Chances are you’ve found yourself in an Internet rut. You begin your day with the same news sources, run into the same publications on your Facebook feed, and check the same sites before signing off at night. Of course, there isn’t anything wrong with staying in touch with your favorite sites, blogs, and online magazines. […]
41 Important Tweets from the Social Media For Nonprofits Conference You Can’t Miss
On Tuesday, July 21st, The Social Media for Nonprofits Conference kicked off in New York City, organized by Co-Founder and Executive Director of the organization, Ritu Sharma. The day was packed full of intriguing and informative sessions about how to leverage your social media outlets to market your organization’s mission. The speakers included Henry Timms, […]
5 Questions To Ask Before You Start Crowdfunding
We live in a time in which the power to raise money to support a project, a cause, a dream is something we all share. It is empowering and incredibly liberating that little stands in the way between you and the funding you need to make dreams come true—be they your dreams or the dreams […]
Sample Budget for Nonprofit Startup
As a startup nonprofit, there are many priorities to tackle on your to-do list. Planning your budget for the myriad of activities, especially when you’re just getting started, can fall by the wayside. This would be a mistake! Creating a budget, planning finances for the future, and analyzing financial data will set you apart early […]
4 Essential Skills For Today’s Development Director
The task that today’s Development Director faces can be daunting. The world of fundraising has changed so much in recent years, with so many new possibilities and risks, opportunities, and learning curves. It can sometimes feel as though the job has expanded exponentially and never seems to stop growing. But with a few essential skills […]
How To Turn Any Message Into Story
We talk a lot about using storytelling to create powerful marketing content that will inspire your audience to action. Stories are effective because humans understand the world through stories, not logic, facts, or figures. So it’s important that you can turn any message into a story structure, even if it’s not emotionally compelling to begin […]
How To Make Your Donor The Hero Of Your Cause
Nonprofits used to take a page out of the consumer marketing playbook: make the consumer feel inadequate, guilty, or broken, and offer your product or service as the only thing that can save them. We used to see videos of starving African children or abject wild animals trapped in cages and were guilted into donating. […]
Launching a Crowdfunding Campaign for Nonprofits & Social Good [Infographic]
The crowdfunding research firm Massolution found that in 2014, 18.9% of the $16.2 billion crowdfunded went to social causes. This is a huge opportunity for nonprofits as well as social good projects alike. We’ve demystified the process for anyone to launch their own social good crowdfunding campaign, and it’s featured on Mashable. Check it out […]
4 M’s That Motivate #GivingTuesday
For those of you unfamiliar with #GivingTuesday, the movement was created with the idea that after all the thanks fall silent and all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday spending come to a close, we should have a day dedicated to giving back. Henry Timms, the founder of #GivingTuesday and executive director of 92Y, stepped […]
Movers & Shakers: Dabney Schmitt & Team Raise Over $56,000 For Children Of Vietnam
Dabney Schmitt, a board member of Children of Vietnam, was thrilled to raise over $56,000 to benefit homeless and poor children in Vietnam. To her great surprise over half of their 450 donors were new to Children of Vietnam! Let’s hear more about her story now. What is Children of Vietnam all about? Well, Children […]
