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What I Learned From A 24 Hour Zoomathon
I went on a 24 hour Zoomathon last week. That’s right- 24 hours straight. Here are lessons I learned about virtual events…and friendship.
One Piece At A Time
A nonprofit fundraising and marketing strategy is like a puzzle: You construct it one piece at a time. The final product produces a clear, cohesive picture.
The Best Time
When’s the best time to be posting to Twitter? Your organization has to test that out: See when people are engaging with your tweets and what content they’re responding to.
How To Decide Who To Follow On Twitter
It’s not easy to decide who to follow on Twitter. Here’s my method, which I’ve honed over the last decade and created for myself a feed full of variety.
Demonstrate Field Expertise
Want donors to consider donating to your organization? You need to demonstrate field expertise in your specific niche. Here are 5 ways to do that.
Step Into Your Donors Shoes
Your donors are being inundated with emails from many nonprofits. Step into your donor’s shoes and consider how they’d actually like you to communicate with them.
How Are You?
Coronaworld has turned everyone’s lives upside down. But that shouldn’t stop us from checking in on fellow employees and asking them: How are you?
Always Be Learning
What cooking new recipes taught me about the need to always be learning new things and moving forward. Also, what’s for dinner?
Competitive Intelligence
Gathering competitive intelligence is part of what your nonprofit needs to do in order to keep on top of what your competitor’s are doing.
From Fundraiser To Donation Recipient
9 years ago I went from being a fundraiser for others to a donation recipient. The lessons I learned then apply today, as millions suddenly find themselves out of work.