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  •   Share This: June 11, 2012   SO…WHAT’S NEW: Bank on This | The Marketing Dept. | Trending | Make it Work Sweeten the Honeypot, and Other Ways to Attract Happy Nonprofit Volunteers Let’s say a major fundraising event snuck up on you before you recruited enough volunteers to run it. In a panic you beg [...]

  •   Share This: June 4, 2012   SO…WHAT’S NEW: Your True Colors | Bank on This | Lookin’ Good | Fresh Finds 3 Great Fundraising Tips to Get You Through the Fall As the classic tale of the tortoise and the hare teaches us, slow and steady wins the race. Although the hare had the edge [...]

  •   Share This: May 28, 2012   SO…WHAT’S NEW: Mail Call | Step by Step | Bank on This | Tech Savvy 4 Elements of a Memorable Nonprofit Brand Experience When someone sees your nonprofit’s logo, his or her last experience with your organization immediately floats to mind. That experience, and especially how your supporter [...]

  •   Share This: May 21, 2012   SO…WHAT’S NEW: Trending | Lookin’ Good | Bank on This | Your True Colors What Leading Nonprofits Obsess Over There’s no luck or happenstance involved in your nonprofit’s success. Raising record donation dollars, recruiting fantastic volunteers and even the effectiveness of your social programs all rely on how [...]

  •   Share This: May 14, 2012   SO…WHAT’S NEW: Fresh Finds | Lookin’ Good | The Marketing Dept. | Trending Top 10 Nonprofit Hashtags to Spark Social Good Begin by listening if your nonprofit wants to start a conversation with the public. The best conversationalists don’t dominate discussions—they contribute to them. The same is true [...]

  •   Share This: May 7, 2012   SO…WHAT’S NEW: Help on the Way | The Marketing Dept. | Trending | Ready to Launch How to Use #Hashtags Effectively If social media is about supporter engagement and reaching out to your nonprofit audience (and believe us: it is), Twitter is like the hand you’re extending. And [...]

  •   Share This: April 30, 2012   SO…WHAT’S NEW: Trending | Ready to Launch | Tech Savvy | The Marketing Dept. Top 5 Must-Haves for an Awesome Nonprofit Web Design Think of your organization as a house, and your nonprofit web design as the front step. How’s your curb appeal? A great nonprofit web design [...]

  •   Share This:   SO…WHAT’S NEW: Ready to Launch | Help on the Way | The Marketing Dept. | Fresh Finds Top 3 Grant Writing Tips for Nonprofits—The Ones Nobody Talks About Whether you’re an experienced nonprofit grant writer or a total newbie, chances are you’ve looked online for some general tips. And, if you’re [...]

  •   Share This:   SO…WHAT’S NEW: Ready to Launch | Trending | The Marketing Dept. | Mail Call  3 Lessons Learned from the 100th Anniversary of the Titanic Disaster This Saturday marks the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking. And despite the story being almost a century old, there are still valuable lessons to be [...]

  •     Share This:   SO…WHAT’S NEW: Trending | Bank on This | Grab and Go | Help on the Way Storytelling Like Bruce—Three Examples of Strong Nonprofit Mission Statements Most of us know someone who tells a great story. For me, that someone is Uncle Bruce. His stories hook everyone within 5 seconds; by [...]