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Top 5 Nonprofit Email Newsletter Mistakes

Email newsletters take time and effort, and often aren’t as effective as they could be. Make sure your time is well spent by avoiding 5 common mistakes.

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Promoting Your Organization with Hashtags

By following a few best practices, you can harness the power of hashtags to promote your organization on social media.

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9 Common Donation Page Mistakes

Learn about 9 common mistakes nonprofits make on their website donation pages, and how to fix them.

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Mindset: How Your Thinking Impacts Fundraising and Your Life

Gail Perry shares her insights on the connection between mindset and fundraising from her AFP International Fundraising Conference session.

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Raise More Money by Inspiring P2P Fundraisers

Abby Jarvis of Qgiv discusses peer-to-peer fundraising events and how to get your supporters to raise funds for your organization.

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At Your Next Board Meeting Wow Your Members With a Fundraising Results Infographic

With spreadsheets and tables filled with data, it can be hard for your members to give much attention to what you are saying. Compel them with attractive charts and graphs to gain more retention!

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To Get Me from Passive to Active – Make Me Feel Something!

As nonprofits, there is pressure to not use very strong language to avoid controversy or bias. However, no controversy = boring. Learn how emotion is key through Campbell’s terms.

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Don’t Be a Gopher: Nonprofit Marketing and Program Sustainability

Kylie Hutchinson discusses the importance of promoting nonprofit program sustainability in the context of marketing.

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Barriers to Funder Collaboration and the Will to Overcome Them

Foundation leaders know the social sector needs more and better collaboration for impact. Learn about four barriers that often get in the way.

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Influencing Complex Systems Change

Expert insights from the Management Assistance Group for nonprofits that seek to move the needle on complex social issues.

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Two Ridiculously Simple Major Donor Cultivation Strategies

What kind of major donor cultivation strategies do you think work the best? Gail Perry breaks down the challenges of having conversations with prospective donors.

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Fundraising Bright Spots: The Secrets to Successful Fundraising from Individuals

A valuable webinar that gives a bird’s-eye view of how a successful nonprofit “culture of philanthropy” works, led by Jeanne Bell, CEO of CompassPoint.

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Groundwork for Good Fortune: The Real Power of Strategic Planning

Strategic planning is vital to reaching good fortune. This Philantopic article lays out the steps needed to successfully do just this.

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Tomorrow Only – How to Grow Your Donor List with Facebook and Instagram Ads

Not using Facebook or Instagram ads? Using Facebook and Instagram Ads, but they aren’t working? Indulge in Miller’s article addressing quick fixes to these issues.

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Opening the Door to a Major Gift Prospect: The Advice Visit

Opening the door to a major gift prospect can be a challenge. You may have a large prospect list at hand, however this can be ineffective without a successful approach which Gail Perry covers in this article.

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What Is the Best Way to Deliver Professional Development to Emerging Leaders?

Beth Kanter and Kari Dunn Saratovsky explore what it might take to expand the delivery of the leadership development best practices for young leaders to the social sector

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