December 2010
23 posts
RT @pamelagrow: 3 rules for making a #nonprofit video: http://dld.bz/hJSR #fundraising
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6 Web Tools to Help Small Organizations Thrive →
Some great tools to check out for nonprofits and small business - includes Yast (time tracking) and LiquidPlanner (project management), which are perhaps less well-known than the other suggestions.
RT @pamelagrow: Hysterical “letter to granny” written in nonprofit speak (hint: avoid nonprofit speak at all costs) http://ow.ly/3ss5T
How often should your #nonprofit send email? Poll by @kivilm shows 75% plan at least 1 per month ► http://ow.ly/3ruxW
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Does your nonprofit have an exit strategy?
“I’ve heard more than one nonprofit leader say that their top priority is to build an enduring institution — not get the job done and then go out of business.
That’s fine for a school, university, art museum, symphony, community theater. We want those institutions to endure. After all, there’s no defined “end” to their work.
But an organization devoted to social change has to have an end...
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Improve your influence
“Don’t work on your Klout score. Work on understanding influence…Do work on learning how to be most helpful to those in your segment of the universe that are growing. Do work on putting more resources in the hands of people who need to grow. Do work on never missing an opportunity to take a privilege and to extend it into something more than what you started with. And say thank-you a...
RT @michaelchatman: Why support charitable organizations? They can do GREAT things for people with small resources with GREAT love.
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Seth's Blog: Everyone and no one →
True for nonprofits, too: Not everybody will support you - and that’s OK! Focus on your fans.
If you try to please everyone, the few you don’t delight will either ruin your day or ruin your sense of what sort of product you should make.
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Three Fundraising Lessons from a 365-Day... →
Watching what worked - and what didn’t - in nonprofit direct mail. An interesting post by Marta Lindsey that highlights three good observations:
Make sure your gifts and gimmicks match your mission.
Assure potential donors their name won’t be sold (but only if it’s true)
Make it easy for people to ask for less mail - and ideally from an actual human being.
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How Often to Email in 2011? →
75% of the non-profit communicators surveyed (of 150) indicated that they planned to email their lists at least once a month.
Wondering: What are the corresponding open rates?
Beyond my own vested interest in seeing what organizations are doing from a communications perspective, I have to have to be specifically invested in anything to appreciate being emailed more frequently than once a month.
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The Lucky 7 Tips to Successful Engagement on... →
It takes more than a great brand and good content to keep your audience engaged on your Facebook page.
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Stunning Simplicity | Agents of Good →
K.I.S.S. principle wins to convert new monthly donors:
The response device. Had ONE option. Give monthly. No single gift option. No shopping list of tick boxes: volunteering, events, legacies, interests. No request for email. Tons of white space and a very clear offer.
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Storytelling for Business (or hey - nonprofits,...
Extract from article…
Start with a character and a point of view. Harry Potter is the story of a young boy who feels he’s very different and very left out, discovering that he’s not where he was meant to be, and then it grows into this larger epic about defeating evil. Now, if you run an air conditioning installation company, you might not be able to talk about a secret school, owls, and a...
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“If you can add “by my grandma” to the end of the sentence and it makes sense,...”
– Get It Write » My grandma helps avoid the passive
RT @imaginecanada: Blog Post: Imagine Canada’s comments on Statistics Canada Most Recent Charitable Donor Stats http://bit.ly/gBDZz6
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How to Start a Nonprofit - Ideas & Advice →
Melissa Kushner was only 25 when she decided to start Goods for Good, a New York organization that collects surplus inventory from U.S. retail companies to help orphaned and vulnerable children overseas. [video]
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20% of donations for entire year occur Dec 30-31 ► online giving study highlights critical info #nonprofits need to know http://ow.ly/3lNly
“To have a good idea, have lots of ideas” - Find inspiration and introduce it to your #nonprofit ► http://ow.ly/3kNYr by @sosbetty
RT @sparkedcom: Concert ticket purchase as micro-donation to charity of choice. Cool move by #DaveMatthewsBand http://ow.ly/3kMAK
Love this post from @webb ► #nonprofit orgs “need to take ownership of the impact and not the to dos.” http://ow.ly/3kyhx
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Social Media Measurement for Nonprofits | Beth’s... →
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put...”
– Archbishop Desmond Tutu (via kivateam)
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“This report lays out a rubric we call the “Seven C’s” of...”
– Getting Social Media Right: A Short Guide for Nonprofit Organizations - Social Media