Have Questions About Freelance Writing?
Want to get started as a freelance writer? What’s holding you back, and what questions do you have? The Writing Cooperative is ready to help.
Are You Fact-Checking Before Publishing?
Whether you write strategic plans or articles on Medium, fact-checking and citing sources must be part of your writing and editing process.
Nonprofit Marketing Requires Telling Great Stories
Without a marketing plan, nonprofit organizations never move from community secret to neighborhood necessity.
We Go Together…
Today is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day. Did you know that was a thing that existed? Neither did I. Yet, here we are! According to National Today, the peanut butter and jelly sandwich was created by Julia Davis Chandler in 1901. Her recipe was printed just 18 years after peanut butter was unveiled to…
Want to Be Successful? Move Beyond the Reef.
Use Maui’s advice to find success: Move beyond the reef. Visualize your destination. Know where you are by knowing where you’ve been.
The Life-Changing Power of GTD For Freelance Writers
Getting Things Done, or GTD, is a staple of productivity. The concept, coined by David Allen in a book by the same name, focuses on breaking projects into individual tasks. All your attention is focused on the task at hand rather than the whole project. This increases productivity by accomplishing smaller parts of the whole….
We Showcase Our Identity, But Who Are We Really?
“I saw your post on LinkedIn,” my boss said the other day. It was the last day we were in the office together before moving remote for the next month or two. “You were in some documentary? Who even are you, Justin?” It’s a great question. By day I’m a nonprofit consultant, and by night…
Write Now with John Perkins
Who are you? I am John Perkins, an economist by education and shaman by training and now a social-environmental-economic activist, writer, and public speaker. My books have sold more than 2 million copies, been on the New York Times bestseller list for over 70 weeks, and are published in at least 35 languages. I’m a founder…
Last Day Of Quarantine
A few things I’ve learned while working from home Yesterday was my final day of quarantine. Today I begin a new job helping nonprofit companies launch and grow. I’m moving back into an office environment and leaving the work from home life behind. (Don’t worry, I’ll continue to manage The Writing Cooperative on nights and weekends.)…
Life is Like a Cox of Donuts
So you want to know who I am? Who I really am beneath this digital persona who occasionally writes things online? Well, you’re in for a treat. Pour yourself a cup of hot chocolate, grab your weighted blanket, sit down by the fireplace, and get comfortable. Uncle Justin has a story to tell. Note: Some…