Fundraising Philosophy/motivation best practices for fundraising charitable giving donor retention engagement fundraising managing change in nonprofit organizations non profit core values non profit work culture nonprofit corporate culture organizational culture non profit organizationsRecently I was told, “Greg, you are one strong cup of coffee.” ” I like that. Here’s why I am the way I am: 1. I believe life is very, very short. MORE
Curt Weeden (shown above) is a corporate giving expert, speaker, author and founder of the New Strategies Forum. The founder of NSF is a leader in corporate giving. Cause Marketing News cause marketing corporate giving curt weeden new strategies forum MORE
Today, I’m answering another reader question: What are your suggestions for approaching corporations about giving to our non-profit? Do your homework on the corporation and frame your issue according to what you learn about the company’s top philanthropic and business agendas. The ones with grants have specific request methods. Others give to charities, but it often seems sort of a random process, such as who has the ear of the president this week. MORE
Kivi met Cynamon at the Create Good Conference this year and asked her to share about making the change from the corporate world to a nonprofit communications director position. On the corporate side, things can become routine and repetitive. Cynamon Frierson. MORE
His idea was employees were more than cogs in a corporate wheel. For instance it strengthens corporate branding both internally and externally. Do you remember Tom Peters’ innovative Fast Company article The Brand Called You ? MORE
Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship released its annual CSR Index the other day even as Occupy Wall Street and its satellite efforts continue their protests that are, in part, anti-corporate. Americans want corporations who are better actors. MORE
Corporate giving has plummeted to just.80% – even as corporate profits have soared. Corporate giving represents just 6% of America’s philanthropy pie. Corporate giving is a part-time activity for many companies. MORE
I’m always looking for the latest information on cause marketing, sponsorship and corporate partnerships. What resources for cause marketing and corporate partnerships are your favorite? MORE
Last week, I was able to listen to a terrific discussion from business leaders about how their organizations make corporate gifts to charities. Seeking corporate gifts? When deciding how to ask for money , finding out about a prospect - corporate or individual - is just common courtesy. MORE
While the findings are geared toward a corporate audience, the lessons still apply to those of us who work in nonprofit marketing. Plus this is a great resource to share with your corporate partners. image via the Sparkologist. MORE
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Choosing a corporate sponsor for your nonprofit has tremendous potential to either help or harm your organization and its mission. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been watching, sometimes mouth agape, an ill-conceived and poorly handled corporate partnership. MORE
Corporate philanthropy has been a hot button topic recently. Corporate giving to charities has increased by almost 14% in previous years, and nonprofits received over $17 billion from companies last year. Promote corporate giving programs online. Guest blog by Adam Weinger. MORE
If your company is an active corporate cause marketer, should it also be an active corporate donor? Now Godiva almost certainly didn’t write the headline for the release I saw, but a quick reading made it clear that what Godiva was announcing was more a cause marketing than a corporate philanthropy effort. Companies that do cause marketing should also be active donors to nonprofits, whether through a corporate foundation or by just writing checks. MORE
If I was a potential corporate partner visiting their web site for the first I would definitely think I was on the right track. Most nonprofits don't think of their websites as calling cards for their donors - and especially not for potential corporate partners. MORE
While the guide focuses on helping companies understand how social good can help them win over young talent, this ebook is packed with facts that nonprofits use to better engage Gen Y supporters, staff, and volunteers—as well as strengthen their value proposition to corporate sponsors. MORE
To ensure you create a winning partnership, take the time to make sure there’s a good fit between your mission and the corporate partner’s brand identity and goals. Luna’s Pure Prevention campaign provides a great example of nonprofit-corporate alignment. Assets are any resources that you and your corporate partner bring to the table. A partnership is not just about getting access to corporate philanthropic dollars: It’s about true collaboration. MORE
Have you ever been told to be more “corporate” or “professional” at work? In general, her opponents felt that she was too incremental, too ensconced in academic culture, and too unwilling to bring top-down, corporate-style governance to the university. MORE
What do affluent travelers want from airlines, hotels, resorts, tour operators and cruise lines when it comes to corporate social responsibility? What all this suggests to me is that companies in the travel business need to put their environmental, corporate social responsibility and cause marketing bona fides closer to the decision point. Corporate Social Responsibility Seal Campaigns Cause Marketing to the Affluent Conde Nast Traveler Cause Marketing Research cause marketing MORE
