Skill #19: Writing for Nonprofit Organizations
Throughout technical writers’ careers, they may find themselves working in several different industries: they could start their career writing end-user documentation for a software company; shift to healthcare to write white papers; maybe transition into marketing to write web copy.
And this shouldn’t surprise us: technical writers have several skills that transfer well to different industries.
That’s why, in this episode, you’re going to learn how to write for an industry that you perhaps haven’t considered—or, if you’re like me before I recorded this episode, you had a limited understanding of its opportunity.
And that’s writing for nonprofit organizations.
Turns out, technical writers have far more opportunities to contribute to a nonprofit’s mission beyond grant writing—and it this episode, you’ll learn how to use your technical writing skills to capture those opportunities.
To help us unpack this skill, we have Kathleen Franks on the podcast: recent graduate of Auburn University’s Tech Comm Masters program and—throughout university— used her technical writing skills to assist several nonprofits.
In this episode, Kathleen shares how you can use your skills to start writing for nonprofit organizations, including:
- Which technical writing skills best assist nonprofits
- How to use your skills to advocate for nonprofits
- How to use your skills for more than just grant writing
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Creators and Guests
Host
Jacob Moses
Jacob Moses is the founder and original host of The Not-Boring Tech Writer podcast, which he launched in 2016 to celebrate tech writers and push back against the stereotype that technical writing is boring. He studied technical communication at the University of North Texas, and his first gig out of college was as a tech writer at Rainmaker Digital (formerly Copyblogger Media). Since then, he's carried the skills and values he cultivated as a tech writer into community development and real estate. Today, Jacob is owner of Care Block Development, a real estate development company that acquires, rehabs, and manages historic buildings in Denton, Texas. Pairing historic preservation with thoughtful improvements, Care Block honors the culture of the neighborhoods in which it works to create lovable places for the people it serves. He's also the owner of Sardinha, a premium tinned seafood pop-up pushing premium tins in Denton. If you need a tinfish plug in Denton, Jacob is your guy.
