NonProfit Pro

Never forget the ground game. At the end of the day, our biggest success lies in the personal connection — targeting people specifically, reaching out to them individually (by email, phone, in person and, yes, even social media).

(Press release, March 24, 2015) — Innovairre Communications formally announced a partnership with IQR Consulting, the 6-year-old data analytics/data services and marketing firm from Western India. The strategic partnership follows up on Innovairre's commitment to growth by delivering new, advanced fundraising solutions.

Recent tweets on fundraising (#fundraising).

A group that served as guardians of the Alamo for more than a century before the state of Texas announced it was taking over day-to-day management of the historic site is suing for control of more than 30,000 books and artifacts at its library. The Daughters of the Republic of Texas filed suit Monday against the Texas General Land Office, alleging the agency "unilaterally declared" the state owner of the organization's private library collection.

(Press release, March 23, 2015) — Chapman Cubine Adams + Hussey (CCAH), a full-service direct marketing firm serving global nonprofit organizations, is proud to announce that it has been awarded seven coveted Pollie Awards, the industry's highest honor bestowed on political consultants at the national and international level, from the AAPC. CCAH was recognized in four separate categories — sweeping one entire category — for its exemplary work during the 2014 political season. CCAH's Pollie Award wins are as follows:

At the inaugural NonProfit PRO Leadership Conference May 5 in Washington, D.C., Paul Bellantone, president and CEO of Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), will tackle How to Handle a Complex Nonprofit Business Environment.

There’s an enormous amount of information you can learn from your constituent engagement online. Are you mining those gems and using them in your nonprofit marketing?

(Press release, March 19, 2015) — Originally founded as Variety Children's Hospital in 1950, Miami Children's Hospital unveiled a logo featuring its new Nicklaus Children's Hospital name, during a press conference with golf icon Jack Nicklaus and his wife Barbara. The new name is effective March 20, on the hospital's 65^th anniversary. In addition, the hospital's eight outpatient centers will also assume the Nicklaus name.

(Press release, March 19, 2015) — FrontStream has announced the release of a platform integration that now offers a complete range of tools for CSR teams to offer their employees in their philanthropic efforts. This enables businesses to develop more impactful social responsibility and employee engagement programs by giving employee donors the ability to set up fundraising campaigns for any of the nearly 2 million nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and Canada.

In coming up with the idea to hold a “Philanthropic Challenge on Economy and Finance” at its 2015 annual meeting scheduled for the end of April, the Council on Foundations presumably had to have drawn some justification, something that convinced them that a “contest” (the COF announcement includes a link to “official contest guideline [sic] rules” would be a good thing for the Council to pursue for an industry or sector ostensibly devoted to a deliberative process.