Here’s an example of how it can work for you: If you survey your supporters and include a demographic question to learn their ages and whether or not they might consider giving from their IRAs (Individual Retirement Accounts), then you could offer those over 70 1/2 information about how they can use a portion of their IRA Required Minimum Distribution to make a gift. Plus those supporters could donate again from their Required Minimum Distribution each year. MORE
Unlike creating a foundation, with a DAF there’s no rule forcing an individual to distribute the money right away. Propose the fund be distributed to your charity upon death. MORE
But there are things you can do to make developing, distributing, and reviewing RFPs as painless as possible. MORE
Background here; announcement below: We put the Nonprofit Branding Blog on hiatus over the Holidays so we could focus on developing a new VisABILITY service. In my last post (the one with Julie Bowen and Brad Pitt) I promised readers of this blog would receive a preview before the new service goes public. An email on [.]. MORE
Will more companies follow Dunkin's lead and create foundations to raise and distribute money? MORE
3) The Americans for the Arts Action Fund jumped on this opportunity to link the shutdown to the closing of federally-funded museums, parks and zoos, and delays in the distribution of NEA grants. MORE
The article describes the author’s almost anguished effort to establish the efficacy of his donation to the Against Malaria Foundation , a London-based organization that distributes insecticide-treated bed nets in Africa. When you personally make a charitable contribution, what’s really going on? Are you looking to feel good or feel effective? You could take the coward’s way out and say ‘Both!’ MORE
From PEW Research PEW Research has come out with a new study that shows refinement of the data coming through about how news is distributed via social media. While Facebook remains a place that a lot of people pick up news from, the new data shows that those people don''t look at that news in an in-depth way, so if you''re wanting to get people more involved with the news you have to share, news Pew Research Center Small nonprofit social media MORE
The Charitable Gift IRA Rollover allowed many donors like him to give a Qualified Contribution Distribution (QCD) to a qualified charity without having to count the funds distributed from his IRA as ordinary income. MORE
Then look at the colored bars above it, and you’ll see the distribution of the various communications budget sizes. MORE
Be proactive and specific in conveying the process for distributing donations and where/how/when the money will be spent. MORE
Elton Trueblood [Former chaplain to both Harvard and Stanford Universities] “I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious task of wise distribution.”. “Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”. MORE
Earmark some of your video budget for paid distribution; social is a pay-to-play world at this point. Lane is part of an eight-member communications team at Broadway Cares that produces (from concept to design) and distributes all videos. MORE
Distribution is everything—Even the most moving stories will fall flat if you don’t get them out there right. Whether you love, hate or have never seen Breaking Bad , there’s a lot to learn from its emotionally intense, can’t-stop-watching storytelling. MORE
Day was an American journalist, social activist and devout Catholic convert; she advocated the Catholic economic theory of Distributism. Dorothy Day was a right on woman! I’m not Catholic or anything, but Dorothy Day was pretty damn special. MORE
Fundraising is Distributed Broadly Across Staff, Board, and Volunteers. There is a remarkable distribution of fundraising across staff, board, and volunteers, often with the use of online crowdfunding platforms.” – FUNDRAISING BRIGHT SPOTS. MORE
During this six-week Nonprofit Marketing Accelerator coaching program with me, you’ll create a short annual report that’s ready to distribute by late January 2017 (or close). MORE
In the document, titled “Generating business results on Facebook”, the company says: “We expect organic distribution of an individual page’s posts to gradually decline over time as we continually work to make sure people have a meaningful experience on the site.”. MORE
Take the fantastic e-newsletter produced by DC Central Kitchen (DCCK), the most vibrant, innovative food distribution and meal recycling program I know. MORE
ColaLife, is a non-profit that is lobbying Coca-Cola to leverage its worldwide distribution channels to provide social products that help sustain life and improve public health. Thought: What distribution channels currently exist in your community that can be leveraged for social good? MORE
Like with the TV show I wrote about earlier that became a huge success on its second airing, repurposing content can help you test your messaging and distribution to connect with the right audience at the right time. MORE
Logos: Provide a few different versions and sizes of your campaign logo so that fundraisers can use it on promotional materials, correspondence, and any other campaign-related pieces they need to distribute. MORE
