The Charity CFO

MAY 20, 2022

As a nonprofit Executive Director, the amount of time you invest with your board of directors can vary wildly depending on your organizational culture and the time of year. But make no mistake: Nonprofit board development is critical to your success. And it’s becoming increasingly important to your funders too. . Foundations want to know that your board is doing its job and doing it well.

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Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Recruitment Governance 105

NonProfit PRO

MAY 20, 2022

Join CharityEngine on June 1st for an insightful webinar detailing what a peer-to-peer (P2P) campaign is and how it fits into any overall fundraising strategy. Using real-world examples from Wounded Warrior Project and other clients, we'll show you how a nonprofit of any size can amp fundraising by using this often-overlooked tool with actionable next steps.

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Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits 103

The Charity CFO

MAY 20, 2022

When it comes to marketing, many nonprofits shift right to thinking about development. But development and marketing are different skills, with different needs and separate goals. A robust marketing strategy that’s founded in clear and powerful branding, can help you raise money while also increasing your visibility in the community and around the world.

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Marketing Marketing Education Education 98

NonProfit PRO

MAY 20, 2022

I constantly relate work and leadership to coaching. I had a lengthy career working and coaching boy’s baseball at all ages as a hobby. I learned years ago that satisfied players perform to the best of their abilities. Employees do the same.

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Leadership 98

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

MAY 20, 2022

Guest post by Sarah Fargusson . It seems like we use the internet for everything nowadays. Shopping, connecting with friends and family members, and watching tv (or more like, binge-streaming the latest hit shows) all happen over the internet. It’s easy to see why supporters would turn to the internet to engage with your nonprofit, as well! Your nonprofit’s website is a key channel to connect with supporters, receive donations, and raise awareness for your mission.

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Non-Profits Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profit Management Nonprofits 73

NonProfit PRO

MAY 20, 2022

At a recent strategic planning session, I was working with a nonprofit to create organizational values. As my team introduced the activity, a board member spoke up and said, “We’d like to focus on strategies and goals. Why should we take the time to focus on organizational values?”.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MAY 20, 2022

Helena, MT. I hope you all had a good week. Ready to wrap it up with the most helpful articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of nonprofit marketing and fundraising? This week we have free email templates, TikTok and YouTube news, should your board members donate, mistrust of nonprofits, and more. It’s time for Mixed Links… Here are 11 Achievable Ways to Improve Your Nonprofit Website’s Accessibility.

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Communication Nonprofits Marketing Marketing 56

NextAfter

MAY 20, 2022

What makes for good copywriting? As non-profits, we understand that our copy has to be engaging and compelling enough to urge people to donate to our cause. While there isn’t an all-encompassing formula giving us everything we need to know about writing “good copy,” we have an idea of what works and doesn’t work to produce the best results.

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Non-Profits Nonprofits 52

Concord Leadership

MAY 20, 2022

You probably have heard of SaaS – Software as a Service. What would happen if you saw follow up as a service? Follow Up isn’t about “needing” the other person” I admit, following up can be tedious. One thing that makes it worse is the feeling that you “need” them to act. People tend to […]. The post Follow up as service?

Leadership 52

Leadership 52

iMarketSmart

MAY 20, 2022

“We don’t have the right people in our database.”. A Director of Development told me this a few months into a job. Of course, I disagreed, so I started asking how many of their top donors he had met with. This uncovered that he’d never met with the organization’s largest donor. Of course, I recommended to go see him, but the director told me that that donor was angry at the organization because of a failed project he had funded.

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