They don’t want to give their money to big corporate conglomerates that hurt the earth. By aligning themselves with your nonprofit, corporations show that people have more of a reason to buy from them. Consumers want to see the corporation is committed to giving back consistently. 1,375 consumers, and 575 senior executives from major corporations. Show the corporations that YOU are there to help THEM succeed. MORE
We’ve all seen it – a nonprofit website or Facebook Page filled up with pixelated, cut-off corporate logos, often accompanied by a generic caption such as “Thank you so much to Great Local Business for sponsoring our gala.”. Film a short video of the corporate sponsor, in their words. MORE
In the midst of the present economic crisis, the debate about whether corporations should have social responsibility to give to philanthropic causes has grown heated. an affiliate of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. MORE
Tags: Zietgeist IBM Jeff Hittner Corporate Social Responsibility Strategic Philanthropy George Pohle MORE
mikekujawski ) to build community around our passion/business since individual accounts always beat corporate accounts when it comes to building and fostering professional relationships. So the question is, what is the point of using the CEPSM corporate account when we are all actively involved in two-way business engagement on the same topic via our individual professional accounts? RISK: No official corporate account is not good for web presence and visibility of the brand. MORE
Your organization performs a vital role in the corporate responsibility ecosystem: you extend the reach of your corporate partners into the community and facilitate their good works. As an organization on the ground, you have a deeper understanding of the need and scope of the response for the disaster at hand and are in a position to advise corporate partners on how they can help in the most effective way. Here’s how to build a deeper relationship with corporate partners. MORE
What do people mean these days when they speak of corporate social responsibility? So how are we supposed to navigate the thicket of sometimes competing and oftentimes perplexing conundrums framed as issues of corporate social responsibility? MORE
No one wants a corporate logo to despoil the Grand Canyon - or any other national park. Before Steve and other park lovers throw themselves off the North Rim, let's be clear on what companies want and what the National Parks Service (NPS) would be losing by not prioritizing corporate support. MORE
Chris debunks the myths of “Done in a Day” corporate volunteerism, explains the “Proximity Factor” of employee engagement and outlines how companies can woo more employees to participate in meaningful and long-term nonprofit initiatives. MORE
Information About Corporate Giving Programs. Information About Corporate Giving Programs. Many of your donors and volunteers likely work for companies that have extensive corporate philanthropy programs. Guest blog by Adam Weinger. MORE
I’m sure this approach is new to most development professionals who work in sponsorship, cause marketing and corporate partnerships. Here’s how I used inbound marketing to recruit corporate partners for cause marketing programs at a Boston hospital. MORE
Partnering with companies and corporations is another arrow in the well-armed fundraising quiver … be it a local business in your home town or a global corporate behemoth. Corporates have perceived the benefits of ‘social responsibility’ in terms of wrapping themselves in goodwill (creating a bit of a hedge against the inevitable corporate image hiccup, creating ‘warm fuzzies’ for employees, and perhaps assisting indirectly in the. MORE
If you don’t drive business value for your corporate partner, the partnership is always at risk. While social good is an aim that all of us - including our corporate partners - support, the partnerships that last are those that drive business results beyond a brand halo. MORE
Aside from Corporations taking over art’s right to dissent from The Free Free School : “Corporations who refuse to pay £billions in taxes are fêted for their relatively paltry largess and are awarded privileged access to events and policymaking. MORE
It’s become a thing that we do, as a career, currying favor with corporate oligarchs with corporate foundations and sponsorships. Have you ever thought, “I’m sick of dressing corporate when we have a radical mission”? MORE
Needless to say, they have no large donors, no database, no corporate sponsors, etc. 2) Getting your foot into large major corporations – noone on the board is well connected. If you want in-depth ways to get corporations to sponsor your nonprofit, I’m having a webinar coming up this week on how to get corporations to sponsor you, it’s September 6th, here’s the link: [link]. Do you have another way you like to reach out to corporate donors? MORE
If you want to engage corporate partners, it’s important to understand both. So over the next three days, I’m going to share some interesting new research into how corporate social responsibility (CSR) and cause marketing can do that. MORE