Shifting from a topical focus, the last three articles are concerned with Place - the piece of the marketing mix that too often ends up being how messages are distributed rather than focusing on ''where’ behaviors are engaged in. The intervention also included distribution of HPV vaccination posters and brochures to all county health departments plus 194 enrolled providers and an online CME training. The primary outcome of interest was use of distributed health-related products. MORE
Tags: marketing for nonprofits distributed marketing MORE
This was exactly the full circle we envisioned in building an open, collective, and distributed system for sharing social sector research. Lisa Brooks (L) and Gabriela Fitz (R). MORE
I received the email above from my boss this week and it got me thinking again about the power of distributed marketing. What is distributed marketing, you ask? A distributed marketing strategy only works if you have GREAT content. MORE
Communications & Marketing Administrator, Healthcare Distribution Management Association (Arlington, VA). Please post your open nonprofit marketing positions here. Communications Associate , Newman’s Own Foundations. Westport, CT). Communications Strategist , Society of Professional Journalists (Indianapolis, IN). Digital Media Associate , Technoserve (Washington DC). Director of Communications , Coaching Corps (Oakland, CA). MORE
On storytelling. • “Content is king, but distribution is queen and she wears the pants.” Liz Polay-Wettengel is National Director of Marketing and Communications for I nterfaithFamily , a Jewish non-profit based in Newton, MA. MORE
How City Market distributes the money it raises to charities. Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to Allison Weinhagen , Director of Community Engagement at City Market, a 16,000 sq. community-owned food cooperative in downtown Burlington, Vermont. MORE
For nonprofit communicators, its publication highlights how the world continues to serve up an ever-growing range of new ways to distribute your important information. Buzzmachine blogger Jeff Jarvis' new book -- What Would Google Do? -- was just published. What's interesting is that the publisher also introduced a 23-minute video book version at $9.99. Jeff says it's a brief, fun intro to the main points in the book. MORE
This will likely be much more limited in distribution. How do you handle calendar year-end (November-December) communications when your nonprofit’s fiscal year actually ends June 30? That question came up today during our Sharing Your Progress Accelerator program. MORE
Distribution & Promotion Checklist. Read Part One. MORE
Distributing a regular newsletter requires a lot: curation, content creation, and then there’s capturing the attention of your audience despite inbox overcrowding. MORE
Think Niche: One distribution method doesn’t fit all. Long Tail Parakeet. What is the Long Tail? It’s a book by Chris Anderson , who talks about the internet’s ability to keep a product going long after it should have stopped selling. MORE
But… Are you investing the time and resource to polish that compelling content before you distribute it? MORE
News releases that are accompanied by a single visual asset — such as a photo, logo or infographic — are 92 percent more likely to be seen online than a simple text release, according to an analysis by PR Newswire , which distributes content to the media on behalf of companies and nonprofits. MORE
While those teams are equally distributed, that’s really where the similarities end. In brand-new research for the 2017 edition of the Nonprofit Communications Trends Report , we discovered that four types of communications teams are most prevalent in our sector. MORE
Now you’re ready to use the Empathy Map to define messages, tone, content and distribution strategies for your nonprofit. Our newest guest blogger, Rob Wu is CEO of CauseVox, a nonprofit crowdfunding and peer-to-peer fundraising platform for nonprofits. . You know it, and I know it. MORE
What was Operation Homefront's process for distributing the rockers. MORE
At last—funding specifically directed to communications! This RFP is focused on development organizations but I hope more funding will follow from Gates and other foundations, as a recognition of how crucial engagement is to achieving organizational and programmatic goals. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a call for communications proposals to “help change the narrative on foreign aid.” MORE
Thankfully, Julie recently started a new job and was eager to give back to the community by volunteering at the same food distribution site where she stood in line just 15 months ago. Our first post in the 2016 Do-It-Differently series, featuring fresh ideas from the field. MORE
Image via Wikipedia. This is a repost of an article that originally appeared in August, 2010. As our regular readers and Twitter followers are aware, MKCREATIVE has recently and proudly received ‘ Gold Status ‘ by the Green Business League. MORE
For timed distributions of bequests. They can choose a percentage or specific dollar amount to be distributed over time (such as 5 or 10 years… or until the account reaches zero). For memorials. MORE
Distribution Related Topics NonProfit Branding
JANUARY 8, 2013
Background here; announcement below: We put the Nonprofit Branding Blog on hiatus over the Holidays so we could focus on developing a new VisABILITY service. In my last post (the one with Julie Bowen and Brad Pitt) I promised readers of this blog would receive a preview before the new service goes public. An email on [.].
