Appealing to Donors When Federal Funding is Threatened: Your 6 Point Checklist
With funding in question across our sector, waiting to see how things shake out before engaging your donors is a…
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2025 Trends: How Nonprofits and Foundations Can Meet The Moment
Community is one of our greatest strengths in difficult times. And we won’t deny that 2025 has had a rough…
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Donor Personas Divide Us. Let’s Change That.
When fundraising shifts from “What do they do for us?” to “What can we do for you?”, you build bridges…
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2025 Trends: How Schools Can Meet The Moment
Schools play a fundamental role in communities around the world, especially in difficult times. We’re not going to pretend that…
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Stop Playing it Safe–3 Ways to Make your Next Campaign Unapologetically Bold
Feeling stuck with the same old fundraising case? Learn three ways to make your next campaign unforgettable, urgent, and inspiring…
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The Power of Simple Language
September 26, 2023
“Plants are sneaky.” My 10th-grade biology teacher—who I think was secretly a branding expert—would repeat this single idea at the beginning of every class. “If there is nothing else you…
Engage Your Next Donor Generation: A Meaningful Connection Strategy
August 30, 2023
No matter what your organization’s mission is—community health, post-secondary access, art expansion, food distribution, whole child education, etc.—there is a shared challenge you and other organizations must solve: How to…
The IMPERATIVE Case for “Future-Proof” Parent Education
June 27, 2023
There is a shift afoot in the education paradigm. It’s not news that the world we are preparing our students for is not the world from which we came. After…
Be Honest About Competition—It Might Just Make You a Better Collaborator
June 27, 2023
People don’t like to talk about competition in the nonprofit world. For many, competition suggests a dog-eat-dog fight where one valuable nonprofit edges another out of the marketplace. It’s more…