Regardless of what industry you work in, we all have competitors. Even nonprofits compete against each other for donations. In my hometown of Boston, charities compete against The Jimmy Fund, Children’s Hospital Boston, and the Museum of Science, among others. Nonprofits are also competing against a whole slew national charities. They range from Komen for […]
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Dollars for Doers is a matching gift program for volunteerism that rewards volunteer hours with a company donation to the nonprofit. The typical formula is $10 for each hour spent volunteering, although it’s not uncommon to see corporate matches of $20 per hour or more. To learn more about Dollars for Doers (also called volunteer
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Halloween is a multi-billion dollar industry—second only to Christmas in consumer spending. But for fundraisers and do-gooders, Halloween is number one. Here’s why Halloween is a fundraiser’s dream and how you can start raising money this week! Halloween is social. Halloween isn’t the family holiday that Thanksgiving and Christmas are. Parents parade their kids out
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Photo by mimitalks When a company creates a new product or even updates an existing product, they are sure they are going to make a huge impact on the entire industry. How could you not fall in love with this innovation? This creativity? So it is with NPOs and their causes or missions. The objectives
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Photo by Sebastiaan ter Burg, Creative Company Conference 2011 Your organization has decided to hit a few conventions and conferences later this year and into early next year. The plans are coming together pretty fast by necessity, but you of course want to make sure that your booth gets a lot of traffic, and that
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Photo by TaxCredits.net You have done everything right. Your campaign has been complimented by many people in your community. Your boss is happy, you’re happy, and traffic to your donations page has been really high. So, when it comes time to count up the donations, you are just positive that every fundraising record has been
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I get calls every week from people that want to start a socially responsible business (or cause business as I like to call them). Good, intelligent, well-intentioned people who really want to change the world. They call. We talk. I never hear from them again. They never call again because their business goes nowhere or
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A lot of what I write about on this blog, Selfish Giving and other sites is about nonprofits acting to help themselves, as opposed to waiting on bended knee with cupped hands for someone to help them. I’ve written before about my disinterest in charity. I’m much more interested in people and nonprofits helping themselves in
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Photo by beegeye Whether we like it or not, the fact is that being found easily on search engines, especially Google, is still a very important part of the marketing game. Indeed, with the near extinction of resources like phone books, web search is perhaps the best possible way people can find you and your
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Do you watch television with your smartphone or laptop? You probably do and you’re in a good company. I’m writing this post on my couch while I’m watching a new episode of Boardwalk Empire. I have my Macbook Pro on my lap and my iPhone 5S is a few inches away on the armrest. I reach for it when I
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