If your organizations has no story to tell, or has trouble telling its story, you’re going to find yourself struggling to stay afloat. Your story is what gives meaning to your mission; it is what your fundraisers use to persuade donors to say yes, and what focuses you on engaging the causes you’re advancing.
Today is […]
When I ran a university communications shop, I occasionally made presentations at conferences, and one of my most trusted pieces of advice to harried peers at other institutions was to use student interns to conduct interviews, write stories, and take photos. They’re talented, they’re hungry, and they’re inexpensive; what’s not to like? The Nonprofit Supporter […]
The news that students in Cornell University’s Leadership in Non-profit Environments class had doled out $10,000 in grants to four local organizations was hardly earth-shattering; after all, this kind of teaching by example has been done before. The funding for the philanthropy lesson came from Doris Buffett’s Sunshine Lady Foundation (she’s Warren Buffett’s sister), and […]
Gasoline, as you may have heard, is getting more and more expensive, a tough burden to bear as commutes to work become ever more torturous.
Bicycling is a terrific way to kick up your cardiovascular regimen without stressing your knees.
Put them together and you have the annual Bike-to-Work Day, which, for 2008, is today, the culmination […]
When I was a kid, staying home sick from school meant certain things:
Eating grilled cheese and tomato soup.
Gulping down St. Joseph chewable aspirin.
Watching The Electric Company on PBS.
At a time when everything old is new again, perhaps it’s not surprising that the old ’70s chestnut will be revived. Movie theaters are rife with sequels and […]
A couple of promising new nonprofit communications resources are worth checking out:
Blue Avocado is an electronic newsletter distributed via e-mail every two weeks; it’s also a website where updates are posted between issues. The publication is devoted to "nurturing the community organizations movement." Recent posts have explored how boards and staffs can show appreciation to […]
In tonight’s episode of How I Met Your Mother, a fave in the Durso household, Marshall set up a website to help Lily sell her clothes so that they could pay to fix the floor of the apartment they’re moving into. (It’s a long story. Just go with it.) Later in the episode, Marshall changed […]
Canada tries to inject ethics into fundraising. | Toronto Star
Three little letters to guide nonprofit media pitching. | Nonprofit Communications
A nonprofit professional finds herself on the other side of the fundraising relationship … and doesn’t like it. | Nonprofit Congress Blog
Nonprofits join retailers in making a pitch for the government’s lame attempt to bribe taxpayers […]
The federal law prohibiting nonprofits from supporting specific electoral candidates is about to get challenged by churches, according to a Wall Street Journal report:
A conservative legal-advocacy group is enlisting ministers to use their pulpits to preach about election candidates this September, defying a tax law that bars churches from engaging in politics.
Alliance Defense Fund, a […]
Nobody wears a ribbon to raise awareness about depression.
There are no 5Ks for bipolar disorder.
A-list actors aren’t participating in suicide-prevention telethons.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and while there are a wealth of nonprofits devoted to assisting those with mental illnesses, they have, for the most part, remained in the second tier of health advocacy […]
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