Social Marketing and Social Change
JANUARY 14, 2015
Shifting from a topical focus, the last three articles are concerned with Place - the piece of the marketing mix that too often ends up being how messages are distributed rather than focusing on ''where’ behaviors are engaged in. The intervention also included distribution of HPV vaccination posters and brochures to all county health departments plus 194 enrolled providers and an online CME training. The primary outcome of interest was use of distributed health-related products.
Non Profit Marketing 360
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Image via Wikipedia. This is a repost of an article that originally appeared in August, 2010. As our regular readers and Twitter followers are aware, MKCREATIVE has recently and proudly received ‘ Gold Status ‘ by the Green Business League.
Marketing for Nonprofits
MAY 12, 2009
Tags: marketing for nonprofits distributed marketing
Marketing for Nonprofits
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
I received the email above from my boss this week and it got me thinking again about the power of distributed marketing. What is distributed marketing, you ask? A distributed marketing strategy only works if you have GREAT content.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Then look at the colored bars above it, and you’ll see the distribution of the various communications budget sizes.
SocialButterfly
NOVEMBER 30, 2009
ColaLife, is a non-profit that is lobbying Coca-Cola to leverage its worldwide distribution channels to provide social products that help sustain life and improve public health. Thought: What distribution channels currently exist in your community that can be leveraged for social good?
iMarketSmart
MARCH 2, 2015
For timed distributions of bequests. They can choose a percentage or specific dollar amount to be distributed over time (such as 5 or 10 years… or until the account reaches zero). For memorials.
Getting Attention
NOVEMBER 5, 2013
Distribution is everything—Even the most moving stories will fall flat if you don’t get them out there right. Whether you love, hate or have never seen Breaking Bad , there’s a lot to learn from its emotionally intense, can’t-stop-watching storytelling.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
OCTOBER 14, 2015
This will likely be much more limited in distribution. How do you handle calendar year-end (November-December) communications when your nonprofit’s fiscal year actually ends June 30? That question came up today during our Sharing Your Progress Accelerator program.
Social Media Bird Brain
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
From PEW Research PEW Research has come out with a new study that shows refinement of the data coming through about how news is distributed via social media. While Facebook remains a place that a lot of people pick up news from, the new data shows that those people don''t look at that news in an in-depth way, so if you''re wanting to get people more involved with the news you have to share, news Pew Research Center Small nonprofit social media
iMarketSmart
APRIL 12, 2017
Here’s an example of how it can work for you: If you survey your supporters and include a demographic question to learn their ages and whether or not they might consider giving from their IRAs (Individual Retirement Accounts), then you could offer those over 70 1/2 information about how they can use a portion of their IRA Required Minimum Distribution to make a gift. Plus those supporters could donate again from their Required Minimum Distribution each year.
Getting Attention
JANUARY 28, 2014
But… Are you investing the time and resource to polish that compelling content before you distribute it?
J Campbell Social Marketing
DECEMBER 10, 2013
In the document, titled “Generating business results on Facebook”, the company says: “We expect organic distribution of an individual page’s posts to gradually decline over time as we continually work to make sure people have a meaningful experience on the site.”.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
During this six-week Nonprofit Marketing Accelerator coaching program with me, you’ll create a short annual report that’s ready to distribute by late January 2017 (or close).
Getting Attention
NOVEMBER 17, 2015
Thankfully, Julie recently started a new job and was eager to give back to the community by volunteering at the same food distribution site where she stood in line just 15 months ago. Our first post in the 2016 Do-It-Differently series, featuring fresh ideas from the field.
Getting Attention
MAY 5, 2014
Communications & Marketing Administrator, Healthcare Distribution Management Association (Arlington, VA). Please post your open nonprofit marketing positions here. Communications Associate , Newman’s Own Foundations. Westport, CT). Communications Strategist , Society of Professional Journalists (Indianapolis, IN). Digital Media Associate , Technoserve (Washington DC). Director of Communications , Coaching Corps (Oakland, CA).
Getting Attention
APRIL 19, 2016
Take the fantastic e-newsletter produced by DC Central Kitchen (DCCK), the most vibrant, innovative food distribution and meal recycling program I know.
Wild Woman Fundraising
DECEMBER 14, 2010
Day was an American journalist, social activist and devout Catholic convert; she advocated the Catholic economic theory of Distributism. Dorothy Day was a right on woman! I’m not Catholic or anything, but Dorothy Day was pretty damn special.
