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#GivingTuesday Fundraising Bootcamp

Greater Giving

Hint: Make your mission tangible and specify how each donation will impact the cause, e.g. “$20 can feed two families this holiday season.”. Issue a challenge to your followers! Use compelling, emotional images and video to get across the importance of your cause. What should your goal look like? Get creative!

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10 Mistakes Your Nonprofit Is Making On Social Media

Achieve

Hint: A great time to do this is when you are creating your annual budget and marketing plan. Hint: I typically recommend posting 3-4x per week per channel as a starting point. If you landed on your organizations Instagram feed, would you be able to quickly tell what the mission is based on the videos/images posted in the grid?

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Top 10 Fundraising Trends and Predictions for 2016

BoardAssist

Here are the issues that YOUR nonprofit needs to address for 2016. This issue never changes. Management issues are the biggest impediment to greater fundraising totals. Hint, don’t include a monthly request as part of a regular appeal. The stakes are high. Note: I am not touting shiny new ideas or be-all solutions.

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Data in the Museum: Experimenting on People or Improving Their Experience?

Museum 2.0

Even as the reporters acknowledge that museums are trying to better understand and serve their visitors, there''s a hint of menace in headlines like " The Art is Watching You. " I guess that''s what makes us more than lab rats--we can speak up and debate these issues. We''re trying to personalize. We''re trying to adapt.

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How to Maximize Success Stories Across Your Nonprofit’s Digital Channels

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Many of the issues they champion have taken a backseat in people’s minds this year, as our nation’s attention has been captured by one shocking event after another. The image hints at the safety precautions, camaraderie, and good feeling of giving back that others can expect to find if they serve with The Mission Continues.

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You can collaborate with other nonprofits in your region or in your issue area to investigate whether you can all offer benefits for each other. Hint: It’s the XYY Soup Kitchen.” Can donors participate in building, feeding, clothing, digging, writing, driving, or anything else you do? Get creative. Design them free on Canva.

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Nonprofit Transparency Best Practices: Building Donor & Public Trust

Whole Whale

Seek independent counsel from an attorney, accountant, or other certified professional on specific issues related to nonprofit financial transparency and accounting. Hint: they’re not all downloadable PDFs! We are not certified financial or accounting professionals. We’ve all been there. Annual report template. Download Template.

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