Philanthropy & Funding
The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Giving Tuesday
The effort to make giving public and start a “giving season” won’t materially affect giving in any positive way.
Tag: Marketing & Communication
Fundraising
End-of-Year Appeals: Five Bad Habits to Kick
Five ways nonprofit leaders can make their organizations’ year-end fundraising appeals more effective.
Fundraising
The Permanent Disruption of Social Media
A new study highlights the realities of donor behavior and how organizations can redesign their outreach strategies to be more effective.
Fundraising
Getting Online Donors to Care Today and Into the Future: P2
Nonprofits can proactively utilize website and communication best practices to garner more support.
Fundraising
Getting Online Donors to Care Today and Into the Future: P1
Nonprofits can proactively utilize website and communication best practices to garner more support.
Technology
Slacktivism: A Serious Game to Play
The rise of mass participation in online protest campaigns is presenting firms and organizations with new challenges in terms of how to respond. A new game has the potential to increase awareness within organizations and help managers become social media savvy.
Fundraising
The Rise of the Viral Fundraising Campaign
"Going viral” has moved beyond satisfying our desire to be shocked and amused; it’s now tapping into our desire to help.
Measuring Social Impact
Communicating Impact: If You’ve Got It, Flaunt It!
Nonprofits can use tried-and-true mechanisms from the private sector to better communicate their impact to donors
Advocacy
If Stoves Could Kill
Political advocacy, humanitarian intervention, and the “manageable problem.”