Wild Woman Fundraising
AUGUST 17, 2010
Think Niche: One distribution method doesn’t fit all. Long Tail Parakeet. What is the Long Tail? It’s a book by Chris Anderson , who talks about the internet’s ability to keep a product going long after it should have stopped selling.
iMarketSmart
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
Unlike creating a foundation, with a DAF there’s no rule forcing an individual to distribute the money right away. Propose the fund be distributed to your charity upon death.
Fundraising Coach
FEBRUARY 3, 2017
The Charitable Gift IRA Rollover allowed many donors like him to give a Qualified Contribution Distribution (QCD) to a qualified charity without having to count the funds distributed from his IRA as ordinary income.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
MARCH 14, 2017
While those teams are equally distributed, that’s really where the similarities end. In brand-new research for the 2017 edition of the Nonprofit Communications Trends Report , we discovered that four types of communications teams are most prevalent in our sector.
EveryAction
APRIL 6, 2015
Distributing a regular newsletter requires a lot: curation, content creation, and then there’s capturing the attention of your audience despite inbox overcrowding.
Selfish Giving
JANUARY 24, 2017
How City Market distributes the money it raises to charities. Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to Allison Weinhagen , Director of Community Engagement at City Market, a 16,000 sq. community-owned food cooperative in downtown Burlington, Vermont.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
AUGUST 18, 2016
Like with the TV show I wrote about earlier that became a huge success on its second airing, repurposing content can help you test your messaging and distribution to connect with the right audience at the right time.
Getting Attention
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
Be proactive and specific in conveying the process for distributing donations and where/how/when the money will be spent.
Getting Attention
OCTOBER 2, 2013
3) The Americans for the Arts Action Fund jumped on this opportunity to link the shutdown to the closing of federally-funded museums, parks and zoos, and delays in the distribution of NEA grants.
Getting Attention
OCTOBER 14, 2015
Logos: Provide a few different versions and sizes of your campaign logo so that fundraisers can use it on promotional materials, correspondence, and any other campaign-related pieces they need to distribute.
Selfish Giving
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Will more companies follow Dunkin's lead and create foundations to raise and distribute money?
Selfish Giving
FEBRUARY 21, 2017
What was Operation Homefront's process for distributing the rockers.
The Agitator
MAY 5, 2014
The article describes the author’s almost anguished effort to establish the efficacy of his donation to the Against Malaria Foundation , a London-based organization that distributes insecticide-treated bed nets in Africa. When you personally make a charitable contribution, what’s really going on? Are you looking to feel good or feel effective? You could take the coward’s way out and say ‘Both!’
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
APRIL 21, 2016
Fundraising is Distributed Broadly Across Staff, Board, and Volunteers. There is a remarkable distribution of fundraising across staff, board, and volunteers, often with the use of online crowdfunding platforms.” – FUNDRAISING BRIGHT SPOTS.
iMarketSmart
MAY 13, 2015
Elton Trueblood [Former chaplain to both Harvard and Stanford Universities] “I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious task of wise distribution.”. “Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”.
Getting Attention
APRIL 9, 2012
At last—funding specifically directed to communications! This RFP is focused on development organizations but I hope more funding will follow from Gates and other foundations, as a recognition of how crucial engagement is to achieving organizational and programmatic goals. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a call for communications proposals to “help change the narrative on foreign aid.”
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
JULY 11, 2016
This was exactly the full circle we envisioned in building an open, collective, and distributed system for sharing social sector research. Lisa Brooks (L) and Gabriela Fitz (R).
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
JANUARY 12, 2016
News releases that are accompanied by a single visual asset — such as a photo, logo or infographic — are 92 percent more likely to be seen online than a simple text release, according to an analysis by PR Newswire , which distributes content to the media on behalf of companies and nonprofits.
Getting Attention
MARCH 6, 2014
Now you’re ready to use the Empathy Map to define messages, tone, content and distribution strategies for your nonprofit. Our newest guest blogger, Rob Wu is CEO of CauseVox, a nonprofit crowdfunding and peer-to-peer fundraising platform for nonprofits. . You know it, and I know it.
Getting Attention
FEBRUARY 9, 2016
Distribution & Promotion Checklist. Read Part One.
Getting Attention
APRIL 13, 2017
On storytelling. • “Content is king, but distribution is queen and she wears the pants.” Liz Polay-Wettengel is National Director of Marketing and Communications for I nterfaithFamily , a Jewish non-profit based in Newton, MA.
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