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Resources and News for NonprofitsWeekly Roundup for June 22
We’re going to do our best to pull together a collection of the things we’re reading throughout the week. Below are links to different articles that we found interesting. If you would like to view them in a magazine format, visit our Scoop.it page. While the article...
Creating a Game Plan for Staffing Changes
In the last five days four former colleagues have approached us to be a reference for job interviews. Each individual is in a fundraising position. Recent research shows that a fundraiser spends an average of 16 months in a position. The direct and indirect costs of...
Social Media How-To Guides for Nonprofits
Our Resources page has been our one-stop shop for any and all things related to social media, online communications, fundraising, and relationship management. Today it is getting even better.We are starting a new series of how-to guides, now in PDF format, but soon to...
Social Media Code of Conduct Cont.
As we've written about previously, Social Media Codes of Conduct and the policies written to enforce them can be difficult to manage for some smaller nonprofits. In an effort to continue to forward the newest and greatest tools available, we wanted to forward along...
The Danger of Charity Rankings
Anyone who has worked for a nonprofit organization likely has a story about the lack of money and resources in their working environments. From antiquated technologies, to underpaid staff, to old and impractical furniture, nonprofits are expected to change the world...
The Demise of Social Media
A few articles last week spoke of the demise of social media - from teens not finding it cool, to the uneducated demographics of Twitter, to the lack of financial stability on Wall Street, it seems like some are ready to throw in the towel. So why continue to focus on...
The Fear of Fundraising
One of the most difficult tasks in fundraising, whether it is online or face-to-face, is making the ask. Fear of rejection can be crippling, and depending on the financial stability of your organization, potentially ruinous for your cause.There are a litany of books,...
Introducing SocialChangeConsulting.com
We are proud to announce the official launch of Social Change Consulting and our website, www.socialchangeconsulting.com. So what does this mean? It means we’re ready to help nonprofit organizations grow their audience and revenue through effective, efficient, and...
Technology & Trust
A funny little thing happened this past weekend - I got to talking about technology. In all fairness it’s out of the ordinary at all, but the audience I was conversing with was a bit different. My family. In ages ranging from the mid 50’s to the mid 60’s, we started...
Having a Backup Plan
We had a bit of an emergency here at Social Change Consulting this week - water damage ruined one of our laptop computers. As a new organization, similar to small nonprofits, we are faced with limited resources, so an accident of this magnitude could have had a major...