Taylor Shanklin

When you think of your brand, it can feel like a nebulous concept sometimes, right? You show up at your organization every day to fulfill a mission, to fill a need and to create opportunity for yourself and others around you. But is that your mission (your “why”) or is that your brand? And where does marketing come into the mix?

For anyone who has ever said or thought “LinkedIn is not Facebook,” well it just got a little bit closer to the social media giant.

Saying no is one of the hardest things to do. But, it perpetuates the burnout! In this first Truth Talks episode, T-Shank drops some "T-Shankspiration" about how to say "no," so you can focus on the things that matter most...

Bot. This may likely be your favorite word, or a word that strikes up a lot of fear and uncertainty at this time. What is a bot? Simply put in context of the nonprofit professional, a “bot” is software technology that helps to create one-to-one conversations between your organization and an individual...

You are a change-maker. You work for a nonprofit organization, so you must want to change the world. To be part of the impact. To move the mission forward. To end disease. To end hunger. To end racism, inequality and injustice. To end cruelty against mankind or nature. To end the bad stuff, the complicated stuff in this world...

It seems these days that marketers, strategists, analysts and sales people are hungry to throw around terms, such as Big Data, Business Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence, like a pack of dogs at the back door of a meat market. And, I have a confession to make: I’m a marketing professional also guilty of using these terms...

In the nonprofit sector, we wear a lot of hats. We all do it anyway because we care about the mission. We are a passionate bunch. But let’s face it, despite our passion, we all need to get a lot accomplished with a limited budget and limited time to do so. We also need to recognize that cross-team collaboration is vital to fulfilling the mission. Enter growth hacking for nonprofits...