I’m hosting another free webinar: Getting Ready to Write Your 2007 Annual Report. As the end of 2007 draws near, nonprofits need to begin thinking about their annual reports for the year. — What information do you need to compile? — What decisions should you be making right now? — What can you put off…
This is the second in a five-post series on a direct mail make-over currently being tested by the University of California at Berkeley (Cal). Read Part 1 | This is Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 The fundraisers at Cal have decided to break away from their standard business letter…
For this week’s Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants, let’s take a look at several nonprofit makeovers. You might just discover a few big or little changes you could make on your own to increase your nonprofit’s effectiveness. Jono Smith at Katya’s Nonprofit Marketing Blog shows a before-and-after of the Network for Good home page — Can…
This is the first in a five-post series on a direct mail make-over currently being tested by the University of California at Berkeley (Cal), my alma mater. Read Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 The fundraisers at Cal had a problem: they needed to raise more money from alumni to…
This week’s Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants focuses on how to reach younger generations. What do people in their teens and twenties care about? What makes them want to get involved with you? If you are curious about the answers, check out this week’s edition of the Carnival. Get Your Blog Post Highlighted Next Week Next…
I hate to do this, but I’m postponing the webinar scheduled for this Friday on how to write for the web and email. I’ve got a terrible chest cold and if I talk for more than five minutes at a time, my voice cracks like a 13-year-old boy’s and then disappears into a barely audible…
Jeff Brooks at Donor Power Blog has posted this week’s Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants with a “scary” theme in honor of Halloween. Find out what scares some of the top bloggers on nonprofit issues. I missed the carnival deadline, but posted my own scary story this morning. Next week, the Carnival visits a new host,…
When I was a young federal employee back in the early 90’s, I was all about the process of preparation and planning. Now that I’ve been self-employed for going on a decade, I lean more toward the “just do it” camp. By necessity, lots of nonprofit communicators are there too, because they don’t have the…
Katya Andresen spoke at the NC Center for Nonprofits conference today, which I was completely thrilled about for two reasons: (1) because it was a sure bet that she’d have great tips I could pass on to you, and (2) because it meant that I got to have coffee with one of my blogging buddies…
This afternoon at the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits Annual Conference, I attended another great session called “Social Media Technology: How to Raise Money, Recruit Volunteers, and Spread Your Message” by Chris Meade, COO of NPower, Charlotte Region. NPower is a nonprofit consultancy that helps other nonprofits with technology. It has 13 affiliates around the…
I’m blogging today and tomorrow from the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits Annual Conference in Winston-Salem. This morning, I attended a great session called “Building and Sustaining Your Individual Donor Base through Effective Stewardship.” The two speakers were Amanda Osborne, Director of Development for Fellowship Hall, Inc., an alcohol and drug treatment program, and Peggy…
Independent Sector has just released Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice, after three years of discussion on the best ways to encourage self-governance and self-regulation in the nonprofit sector. If you receive any foundation funding, you can bet that those funders will insist you adopt these practices and work toward their full implementation. Several…
