Imagine a supporter looking at your fundraising appeal. Is she immediately compelled to take action? If not, you’ve got to make your content more compelling. With your 2017 fundraisers starting soon, there’s no time to waste! See what I did there? I could have started this post with something like: “Compelling content makes the difference […]

I remember what it feels like to be a fundraiser once mid-January rolled around. There are thank you letters to write, data to input, reports to analyze, but there is also a sense of calm. After all, the fundraising “busy season” was now behind us. January always provided a great, but fleeting sense of peace. […]

Guest Post by Andrew Arrieta / Co-founder of Enact Impact Nonprofit teams are some of the most passionate, committed people in the workforce, but often they are overwhelmed. This challenge is widely known both within and beyond the nonprofit sector: nonprofits are often strapped for time, resources, and expertise. There are many innovative ways to […]

2017 Nonprofit Communications Trends On this episode we talk with Kivi Leroux Miller and we talk all about the insights in her newly released 2017 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report. In this report Kivi and her team tackle questions like: What do most nonprofit communications teams look like? What separates effective communications teams from less effective […]

Today it seems like the options for reaching donors are virtually unlimited. We can meet up for coffee, host an event, make a phone call, shoot out an email, blast a Tweet, post a video on YouTube, organize a Facebook LIVE event and the list goes on and on. It’s a far cry from the […]

If Gandhi’s phrase “The future depends on what you do today” is true, then we have some work to do this month. After all, February is often considered a “slower” time for fundraising professionals. Therefore, it’s a perfect opportunity to complete a lot of to-dos you simply can’t get to the rest of the year. […]

Chances are, you’re still working through the chaos that was year-end fundraising. You’re probably also knee-deep in meetings to prepare your fundraising calendar, budget, etc. for the upcoming year. Yes, I know all too well just how exhausting the annual fundraising cycle is for you and other nonprofit professionals. However, there is a silver lining […]

A nonprofit I once worked with went through a recent organization-wide change. Instead of working toward abstract goals, they began to focus on impact. It was a necessary shift that many forward-looking nonprofits are making as well, but it threw some of their long-time, loyal donors off. The nonprofit had to field a ton of […]