You’ve heard the advice that to “cut through the noise”, your content has to be awesome. They claim that your audience will pay attention when you blow them away with a viral video or an epic infographic. But blowing away someone once isn’t what you want. You want people to stick around. It’s not easy being […]
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Happy Halloween, everyone! Halloween is all about tricks and treats, but it’s also a great holiday to give back and help others. Here are eight ways you can scare up support for some great causes. 1. Trick or Treat for Unicef. Trick or treat for UNICEF has been around for over 60 years. It’s too
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In Content Marketing for Nonprofits, Kivi Leroux Miller mentions a language study by Jen Shang, a psychologist who studies philanthropic behavior uncovered nine agitators Americans use to define a good person: Kind Caring Compassionate Helpful Friendly Fair Hard-working Generous Honest As you can imagine, the process of going from awareness about an issue to taking
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I’m already missing the summer months. I’m an avid gardener and I had a wonderful flower garden this year. You know when everything clicks? That was me this past summer. I live outside of Boston, and we got a nice balance of rain and sun so everything came up roses. But don’t take my word
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As you may have heard, October has been named “National Anti-Bullying Month.” As I was doing research for this post I found an observation regarding how sad it is that we need to have a national “anti-bullying” month, but that is where we are as a society today, unfortunately. Bullying of any kind, whether it
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Tell me if you recognize this scenario: your nonprofit’s finally got legs, the membership is growing, your community visibility is up, the media’s paying attention, you have a steady revenue stream–your effort is finally bearing fruit! But for all the influx of people and volunteer hours, you’re not yet at the point where your financials
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This blog is created with WordPress, one of the largest web platforms on the planet. What gives it a certain style and functionality is what’s called a theme. What is a WordPress theme? Simply stated, a theme dictates the design and functionality of your website without changing the basic WordPress software. A WordPress theme is
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Halloween costumes are a $28 million industry. Even if you haven’t bought yours yet, I bet you’re weighing your options. (After the Red Sox’s big win over the Detroit Tigers Sunday night, I’m thinking of going as a bearded cop with his arms raised in victory!) Here’s something else you should be thinking about. The
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Now is a good time for you to start the search for corporate partners. A recent article for The Nonprofit Times suggests that increasingly, Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 companies are looking for ways to support the communities in which they do business. Although the article primarily focuses on corporations involved in international giving (the
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A Platform for Good‘s mission is to highlight how technology can enhance our lives, and the opportunities it affords us to create social change. They pay particular attention to how Millennials are using technology for good. Unfortunately, most of what we read about are headlines about out-of-control cyber-bullying, 20-somethings posting regrettable photos on Instagram, and
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