BLOGGING FOR FUN(DRAISING) AND NONPROFITS! One of the simplest ways to reach a wider audience and increase the funds flowing into your organization is to enhance your web presence. The Web is the go-to platform for information gathering and engagement, and it’s the most potent and powerful way for you to effectively spread your message.…
4 WAYS TO MOTIVATE YOUR MEMBER BASE When it comes to motivating their members, nonprofits might want to start thinking like for-profit businesses. Business has long cultivating the craft of motivating people to go out and do whatever it is they need them to do, and they’ve developed a great number of very persuasive tools…
CHECK OUT COLLECTIVESUN ON THE CLEANTECHIES BLOG! Be sure to check out this great coverage of CollectiveSun from the clean energy experts over at the CleanTechies Blog! CleanTechies was impressed by CollectiveSun’s innovative new approach to providing solar power to nonprofits in the San Diego area, so they wrote up this great summary of the process from start to…
THE MEMBER MOTIVATOR NONPROFIT FUNDING MODEL If you have been following CollectiveSun’s nonprofit email series you’ve heard a little bit about the many varied ways that different nonprofits approach funding their endeavors. Nonprofits are equally as varied as other businesses – they range from small, startup sized organizations all the way to huge national nonprofits that employ…
NONPROFIT WOES DEMONSTRATE FUNDING FLAWS An innovative and ambitious nonprofit news agency in Australia has had its funding abruptly pulled, leaving its future dangerously uncertain. While nonprofit news agencies are nothing new in America, they are still a bit of an anomaly other places in the world. Yet one intrepid new news organization has recently…
WHAT MAKES SOLAR ENERGY SO SPECIAL? Solar energy has been a popular method of producing electricity for many years, but recently the technology has really come into its own. So what makes this technology superior to other methods of producing electricity? There is a myriad of reasons that solar energy is a great alternative to…
SOLAR POWER FOR NONPROFITS Green finance and environmental experts at TriplePundit have crafted this excellent write-up on CollectiveSun and its mission to bring solar power to nonprofits through community investment. The pros at TriplePundit focus on three things: people, planet, and profit. CollectiveSun also embodies these three ideals by engaging people in the community, protecting the planet…