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Dear friend of KnowHow,

Since launching our how-to guide platform in February we have had a fantastic response. This week our 50th guide was created by the wonderful team at NCVO campaigns. In this newsletter we'll highlight the 10 most popular how-to guides in the last month and introduce you to some of our other favourites.

The how-to top ten

There are now a staggering 54 guides written by 40 authors covering a wide range of topics. With so much great material, the top ten is getting very competitive! Here is our countdown of the most popular guides on KnowHow in the last month.

10. How to manage social media created by serenasnoad

9. How to motivate your marathon fundraisers and help them raise more money created by salleeann

8. How to use your company values to recruit, retain and develop staff created by TaraDaynes

7. How to adapt your HR strategy in tough economic times created by Pivotal HR

6. How to develop yourself with no budget created by FionaAsh

5. How to write an application to a charitable trust created by jogoldberg

4. How to make your BBC Lifeline Appeal a success created by Anina and edited by ejay

3. How to close down a project or organisation created by kate_is_busy

2. How to fundraise in tough times created by gallygaskins

1. How to create a blog for your charity created by amysampleward and edited by MarkBarratt and watfordgap

Remember, every guide can be amended or updated by the reader – so don’t be afraid to make changes if you see something that could be improved.

Our favourite new how-tos

Here are a couple of recently added how-to guides that didn't quite make it into the top ten.

How to use the internet for fundraising created by watfordgap (on behalf of the ICTchampions) and catherine.lee

Great tips on searching for information about funding, carrying out research to support funding applications and developing your website for e-fundraising.

How to design and use free online surveys created by avanwadia

Lots of tips on choosing a survey provider, how to write good questions and analyse the results.

How to hire a PR agency created by AmazonPR

Helps you choose the right PR agency for either short or long-term help by highlighting the main factors you need to consider in your search. 

Now in partnership with wikiHow.com

KnowHow has partnered with wikiHow, the world's largest quality how-to manual, to share wikiHow guidance with the non profit community in the UK.

The following guides are written for a general audience. Could you improve them from a voluntary sector perspective? Login to comment or edit the guides:

• How to develop a social media strategy for your organisation
• How to create a marketing plan
• How to network

Find out more about wikiHow.com

Request a how-to

Can't find a how-to to answer your question? Simply request a how-to and we'll do the rest to make it happen.

The following guides have been requested. Could you write one?

• How to do a Google search
• How to create custom Facebook tabs using iFrames 
• How to write and manage press releases 

Go to how-to homepage to add a request or make someone's day by writing one! 

Spread the word

Help us promote the how-tos by linking to them, tweeting about them and using them. Here is a short message you could use:

"Nonprofit how-to gudes. Practical guides written by charity people hosted by KnowHow NonProfit. http://bit.ly/h2guide"

And if you haven't looked at the how-tos yet or are planning on writing one but not quite got around to it, do it now! Get involved in the fastest growing how-to platform specifically for the UK voluntary sector.

Keep in touch

As ever, we'd love to hear from you. Let us know what you think of the how-to's or anything else on KnowHow!

Damien, Madeleine, Luke, Tom, Cristina, Matthew, Emma and Linden
knowhow@city.ac.uk / http://twitter.com/knowhownonprof

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