Want to learn more on this topic? We partnered with the author for a free CharityVillage webinar on May 19, 2016. Click here to watch the full recording. Does your board talk more about controlling costs and less about generating...
How easy is it for you to find a story to tell? Whenever I talk to nonprofit professionals about storytelling, the thing that consistently stops many of them from telling stories is finding stories to tell. This is especially true...
Putting on an awards gala, orchestrating a day-long river cleanup or coordinating a shelter adoption event are just a few examples of critical nonprofit work that relies on a lot of volunteers to be a success. Yet these marquee events,...
There’s a story about two masons at work. When asked what they were doing, the first mason replied, “I’m laying bricks,” and the second said, “I’m building a cathedral.” Similarly, Kate (not her real name) had two recent encounters with...
Yes, I know what you’re thinking - not another broad stroked article about the Millennial generation. Bear with me for a moment though, because this simple insight could be critical to the future of your social enterprise. Millennials will make...
I am a volunteer, and I am a donor. I donate to Christopher and Dana Reeve’s charity for spinal cord injury and research. Why? Because my father has a spinal cord injury. See the connection? It’s personal for me, which...
Over the last few years, a number of people in the nonprofit sector have started to question how the sector has always operated, wondering if things could be done differently. Some are even trying entirely new approaches to typical nonprofit...
A few weeks ago, I joined a small group of volunteers at the offices of Volunteer Toronto for an intensive three-day workshop. Participants — sent by the organizations with whom they volunteered — were taking part in a digital storytelling...
Editor's Note: Learn more hands-on tips to make managing your blog a breeze at Marlene's free webinar on May 27th. Running a blog is work. It takes time. It requires dedication. Blogging is like any other communication tactic. You have...
It doesn’t seem very long ago that nonprofit professionals were being told that having a presence on Facebook was vital to their organization’s success. The advice was heeded, and as sector professionals became Facebook-literate (one recent survey found that an...
