Image by Getty Images via @daylife Fundraising out-of-state? Fundraising online seems easy: direct people to you website, and from there anyone can press a button and you can get donations! Sounds great, sounds easy but do you have permission to accept the money? In the blog post You’re Soliciting In Our State. Did We Say [...]
Last Sunday night I got a call from a old friend and Cal Berkeley alumni that the Cal Men’s Gymnastic Program was in trouble and could be cancelled. Since the implentation of Title 9 in the mid nineteen seventies minor men’s minor sports programs have dwindled. For mens gymnastic programs, there are less than 20 [...]
Stephen Melanson, from Melanson Consulting, gave a great presentation on Verbal Branding and the Networking for NonProfits Fun Night Out on May 6, 2010. This is part 6 of his presentation. A transcript follows the video: Here’s how I teach people in the beginning. You develop your one or two ideas that truly tell the [...]
I receive many newsletters from nonprofit organizations. Because I am always looking for interesting ways to raise money, I open most of these and skim through them quickly. However, there are two nonprofits whose letters I read very carefully. Why? Because I know that these nonprofits will tell me a story that that touches my [...]