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My Fantasy Nonprofit Conference
Have you ever sat there, BORED OUT OF YOUR SKULL at yet another presenter who was just READING OFF THE POWERPOINT SLIDES and wondering where all of the smart, crazy, funny speakers were? Seriously. We’re colorful nonprofit professionals, not drab grey suited dorks. We need people to engage us.
Could you do me a favor? Plus a little grab-bag of free things for you
So FYI, if you haven’t given to our kickstarter project yet, here are 3 good reasons why.
Because:
1. You could help thousands, perhaps millions of people that you’ve never met!
2. Building the capacity of thousands of people to fundraise is not an opportunity that just comes along every day!
3. You can be the first in your city to have a game that teaches people in your organization how to fundraise. Imagine the edge you’ll have when all of your volunteers know how to research grants for you, do a mailing, or run an event!
Nonprofit Career Club in Austin tomorrow, June 22nd at 5:30pm!
Hey do you want to get a nonprofit career? Do you live in Austin? Read on! Tomorrow we’re having a meeting about how to make a cover letter and resume that will get you noticed in the competitive nonprofit job market! We’ll go over how to format your resume to highlight your most impressive qualifications [...]
Your Fundraising Plan Checklist
Here is a Fundraising Plan Checklist that you can use every time you start a new appeal, campaign, event, or grant proposal. How much do we want to raise? Are you going to try to raise $3,000 with your annual report? Are you going to try to raise $20,000 with an event? What is a [...]
6 Tips for Making Your Fundraising Program Better
3. Master the art of continuous improvement even in the face of set-backs, which are inevitable.
A Meeting of the Mind behind 501derful.com
David J. Neff hooked me up with what’s going down! Check it!
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The 501 Tech Club!
Meets 3rd Mondays in Austin!
Date: Monday, June 21st, 2010
Time: 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Location: Austin Free-Net in the DeWitty Ctr
2209 Rosewood Ave Austin, TX 78702
Get creative with marketing your nonprofit through social media
It’s hard to find money for marketing. So you have to get creative. Check out these cheap or free ways to maximize your marketing presence. RESOURCES: Why have a feed reader? To keep track of what people are saying about your cause, your cause news and other news. You can also create a feed directly [...]
Useful Marketing Questions from the Social Media Bible
I’ve been reading this big silver book, the Social Media Bible, and it really has a comprehensive list of how you can market your business (or nonprofit) through social media. If you are in charge of or collaborate with nonprofit marketing at your organization, ask yourself these simple questions. How do we communicate? How do [...]
20 Money Saving Tips for Fundraisers
3. Batch your fundraising appeal letters. Send out 150 at a time. Test out different messages, graphs, charts, quotes, pictures, see what works with who. This way you can avoid an appeal letter that bombs.
Who do you need on your board and how can you get them there?
If your nonprofit is new, making a tiny amount of money with events, or has a disengaged board, it might be time to get new board members. Where do you find them? You want people high up in a corporation, so that they can approve thousands to sponsor your event, or a year-end gift to [...]
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