Tue.Nov 22, 2022

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Strategic Planning Themes: A Look Back at the Past Few Years

NonProfit PRO

What are strategic planning themes? How could I identify them? How might they evolve year-to-year? Understanding themes and trends offers numerous benefits to you as a leader since they can help inform decisions and strategies.

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Comment on Want to Raise More Money when Fundraising? Go on a Listening Tour by Designing a Donor Wall to Reflect Your Values

Amy Eisenstein

[…] some conversations, go on a listening tour, do a little survey and let us know what you come up with, because we’re really curious to […].

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Everyday Philanthropy: The Power and Joy of Giving Back

NonProfit PRO

As nonprofit leaders and their teams know all too well, every gift matters and makes a difference to the communities nonprofits serve. But philanthropy isn’t limited to giving money. There are many ways to be a philanthropist and advance the causes that are important to you.

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The Nonprofit Communicator’s Guide to Handling Holiday and Year-End Stress

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

This time of year nonprofit communicators have the unenviable situation of not only having to deal with the normal holiday stress most everyone else deals with, but also the added strain of coordinating year-end campaigns at your nonprofit. You’re probably dealing with: High Expectations – shopping for the perfect gifts, planning the perfect meals, writing the perfect email appeal.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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Walmart Teams Up with Customers to Give Away $5M in Local Communities

NonProfit PRO

Walmart announced the launch of a new giving campaign as part of its Spark Good initiative, supporting local organizations across the country with up to $5 million going to nonprofits this holiday season.

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Art Is a Catalyst for Healing

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Samuel Regan-Asante on unsplash.com. What if I told you that we all possess the power to heal and transform how trauma manifests in our bodies? Further, music, art, and creative expressions are portals through which we can activate our power to heal. According to Dr. Sará King— neuroscientist, medical anthropologist, and founder of Mind Heart Consulting —“we actually have been imbued with superpowers” that enable healing.

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Updated: Avoid Giving Tuesday

The Fundraising Authority

“Avoid GivingTuesday Like the Plague!” That headline didn’t create much of a stir when we first wrote the article in 2013. During a recent interview with the Chronicle of Philanthropy , I was asked if we still stand by those words. First off, can we agree that headline was pretty harsh? At the time, Giving Tuesday was new and unproven.

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Rebranding for Nonprofits: 4 Essential Considerations

Top Nonprofits

For for-profit businesses and nonprofits alike, branding acts as the first interaction between an organization and their audience. An organization’s brand tells readers how they should perceive them, and good branding is the gateway to all future communication with audiences. . For nonprofits, branding is especially important. A nonprofit’s brand represents your mission, so it needs to tell your story intentionally and effectively.

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Love Offering – The Ultimate Guide for Churches

Donorbox Nonprofit

Your church leadership including pastors and other staff members share their gifts with the congregation weekly. Your congregants, in turn, may want to share their gratitude to them through financial or other gifts. Love offerings are nothing but this – a way for the members of your congregation to express their love and appreciation for […].

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GivingTuesday 2022 – Giving Days on GiveGab

GiveGab

As the number one platform for Giving Days, GiveGab has supported hundreds of these community-centered events nationwide. Giving Days are 24-hour (or longer) online fundraising challenges that aim to rally groups of people around a particular state/region, cause, holiday/event, or educational institution. GivingTuesday, known as the global day of giving, has become an increasingly popular day for fundraising amongst organizations and educational institutions.

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A New Look At Running Grants & Programs: Why Use A System When You Have Excel?

Speaker: Gareth Webb & Phil Selley, Founding Partners at Intouch Business

For many nonprofit organizations and NGOs, managing grants and monitoring projects with spreadsheets and manual processes feels familiar—but is it holding your organization back? As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.

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5 secrets old-pro fundraisers rely on to craft their best work

Jeff Brooks

Here are some old copywriting tricks that can help you write better, stronger fundraising. These are used by fundraising writers with decades of experience under their belts. They can work for you too: Write the reply coupon (or donation page) first. Knowing exactly where everything is pointing helps you stay on task and avoid rabbit trails as you write.

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Creating a Social Media Strategy for GivingTuesday

GiveGab

GivingTuesday is best known as a giving movement that uses the power of social media to spread generosity within local communities and throughout the entire world. It is a day that amplifies the voices of the nonprofit community as donors actively search for new causes to support. The nonprofit sector has seen an increase in the use of social media for fundraising over the past few years.

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How to Start and Manage a Successful Online Fashion Business

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

How to Start and Manage a Successful Online Fashion Business. In the world of the fashion business, only the strongest survive. Check out the tips to improve your chances. As lucrative as fashion is, an online clothing and fashion businesses take up a large percentage of the market’s profit. Whether you’re a designer, entrepreneur, or fashion enthusiast, business takes more than just an idea to be successful.

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How to Get the Job You Want: 10 Tips For Success

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

How to Get the Job You Want: 10 Tips For Success. Getting your dream job can be challenging as the world has become so competitive. Continue reading this article to learn the 10 tips to land your dream job successfully. We all have a dream job we aspire to do in life. It can be due to the love for the profession or the fact that we have people we admire in the industry.

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.