Selfish Giving

MARCH 27, 2018

Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to Bjorn Erland , Vice President of People & Experience at Taco Bell and Jennifer Walker , Director of Strategic Development at Taco Bell Foundation , about the award of $3 million in scholarships through its Live Más Scholarship program. This includes $500k in scholarships for Taco Bell employees! On the show, Megan, Bjorn, Jennifer and I discuss: Bjorn Erland, Taco Bell.

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Ann Green

MARCH 27, 2018

Lagom is a Swedish concept meaning everything in moderation or not too much, not too little. Keeping things simple. This is not to be confused with the Danish concept of Hygge, which means getting cozy. Not surprisingly there isn’t an English translation of these terms, even though they are much needed in our overstressed world. The term lagom can be used in almost any context – the home, relationships, work, etc.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 28, 2018

Make your supporters the superhero in your story. We recently started working with a healthcare nonprofit that wanted to take a fresh approach to its communications and marketing content. The nonprofit had seen attendance at its community events slip over the past two years — and its fundraising revenues had declined. After a quick review of its website, marketing materials, and social-media accounts, it was easy to diagnose a major reason why the organization had been struggling.

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The Agitator

MARCH 26, 2018

Last month, we talked about the advocate donor identity: how to tell if you have one , the science behind online activism , and how to get and convert advocates. Let’s assume you’ve gone through those, determined you have an advocate identity, and found it to be valuable (not all advocates are and advocacy is not a necessary condition of a quality donor ).

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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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Selfish Giving

MARCH 28, 2018

We're starting to make a little progress here.??With today's webinar on measuring impact and success we can check off the #1 thing you asked to learn more about in 2018. Don't worry, they'll be more on this topic. Thanks to you, my readers, I'm thinking about it all the time now (looking for relevant article for you, booking podcast guests who can talk about it, etc.).

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 30, 2018

This article was originally published in Nonprofit Hub Magazine. Here’s the biggest truth bomb that nobody is exclusively talking about when it comes to nonprofit finances: there’s no way for us to tell you exactly how your nonprofit’s budget should be spent. It would be easy to say “spend X amount of dollars on marketing, funnel X amount into your staff salaries, etc.

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The Agitator

MARCH 28, 2018

We’ve talked about ways to bring people in from the outside like advocacy programs and content marketing efforts. But while both are good ways to get people on your file, they may not always convert to donors. So what if it turns out that, like the Scarecrow’s brains and the True Meaning of Christmas*, the answer to acquisition was inside us, inside our organization (specifically our donor file) the whole time?

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iMarketSmart

MARCH 26, 2018

High-capacity donors aren’t stupid. They know a good ‘deal’ versus a bad one. They know what’s fair and what isn’t. They know when they are being treated fairly versus unfairly. In other words, when they consider giving, they usually want something from you just as much as you want something from them. They want value!— whatever that means to THEM. Remember, value resides in the eye of the beholder.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 30, 2018

Venkman’s. Atlanta, GA. Good Friday to you all! Won’t you join me for the best articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of marketing and fundraising? It’s time for Mixed Links…. ENDS TOMORROW! In honor of Kivi’s birthday tomorrow we are having an All-Access Pass Flash Sale. You can save $200 on our Annual All-Access Pass by entering the promo code KIVIBDAY at checkout.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 26, 2018

Sheri Booms Holm. Welcome to our latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators! This series lets you describe your workday in your own words. We’d love to feature YOU in this series! Don’t be shy – tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro. Sheri Booms Holm is the Director of Communications at West Central Initiative.

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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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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 29, 2018

FOR BLOG AND NEWSLETTER READERS ONLY! It’s Kivi’s birthday Saturday, March 31st and to help her celebrate, we are inviting YOU to join our amazing All-Access Pass Holder community (and save $200). For the next 3 days (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday), you can save $200 off our Annual All-Access Training Pass when you use promo code KIVIBDAY.

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The Agitator

MARCH 25, 2018

New thinking and new approaches are fundamental necessities for survival and growth. Not because all “old” ways are bad. Not all are. And surely not because the next, shiny new thing is likely to be better. It’s not. In a sector desperate for growth new solutions and approaches to financing must be explored. Incremental change –the testing of ‘whispers’ like envelope teasers, letter length, letter signers – make for only marginal improvement even when executed by the most skillful prac

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The Agitator

MARCH 29, 2018

A new TV series, Alex, Inc. debuted this week. It’s about the founding of the real-life podcast Startup which covers the founding and early days of Gimlet Media. Gimlet produces podcasts that are downloaded 12 million times a month. Now that the subject of ” podcasting ” has hit the cultural mainstream of television, it’s long overdue for an Agitator post.

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The Agitator

MARCH 27, 2018

There are many real issues and perceived issues concerning the state of media. This is not that thought piece. This is the one proclaiming that this is the perfect time for your organization to become its own media organization; for several reasons. The costs of operating a media organization have never been lower. You could run it entirely online with owned assets and little-to-no marginal costs.

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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.

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