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Social Enterprise & Earned Income: A Key To Revenue or a Distraction?
It sounds like a great idea to start a social enterprise that provides both income and impact, but it’s a bit more complicated than that.
3 Online Fundraising Tips for Small Nonprofits
How to use digital fundraising tools to ease your nonprofit’s workload and raise more money in the process.
Ask Rita: How Do We Handle Harassment by an Outsider?
Have an effective policy. When a report is made, document the complaint. Take appropriate, swift, and effective action.
How to Cultivate Big Donors with a Small Staff
Six strategies that can help nonprofits when embarking on major donor cultivation, even if your development department is tiny.
How does your nonprofit involve the local community in its programs and initiatives?
Nonprofit leaders share their top strategies for boosting community engagement in programs and initiatives with the Blue Avocado community.
Don’t Call it a Crisis Plan: How Nonprofits Can Proactively Plan for Turbulent Times
You actually have more time than you think to get your nonprofit’s messaging right in a crisis. It’s better to take a little extra time than to stick your foot in your mouth and end up in a worse place than you started.
3 Tips & Tools for Better Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Peer-to-peer fundraising is a collaborative effort and can be tricky to navigate. Consider these tips, and you’ll be on the way to successful P2P fundraising.
Is Your Fundraising in Compliance with State Laws?
What are registration and disclosure requirements for nonprofit fundraising compliance? Leverage compliance for fundraising growth.
Communicating with Donors During a Maelstrom: Practical Wisdom on When, What, Who, How, and How Often
Concerned about whether and how to communicate with donors? Use this checklist to ensure your donors stay connected to your nonprofit.
Investing in Relationships with Donors: 5 Phases of Securing a Major Gift
Here are five phases of a major gift process to help you build relationships with donors.
How to Plan and Execute an Emergency Succession
Succession planning gets a bad rap. But in a pandemic, especially in the early days, an emergency succession plan becomes essential to a nonprofit.
The Power of Shared Power: Co-Directing Nonprofits Through Compassion
Learn how Compassionate Atlanta developed trust with one another through shared power in their nonprofit model.
Top Ten Questions from Job Seekers… Answered!
Search consultant and volunteer leader Sally Carlson shares something different about how to find a nonprofit job right now.
Ten Things I Learned About Leadership from Women Executives of Color
Some valuable lessons drawn from listening, observing, and laughing with women executive directors of color over the years.
You Got the Grant! Now What?
Nonprofits that do not deliver on the terms of a grant contract are at risk of having to return the funding. Make sure you have a plan.
Resiliency in the New Normal: Nonprofit Colleagues Share Their Experiences
When it comes to COVID-19, what is that new normal and exactly how are our colleagues adapting? Nonprofit leaders share their experiences.
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Five Ways to Let Government Money Run You Over
Strategic ways nonprofits can benefit from government funding but not become overly reliant on it.
What Do I Say to a Donor or Funder?
What to say to if you run into someone who has made a donation or a grant to the organization on whose board you serve.
Promises, Promises: Rural Advocates vs. Big Philanthropy
Community advocates are still picking up the pieces after a disastrous encounter that led to a unique lawsuit. How did it all come about?