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Your Donor Sweetheart + My Nonprofit Comms Edit
Today is my 10 year wedding anniversary and it got me thinking about how we value and place importance on anniversaries. That the action of acknowledgement is important. It recognizes a significant commitment and bond. It communicates that through the years, I continue to choose you. Pretty big stuff. It then got me thinking about […]
5 Creative Ways to Engage Supporters with Instagram Stories
Instagram Stories create an extra layer of visibility for your nonprofit – whenever you want that visibility. Like Snapchat, Instagram Stories last for 24 hours. And like Snapchat, stories are told in a series of pictures and videos. Users who’ve published Instagram Stories within the past 24 hours appear at the very top of the […]
Asana for Nonprofits: How to Manage your Direct Mail Schedule
By Leili Khalessi As a nonprofit fundraiser (and communications officer and technologist and…), I’ve developed sharp project management skills – it’s the key to wearing all of the hats! My favorite project management tool for nonprofits is Asana, a web-based “teamwork without email” platform. I use Asana to manage our direct mail fundraising and communications […]
Is Giving Tuesday a Waste of Time?
By Edgar Rodriguez Is Giving Tuesday a waste of time? Good question, right? First of all, the data says it’s been hugely successful in the past. Over 15,000 nonprofits participated last year, raising over $45 million. Yes, some nonprofits probably raised very little money. But Giving Tuesday is NOT just a 24-hour fundraising campaign. It’s a movement that your supporters […]
