The 2013 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report is officially out! I’ll be blogging some of the more interesting points this week. Get your copy of the report and the other report graphics. Here’s the infographic . . .
Long week? Join me for some Mixed Links. Pam Grow’s “bitty award” for brilliance in direct mail fundraising for small shop nonprofit organizations will be accepting applications through February 8. See3, YouTube, and Edelman are conducting a survey to measure the impact of nonprofit video. The data and responses acquired will be used to create the first-ever…
We are releasing the 2013 Nonprofit Communications Trend Report on Monday, including a look at how the responses varied based on mission. In the survey, we asked participants to select the mission category that best matched their organization. While 14% picked “other,” most participants selected one of the ten categories. Each category will have its…
Just before 5 o’clock on New Year’s Eve last week, I received an email from Kit Rains, Development Director at the Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity, letting me know that they had an increase in donations after using some tips I gave during a webinar. I love hearing from nonprofits on what works for them (and what…
You decide to raise money for something very tangible. It seems like a good idea, because you hear that donors like to make specific things happen. So you pick that thing you’ll raise money for, launch the campaign, and . . . you don’t meet the goal. Now what? That’s the question facing Laura Lamorette,…
I believe a well-written, thought-out thank you letter is the perfect opportunity to further develop your relationships with your donors. I am presenting two webinars this week on thank you letters if you want to join us, but in the meantime, Erica Mills has written a great blog post for us on how to avoid…
Happy Friday! Here are this week’s Mixed Links… The “bitty award” for brilliance in direct mail fundraising for small shop nonprofit organizations is accepting applications from now through February 8. Katya Andresen tells you What You Absolutely Must Know about Where Tech Is Headed. While you may not be able to get Morgan Freeman to…
I just finished presenting a webinar for our All-Access Pass Holders on 13 changes to make in 2013. I’m sharing most of the deck with you here. If you’d like to watch the webinar recording, get yourself an All-Access Pass — the recording will be available tomorrow morning. We polled the webinar participants on which…
Does your new year include any work-related resolutions? Mine always do. In past years, I’ve done the “three words” approach. This year, I’m taking the “year of weeks” approach, where I am going to try a little something new each week, and commit to doing that thing for a solid seven days. At the end…
Happy Holidays! We love our readers and think you deserve some goodies. This week, we are highlighting free downloads and resources from Nonprofit Marketing Guide that are all FREE. The First 100 Days of Your New Nonprofit Marketing Job is a free e-book with a list of 100 tasks that you should try to complete within 100 days of starting your new job. The…
Happy Holidays! We love our readers and think you deserve some goodies. This week, we are highlighting free downloads and resources from Nonprofit Marketing Guide that are all FREE. Wouldn’t life be easier if you didn’t have to read through pages and pages of blog posts in order to figure what works best on what social…
Happy Holidays! We love our readers and think you deserve some goodies. This week, we are highlighting free downloads and resources from Nonprofit Marketing Guide that are all FREE. Earlier this month I held a webinar that gave attendees a sneak peek at the 2013 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report that we will release in January. Now,…