Yesterday, I posted on four things you need to know before pitching a corporate partner. 3) Companies don’t want to appear self-serving with their corporate social responsibility, because that can backfire. I cited some interesting new research on how consumers feel about the products of companies that support charity. To summarize: 1) A company that does good is perceived to have better products. 2) Consumer mindset dictates when “good” matters. MORE
Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to Jenny Davis-Peccoud , a partner with Bain & Company who leads their sustainability and corporate responsibility practice, about a new report that finds that only two percent of corporate sustainability programs achieve or exceed their aims. MORE
6 questions you need to ask to help get that corporate sponsorship. HOW do these corporations justify giving your nonprofit money, from a bottom line perspective? If you can show the corporation that you can help them with two or more of the above, you’ve probably made a better case than half of your competitors who are out for those same sponsorship dollars. It’s the holidays! Here’s my present to you. MORE
It’s becoming increasingly clear to me that companies which face the consumer better do three things well: practice corporate social responsibility; have a strong green tint; and, engage in cause marketing. But the corporate environment has changed. Now companies like Starbucks have altered consumer expectations and demands of what corporate social responsibility means. Like no other large company, Starbucks practices the Holy Trinity of corporate social responsibility. MORE
Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan I talk to Mollye Rhea , President of Atlanta-based For Momentum , on what's needed for a national corporate partnership to succeed both for the national headquarters and the field offices. MORE
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Last week, I was able to listen to a terrific discussion from business leaders about how their organizations make corporate gifts to charities. Seeking corporate gifts? When deciding how to ask for money , finding out about a prospect - corporate or individual - is just common courtesy.
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mikekujawski ) to build community around our passion/business since individual accounts always beat corporate accounts when it comes to building and fostering professional relationships. So the question is, what is the point of using the CEPSM corporate account when we are all actively involved in two-way business engagement on the same topic via our individual professional accounts? RISK: No official corporate account is not good for web presence and visibility of the brand.
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We’ve all seen it – a nonprofit website or Facebook Page filled up with pixelated, cut-off corporate logos, often accompanied by a generic caption such as “Thank you so much to Great Local Business for sponsoring our gala.”. Film a short video of the corporate sponsor, in their words.
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Have you ever been told to be more “corporate” or “professional” at work? In general, her opponents felt that she was too incremental, too ensconced in academic culture, and too unwilling to bring top-down, corporate-style governance to the university.
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Partnering with companies and corporations is another arrow in the well-armed fundraising quiver … be it a local business in your home town or a global corporate behemoth. Corporates have perceived the benefits of ‘social responsibility’ in terms of wrapping themselves in goodwill (creating a bit of a hedge against the inevitable corporate image hiccup, creating ‘warm fuzzies’ for employees, and perhaps assisting indirectly in the.
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Choosing a corporate sponsor for your nonprofit has tremendous potential to either help or harm your organization and its mission. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been watching, sometimes mouth agape, an ill-conceived and poorly handled corporate partnership.
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While the findings are geared toward a corporate audience, the lessons still apply to those of us who work in nonprofit marketing. Plus this is a great resource to share with your corporate partners. image via the Sparkologist.
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6 questions you need to ask to help get that corporate sponsorship. HOW do these corporations justify giving your nonprofit money, from a bottom line perspective? If you can show the corporation that you can help them with two or more of the above, you’ve probably made a better case than half of your competitors who are out for those same sponsorship dollars. It’s the holidays! Here’s my present to you.
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His idea was employees were more than cogs in a corporate wheel. For instance it strengthens corporate branding both internally and externally. Do you remember Tom Peters’ innovative Fast Company article The Brand Called You ?
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In the midst of the present economic crisis, the debate about whether corporations should have social responsibility to give to philanthropic causes has grown heated. an affiliate of Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation.
