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Reflections from Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute: New Skills for a Complex World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Lucy talked about how technology is driving the shift to a social economy and picked out a few themes, pointing out it is not the technology itself but how we use it. She highlighted the impact of crowd funding platforms and the technology to collect, visualize, and share data.

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3 Reasons Why Your Year-End Appeal is Not Over

NonProfit Hub

But not so fast —sorry to say, your year-end fund drive is not over. And article on LinkedIn summarizes it well by saying, “Statistically speaking, the cost of acquiring a new customer costs five to ten times more than retaining an existing one. With the new year comes a sense of looking forward and leaving the past behind. Conclusion.

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Your 2016 Cause Camp Speaker Lineup Announcement

NonProfit Hub

Practice time to combine/blend your people and money story. Finding ways to make marketing impact with limited funds can prove difficult. That’s why foundation funding and the time your team spends fundraising and managing grants (vs. What are foundations focused on when making a funding decision? Martha Piland.

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