One real reason renewal rates, retention rates and long-term loyalty stubbornly remain so abysmally low is because donor scepticism has been left to fester. What an opportunity.
Spookiness is just for Halloween, so let's be sure to always give our donors treats and not tricks.
Take time the next few weeks to get away from your day-to-day demands and create or fine-tune the fundraising plan that will take you to new heights in the coming year!
More than half of American teenagers and young adults volunteered last year, and the best way to enlist this group turns out to be peer pressure: Three quarters of people ages 13 to 22 whose friends volunteer regularly also do so, which is nearly twice the number of those who pursue voluntary activities based on their concern about particular social issues. Those were the key findings of new research results released today by Do Something, a group working to get young people involved in social change.
Ted Hart speaks with David LaGreca, executive director of VCG Governance Matters, and Nicole Sebastian, deputy executive director of VCG Governance Matters, about nonprofit governance on his Nonprofit Coach radio show.
Involving staff and volunteers in sharing the great news about your cause and its impact will turn your organization from being "the best kept secret in town" into one that is widely known and supported.
The Toy Industry Foundation's Jean Butler shares the key tactics her organizations utilizes to keep giving moment going beyond just the year-end giving season.
We can't control what others are doing, but we can make sure what we are doing is squeaky-clean. At least then it will be easier to avoid shrapnel from the battle raging around us.
Transitioning to paperless board and committee meetings can have a big impact by showing your organization is forward-focused as you embrace technology and seek to operate in a sustainable manner.
The new Smithsonian Institution branding campaign, “Seriously Amazing,” makes a central bet: Visitors and would-be visitors across the country have questions, and the Smithsonian has answers.
Its icon is a question mark, and it features red, green and spacesuit-silver characters, all asking for info:
What has given us water from Mars and daggers from India?”
“How is hip-hop like the microchip?”
“What exactly does a bear do in the woods?”
The $1.4 million campaign, which has been two years in the making, launched Thursday with a preview for staff, regents and directors, and a new website.
