Newsletter: How to Build Global Partnerships 🌎 ; Mastering Google Searches for Partner Prospecting 🔎 ; Stewarding Corporate Donors on Social Media 💁‍♂️

The Cause Docs are back!

The doc joining us this month is Russ Holmes, Founder of Sprouts Solutions. Russ has over two decades of experience building win-win corporate partnerships with some of the largest brands in the world for a global non-profit. He's now branching out as a consultant to assist other non-profits to do the same by focusing on transformative growth.

Russ will be answering your questions on how YOU can identify, cultivate and partner with global companies.

A global business is a company that operates facilities (such as factories and distribution centers) in many countries around the world. This is different from an international business, which sells products worldwide but has facilities only in its home country.

Russ will be sharing his prescriptions on:

• Identifying global companies that align with your non-profits mission

• How to approach a global company

• How to build a win-win partnership and what elements to include

Here are the details.

On Thursday, March 18th at 2pm EDT, we are hosting an open "clinic" on Zoom to answer ALL your questions on building win-win corporate partnerships with global companies.

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Russ has built partnerships with the likes of Dell Technologies, Johnson & Johnson, Philips Healthcare, MSC, Cruise Lines International Association, petroleum companies and hundreds of other organizations that have driven overall engagement, funding and awareness.

Russ originates from the UK but is a true citizen of the world. He spent many years in Africa, Europe and now the United States. He understands what it takes to build partnerships with people and companies in other cultures. He is also skilled in breaking down silos and building strong unified high achieving teams across the globe.

You are not going to want to miss this appointment with the Cause Docs! 🩺

✍️ Partnership Notes

1. Gold Star honors 13 local heroes with a signature meal that benefits Cincinnati-based Freestore Foodbank.👆Kurt Reiber, CEO of Freestore reports: "The goal was to raise $25k and based on earlier results we should hit that goal! In our first four years of this partnership we've received over $130k in financial & in-kind support."

2. Company deep dive: Dick's Sporting Goods. The retailer saw a 10% spike in sales last year.

3. Mastering Google searches for partner prospecting. This is a skill worth learning!

🤑 Marketing Your Cause

1. How Feeding America and The Global FoodBanking Network steward their corporate donors on social media.

2. Perfect your nonprofit pitch: how to “tell your story” in 20-seconds or less.

3. Interested in public relations? You have to be on social media. 61% journalists say they “usually” or “always” consult branded social media profiles when reporting on an organization.

😎 Cool Jobs in Cause

1. Senior Development Officer for Corporations, National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN ($51k - $74k)

2. Director, Corporate Partnership, United Way of the Bay Area, San Francisco ($75k - $80k)

3. Senior Director of Corporate & Individual Giving, TGen Foundation, an Affiliate of City of Hope, Phoenix

4. Corporate Partnership Manager, Pittsburgh Knights, Pittsburgh or Remote

5. Senior Consultant, Realized Worth, Remote

Do you have a partnership position you are trying to fill? Hit reply and share your job listing with me! I'm happy to post it here for FREE.

🧠🍌 Brain Food

1. Have you gone down the rabbit hole yet on NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens)? I have! In just several hundred words, Seth Godin does a good job explaining what they are and the potential risks they pose. Still, are NFTs an opportunities for causes? 🤔

2. Fascinating! How museum gift shops decide what to sell [Video].

3. Draw an iceberg and see how it will float. Then read why they have peculiar way of floating.

Have a question, comment or just want to say hi? Just hit reply or head over to Twitter.