Cyrano survey will explore nonprofit communications needs

The Cyrano Project, a nonprofit that works to improve communications for all nonprofits, is conducting its first annual communications study to learn what is working, what is not working and where help is needed in nonprofits’ communications programs. It has asked nonprofit associations across the country to help get the word out and asked HANO to help ensure that Hawai‘i nonprofits are included in this research.

Cyrano Project is named after Cyrano de Bergerac, who in the play by Edmond Rostand could never tell his own story but instead told somebody else’s. “So here we are with the nonprofits, who have fantastic stories to tell but don’t have the time or resources to tell them, and over here we have people who are really good at telling stories,” said Michael Pollock, founder of the project.

The study’s findings will help guide nonprofit managers and inform those who can provide needed assistance. Participants can enter a drawing to win $100 to spend at Amazon.com or $100 to donate to the nonprofit of their choice for giving their opinions and sharing their wisdom about how their nonprofits communicate. The survey will run through September.

“We really need your views,” said Becca Stumph of the Cyrano Project. “Would you take just ten minutes to complete our online survey, and help shape the future of nonprofit communications? Your opinion really does matter.”

Participants will also be among the first to get a copy of the results when the study is completed. Click here to begin the survey.