Avoid the Three Most Common Mistakes Non-Profits Make with Crowdfunding
You’ve probably at least heard about crowdfunding or crowdsourcing even if you’re not exactly sure what it is or how it works. Crowdfunding is a relatively new alternative financing method for startup businesses, saviors for old businesses and methods of funding families that have suffered tragic events. All of its uses are yet unclear as […]
If You’re Not Engaged in Digital Marketing You’re Missing the Digital Age
I have a question for you. Are you a dinosaur trying to do business in the digital age without the aid of digital marketing? I know there are many folks clinging to the old-fashioned/traditional ways of marketing their businesses out there. Many businesses come kicking and screaming into digital marketing. The funny thing is, once […]
Find Your Non-Profit Tribe and Keep Them Engaged with Social Media
Social Media is a fairly young medium. Corporations are getting better and better at using social media for marketing and loyalty programs. However, the non-profit world has not yet come to understand the full measure of how social media can work to help not only attract those passionate about their causes, but also to keep […]
Understand the Function of Nonprofit Bylaws
When you start a nonprofit organization you are probably far more interested in the function of your organization within the community than making sure your organization is structured properly. However, you must have bylaws in place before you launch your organization. The bylaws serve the most important functions and will be extremely helpful when written […]
Your Non-Profits’ Fundraising Efforts: Forethought or Afterthought?
Non-profit and fundraising are like peanut butter and jelly, spaghetti and meatballs, fish and chips. You get the idea: They go best together. One without the other just doesn’t cut it. Yet somehow, fundraising always falls to the bottom of many non-profits’ priority lists in the blink of an eye. Forethought: careful thinking or planning […]
Non-Profit Startups: Positive Outlook Required for Positive Outcomes
It has been said over and over again that our perception is our reality. What this means is that how we see the world is how our world appears to be to us. It doesn’t mean that what we perceive is true it just means it appears to be true to us at the moment. I am a […]
Leadership Tips to Keep Your Non-Profit Passion Pumped Up!
You have a vision. You share the vision. You gather a small group of people who seem to share the passion for your vision. Before you know it, you’ve decided to launch into a dream so many have: To start a non-profit organization to help a cause close to your heart. Without solid leadership these […]
