards to CreateAthon. For starters, it happened. That’s true. I won’t say it was fun, but it was totally awesome. It was insanely rewarding and I’m very happy our presentation to the client went well. That said, it was not a... Read More

159 things I took from CreateAthon
  • Written by CreateAthon onCampus

Be careful with your caffeine intake. Sleep the night before. Work smarter, not harder. Learn your client (front and back side to side) Meet your team before hand. Know your strengths. Advil helps. Spend the day before relaxing. Don’t doubt yourself. Be on time. Don’t doubt your skills. Allow others to shine. Bring deodorant. Be open to new... Read More

Team Leader
  • Written by CreateAthon onCampus

So I’m supposed to talk about what I took away from CreateAthon. I’ve sort of already done this, but I’ll go over it again briefly. My biggest takeaways from CreateAthon, with this being my second year, is what changes when you turn from a team member, volunteering to help, to a team leader, running your... Read More