Events

Cybersecurity Experts to Deliver Keynote at NonProfit PRO Emerging Tech & Growth Conference
July 7, 2015 at 2:12 pm

Earlier this year, a pair of nonprofits were hacked by Islamic State sympathizers. Ultimately, both nonprofits would recover with little lasting damage, but it was a chilling reminder that no one, not even small, low-profile organizations, is invulnerable to cyber attack. The scariest part? It can be so much worse. You've got to be prepared...

Excelsior College’s Ron Marzitelli and Khamel Abdulai to Present at NonProfit PRO Emerging Tech & Growth Conference
June 30, 2015 at 7:00 am

Is your nonprofit using the right technology—or, more importantly, is it using technology right? If you've never asked or answered those questions, maybe it's time for a tech needs assessment. Ron Marzitelli, assistant vice president of information technology, and Khamel Abdulai, workforce development specialist, both of the Excelsior College School of Business & Technology, are here to help.

MADD's Nick Ellinger to Present at NonProfit PRO Emerging Tech & Growth Conference
June 24, 2015 at 1:02 pm

Nick Ellinger has been busy. As vice president of strategic development for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), Ellinger was tasked with unifying MADD's network of databases—including 20 in its home office and hundreds more in the field, with record systems running the gamut from custom databases to Access to Excel to pen-on-paper. It was a monumental task, one that's still underway, but with Ellinger's guidance, MADD has begun the critical task of achieving a true omnichannel marketing strategy.

DaVinci Direct Wins 17 Awards at NEDMA Show
June 23, 2015 at 12:51 pm

DaVinci Direct has won more than 100 awards for creative excellence in several different competitions. Now, the agency has added to its total. At the New England Direct Marketing Association’s 2015 NEDMA Awards for Creative Excellence in Boston, DaVinci Direct won 17 awards—one of the highest award totals of any agency in the competition. “The…

Take Advantage of Community Relations Opportunities
June 12, 2015 at 2:36 pm

How often do you try to connect with someone at another organization? Sometimes you need an opportunity to call on others without seeming too aggressive. If you have an opportunity to make a positive impression, do it.

Join the NonProfit PRO Emerging Tech & Growth Conference
June 8, 2015 at 4:30 am

Technology moves fast—don't get left behind. Join us July 21 at WHYY in Philadelphia for the NonProfit PRO Emerging Tech & Growth Conference, the nonprofit sector's premier single-day event highlighting strategies for managing current and emerging technology to fuel growth. View more details here and register here. And use the promo code NPPNEWS for 50…

Registration Fee Bonfire
May 29, 2015

What if your event was born and raised on registration fees? How do you transition from them? I've seen and heard of some horrific stories of efforts to change to a no-reg fee environment. At least one nonprofit accomplished the switch successfully.

To Event or Not to Event? That’s the Question
April 30, 2015

Over the past couple of months a number of nonprofit executives have reached out to me regarding their fundraising events. You'd be right—and wrong. What I'm really focused upon is getting clarity in your fundraising program objectives and then choosing the vehicles that will achieve those objectives.

When Fundraising Gets Caught in the Thick of Thin Things
April 23, 2015

When you reduce philanthropy to a transaction, you've placed yourself in the pool with everyone. Your cause becomes identical to everyone else's. Giving as a quid pro quo definitely has its limits—in any community.