I’ve started a board on Pinterest to keep track of some of the giving opportunities to support the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. Please check the board out and give generously!
Also, please let me know if you seen any other events, products or services that are supporting the victims.
This t-shirt created by students at Boston’s Emerson College has already raised $40,000!
Curt Weeden (shown above) is a corporate giving expert, speaker, author and founder of the New Strategies Forum.
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I just came back from a business trip to Charleston, South Carolina.
It was both good and bad.
The bad part was that the temperature in Charleston was the same as Boston so I didn’t get any relief from this cold spring!
The good part was that I was involved in a wonderful conference called the New Strategies Forum (NSF) that teaches nonprofits how to work more effectively with the business community and to raise more money.
The founder of NSF is a leader in corporate giving.… Keep reading
If you’re like most people who work at nonprofits, you’re inspired by quietly changing the world each and every day.
But sometimes it’s not easy to stay inspired – especially because you’re a human being with good days and bad days!
The CTK Foundation has just launched the 2012/2013 Heart & Soul Grants, with over $55,000 to assist nonprofits like yours in accomplishing your mission.
But, more important than the money is the process for applying, which is unlike any other grant program!
All you have to do is submit a 4-8 line poem expressing the heart of your mission at www.communitytech.net (orgs must be US-based 501 c3s).
The intent behind submitting a poem is for you to refresh, nurture and reawaken your sense of mission!
The Grant Application opens today (12 noon CST on 12/3/12) and closes at 12 noon CST on 1/7/13.… Keep reading
This is a guest post from Lori Halley is the blog writer for the Wild Apricot Blog.
Are you a volunteer or staff person managing a small membership organization?
Do you wish you had insight into how other groups are managing their organizations?
Everything you always wanted to know about small membership organizations
At Wild Apricot, we know that there are many small membership organizations that are solely volunteer-led or run on a skeleton staff. And these volunteers and staff often work in isolation, without the opportunity to network and share information with their peers.
Surveying the small membership community
So Wild Apricot is conducting an online survey for insight into the world of small member organizations. For example, we’d like to know:
Deadline extended to December 13th @ 5pm!
This is guest from Phil & Co., a group of outstanding professional that I’m happy to support.
Phil & Co. excels in creating campaigns that humanize brands and tell cause related stories in ways that are meaningful and compelling to consumers.
The agency specializes in being a bridge between consumers, corporations, and nonprofits. They have created successful cause marketing campaigns for The Museum of Natural History, the YWCA, Ai Wei Wei, and many more philanthropic organizations that receive regular media attention.
Now, Phil & Co. wants to help your nonprofit take your cause marketing to the next level with their first annual contest to select an innovative philanthropy to receive a pro-bono marketing strategy campaign.
On January 8, Phil & Co. will award a nonprofit a full service marketing, public relations, digital and advertising campaign worth $25,000. In order to enter their PHILfactor contest, visit here go before the contest deadline of November 9, and enter or nominate your favorite nonprofit.… Keep reading
Joe Waters shows nonprofits and for-profits how to use cause marketing and social media to establish and grow relationships with stakeholders. [...]
Your ultimate guide to doing well and good is here! Cause marketing is on the tongue of nearly every cause and company you talk to [...]
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