Locking in High-Level Commitments
You work hard to get people’s attention. You hone your story and shout it from the rooftops. You market your [...]
Scanning for Good: 5 Reasons QR Codes Are a Safe Option for Nonprofits
At last year’s Blackbaud Conference for Nonprofits, Allison Nassour and I presented to a full room on the topic of [...]
Best Blogs of 2011
Well, it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for…our choice for the best Connection Cafe blog posts of 2011. I [...]
Best of 2011—Client Success Stories
It’s always fun to recap the year with great client success stories. We had a lot this year and I [...]
Mission Statements That Matter
Why is our industry plagued with so many terrible mission statements? You know the ones…they include meaningless words like “outreach” or [...]
EOY Fundraising Mad Libs
You’ve got 2 weeks until the end of 2011, 1 week before you’re on vacation, and maybe a few hours [...]
Social Media for Stewardship
Everyone is talking about social media these days. Many common questions come my way: How can I get my social [...]
Participant Value After the Event
As we continue to ramp up for the spring event season, I want to bring a strategic data point to [...]
Embrace Social, I Did.
That's right - true social fundraising! Take your peer-to-peer fundraising efforts, integrate it with your donor database and combine that with the kind of exposure only social media can deliver, and voila - Common Ground Social. It's so easy to use - for both you and your supporters. In 3 steps they can register, personalize and share a unique fundraising page (and more importantly, their personal story). The data flow between donor gifts and your database - instant. You can track and interact with your supporters and their networks. [...]
It’s All In The Tools
The following blog post is by Shana Masterson and Jonathan Cass. Shana has been working in event fundraising for national [...]
