What is the Goal? As a fundraising consultant, I am often asked to meet with members of the Board of Directors to help expand their methods of developing resources to support their mission. I come prepared to discuss annual funds, major gifts, corporate sponsorships, earned income, planned giving, and grants – key sources of nonprofit [...]
Passionately Spreading Your Message I finally caught up with work enough to start catching up with my reader and saw this post, Avoiding Social Media Hype by Amada at Hallme.com. I couldn’t agree more with most of the information in the post especially this: “Forget the social media experts, find great businesses that know how [...]
Susan Hammond Announces Directors Round Table Susan Hammond is an invaluable resource to all of us at The Non-Profit Toolbox. She acts as our chief adviser, is working us through her Advisory Board Kit program, and presented on Governance at our first Mini-conference. She is now offering a powerful opportunity for Nonprofit Organization Directors: Launching [...]
Guest post by Chad O’Connor, Adjunct Professor Emerson College What Makes an Audience Connect? So far in this series of blog spots I’ve talked about important concepts surrounding understanding audiences and the things that will get them to listen to you. But what exactly is it about a persuasive message that gets people to be [...]