With 1.49 billion active Facebook users, 500 million tweets per day, and 35 billion Linkedin page views per quarter, it’s clear social media is here to stay. Social media is increasingly playing a role in the communication between people, businesses, and nonprofits alike, providing a direct way to interact with your audience. This means that […]

While you may have read our last post “4 M’s That Motivate #GivingTuesday,” in this post, we aim to explore what it looks like to turn the trends surrounding both fundraising and #GivingTuesday into practical strategies to help you raise funds this year. Giving is on the rise, increasing 7.1% last year and moving the GDP […]

Nestled in between Worcester and Boston rests Framingham, a historical town in Massachusetts known as the gathering spot for members of the abolitionist movement. Today, the light of social justice still shines in Framingham with Advocates, a nonprofit that has been serving Massachusetts for the last 40 years. They partner with people with mental health […]

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, […]

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 […]

When I left the TV news business, the only thing I knew for sure was that I wanted to tell inspiring stories. When I looked around most of those stories were coming out of the nonprofit world, so I decided to put my focus there. I believe that nonprofit stories will continue to be some […]