Events

Your swag may be hurting your mission. When asked about people wearing a nonprofit’s swag, most fundraising professionals will respond, “The more the better!” But when it comes to the buttons, ribbons, wristbands, t-shirts—all the stuff that people wear with a nonprofit’s brand—more is not always better. Sometimes, more can be, well, less. Here’s why...

I am writing this blog post on a Sunday morning, which is 17 hours after the 23rd annual WIBC Radiothon benefitting The Salvation Army Indiana Division ended. This important event provides a great deal of visibility for The Salvation Army in the community and promotes the mission, focus, programs and services The Salvation Army provides on an ongoing basis...

Inspiration can come in many different shapes and sizes—even people. And as members of the ever-changing nonprofit community, we are constantly seeking inspiration to improve our society and inspire those around us to do the same...

Blackbaud announced that it has entered an expanded partnership with Microsoft in an effort to digitally transform the nonprofit sector during the general session at bbcon 2017. Under this partnership, the two companies aim to focus on the following key areas...

Peer-to-peer fundraising is a method of fundraising that has been around for a while, but the surprising fact is that many fundraisers and nonprofit professionals actually don’t know what it is. P2P is a type of social fundraising, where volunteers can fundraise on an organization’s behalf. P2P fundraising can come in different forms...

There is a staggering number of young adults between the ages of 20 and 39 who are diagnosed with cancer each year. Specifically, that number is over 60,000—and that’s in the U.S. alone. Even more heart wrenching, approximately 9,000 young adults pass away each year from cancer...

Remember Maslow’s hierarchy of needs? Just about everybody got a dose of Maslow somewhere along the line, either in high school social studies class, or college psychology or sociology courses. And if it somehow slipped by you in school, you may have read about it in management or productivity books. Even books on project management talk about it...

Mark your calendars—It’s a Peer-to-Peer World: Virtual Conference is happening on Sept. 27. The conference will offer five P2P fundraising-focused webinars, where nonprofits, including American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, National Hemophilia Foundation and Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, are coming together to share the way they are using peer-to-peer techniques to fundraise...

People listen differently when stories are told. Just watch a toddler listen to their favorite book over and over again to know this is true. At the end of your workday, you likely share short glimpses into your day with the stories you tell your family or friends. A well-constructed story is one of the most effective fundraising tools simply because our brains love and need stories to process what we are thinking...

Today’s changing landscape is constantly evolving the nonprofit sector. And with the evolution of digital technologies comes more opportunity for fundraising—especially when it comes to event fundraising. RAISE 2017 is the first national conference for event fundraising professionals, and it’s all taking place from Sept. 25 to 26 in Washington, D.C...