By Carrie Rice, Project Donor Love #Donorlove is frequently focused on what happens after someone makes a donation, such as thanking donors and encouraging donor retention. In fact, everyone who interacts with your organization is a potential donor. Applying a few stewardship best practices with each person with whom you interact begins the relationship-building before […]
How to grow your nonprofit
Too small to grow? In my consulting practice, I’ve worked with some new, tiny or small-ish organizations. They’re all feeling the same frustration, however – how to grow. They want simple things: stability, maybe a salary for the ED or maybe for enough staff to do the job right. They feel the lack of prospects, […]
Social Media Tactics for Nonprofit Development Done Right
I love to look at an item and think: How else can I use that? Unused scraps of pretty paper? Flip them over to use as note paper. Use them as filler in packages or presents. Cut them up into itty bitty pieces for your next event, put them in the helium balloons that people […]
3 Smart Strategies to Boost Online Giving for Your Nonprofit
Figuring out what kind of online fundraising strategy will work for your nonprofit is a tough balancing act. After all, investing in online fundraising software requires careful planning and sometimes, it can seem like there are too many tools out there to choose from. However, in this digital age it’s more important than ever that […]
Do you have to be great to do good?
Have you ever wondered if you were good enough for your work? In our thirst for information, ideas and improvement, we might be forgiven some pangs of inadequacy. I know you care about learning (you’re reading this, after all). And that’s absolutely necessary. But in the meantime, let me reassure you: You are good enough […]