Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MAY 8, 2024

Working in nonprofit marketing and communication teaches us many things, but perhaps most importantly, that we’re all in this together. No matter the size or type of our organizations, we face similar challenges every day. “I can do hard things.” We are stretched thin at times.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 17, 2024

In the heart of Nashville ’s nonprofit sector , you can find Nicole Olivia Rose, CN P ( Certified Nonprofit Professional ). This exclusive interview gives us a peek into her inspiring career journey and the profound impact one individual can have on their communit y. We get to learn together ,” she shares.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 10, 2024

Like Herding Cats I can recall a few times in my nonprofit journey when coordinating a new marketing campaign across departments felt more like herding cats than orchestrating a symphony. Each team was on its own wavelength, doing its own thing, focused on their own mission-driven priorities. Sound familiar?

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Clairification

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

And what a dreary, grave, cobwebby period it’s been. We’ve got a lot to clean up, reorganize and rethink. So, as I sat down to write today’s article, I thought about what you actually have within your power to do. People rely on you to do the critical work of the social benefit sector.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JUNE 1, 2023

This is the struggle for me every day and I often feel I am not doing anything well. Even if you’re not a mom, we live in a world with ever increasing responsibility outside of the office – caring for aging parents, being a parent to fur babies, volunteering, managing the upkeep of a home, working multiple jobs – the list is endless!

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Bloomerang

APRIL 1, 2024

When it comes to working with boards, things can get confusing, making it hard for everyone to work together. Let’s clear up these misunderstandings and share some important truths that can help build strong connections. But we can find a balance through education and training. ” – Joe Q.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MARCH 28, 2024

Nonprofit marketing and communications is all we do here at Nonprofit Marketing Guide. We focus on the needs of nonprofit marketing and communications professionals and offer community, training, coaching, and mentoring. We aren’t trying to upsell you on software or private consulting services. Ready to get started?

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Selfish Giving

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Last September, we visited Rome, Sorrento, and Pompeii. This year, we are visiting Florence and the Tuscany region. At least that's what my wife tells me. Did you read that post? What Makes a Good Partnership Program? What caught my eye was this. Stop talking about what you will do and start doing it.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 6, 2024

By Olga Moshinsky Woltman “The growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts.” – Carol Dweck It is a truth universally acknowledged that employees who are motivated to continuously learn and grow will be the ones to take on new challenges, innovate, and problem-solve.

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iMarketSmart

MARCH 1, 2024

It began when two or more people saw a common need or opportunity and resolved to work together to do something about it. We built things together. People gave what they had – a strong back, carpentry or stone mason skills, food or a portion of their crops. We have targets and suspects.

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Candid

OCTOBER 10, 2023

By doing this, you’re encouraging your followers to amplify your organization and cause to reach a broader audience. They need to see your social media content to be inspired to give, and only a small percentage of your followers sees what you share. Before we jump into why this works, let’s talk about what an algorithm is.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

No matter what size the organization or staff, building a culture of gratitude makes everyone feel more valued and connected to your cause. To make this happen, here are some potential ideas you can put into practice immediately. Bring your supporters together to build stewardship and celebrate the impact you make as a community.

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Clairification

MARCH 25, 2024

Can AI help your nonprofit connect more authentically with people so you, and the social benefit sector as a whole, do a more effective job addressing today’s most pressing problems? In other words, can AI help you drive loyalty? In fact, this is what Darwin’s theory of survival was really about. The short answer is yes.

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Candid

MAY 15, 2024

At the Honnold Foundation, we had been working in partnership with grassroots organizations for some time before we learned that there was a term for the kind of grantmaking we do: trust-based philanthropy (TBP). We realize that some of the most impactful work is being done by organizations HF might not know about.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Let’s explore what I mean by that. It’s all about how your nonprofit communications team and your organizational as a whole work together. Create a clear process for working together that is easy and efficient. Set up systems and embrace tools others can use and follow, with or without you. A is for Agile.

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Bloomerang

MAY 13, 2024

Strategic benefits of integrated giving platforms These advanced platforms do more than store data; they unify all facets of nonprofit operations into a cohesive framework for effective engagement. By revealing which donors are most likely to contribute, nonprofits can zero in on those with the highest potential impact.

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Candid

APRIL 11, 2024

What worried me was that Demographics via Candid seemed like a major consolidation of power. As a membership organization, we could not put trust, our most powerful asset, at risk. They built a public API and released a public data set.

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NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Two years ago, the Washington Post analyzed some $49.5 Now, two organizations from the CDFI sector have come together to address this issue and offer a way to measure progress. “I Someone will say this money is intended to support the Black community, but we are going to give it to a White-led organization with a low-paid Black staff.”

