We’ve all seen them: social media pages or websites for grassroots nonprofit agencies that appear to have been designed by a student or a well-intentioned volunteer. And those of us who appreciate the power of storytelling are left to wonder why an agency with such amazing stories overlooks the opportunity to leverage them into donations or volunteers. A youth development agency that dreams of serving more children. The agency director/project manager is key. MORE
However, at this juncture in the evolution of social media and blogger relations, sort of sad and frustrating that too many agencies still don't understand the "human side" of "social." How do you "social media fix" a PR agency or ad agency? MORE
Step up your marketing and get your agency's name and successes made known. You do not ever want to disparage other organization, and you do not want to think of your organization as competing with other regional agencies because their mission is different from your organization's and therefore each of these nonprofit's are working on different pieces of the issue. MORE
You may say to me, 'Well, we know we need a grant writer at this agency, but now we've invested in this new staff member and we have no guarantees that grant money will come in. For instance, if ten years ago your agency solicited grants regularly, bring that box of old files out of storage. You can imagine, after seeing the above, what else could help someone new to your agency or cause to educate them and give them documents to meet guideline requirements. I ask, "Ack!"? MORE
This includes nonprofit agencies, public and private schools, and public institutions such as universities and government (state, local, federal) agencies in the United States or any of its territories. From The Foundation Center. [If MORE
The response has been great—Leili reports that local agencies have shared Red Rover’s disaster-related resources via Twitter and other channels and the org’s 15,000+ Facebook fans have been sharing its disaster-resource & assistance graphic far and wide. MORE
an extra special interview on a topic that is sizzlin' hot -- Influencer Marketing with Danica Kombol founder of Everywhere Agency. I run the social media marketing firm, Everywhere Agency. Now a major focus of our agency is influencer marketing. MORE
A world leader in fundraising, Tony travelled widely and, as Ken Burnett, whose agency Tony joined earlier in his career, noted: “He touched people incredibly wherever he went.” MORE
Paul Jones is President of Alden Keene and Associates, a boutique marketing firm that specializes in cause marketing. His Cause Marketing blog is “dedicated to highlighting and dissecting the best and the worst cause marketing promotions and campaigns.” MORE
Third party contractors, an agency in one case, a freelancer in an other, tweeted posts that the clients felt reflected poorly on the brand promise. In the case of Chrysler, the agency employee forgot to switch off from the brand Twitter page to his personal account. MORE
Enter stage left - PR agencies, advertising agencies and social media consultants who are seizing an opportunity to carve a service niche from their time pressed, staff starved clients. Blogs and Facebook and Twitter and YouTube and Flicker. Oh My! MORE
Paul Jones is President of Alden Keene and Associates, a boutique marketing firm that specializes in cause marketing. His Cause Marketing blog is “dedicated to highlighting and dissecting the best and the worst cause marketing promotions and campaigns.” MORE
The Agitator has readers on both sides of the dance floor … lots of ‘clients’ and heaps of agencies and consultants. Agency: “How much do you have budgeted?&#. Agency: “Well, give us a ballpark figure.&#. Agency: “OK … $5,000 to $100,000.&#. Agency: “Which half of what we’ve discussed don’t you want?&#. He offers this checklist to cover off before talking to an agency: Checklist. MORE
Paul Jones is President of Alden Keene and Associates, a boutique marketing firm that specializes in cause marketing. His Cause Marketing blog is “dedicated to highlighting and dissecting the best and the worst cause marketing promotions and campaigns.” MORE
cut in payments to the nation’s home health agencies (HHA) to begin next year. percent decrease in Medicare payments to home health agencies (HHAs) for calendar year (CY) 2012. With government cuts (or default) looming, everyone is talking about cuts. The battle is really over how much cutting will be done, and who will bleed most. The two federal programs that are most often discussed as targets for cutting are Social Security and Medicare. MORE
A lot of what I’m about to say here will seem offensive to fundraising agencies and insensitive to their problems. Higher fees, lost respect, absence of serious innovation – all are trends that manifest themselves in the anger, frustration and angst expressed by clients over their agencies. I’m sure most agency heads are aware of all this and don’t know what to do about it, any more than those clients who recognize the trend. MORE
It's so easy to buy your bag of peanuts and sit in the bleachers as you watch your agency kick the ball into flight. Not only have you shifted reality for your raving fans but you've relinquished control of the ball/ brand to your agency. Even the best intentioned interactive, ad, PR agencies or consultants can easily fall into the illusion that doing more for a client is actually doing less. The agency can write better than our CEO. Agency cheers! MORE