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If you don’t drive business value for your corporate partner, the partnership is always at risk. While social good is an aim that all of us - including our corporate partners - support, the partnerships that last are those that drive business results beyond a brand halo.
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Yesterday, I posted on four things you need to know before pitching a corporate partner. 3) Companies don’t want to appear self-serving with their corporate social responsibility, because that can backfire. I cited some interesting new research on how consumers feel about the products of companies that support charity. To summarize: 1) A company that does good is perceived to have better products. 2) Consumer mindset dictates when “good” matters.
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Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to Jenny Davis-Peccoud , a partner with Bain & Company who leads their sustainability and corporate responsibility practice, about a new report that finds that only two percent of corporate sustainability programs achieve or exceed their aims.
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To ensure you create a winning partnership, take the time to make sure there’s a good fit between your mission and the corporate partner’s brand identity and goals. Luna’s Pure Prevention campaign provides a great example of nonprofit-corporate alignment. Assets are any resources that you and your corporate partner bring to the table. A partnership is not just about getting access to corporate philanthropic dollars: It’s about true collaboration.
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Tags: Zietgeist IBM Jeff Hittner Corporate Social Responsibility Strategic Philanthropy George Pohle
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Today, I’m answering another reader question: What are your suggestions for approaching corporations about giving to our non-profit? Do your homework on the corporation and frame your issue according to what you learn about the company’s top philanthropic and business agendas. The ones with grants have specific request methods. Others give to charities, but it often seems sort of a random process, such as who has the ear of the president this week.
Cause Related Marketing
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It’s becoming increasingly clear to me that companies which face the consumer better do three things well: practice corporate social responsibility; have a strong green tint; and, engage in cause marketing. But the corporate environment has changed. Now companies like Starbucks have altered consumer expectations and demands of what corporate social responsibility means. Like no other large company, Starbucks practices the Holy Trinity of corporate social responsibility.
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What do affluent travelers want from airlines, hotels, resorts, tour operators and cruise lines when it comes to corporate social responsibility? What all this suggests to me is that companies in the travel business need to put their environmental, corporate social responsibility and cause marketing bona fides closer to the decision point. Corporate Social Responsibility Seal Campaigns Cause Marketing to the Affluent Conde Nast Traveler Cause Marketing Research cause marketing
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I’m sure this approach is new to most development professionals who work in sponsorship, cause marketing and corporate partnerships. Here’s how I used inbound marketing to recruit corporate partners for cause marketing programs at a Boston hospital.
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Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship released its annual CSR Index the other day even as Occupy Wall Street and its satellite efforts continue their protests that are, in part, anti-corporate. Americans want corporations who are better actors.
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No one wants a corporate logo to despoil the Grand Canyon - or any other national park. Before Steve and other park lovers throw themselves off the North Rim, let's be clear on what companies want and what the National Parks Service (NPS) would be losing by not prioritizing corporate support.
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Needless to say, they have no large donors, no database, no corporate sponsors, etc. 2) Getting your foot into large major corporations – noone on the board is well connected. If you want in-depth ways to get corporations to sponsor your nonprofit, I’m having a webinar coming up this week on how to get corporations to sponsor you, it’s September 6th, here’s the link: [link]. Do you have another way you like to reach out to corporate donors?
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I’m always looking for the latest information on cause marketing, sponsorship and corporate partnerships. What resources for cause marketing and corporate partnerships are your favorite?
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If you want to engage corporate partners, it’s important to understand both. So over the next three days, I’m going to share some interesting new research into how corporate social responsibility (CSR) and cause marketing can do that.
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If your company is an active corporate cause marketer, should it also be an active corporate donor? Now Godiva almost certainly didn’t write the headline for the release I saw, but a quick reading made it clear that what Godiva was announcing was more a cause marketing than a corporate philanthropy effort. Companies that do cause marketing should also be active donors to nonprofits, whether through a corporate foundation or by just writing checks.
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It’s become a thing that we do, as a career, currying favor with corporate oligarchs with corporate foundations and sponsorships. Have you ever thought, “I’m sick of dressing corporate when we have a radical mission”?
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