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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Inclusivity is More than a Best Practice
May 28, 2023
In the nonprofit and education sectors, there is an increasing awareness and effort to produce communications that are inclusive and anti-racist. But what happens when, in an effort to be…
Create Active Values to Inspire Action
April 27, 2023
Lukewarm, disengaged, uninspired. This is not how you want people to feel about your organization’s values. Many nonprofits, schools, and foundations use a set of single words to express their…
Are Your Messages Right for Right Now?
March 1, 2023
Times are changing—rapidly! Are your messages keeping up? The echoes of COVID-19 still linger, the ongoing nationwide reckoning with racism pushes forward, and American politics invite weekly whiplash. Not to…
Find More Happiness at Work Using Your Values
January 10, 2023
As you plan how you want your next year to go, put your values front and center. So many of us who work for value-driven organizations miss the opportunity to…