I’ve had a great couple of days in Austin at the Texas Nonprofit Summit, but now I’m at the airport and ready for some Mixed Links . . . Survey results are in for Young, Gifted &…a Charity Trustee? which set out to answer whether young people should be nonprofit board members. Gail Perry shares her Top 10…
Happy Friday! Let’s have some Mixed Links… Weigh the pros and cons of different events types with Getting Started With Independent Fundraising Events. Jeff Brooks says you can’t blame the economy for faltering fundraising anymore. And if you have been making excuses for your poor fundraising, Marc Pitman has some ideas on raising money instead of making excuses.…
We hope you had a good week! Join us for some Mixed Links… Our friends at Big Duck are hosting next month’s Nonprofit Blog Carnival. The theme is writing great email. Network for Good posted a slide show featuring 10 Amazing Nonprofit Websites. After you have checked those websites out, NTEN has some Free Tools to Test…
We are excited to host this month’s Nonprofit Blog Carnival! Many of the questions we get about nonprofit marketing and fundraising ultimately boil down to personal relationships and how well your teams are functioning. So we decided to ask for posts about getting along with others in the nonprofit world. We have some great advice…
Blackbaud has updated its study on the “Next Generation of American Giving.” I’m sharing the static infographic below (here is the interactive one), and here are a bunch of great posts analyzing the data further. It’s very interesting stuff, so set aside a half hour one day soon to read through it.
Let’s celebrate Friday with some Mixed Links … Submissions for this month’s Nonprofit Blog Carnival are due next week. The theme is how to get along with others in your organization. You can publish a post on that topic or you can guest blog for us and we’ll include it in the carnival. Get more information.…
Earlier this year we introduced you to Imtiaz Haiyoom, an “IT guy” for CitySquare who encouraged nonprofit marketing staff to bring their IT staff into the decision making process. Today, we have another IT guy who shares how he grew to even like marketing. Crazy! ~Kivi Guest Post by Andy Adams of Whistling Duck It was…
As this research shows, businesses use content marketing — e.g. providing useful information in the form of downloads, white papers, or webinars — as a primary way to build their email lists. Could that approach work as well for your nonprofit? Most Effective Email List Building Tactics I think that depends. We often see nonprofits…
Happy Friday! Let’s start the weekend off with some Mixed Links… Blackbaud is doing a series of training webinars for nonprofits as part of their npExperts program. Some npExperts include Carie Lewis, Beth Kanter, Steve MacLaughlin and myself. Registration is free. MarketingProfs shares 10 Ways to Stretch Your Marketing Budget (written for businesses, but some of these can…
Hope you had a great week! Let’s have some Mixed Links… July’s Nonprofit Blog Carnival is up! Craig Linton, the Fundraising Detective, hosted the carnival and compiled some great tips on monthly giving programs. The August Nonprofit Blog Carnival will be hosted by yours truly and the theme will be how to play well with others…
Few things make me sadder when sitting at my desk than hearing from nonprofit communicators who are wringing their hands over questions that are simply no longer relevant. What a waste of time and energy. I admit I was probably in an emotional state already for unrelated reasons, but I swear tears of frustration did…
Yesterday we heard from Julia Reich on why you should use responsive design. Today we hear from JoAnn Manke from WithinReach on how they used responsive design on their new website for teens. Guest Post by JoAnn Manke from WithinReach Our agency makes connections that families need to be healthy, and works to meet families where they…
