One of my favorite alltime movies is 1963’s “It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.” All star cast, hilarious movie which has provided me with 40+ years of laughs ever since I first saw it at age 6. I thought of that movie when watching Twitter explode with new updates...
Valentine’s Day approaches and that means many nonprofits will be running campaigns. Some fun ones, some lovey-dovey ones. But all in the name of connecting with supporters and raising money. Then there’s the “Cry Me A Cockroach” campaign from the San Antonio Zoo....
The word “free” will light up the eyes of most nonprofit professionals, especially the CEO of a small nonprofit. If something can be had for free, why pay for it?! But is “free” really free? The Cost Of Free Take social media: Yes, the outlets...
Sometimes, gross misrepresentation offends and hurts. But if it opens our eyes to how others might be viewing us… Just One Person’s Opinion? The nonprofit sector can get very defensive as a whole when outsiders attack it or call into question its practices. We’re...
Giving Tuesday is thankfully over and we can move on to the deluge of GIVE US MONEY year end campaign emails which will fill our Inboxes for the next 4 weeks. I’m not a fan of Giving Tuesday for a whole host of reasons. One of those is the lack of effort...
A couple of weeks ago I looked at a ridiculous nonprofit job listing. I got a lot of reaction to the post, mostly from people in the sector who are so used to it they simply 🙄 and then move on. Guess what? I came across another nonprofit job post from hell. This one...