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Candid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Last year, we shared our crowdsourced list of red flags that funders look for in grant proposals—the things that immediately reveal the weak points in an application and raise questions about the organization’s credibility. Not surprisingly, the question we got most in response to that article was: What are green flags for funders?

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

As a nonprofit leader, you likely want to do your best to ensure that the voices and experiences of the communities you serve are represented in your work. What are advisory committees? What voices are not well represented at the table that we want to ensure have a presence in our work?

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MNA Association

OCTOBER 13, 2023

A Commitment and an Invitation We write today with a spirit of openness, inviting you to join us as observers, commenters, questioners, participants, or anything in between on a journey of learning and humility. We also know that our membership is missing critical portions of the Montana nonprofit sector.

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2024

The burgeoning field of positive psychology suggests that humans have a default “negativity bias”—we disproportionately pay attention to and remember what goes wrong. This is why we tend to remember that one negative piece of feedback while the positive comments fade away). Research has found that negatives narrow our vision.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MARCH 8, 2023

Fun, Extraordinary and Memorable Fundraising Event Ideas for Non-Profits Do you want to host a fundraising event for your nonprofit and need some inspiration? With larger scale events, it can often be daunting to come up with a budget that will make the event memorable, but not break the bank.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 15, 2024

But you can make an especially robust case that this is indeed the case in fundraising. What does it take to be successful in fundraising? We simply aren’t going to be successful if donors don’t have faith in us. Personal gifts : We often work with donors of substantial wealth. “De But integrity is squarely at the top.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Today I’d like to address something practical: How we learn. What does it have to do with fundraising and nonprofits? Actually, it has to do with everything. And with today’s rapid pace of change, confident learning has become critical to adapting, adopting, and feeling connected to the world we inhabit.

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Clairification

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I had a pure strategic fundraising post all ready to launch today, but I just couldn’t quite do it. However, we live in a political world. And so do our nonprofits, our staff, our volunteers, our donors and our clients. And so do our nonprofits, our staff, our volunteers, our donors and our clients. What Can We Do?

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Fundraising Leadership

MAY 12, 2024

For the more than 11 million women in this country ages 35-60—plus the millions in perimenopause and post-menopause—addressing such a personal health fact might seem out of place in public or at work. It is also about women speaking honestly about what is happening to them physically, and to stop hiding and always feel valued.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

I would love to start sharing your days again so submit your day by filling out the form at the end of this post. My motto is that there’s nothing a little caffeine, cackles, and CrossFit can’t fix. 8:00 am to 10:00 am: I start my workday at 8 am – just me, my computer, and my to-do list.

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Candid

JANUARY 5, 2023

Last month, at the TAG2022 conference for global philanthropy tech in San Antonio, we featured a panel on the future of social sector data that only scratched the surface of core issues such as: . What is an appropriate role for private enterprise in this infrastructure? We hope you will join us in continuing the conversation.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 9, 2023

Having the right message means that your emails, social media posts, and in-person requests must have some thought behind them. It means you have to PLAN what you’ll say and think about who you’re saying it to, not just hurry through the task of writing so you can mark it off your “to do” list. So se it whenever you can.

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Candid

MAY 23, 2023

Harambee,” which is Swahili for “Let’s all pull together,” was interwoven throughout the conference. While the research revealed a disappointing reality, it also highlighted opportunities for foundations and HBCUs to work together to make a greater impact. At Howard University, we used to sing the song during convocation.

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iMarketSmart

APRIL 19, 2024

“Where do we find donors?” To begin, let’s make sure we check all assumptions at the door. We simply want to see if there is an alignment of interests. That means you have to have a really compelling, well-documented concept of how differences can be made. They are doing just what you hope.

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Candid

JANUARY 31, 2024

Here are some ways you can leverage Candid’s resources for professional development—regardless of time and budget constraints. You’ll remember more if you learn a little bit each day and apply what you’ve learned, rather than try to take in too much information all at once. Where can I find samples?

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

It’s like a band with no director – everyone is playing their own song and together it’s just noise instead of beautiful chords of music. Leaders can see the path forward for the organization. They can help the organization set and achieve goals. The organization can stagnate or experience chaos.

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Clairification

JANUARY 11, 2024

To work well, they need to play well together. What will you do to achieve the necessary balance to keep your organization, your community, and our world in check? Seth Godin suggests it has a lot to do with the culture you/we build. The freedom loop We spend almost no time teaching toddlers about freedom.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Here we share how we turned traditional, time-consuming grant reporting into a faster, easier, and more efficient process. Grant reports provide a formal way for us to share how we used grant dollars, what we accomplished, and what challenges we faced. We call this our narrative report.

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The Storytelling Nonprofit

APRIL 30, 2024

It made me curious about whether we could help a client see a lift in giving by segmenting storytelling content in email appeals. The case for this is that non-profits can get a better return on investment when sharing the stories broadly since a lot of time and resources go into developing them.

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