by Niki Kidd | Jan 29, 2015 | Messaging
In this month’s Harvard Business Review, Susan J. Ashford and James Detert dissect the steps necessary to successfully convince your boss to buy in on your plan or strategy. While the list is specific to the boss/employee relationship, the techniques and...
by Justin P. Clark | Nov 21, 2014 | Fundraising, Messaging
As year-end giving quickly approaches, it is important to ensure that your online donation platform is being utilized most effectively. Below are four questions to consider when you’re evaluating content on your donor thank you autoresponder email. Are you actually...
by Justin P. Clark | Nov 14, 2014 | Audience Development, Fundraising, Messaging
This week John Haydon wrote a piece that discussed how using certain types statistics in your fundraising appeal can be detrimental to your development efforts. Haydon’s article is an excellent read. For many small nonprofits creating compelling statistics can be a...
by Niki Kidd | Nov 7, 2014 | Messaging
The end of the calendar year means one major thing for nonprofits – fundraising. With strategies and rollout already in place for many nonprofits (and being finalized for others), the deluge of asks and donation requests is about to hit inboxes around the...
by Justin P. Clark | Oct 10, 2014 | Fundraising, Messaging
As we move into autumn, many nonprofit organizations are wrapping up their active/outside fundraising events. In many parts of the country, local parks are jammed with charities rallying their participants before winter weather hits. Many of these events will provide...
by Justin P. Clark | Sep 5, 2014 | Audience Development, Messaging
Many nonprofit leaders attended the NTEN’s Leading Change Summit this week. You can view highlights by following #14LCS. This tweet from NTEN, was a reminder of the importance of developing a published Code of Conduct for events like this. Conferences often work to...