Archive for the ‘ Nonprofit Downturn ’ Category
Do you want to learn how to ask for help?
I’ve got some good news for you! You can read these articles I’ve written. I’ve written a guest post last week for Sharp Skirts about how to ask for help, and how to find your magicians who help you here. I’ve written a guest post on how to manage volunteers for Vivanista.com! And thanks for [...]
Want to sell your hybrid nonprofit to a larger corporation? Start collaborating
Oh holy moly.
World of Good got acquired by eBay and Greater Good!
Now you can find World of Good at eBay.
What is World of Good?
World of Good was founded in 2004 by Priya Haji, MBA with the mission to help small artisan producers improve their livelihoods by providing them with access to mainstream retail markets.
Magic Crystal Ball: What will happen to nonprofits?
Gertrude Kasebier, The Magic Crystal, c. 1904
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.
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 [...]
Changing Your Language, Changing Your Life
Whether you’re working to rescue animals or simply to improve the world, there’s a vocabulary around what you do.
There’s a measure of educating the community in nonprofit, charity and cause related marketing. You tell people what you do, and you tell them why they should care. But have you ever thought about going further, and starting a movement, educating an entire group about the ideas behind what you do?
Isn’t it time we started to talk among ourselves about the ideas that make us get up and go to work every day?
Teaching other people how to fundraise
Are you the lone development person, or even part of a small team? What is one of your biggest problems? If you answered “Capacity” I think you’d be right. How can you build your capacity to raise more money? Well, you can’t put more hours in the day, and you can’t hire more people. Budgets [...]
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.
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