The Story of Stuff Project made this video to inspire more people to choose family over frenzy the day after Thanksgiving, also known as Black Friday. I'm spending the day with family in Atlantic City, NJ. Please join me in signing the pledge on the site to confirm that you'll spend that day investing in community and family, rather than stuff. And, on the following Tuesday, I will participate, support, and enjoy "Giving Tuesday." There is just a week until November 27th, the first … [Read more...]
On appealing year end appeals & being pitch-erific
Note from Beth: November 27th is "Giving Tuesday," and marks the busy season for nonprofits, especially fundraisers and marketers. It is also a time for us to reflect for a moment, say thanks, give back, and donate to our favorite charities. So, over the next few weeks, I will highlighting useful social fundraising resources and clever social good causes as well as featuring several guest posts. Are you understanding how social media disrupts your donors decision-making? Katya … [Read more...]
Nonprofits Collect Lots of Data, But Most Don't Use It Says NTEN/Idealware Report
The State of Nonprofit Data report was released this week (hat tip to Ted Fickes). Idealware and NTEN prepared the report based on a survey in April 2012 with nearly 400 nonprofit organizations about how they manage and use data. The report found that nonprofits are either doing a lot with their metrics or not much at all. These barriers that keep nonprofits from collecting data and identified in the report include: data collection, expertise, time, and money. These barriers are … [Read more...]
Non-Profit Leaders as Personal Brands
Note From Beth: I recently keynoted the Social Good Brasil conference and one of the other speakers was Simon Mainwaring who gave an amazing keynote about social branding. His talk resonated with some of the ideas around how nonprofits can use a network mindset and leverage the professional networks of senior leaders of nonprofits. He agreed to riff on the idea and write this useful post. As a long time reader of Beth’s blog, I am very excited by the release of Beth’s new book, Measuring … [Read more...]
Five Steps to Successful Crisis Communications
Note From Beth: I remember back when Hurricane Katrina struck, I saw a post to the Museum ListServ that said "Chuck Patch Is Not Dead." At the time, Chuck was a staff member for Historic New Orleans. It underscored the idea that nonprofits, like your family, should have a disaster communications plan. My colleagues at Big Duck have put together a terrific webinar on this topic for this Friday. Five Steps to Successful Crisis Communications - Guest Post By Meghan Teich at Big … [Read more...]
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