The Nonprofit Communications Trends Report has become the annual “go to” source for what’s happening in the world of nonprofit communications and fundraising. It all starts with Nonprofit Marketing Guide’s annual Trends Survey, open now for 2016 until Monday, November 30. See the results from the 2015 study in the infographic, below In this year’s survey, […]
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You curled your hair and put on your patent leather shoes. You even put on lipstick without your mom’s permission. You are ready for your first junior high dance. Will you ask Bobby to slow dance or stand near the wall with friends? Will you go near the chip bowl, or do you not […]
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Have you seen the new functionality Facebook recently added to your Personal Facebook page? You can now add a seven-second profile video to spice up, your profile photo using the iOS Facebook App (coming soon to Android). Initially, when I saw this, I thought it was kind of silly. In fact, I sat back […]
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Controversial, I know. Let’s start with the basics: #GivingTuesday is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It is a great way to include nonprofit giving in the post Thanksgiving consumerist rush. This year, it falls on December 1. #GivingTuesday is an important part of any nonprofit’s end of year fundraising strategy… […]
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There are plenty of technological solutions for the nonprofit professional and organization. “Technology” can connect us all very quickly and easily in a variety of forms: smartphones, social media, and “the cloud.” But “leveraging technology effectively” is different. It requires a determination, at the onset, of what you will need and expect the technology to do. Sure, effective storytelling […]
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I’ve been totally nerding out on the Tech and Marketing blogs again (I go through phases). These nerd out phases usually result in a few blogs geared toward the newness. But instead of introducing more newness, I thought I’d reflect on some of the ongoing. You guys – there are A LOT of buzz […]
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This post originally appeared on Clairification and is being shared here, with permission. Read on for 3 excellent, specific examples of #GivingTuesday used to express gratitude to your supporters. Did you participate in #GivingTuesday last year? I’m hoping it was a great success from your perspective, but what about your donor’s perspective? What did you do to […]
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I decided a while ago that I wanted to leave New York. Thousands of writers have written their own odes to NYC, and thousands more will. Leaving New York was a weird decision. My FOMO kicked in the instant I decided I wasn’t going to renew my lease. I panicked. I even looked for a […]
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I have a journalism degree from one of the top ten journalism schools in the country. Some of my best friends were in the broadcast sequence and, upon graduation, took jobs with local news stations across the country. Some of them producers, others as anchors, a few as reporters, and even a sports guy – […]
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When you take time to read our Third Sector Today posts, you confirm that we must be doing something right. And we would be remiss if we didn’t occasionally recap popular posts you might have missed. Time to share some of our most read posts so far in 2015! Fundraising Always a […]
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