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Tag: Nonprofit

  • High Stakes: Breaking the Feast-or-Famine Cycle in Nonprofit Fundraising

    High Stakes: Breaking the Feast-or-Famine Cycle in Nonprofit Fundraising

    Over the next several months, we’ll discuss how small to medium-sized nonprofits with limited funding can stand out in a competitive landscape. This week, we’re focusing on High Stakes—because in the nonprofit world, every grant application and fundraising push can feel like a make-or-break moment. Recently, we talked about Resource Drain and how easy it…

  • Resource Drain: Navigating the Growing Chaos

    Resource Drain: Navigating the Growing Chaos

    Over the next several months, we’ll discuss how small to medium-sized nonprofits with limited funding can stand out in a competitive landscape. This week, we’re focusing on Resource Drain. Every day a new challenge seems to pop up, and with decreasing budgets, precious little time, and a staff feeling stretched thin, there’s no room for error.…

  • Standing Out: How Small Nonprofits can Compete and Thrive

    Standing Out: How Small Nonprofits can Compete and Thrive

    Over the next several months, we’ll discuss how small to medium-sized nonprofits with limited funding can stand out in a competitive landscape. This week, we’re focusing on how to avoid being Overlooked. It’s a crowded marketplace out there, but if you build systems of engagement into your everyday work, you will find that you can stand…

  • The Art of Connections for Nonprofits

    The Art of Connections for Nonprofits

    Over the next several months, we’ll discuss how small to medium-sized nonprofits with limited funding can stand out in a competitive landscape. This week, we’re focusing on a word that gives some of us the chills, Networking. Even if you’re just getting started there are some quick tricks to building yourself a great foundation. Last week,…

  • How to Build a Strong Track Record for your Nonprofit

    How to Build a Strong Track Record for your Nonprofit

    Over the next several months, we’ll discuss how small to medium-sized nonprofits with limited funding can stand out in a competitive landscape. This week, we’re focusing on creating a strong Track Record. Even if you’re just getting started, you need to know how to document and iterate your way to a great reputation. Last week, we…

  • You Don’t Always Need a Bigger Boat

    You Don’t Always Need a Bigger Boat

    Over the next several months, we’ll discuss how small to medium-sized nonprofits with limited funding can stand out in a competitive landscape. This week, we’re focusing on creating Economies of Scale. Now, I could spend the next 1000 words talking about technology alone, but there are tons of experts in that field. So, I’d like to…

  • Fueling Impact: Elevating Nonprofit Fundraising Strategies

    Fueling Impact: Elevating Nonprofit Fundraising Strategies

    Professional approaches to stand out, raise more, and drive your mission forward. Over the next several months, we’ll discuss how small to medium-sized nonprofits with limited funding can stand out in a competitive landscape. This week, we’re focusing on establishing Professional Fundraising methods. There are countless ways to raise funds for your nonprofit, and this stack won’t…

  • Legal Ease

    Legal Ease

    How to simplify nonprofit legal compliance Staying in good legal standing as a nonprofit might seem straightforward, yet it poses a Herculean task for small organizations without a dedicated legal team. Here are some practical strategies to help ensure that your nonprofit maintains the trust and confidence of your supporters. Got questions or need a…

  • Boost Donor Love with Automation

    Boost Donor Love with Automation

    Make and impression on your stakeholders with help from ai Automating tasks is like hiring the best employee you never knew you needed, and it can be a game-changer for improving your organization’s donor retention. Consistent, polished communication might be hard to maintain regularly, but with a smart strategy, you can make sure those who…

  • Create a Social Spark

    Create a Social Spark

    How to ignite your nonprofit’s social media impact Are you tired of working in the shadow of bigger and better-funded organizations? Perhaps a refresh on your social media presence will add that spark. The digital world offers an egalitarian space for voices of all sizes to be heard, but you gotta find a way to…