Strategic Planning

I hate to be sad or depressed. I know some people like a good cry; they feel it is cleansing, cathartic. I am not one of them. I’ve even been accused of wearing permanent rose-colored glasses because of the lengths to which I will go to avoid tearjerker movies or sob-inducing novels...

Welcome back to #NPPTrendingNow, a weekly video series where NonProfit PRO Editor-in-Chief Nhu Te breaks down the top three coveted stories of the week. Here's what we've got going on for you this week: what we can learn from Brett Kavanaugh, focus on audience development and common major gift obstacles...

Many organizations are too often focused on established paradigms. As a result, they miss unique opportunities to leverage organizational talent and opportunities to reinvent their industries. At the Israeli-American Council, we strive to make sure we don’t miss the “Teslas”; and we have created a laboratory for experimentation in the field of social enterprise...

The nonprofit sector evolves year after year. In order for nonprofits to better understand how to succeed in the space, they have to learn and stay up to date with the latest nonprofit trends, strategies and innovations...

Fundraising seems pretty simple, doesn’t it? You ask for money, you get money. Unfortunately for us, that’s not the way it works.

Nonprofit organizations face a handful of challenges on the daily basis. In this incredible nonprofit space, organizations are constantly striving to achieve ultimate donor impact on communities; but are organizational silos increasingly affecting how much impact a nonprofit can make on its community?...

Technology platforms represent a major opportunity for nonprofits of all sizes to engage new audiences and attract new donors through nonprofit social media marketing. One issue that holds many nonprofits back, though, is that for-profit companies have completely oversaturated platforms like Facebook and Instagram!...

Millennials don’t like to be told what to do. I should know—I am one. I’m also the founder of Human Heritage Project and CEO of the National Rongxiang Xu Foundation, which is why I feel compelled to inform my peers that the world needs their help. As a young generation in the throes of adulthood…

Nonprofits are always looking for ways to increase donor retention rates and supporter engagement—and for good reason! New donors are great, and your nonprofit needs a healthy flow of new donors to ensure a steady rate of growth...

Does your organization suffer from the “middle child syndrome?” Middle children often feel that they are neglected—that it doesn’t matter what they do, they are never going to be great. They sometimes can’t figure out how to be extraordinary. They can’t break out of the middle child syndrome...