NonProfit Pro
April 3, 2015
As a nonprofit professional, I love to use the titles of some of the Beatles songs as a metaphor for what nonprofit professionals do to promote their profession. These are a sample of 15 Beatles song titles and my translated thoughts.
April 3, 2015
Taking the first step toward a possible face-off over the Boy Scouts of America’s ban on openly gay adult members or employees, the organization’s New York affiliate said on Thursday that it had hired a gay Eagle Scout to work in a scout camp this summer. The New York group, the ’ Greater New York Councils, announced the hiring of Pascal Tessier, an 18-year-old Eagle Scout. He became a prominent figure among those speaking out against the ban on gay people over 18 in scouting.
April 3, 2015
We all could work in for-profit, and make bigger money and go buy things and experiences that make us happy. Or, we could just work at what we love in the nonprofit sector and be happy.
April 3, 2015
A charity meant to help at-risk children was allegedly hijacked by a convicted criminal. Terry Dow-Harris says a former volunteer took over Kingdom Purpose, Teach One Reach One behind her back and now she’s worried that woman could be collecting money for personal gain.
Sunbiz.org is a state-run registry of businesses and charities through the Florida Secretary of State Office. It lists things like the name of the organization, where it's located and who serves on its board. But all it took was a simple form for a convicted identity thief to take over a charity.
April 2, 2015
More tweets from the 2015 Association of Fundraising Professionals International Fundraising Conference (#AFPICON).
April 2, 2015
Ken Berger, who led the country’s most prominent nonprofit watchdog, Charity Navigator, for almost seven years, abruptly left his job this week after the board decided to find a leader with more expertise in technology. "Charity Navigator has been going through a planning process and doing a lot of thinking about where we’re headed next," Berger said in an interview. "As part of that, the organization is increasingly seeing itself as a technology company."
April 2, 2015
(Press release, April 1, 2015) — Richard K. Martin., CFRE, an outstanding fundraiser who has been a leader in Michigan and around the world in encouraging the profession to address the issues of diversity and inclusion, is the recipient of the Chair’s Award for Outstanding Service presented by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP).
April 2, 2015
This week, I want to talk about a few things I do know and how these things should impact our fundraising. Again, this isn't an exhaustive list, but rather what I recently have been grappling with.
April 2, 2015
(Press release, April 2, 2015) — The modern marketer is a multichannel strategist, relying most heavily on email, direct mail and social media. The Direct Marketing Association's (DMA) 2015 Response Rate Report revealed 65 percent of respondents use two or more media types in their marketing campaigns, with 44 percent reporting they use three or more. Of the seven key channels examined (Mobile, Email, Online Display, Paid Search, Telephone, and Direct Mail), email ranked at the top, with a full 83 percent of respondents reporting they used the channel in their marketing campaigns.
April 2, 2015
Being responsive and accountable to the donors who invest in your organization is fast becoming the single most important factor in fundraising success. Neglect it at your peril.
