
Agencies & Consultant

Since its launch in 2008, the 30,000-square foot Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles has provided not only an entertaining look at the enduring legacy of music (one of Michael Jackson's sequined gloves is prominently on display), but also serves as an educational tool, teaching thousands of schoolkids each year about the history and social…
Evaluating—or re-evaluating—recruiting strategy, community outreach and ways to improve volunteer programs should include a thorough understanding of current trends and changes impacting the nonprofit sector. In conducting our latest research into the state of volunteerism and volunteer screening in America, we asked for feedback from more than 700 nonprofit professionals...
I’ve seen great turnarounds in poor-performing nonprofits. I’ve also seen many fail terribly. To map out a plan for greater mission focus, increased impact, heightened leadership and transformational philanthropic support are invigorating. But to get to that vision, you must first deal with reality—where you are. And that often means making tough decisions...
Ellen Cobb Church and Jennifer Mercer have teamed up to launch the Thrive Marketing Group, according to a company release. Thrive is a team of fundraising professionals who will take traditional fundraising strategies and combine them with new emerging insights and strategies to meet the needs of their clients.
Most nonprofits work with agencies in the marketing and fundraising arena. But some of those relationships are not “healthy.” Is it about management style? Is this a “carrot versus stick” debate?...
If your organization is in need of advertising agency-level work, there are two ways to go: lead the search for an outside agency or establish your creative team as the go-to in-house agency. If working with an outside agency is not feasible, consider positioning your in-house team as the in-house agency of record for the project. Here's how...
Scrutiny of the Wounded Warrior Project has increased since reports have questioned the nonprofit’s spending. It’s not known if the reporting is 100 percent accurate, and the organization denies any wrongdoing, but the attention has pushed the nonprofit to act....
Newport Creative, Duxbury, Mass., today announced that David Gregory has joined its growing fundraising team as vice president of business and strategic development. Gregory was chief financial officer at Michigan Humane Society before joining Newport Creative. The move is a strategic part of the agency’s growth plan and commitment to the animal welfare market...
My dream always has been to overcome the barriers of both accessibility and availability. To give the leaders of even the smallest, most modest organizations the opportunity to fulfill their potential. On Tuesday, The Eight Principles™ team launched a platform, which makes the principles of strategic fundraising and paradigm concepts available to any nonprofit organization at any time, in any place.
Software providers DonorPro and Salsa Labs last week announced that they have joined forces to create an integrated online communications, fundraising, advocacy and donor management platform designed to radically enhance constituent engagement. Through this combination, nonprofit professionals will look to accelerate growth of their supporter base, raise more money and amplify their advocacy voices...