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10 Most Popular Posts of 2011
As 2011 comes to a close, I wanted to provide a list of the ten most popular Social Velocity blog posts this year. Then I’m taking a break from the blog until January. I hope you all find time over the...
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How Nonprofits Can Thrive While Awaiting Economic Recovery
After 3+ years of a difficult recession it looks like the economy might be starting to turn around. That’s great news. But for the nonprofit sector, which is always the first hit by and last to rebound...
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Asking More From Nonprofit Donors
Note: I’m out of the office for the next week, but in the meantime enjoy this post from the Social Velocity archives. It originally appeared on the blog in October 2011. Many of the ills of the...
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5 Things Nonprofit Donors Can Do to Transform the Sector
Nonprofit donors, particularly foundations and wealthy individuals, have an enormous amount of power in the sector. Sometimes they use that power for good and sometimes (often unknowingly) they use it...
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New Webinar: Leading Difficult Conversations with Donors, Board and Staff
There comes a time at every nonprofit when a difficult conversation must happen. A conversation, which if avoided, could really cripple the organization and its work. It could be saying “No” to a donor...
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Breaking Freeing of the Nonprofit Overhead Trap
Note: While I’m off during the holidays I wanted to provide some archive blog posts that you might enjoy. A version of this post originally appeared on the Social Velocity blog in November 2011. It’s...
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Financing Not Fundraising: Break Free From the Starvation Cycle
The other day I met with a nonprofit leader (let’s call her June) who has a great idea for an earned income venture that fits directly with her mission, but she doesn’t have the start-up capital to...
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How to Use Real Performance Data to Raise More Money
A big topic of conversation lately has been whether donors really care about impact, or whether they simply just give based on less scientific things like their emotions, or their friends...
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10 Great Social Innovation Reads: April 2013
April was all data, all the time. From big data, to performance data, to how donors use data to improve programs, to whether donors even care about data. It’s enough to make your head spin. But many...
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What Does the Future Hold For Nonprofits?
The nonprofit sector and the philanthropy that funds it have been changing dramatically over the past several years, and there’s plenty more change to come. This month’s Social Velocity webinar,...
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3 Things Philanthropists Can Do To Move Nonprofits Forward
Could it be that philanthropists and nonprofits are starting to have real conversations about what nonprofits need? I was encouraged by GuideStar, Charity Navigator and BBB Wise Giving Alliance‘s open...
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How to Rebut Crazy Donor Demands
Note: I’m out of the office this week, so here is a blog post from the Social Velocity archives. This post originally appeared on the blog in April 2012. One of the biggest challenges the nonprofit...
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Can Philanthropy Pave the Way, Not Get in the Way?
There is a growing drumbeat lately (for starters here, here and here) that nonprofits must be more bold. I couldn’t agree more and have argued that nonprofit fear and small thinking sometimes hold them...
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Financing Not Fundraising: Enlighten Your Donors
It used to be that a nonprofit leader receiving a check from a donor would smile politely, say a big “Thank You” and go on her way. But just as (seemingly) every aspect of the world as we know it is...
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Financing Not Fundraising: 5 Taboos Nonprofits Must Get Over
Yep, it’s true, the nonprofit sector doesn’t have enough money. There are lots of reasons for that, but part of it stems from the taboos the nonprofit sector (and the staffs, boards and donors within...
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A Monster List of Social Innovation Conferences
Today is Halloween, which, in my world, means that beyond candy, and trick or treating, and pumpkins it’s time for my annual “Monster List of Resources.” A few years ago I started the tradition of...
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New Tools to Build Your Nonprofit
A couple of years ago I recognized that there was a real need in the nonprofit sector for tools to help nonprofit staffs, board members and donors make their organizations more strategic and...
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Why Do Nonprofit Leaders Get in Their Own Way?
Can we talk about crazy for a minute? I’ve recently witnessed some behavior from nonprofit leaders that made my jaw drop: A board chairman convinced the rest of his board to turn away a donor who...
View ArticleHow to Fundraise for a Stronger Nonprofit [Slideshare]
In order to add to the growing Social Velocity Slideshare library, I’m delighted today to offer How to Fundraise for a Stronger Nonprofit. If you want to get your nonprofit out of the (all too common)...
View ArticleWhat Nonprofits Really Need From Their Donors [Video]
My hope in creating the growing library of Social Velocity videos is that nonprofit leaders will use the topics as a jumping off point for honest discussions with boards and donors. It can often be...
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