How to do you create a nonprofit video strategy?
501 Tech NYC: Crafting a Nonprofit Video Strategy (July 2010) View more presentations from See3 Communications. Just found this presentation, hope it gives you some ideas!
Young Nonprofit Leaders: Interview with Claire Sale!
This is part three in my Young Nonprofit Leaders Series, where I ask different leaders who they are, what they do, what they think Gen Y is like, and what they see as the future of the sector. Read Part 1, an interview with Meredith Maples, here, and part 2, an interview with Larissa DeLuna, here.
7 Steps to get your nonprofit millions in grassroots donations
Do you have a process-oriented approach to nurturing donors? Do you have a way for people to refer friends to you? If not, why not? Recently, John Jantsch’s book, “The Referral Engine” has come up a lot in conversation. I read this book in April, 2010, after I saw a talk by Mr. Jantsch in […]
Do you have a map of your resources?
I recently met up with Ana Ottman of Red Dress Studios, to talk about business mentorship. She had some wonderful advice, and through her, I found this map. It’s a mind map of all entrepreneur resources in Austin. I love it, and I think you could make one too. Whether you’re a domestic violence agency […]
Does fundraising prepare you to be an entrepreneur?
In this last year, I’ve stepped away from fundraising full time and started to grow different businesses. And I’ve done fairly well, which makes me wonder, are fundraising and entrepreneurship similar? Could fundraising be the first step to starting your own business? Let’s take a look. Fundraising: You learn how to market your nonprofit with […]
Invest in Technology, and Empower Your Donors to Fundraise for You!
How can you empower your donors to make something new?
How can you help turn your donors into entrepreneurs for your cause?
What’s more exciting than starting something new, and making it your own?
George Stevens recently posted on R.E. Foundations, the Council on Foundation’s blog, about entrepreneurial donors. He wrote,
“…community foundations are a platform for the nonprofit ecosystem. Do we encourage donor innovation using our platform? Do we engage the entrepreneurial donors in our communities? To fail to do so is to be left behind in the recovery of the nonprofit sector.”