Thursday’s post covered how a nonprofit might evaluate a cause-related marketing campaign.Today’s post tackles the question from the perspective of an agency.While there’s plenty in Thursday’s post that’s pertinent to agencies, they still have their own unique gloss on evaluating the success of a campaign.Agencies frequently care about things like whether a campaign garners awards and/or the. MORE
All persons, organizations, and agencies (excluding federal government) working on projects to protect coastal and marine fish habitats are eligible to apply for funding. Federal agencies may not receive funds, but may be listed as partners on an application. From The Foundation Center. [If If you are interested in this grant opportunity, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the end of this blog post for more information]. MORE
Apple Education: Technology Environment Hardware Review Nonprofit Reviews Technology carbon emissions EnergyStar Hardware Mac Mac Mini Server Macintosh MacMini Mini Non-profit organization Solid-state drive United States Environmental Protection AgencyI have often written about the great opportunity and flexibility the Mac Mini Server offers nonprofits and small businesses. MORE
This agency is renowned for its high-quality service delivery but many of the folks who knew it best (referring health care providers, and current clients and their families) thought it provided a far narrower range of services in fewer locations with far less impact than it does at this point. . MORE
SOLUTION: Turn to The Martin Agency , noted for, among other great work their. MORE
The show aired, and the next day, the agency that we worked with sent us an eleven-page report on why that show was really bad. MORE
The following are suggestions for any fundraising committee members, fundraising staff, or executive director looking to get their board members informed on, supportive of, and ultimately to become a strength in the agency's potential to raise more and larger grants. __ Never assume any organization's leadership and its respective individual members know what any new thing that any nonprofit is doing and how it's done. MORE
The other day I stumbled upon this press release (via the CRA RSS feed ) announcing the launch of The Canada Revenue Agency’s new “Underground Economy - Not your Problem?&# Tags: canada revenue agency government contest underground economy youtube News Rant piracy General Web 2.0 Whenever I see a new addition on the Government 2.0 Best Practices Wiki , I immediately proceed to do a little investigative research to find out if it’s legit. MORE
Jeff and his agency are behind Be Bold, Go Bald! , On today’s show, Megan and I talk to Jeff Freedman , Founder & CEO of Small Army & Small Army for a Cause. an effort that has supporters nationwide wearing bald caps to raise money for 25 local and national cancer organizations. Since its inception in 2009, participants have raised $500,000. Jeff shares his powerful story of starting Be Bold, Go Bald! MORE
Keep in mind as you read the following posts that nonprofits raise support from their communities in various different ways including developing, acquiring, and retaining community partners (such as other nonprofits, government agencies, or businesses) to provide programs or services with. For Your Agency's Improved Grant Raising The Single Most Important Thing A Start Up Nonprofit Can Do Is Network. MORE
How should an agency evaluate a cause campaign it had a hand in? While there’s plenty in both posts that’s pertinent, agencies still have their own unique gloss on evaluating the success of a campaign. Agencies care about achieving higher creative standards. MORE
The annual award recognizes leadership in implementing innovative partnerships between community agencies and caregiving researchers to bridge the gap between science and practice. From The Foundation Center. For more information on this award opportunity, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the end of this blog post]. MORE
Last November, the agency I work for hosted it’s second annual fundraising gala and had the privilege of partnering with 4 different businesses who were featured sponsors at different levels. It’s a big deal when our agencies can offer value to help our business partners. MORE
Clientele, community members, donors, non profit volunteers and staff, and agency leadership, you may ask: "What is a well run non profit?" A well run non profit agency is one in which: 10. The board of directors, (or volunteer leadership), are educated (about their role as leadership, know the agency's ratified policies, their legal responsibilities (i.e. There must be agency-wide buy-in into the mission statement. A proactive agency policy will benefit everyone. MORE
How should an agency evaluate a cause marketing campaign it had a hand in creating? Agencies have their own unique gloss on evaluating the success of a campaign. Agencies care about achieving higher creative standards. Agencies frequently care about things like whether a campaign helps them add another trophy to the case or brings the respect of peers and the trade press. The agency's job is to help create a campaign that works; that is, a campaign that sells. MORE
If you know of an agency that serves homeless people with good content for that clientele on their website, please share in the comments! MORE
Will the way an arts organization approaches its communications work vary significantly from a social service agency? Over the seven years that we’ve done the Nonprofit Communications Trends Report , we’ve seen few significant differences between nonprofits with different missions. MORE
