As any marketing manager will tell you, a robust social media presence is essential to nonprofit success. After all, it is much easier to reach people via Facebook or Twitter than it is to cold call your way through a phone book. And analytics tell us that this strategy is working. A picture of a […]
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With the success of the ALS bucket challenge, many nonprofits are trying to find a way to piggyback onto the success of the fundraiser. And since nonprofits face many challenges trying to stay afloat, many may look to recreate the ALS challenge, often spending too much money on a campaign that won’t be as successful. […]
It is extremely easy to gain investments for your non-profit and everyone involved in it enjoys it very much. Also: Olympic athletes recommend a diet of cheese fries and frozen burritos, and Congress constantly seeks opportunities to cooperate with the president. There’s nothing anyone can do to make raising investments easy for your non-profit. There, […]
The concept of engagement is never far from the minds of those who run non-profits. But what does the term mean, and what practical steps can we take to achieve it? When one talks about an engaging person, style, manner, or sense of humor, it seems one is talking about drawing one in, making one […]
Fundraising is never easy for non-profits. And forward-thinking, assertive non-profits will look to new paradigms. And this can include community funding. Starting campaigns on major community funding sites have been successful for non-profits and can continue to be so as more and more people understand the concept. Here’s one example of a wildly successful community […]
Non-profits are interested in changing the world. Investors are usually interested in making a profit. But when we look at impact investing and its results in the last several years, we find that the two are far from mutually exclusive. One perception that is common among social impact organizations is that raising funds for social […]
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Social networking continues to be a big part of communication for non-profits. And it should. It’s an informal, disarming way to interact with your membership on its terms. When looking at ways to effectively use social media, I’ll focus today on creating community-based social media campaigns, though campaign is too formal a word. You may […]
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These days social media is nothing new. Nearly everyone anyone knows is using one platform or another to talk about their day, spread news, or even advertise a new product or service. Social media has over 1 billion active users, and it continues to grow. So how can nonprofits “cash” in on this trend? Social […]
One of the most valuable benefits that solar power can provide a nonprofit is the guarantee of future energy stability. By significantly lessening or even entirely eliminating a nonprofits appetite for electricity, a solar power installation can save a nonprofit tens of thousands of dollars during its lifetime. Over the last decade electricity prices in […]
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We’ve discussed many of the different benefits that arise from the responsible deployment of solar power solutions among nonprofits. Everything from an enhanced environmental profile, to burgeoning community engagement opportunities, to simply saving money. Today we’re going to delve a little deeper into the environmental aspects of solar power and how they can aid the […]
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