You’ve been put in charge of leading the revamp of your organization’s website. A website build or redesign has technical but also design and execution aspects. You’ll need to understand both elements and how they work together, for a successful end product. Additionally, you might face the prospect of rallying stakeholders and staff towards a common vision, goal, and...
The holiday shopping season is upon us. In the frenzy of exciting discounts and hot new product trends, it can be a challenge for nonprofits with online shops to compete with big brands and e-commerce giants that have significantly larger marketing and advertising budgets. Yet, it is in the best interest of nonprofits with online shops to get involved...
If your organization is like most nonprofits, you are continually reaching out to stakeholders to: Educate Change minds Move people to action Recruit for an event Ask for financial support This is why you need to define your organization’s key messages — a set of concise statements about your mission or event, presented in a specific style your target...
As a non-profiteer of many years, I have known donor giving programs to be described via a myriad of terms; sustainment, long-term, continued, recurring – all ways to describe the length of the relationship a donor establishes with a non-profit. And, while the terms may describe a donor’s giving, what can non-profits say about the results of their donors’...
By Beth Singer, Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and events through design solutions. As passionate as we all are about our causes and their corresponding missions, from the inside looking out, sometimes we lose sight of the actual goal of...
By Allison Weber, founder of Allison Weber Consulting, a fundraising and communications business dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories. It’s no secret that corporate donors are invaluable partners for nonprofits. They can make a huge impact as they provide significant support across areas including grantmaking, employee engagement and cause marketing. The mystery that stumps some organizations is how to...
Crystal Dionysopoulou is the founder and Creative Director of Lucid Fox, a dynamic web design and development agency that puts people first. She draws on years of experience as a UX designer and front-end developer to guide the creation of the perfect website for your organization from start to finish. If 2020 taught us anything, it was how crucial...
By Beth Singer, Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and the mission of their institutions through design solutions. There’s a new normal. We never seem to detach from our devices because they provide the most direct pathway to colleagues, donors, our communities, and...
By A. Elliot Olson, Lead Web Strategist at Studio Anansi — website designs and digital strategies to empower mission-driven organizations and drive real results. Your website is your nonprofit’s digital home. It represents you online 24/7, bringing your work to life and motivating supporters. Nonprofit websites must be engaging, effective, and purposeful. 54% of donors worldwide prefer to give...
By Beth Singer, Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and the mission of their institutions though design solutions. Calling all presenters, trainers, and fundraisers! With the crazy number of online meetings we all have these days, you are probably assembling a...
By Allison Weber, founder of Allison Weber Consulting, a fundraising and communications business dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories. Stories are windows into new worlds. They whisk people away from their everyday lives and connect them with ideas that can revolutionize how they think. Now more than ever, nonprofits need to share stories of how they’re making...
By Robin L. Cabral, MA, CFRE, MFIA, founder of Development Consulting Services, which serves both fundraising professionals and executive directors new to fundraising, wanting to excel in their fundraising role, or advance in their career. She provides proven fundraising strategies, tactics, and tools including coaching, training, and content for fundraising success. Development audit after development audit of small- to...
By Pat Duffy, co-founder of The Giving Block 1) Should your nonprofit fundraise cryptocurrency? Hundreds of nonprofits now accept cryptocurrency donations. Bitcoin is perhaps the fastest and most tax-efficient way for donors to support nonprofits, but not all nonprofits should accept cryptocurrency. Reasons to accept crypto donations: Simplicity: Crypto is significantly easier than accepting stock donations. Market Size: Crypto...