This agency is renowned for high-quality service delivery, but even many of the folks who know it best—referring health care providers, current clients and their families—think it provides a far narrower range of services in fewer locations than it currently does. This kind of disconnect is an organizational nightmare—especially when the agency has done so much to shape its network of services, approaches, and locations in response to community needs. MORE
In this episode of CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to Aria Finger , COO of millennial-focused nonprofit Dosomething.org and President of TMI , a new youth-focused agency. MORE
Apple Education: Technology Environment Hardware Review Nonprofit Reviews Technology carbon emissions EnergyStar Hardware Mac Mac Mini Server Macintosh MacMini Mini Non-profit organization Solid-state drive United States Environmental Protection AgencyI have often written about the great opportunity and flexibility the Mac Mini Server offers nonprofits and small businesses. MORE
In an open letter on his Facebook profile, Mark Zuckerberg writes: Check out this nifty infographic from marketing agency Keystone Click , detailing some of the major changes from TheFacebook.com in 2004 to Facebook as we know it today. MORE
While resources and initiatives have been devoted to assisting agencies for quite some time in advancing culturally competent communications, it wasn’t until more recently that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning people (LGBTQ) have been included in these conversations. MORE
Zach Hochstadt is a founding partner of Mission Minded , a branding firm working exclusively with nonprofit organizations, with offices in San Francisco and Denver. MORE
All persons, organizations, and agencies (excluding employees of the federal government) working on projects designed to ensure sustainable U.S. From The Foundation Center. [If If you are interested in more information on this grant opportunity, click "Link To Complete RFP" at the end of this blog post]. MORE
After over a decade of leadership, current President and CEO Dan Doyle leaves the agency in the strongest position it has ever been. Mwosi, most recently Senior Vice President of Mal Warwick | Donordigital, began at the agency 21 years ago. Mwosi Swenson, President and CEO. MORE
Twitter alerts are tweets published by select public agencies ( here’s the full international list ) and emergency organizations during a crisis or emergency. As of August 2016, Twitter has 313 million monthly active users. MORE
Agency Related Topics Diva Marketing Blog
MARCH 25, 2011
Third party contractors, an agency in one case, a freelancer in an other, tweeted posts that the clients felt reflected poorly on the brand promise. In the case of Chrysler, the agency employee forgot to switch off from the brand Twitter page to his personal account.
The Agitator
JUNE 10, 2014
A lot of what I’m about to say here will seem offensive to fundraising agencies and insensitive to their problems. Higher fees, lost respect, absence of serious innovation – all are trends that manifest themselves in the anger, frustration and angst expressed by clients over their agencies. I’m sure most agency heads are aware of all this and don’t know what to do about it, any more than those clients who recognize the trend.
Cause Related Marketing
MAY 20, 2011
How should an agency evaluate a cause campaign it had a hand in? While there’s plenty in both posts that’s pertinent, agencies still have their own unique gloss on evaluating the success of a campaign. Agencies care about achieving higher creative standards.
Non Profit Marketing 360
AUGUST 31, 2011
Zach Hochstadt is a founding partner of Mission Minded , a branding firm working exclusively with nonprofit organizations, with offices in San Francisco and Denver.
Cause Related Marketing
JUNE 7, 2012
How should an agency evaluate a cause marketing campaign it had a hand in creating? Agencies have their own unique gloss on evaluating the success of a campaign. Agencies care about achieving higher creative standards. Agencies frequently care about things like whether a campaign helps them add another trophy to the case or brings the respect of peers and the trade press. The agency's job is to help create a campaign that works; that is, a campaign that sells.
Diva Marketing Blog
NOVEMBER 11, 2010
It's so easy to buy your bag of peanuts and sit in the bleachers as you watch your agency kick the ball into flight. Not only have you shifted reality for your raving fans but you've relinquished control of the ball/ brand to your agency. Even the best intentioned interactive, ad, PR agencies or consultants can easily fall into the illusion that doing more for a client is actually doing less. The agency can write better than our CEO. Agency cheers!
Public Sector Marketing 2.0
FEBRUARY 1, 2009
The other day I stumbled upon this press release (via the CRA RSS feed ) announcing the launch of The Canada Revenue Agency’s new “Underground Economy - Not your Problem?&# Tags: canada revenue agency government contest underground economy youtube News Rant piracy General Web 2.0 Whenever I see a new addition on the Government 2.0 Best Practices Wiki , I immediately proceed to do a little investigative research to find out if it’s legit.
Seeking Grant Money Today
OCTOBER 10, 2011
All persons, organizations, and agencies (excluding employees of the federal government) working on projects designed to ensure sustainable U.S. From The Foundation Center. [If If you are interested in more information on this grant opportunity, click "Link To Complete RFP" at the end of this blog post].
