Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Last week I was honored to be a counselor at Museum Camp , an annual professional development event hosted by the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH). Each year they bring together diverse, passionate people for a sleep-away camp for adults where they learn together through active, creative workshops and activities. Since the theme this year was “Change Making,” I taught a workshop on self-care for change makers based on my forthcoming book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit , c

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

In the world of fundraising, donor cultivation is king. People get sweaty palms over doing the ask, but if you’ve done cultivation right, the gift is like ripe fruit falling from the tree. Too often organizations skimp on donor cultivation. Why spend time on donor cultivation? Not only can you cultivate affordably, it’s also infinitely cheaper to keep a donor than to acquire a new one.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

With 17.4% of overall giving happening in December , there’s no higher-stakes season for fundraising than end-of-year. Don’t leave your results up to chance; your database includes all the tools you need to test in advance and find proven strategies that can help you meet or exceed your fundraising goals. Start mapping out the key steps for making the most of your database several months in advance to ensure that you can enter the holiday giving season with a strong foundation.

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