By now, we’ve delved deep into the mysteries of Twitter for nonprofit organizations. I’ve explained how nonprofits should share other people’s content if they want to be shared in return. I’ve examined how following too many people can be a...
Nonprofit boards are notoriously hit-and-miss. For example, in Jacob Smith and Trey Beck’s excellent The Nimble Nonprofit, there’s a chapter titled: “Your Board of Directors: Good Enough Really is Ok.” Not exactly glowing review, by any means....
If you work for a nonprofit organization, your job is in sales. You heard me right. You might not like it, but our professional world is no longer clearly divided between the hardnosed salesperson and all the other people, who can happily avoid the uncomfortable...
Let’s be honest: bigger, more famous nonprofits have some distinct advantages over small to midsize nonprofits. To get the obvious point out of the way, big nonprofits just have more money. They can afford to hire an outside web developer (or even a whole team) to...
In the nonprofit world, we get a kick out of learning things. If it were feasible, many of us would devote a large section of our day to educating ourselves on subjects that could improve our organizations. We’d binge all day on blog articles about fundraising,...