Cause Related Marketing
SEPTEMBER 25, 2007
Thursday’s post covered how a nonprofit might evaluate a cause-related marketing campaign.Today’s post tackles the question from the perspective of an agency.While there’s plenty in Thursday’s post that’s pertinent to agencies, they still have their own unique gloss on evaluating the success of a campaign.Agencies frequently care about things like whether a campaign garners awards and/or the.
Seeking Grant Money Today
OCTOBER 11, 2009
The following are suggestions for any fundraising committee members, fundraising staff, or executive director looking to get their board members informed on, supportive of, and ultimately to become a strength in the agency's potential to raise more and larger grants. __ Never assume any organization's leadership and its respective individual members know what any new thing that any nonprofit is doing and how it's done.
Getting Attention
MAY 8, 2014
We’ve all seen them: social media pages or websites for grassroots nonprofit agencies that appear to have been designed by a student or a well-intentioned volunteer. And those of us who appreciate the power of storytelling are left to wonder why an agency with such amazing stories overlooks the opportunity to leverage them into donations or volunteers. A youth development agency that dreams of serving more children. The agency director/project manager is key.
Non Profit Marketing 360
OCTOBER 26, 2011
Paul Jones is President of Alden Keene and Associates, a boutique marketing firm that specializes in cause marketing. His Cause Marketing blog is “dedicated to highlighting and dissecting the best and the worst cause marketing promotions and campaigns.”
Non Profit Marketing 360
OCTOBER 25, 2011
Paul Jones is President of Alden Keene and Associates, a boutique marketing firm that specializes in cause marketing. His Cause Marketing blog is “dedicated to highlighting and dissecting the best and the worst cause marketing promotions and campaigns.”
Non Profit Marketing 360
OCTOBER 25, 2011
Paul Jones is President of Alden Keene and Associates, a boutique marketing firm that specializes in cause marketing. His Cause Marketing blog is “dedicated to highlighting and dissecting the best and the worst cause marketing promotions and campaigns.”
Seeking Grant Money Today
MAY 25, 2009
Step up your marketing and get your agency's name and successes made known. You do not ever want to disparage other organization, and you do not want to think of your organization as competing with other regional agencies because their mission is different from your organization's and therefore each of these nonprofit's are working on different pieces of the issue.
Non Profit Marketing 360
JULY 28, 2011
cut in payments to the nation’s home health agencies (HHA) to begin next year. percent decrease in Medicare payments to home health agencies (HHAs) for calendar year (CY) 2012. With government cuts (or default) looming, everyone is talking about cuts. The battle is really over how much cutting will be done, and who will bleed most. The two federal programs that are most often discussed as targets for cutting are Social Security and Medicare.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
While resources and initiatives have been devoted to assisting agencies for quite some time in advancing culturally competent communications, it wasn’t until more recently that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning people (LGBTQ) have been included in these conversations.
Getting Attention
MAY 20, 2015
This agency is renowned for its high-quality service delivery but many of the folks who knew it best (referring health care providers, and current clients and their families) thought it provided a far narrower range of services in fewer locations with far less impact than it does at this point. .
Seeking Grant Money Today
JULY 22, 2012
Keep in mind as you read the following posts that nonprofits raise support from their communities in various different ways including developing, acquiring, and retaining community partners (such as other nonprofits, government agencies, or businesses) to provide programs or services with. For Your Agency's Improved Grant Raising The Single Most Important Thing A Start Up Nonprofit Can Do Is Network.
DonorDigital
SEPTEMBER 22, 2015
After over a decade of leadership, current President and CEO Dan Doyle leaves the agency in the strongest position it has ever been. Mwosi, most recently Senior Vice President of Mal Warwick | Donordigital, began at the agency 21 years ago. Mwosi Swenson, President and CEO.
Diva Marketing Blog
JULY 2, 2010
However, at this juncture in the evolution of social media and blogger relations, sort of sad and frustrating that too many agencies still don't understand the "human side" of "social." How do you "social media fix" a PR agency or ad agency?
Diva Marketing Blog
JANUARY 6, 2010
Enter stage left - PR agencies, advertising agencies and social media consultants who are seizing an opportunity to carve a service niche from their time pressed, staff starved clients. Blogs and Facebook and Twitter and YouTube and Flicker. Oh My!
Seeking Grant Money Today
APRIL 22, 2012
All persons, organizations, and agencies (excluding federal government) working on projects to protect coastal and marine fish habitats are eligible to apply for funding. Federal agencies may not receive funds, but may be listed as partners on an application. From The Foundation Center. [If If you are interested in this grant opportunity, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the end of this blog post for more information].
