How to Write Makerble Updates

Updates

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Why are updates important?

Updates are the windows you can use to show the world your work. They’re a way to share your stories so that people can see that your work has real impact. Updates are about communication with people who are interested in you. You and the community on Makerble both care about your project, but it’s not as easy for them to experience it as it is for you. So they need a little help. Your help! Sharing stories.

What to write you ask? Everything that is interesting. Everything that is worth sharing. Everything that enables people to get a little closer to your project, to better understand. And feel free to experiment and try different things. You won’t write perfect updates from day one.

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12 Types of updates

InteractiveThank You

Get InvolvedProgress

GoalsLessons

Bigger PictureBehind the Scenes

Did you know?Case Study AudioVisual

VisitsPress Coverage

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Progress Updates

Progress Updates are very simple. They feature the work that you do day to day. Those moments that get lost in glossy impact reports. The moments you share with family and friends which indicate progress.

Today started the second phase of our life coaching workshop. We’re going to talk about overreaction and the use of behaved communication.

reported byWinston Churchill08th May 2015

“The raging Muffins” just performed their 10th gig! Keep going! Rock’n’Roll #Proudofyou

reported byMargaret Thatcher12th June 2015


Goal Updates

Goal updates are similar to the progress updates. Their focus is on a step by step breakdown of the project milestones. They can be about aspirational achievements and future goals or celebrations of goals past.

The national recidivism rate is 70% one year after the release. Our new program aims to reduce this number to 12.5%. Get more information about us at [link].


Last month we had 456 website visitors and we spoke to more than 60 children in our online mentoring program



Thank You Updates

This Update is about presents or nice gestures which say thank you in a special way. It’s about genuine gratitude and appreciation for both sides - charity project staff, the people you work with and your Makers.

Our current group created a Melody as a thank you for our Makers. You can listen to it here:https://soundcloud.com/Makerble


Visit us at our office in London and get a free project sticker. We’re proud to have you with us!



Interactive Updates

These are events or mini-projects which give the Maker a chance to reflect him or herself in the project. For example Makers can decide between different decorations when there’s a new one needed or this could be about naming some central things related to the project.

What should we name our full size first aid dummy? Gilroy or Heinrich?!


We’re painting our new office, what colour shall we do it? Green or blue? Most votes wins



Get Involved Updates

Get Involved Updates show, as it’s name implies, how interested Makers can get more involved in the project. These updates can be about volunteering in a project or special memberships and upcoming events.

Today everyone can be an artist! Welcome to our 2nd Maker Day. Come over and experience fabulous Nails.


Take 30 minutes of your time and write a letter to young people who are currently in cancer treatment to help them through this hard time. And if you want you can tell them about the Young Person’s Panel and the work we are doing.



Lessons Updates

Lesson updates approach a difficult topic. It’s about failure and how to deal with it. What can be done differently next time? What have you learnt? Failure is part and parcel of every career so share those lessons.

One of our attendees is not happy with our workshop and wants to stop. We’ll try to get him to talk with us about his opinion and we want to figure out a solution


Sometimes the vibe in our meetings isn’t that good. We’ve had arguments. But we were able to get a solution for these argument and remember why this panel is so important.



Bigger Picture Updates

Bigger picture updates help the Makers to get, you guess what, the Bigger Picture. Some Makers may be interested how different projects fit in the overall work of a charity and this can be advertised by these updates.

Did you know that you can also help us by falling from the sky? Take a look at more of our cool projects!


The Nail Bar is just one of many charity projects we’re providing. For example we have categories like ‘Spoken Words’ over ‘Freedom’ in which we help different people with different approaches to life.



Did you know? Updates

Did you know? updates are facts about your project or anything related that sets it in a wider context indicative of the need. These are facts or stats that are useful and interesting or even just curious / intriguing...

The human body has approx 4.7-5.5 litre blood. Most of the people can’t estimate their blood loss and this is critical


An average bedtime story in our workshop is about 3 A4 pages long. Which sums up to around 140 A4 pages per year.



Behind the scene Updates

Behind the scene updates enable the Makers to find out about your organisation. This can be an introduction to the staff or team on the project or a tour of the office and facts about the local area you work in.

Clara just told me she used to be in debate club which is what sparked her love for this work. I made a quick audio clip: [link].


Here’s a video of a Q&A session we did with some of our volunteers.



Case Studies Updates

Case Studies tell the individual story of attendees in one project. The focus is on details and the point of view of one or more project members.

Kevin (*Name changed) got help from us 14 Months ago. He struggled in school because of tensions with his father. Now he’s close to finish his 8th grade. We can’t be more proud!


Learn more about Steven and his life beyond cancer. Reading this takes less than 4 minutes.



AudioVisual Updates

AudioVisual describes the style of presenting your update. There can be very different styles of presenting an update properly: Pictures, Videos of all kinds, audio records, text and art. And don’t bother too much about professionalism. Simple mobile phone records can be as effective as high-quality videos.

Self-made gamelan music directly out of the rehearsal room. Listen to it here: www.soundcloud.com/makerble


5 hours of work in 50 seconds. Take a look at this flower stamp time lapse and tell us what you think!



Visits Updates

Visits are events where Makers can meet people who are responsible for the charity’s work. This can be short and casual or a long and extend. It’s important that Makers can recognize that there is an opportunity to get in contact with the charity.

Meet one of the volunteers! Kris is working for Streetdoctors for about 1 Year and he really enjoy his work: ‘I think my work has a purpose. And you can see the difference


Don’t miss the chance to meet 4 of our volunteers who a going abroad in about 2 weeks. You can meet them on next Monday, we would be happy to have you here!



Press Coverage

Press Coverage Updates are pretty easy to handle. Once you are mentioned in media for your charitable work you are more than welcome to share that on Makerble as well. This will add a different point of view about your project reassures the Makerble community that you’re changing the world.

We are featured in the Guardian! Read this article about ‘fundraising 2.0’. Tell us what you think about it. We for sure are more than excited!


Charitydigitalnews.co.uk wrote an article about our new fundraising campaign. We think they hit the nail on the head.



Additional Funders

This update covers the possibility that your project gets funded from somewhere else outside Makerble. Because changing the world is no competition we would like to encourage you to post this as an update, too. This simply shows that other people care about your projects as much as we do.

We’ve got a generous donation from the London Green Belt Council for our environmental achievements around London but it doesn’t cover the entire project which is why we’re on Makerble!


Our project on Virgin Money Giving got funded with more than £300. This adds to a total funding of £650 so we’ve reduced the amount we need from Makers. That’s amazing! Thank you all for your kindness.



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