Non Profit Marketing 360
OCTOBER 21, 2011
Apple Education: Technology Environment Hardware Review Nonprofit Reviews Technology carbon emissions EnergyStar Hardware Mac Mac Mini Server Macintosh MacMini Mini Non-profit organization Solid-state drive United States Environmental Protection AgencyI have often written about the great opportunity and flexibility the Mac Mini Server offers nonprofits and small businesses.
Non Profit Marketing 360
OCTOBER 21, 2011
Apple Education: Technology Environment Hardware Review Nonprofit Reviews Technology carbon emissions EnergyStar Hardware Mac Mac Mini Server Macintosh MacMini Mini Non-profit organization Solid-state drive United States Environmental Protection AgencyI have often written about the great opportunity and flexibility the Mac Mini Server offers nonprofits and small businesses.
J Campbell Social Marketing
FEBRUARY 4, 2014
In an open letter on his Facebook profile, Mark Zuckerberg writes: Check out this nifty infographic from marketing agency Keystone Click , detailing some of the major changes from TheFacebook.com in 2004 to Facebook as we know it today.
Seeking Grant Money Today
AUGUST 10, 2004
You may say to me, 'Well, we know we need a grant writer at this agency, but now we've invested in this new staff member and we have no guarantees that grant money will come in. For instance, if ten years ago your agency solicited grants regularly, bring that box of old files out of storage. You can imagine, after seeing the above, what else could help someone new to your agency or cause to educate them and give them documents to meet guideline requirements. I ask, "Ack!"?
Seeking Grant Money Today
MAY 16, 2011
The annual award recognizes leadership in implementing innovative partnerships between community agencies and caregiving researchers to bridge the gap between science and practice. From The Foundation Center. For more information on this award opportunity, click "Link to Complete RFP" at the end of this blog post].
Seeking Grant Money Today
DECEMBER 23, 2012
This includes nonprofit agencies, public and private schools, and public institutions such as universities and government (state, local, federal) agencies in the United States or any of its territories. From The Foundation Center. [If
A Small Change
APRIL 27, 2015
Last November, the agency I work for hosted it’s second annual fundraising gala and had the privilege of partnering with 4 different businesses who were featured sponsors at different levels. It’s a big deal when our agencies can offer value to help our business partners.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
JANUARY 24, 2017
Will the way an arts organization approaches its communications work vary significantly from a social service agency? Over the seven years that we’ve done the Nonprofit Communications Trends Report , we’ve seen few significant differences between nonprofits with different missions.
Getting Attention
MAY 1, 2014
The response has been great—Leili reports that local agencies have shared Red Rover’s disaster-related resources via Twitter and other channels and the org’s 15,000+ Facebook fans have been sharing its disaster-resource & assistance graphic far and wide.
Diva Marketing Blog
MAY 9, 2016
an extra special interview on a topic that is sizzlin' hot -- Influencer Marketing with Danica Kombol founder of Everywhere Agency. I run the social media marketing firm, Everywhere Agency. Now a major focus of our agency is influencer marketing.
The Agitator
AUGUST 7, 2016
SOLUTION: Turn to The Martin Agency , noted for, among other great work their.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
NOVEMBER 15, 2012
If you know of an agency that serves homeless people with good content for that clientele on their website, please share in the comments!
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
AUGUST 25, 2016
Twitter alerts are tweets published by select public agencies ( here’s the full international list ) and emergency organizations during a crisis or emergency. As of August 2016, Twitter has 313 million monthly active users.
Nonprofit Marketing Blog
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
This agency is renowned for high-quality service delivery, but even many of the folks who know it best—referring health care providers, current clients and their families—think it provides a far narrower range of services in fewer locations than it currently does. This kind of disconnect is an organizational nightmare—especially when the agency has done so much to shape its network of services, approaches, and locations in response to community needs.
Seeking Grant Money Today
MAY 29, 2007
Clientele, community members, donors, non profit volunteers and staff, and agency leadership, you may ask: "What is a well run non profit?" A well run non profit agency is one in which: 10. The board of directors, (or volunteer leadership), are educated (about their role as leadership, know the agency's ratified policies, their legal responsibilities (i.e. There must be agency-wide buy-in into the mission statement. A proactive agency policy will benefit everyone.
The Agitator
JANUARY 14, 2016
A world leader in fundraising, Tony travelled widely and, as Ken Burnett, whose agency Tony joined earlier in his career, noted: “He touched people incredibly wherever he went.”
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
AUGUST 18, 2016
The show aired, and the next day, the agency that we worked with sent us an eleven-page report on why that show was really bad.
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