EveryAction

APRIL 5, 2019

Texas Watch is a nonpartisan citizen advocacy group founded in 1998. They just celebrated over 20 years of advocating for Texas families. With the Texas legislative session currently in progress, I called Tara Lee, Development Director of Texas Watch to talk about current policy issues and how they work to bridge the divide between their community and the political process. Let’s start of with a little bit more background about Texas Watch!

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Selfish Giving

AUGUST 2, 2016

Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan Strand and I talk to Bill Spae , CEO of Vasari LLC , a Dairy Queen franchisee with 76+ locations in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Vasari is the second largest franchisee in the DQ system! Vasari leads several cause marketing programs, including a fundraiser for Share Our Strength that has raised $335,000 since 2014. On the show, Megan, Bill and I discuss: Bill Spae, Vasari LLC.

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Selfish Giving

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

It is not surprising then to see how many Texas businesses have jumped at the chance to help support the many hurricane victims and evacuees: H-E-B grocery chain is giving customers the opportunity to donate by adding $1, $3, and $5 to their grocery bill at all H-E-B and Central Market locations, benefiting the American Red Cross for Texas Flood and Hurricane Relief, The Salvation Army, and Feeding Texas. Debbie lives in Austin, Texas

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Blue Sky Collaborative

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

So far, over 3000 elementary school students in Texas have created their fundraising pages on SWEET and have raised close to $150,000 in the Read-a-Thon. Everything is bigger down in Texas! The money they raised goes toward providing books and. Free Resources for Nonprofits Fundraising Tips Online Fundraising Software for Nonprofits Third Party Fundraising Viral Fundraising

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Selfish Giving

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to Anne Candido , Fabric Care Communications, Procter & Gamble about bringing relief to residents affected by Hurricane Harvey and Irma with P&G product kits and Tide Loads of Hope laundry services. On the show, Megan, Anne and I discuss: Anne Candido, P&G. How Tide Loads of Hope got started and how it has evolved. What's in the "care kits" that P&G distributes. P&G's partnership with Matthew 25 Ministries and Whirlpool.

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SocialButterfly

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Enter Manor, Texas. The City of Manor, Texas recently received a Web and technology Gov 2.0 Tags: mobile barcode low cost technology Manor Texas Nielsen OxFam Project Red QR Code quick response RememberMe Smartphone Starbucks TOTeM The other week, a woman asked me what she could do with little time and a little budget that would have a high impact. Her question was poignant and just about everyone in the room at the time could relate. Maybe you can.

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Cause Related Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Likewise Texas Instruments… number 15… is almost certainly a generous corporate philanthropist. Alden Keene Cause Marketing Database Jessica Marlo CSR Caterpiller Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship Texas InstrumentsOn October 18 2011 I wrote a post about the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship 2011 CSR Index and how by my reckoning six of the top ten and 33 of the 50 companies listed did at least some cause marketing.

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NonProfit Branding

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

A few years ago, in an excess of brand-protection fervor, mighty Penn State landed with both feet on her little Texas high school. Among less important branding adjustments, it forced Mary Lou to modify the tattoo on her backside. Today … Continue reading → IMPLEMENTATION: Using Branding Products Effectively PSYCHOLOGY: How Branding Products Build Affinity

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Nonprofit Marketing Blog

MARCH 6, 2015

We have had a blast at the 2015 Nonprofit Technology conference in Austin, Texas! Today’s Link Round Up features links we’ve collected this week at #15NTC

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NonProfit Branding

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Mighty Penn State University landed with both feet on a little Texas high school. In this strange story are many lessons for nonprofit marketers. Question: which institution was right… and why? This is a saga in two parts. Look for resolution in the … Continue reading → Imprinted Branding Products Marketing Non Profit Protecting Your Brand

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Selfish Giving

JUNE 7, 2012

The official selections will be announced by the end of July and the festival will take place at the Spirit of Texas Theater at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, Texas on September 12-14. This is a guest post from my friend and nonprofit colleague David J. It’s back! The Lights. Camera. Nonprofit Film Festival is seeking PSAs, short films and features that focus on good.

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Getting Attention

APRIL 7, 2015

Communications Manager Mental Health America of Texas (Austin, TX). Director of Development & Communications Interfaith Action of Central Texas. Post YOUR comms job here —nonprofits, grantmakers, B Corps & vendors serving nonprofits. Communications Coordinator First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI). Communications Manager, Shared Value Initiative FSG (Boston, MA). Communications Manager Kinship Foundation (Chicago, IL).

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Getting Attention

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Digital Marketing Coordinator Communities Foundation of Texas (Dallas, TX). Please post your nonprofit marketing jobs here. Communications Associate Powder River Basin Resource Council (Sheridan, WY). Communications Coordinator National Flute Association (Chicago, IL). Communications Manager Any Baby Can (Austin, TX). Communications Manager City Lights (Chicago, IL). Communications and Public Relations Manager OPCC (Santa Monica, CA).

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Getting Attention

JANUARY 21, 2014

Assistant to Chief Relationship Officer , Communities Foundation of Texas (Dallas, TX). Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. New Opportunities. Associate Director of Engagement and Digital Communications Project Manager , See3 Communications (Chicago, IL). Associate for Online Content and Media & Public Relationship Specialist , Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. Cambridge, MA).

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iMarketSmart

AUGUST 28, 2017

It’s a disaster that will, unfortunately, end up being the worst in Texas’ history. This is your chance to not only help someone in Texas but to improve your fundraising effectiveness too. KHOU 11 News posted this image last night highlighting the fact that this family urgently needed help (and even included their home’s address in the post). Disaster. Friends, our fellow Americans are facing trillions of gallons of water.

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J Campbell Social Marketing

JANUARY 28, 2020

Anthony, on the Texas–New Mexico border, is the Leap Year Capital of the World and celebrates the affair with a huge festival, music, and food. This year is a leap year, which means we get an extra day in February! My good friend Melodee happens to be a bisextile year baby (popularly known as a leap year, technically known as a bisextile year), and to her I say, Happy 10th Birthday ! Leap years are, by their very nature, rare.

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Getting Attention

JUNE 16, 2014

Communications Specialist , Capital Area Food Bank of Texas (Austin, TX). Please post your open nonprofit marketing positions here. Communications Counselor , Full Court Communications (Oakland, CA). Communications Manager , The Education Alliance. New York, NY). Communications Specialist , FHI 360 (Atlanta, GA). Digital Advocacy Intern , NARAL Pro-Choice America (Washington, DC). Director of Digital Innovation , The Sierra Club (San Francisco, CA or Washington, DC).

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Non Profit Marketing 360

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

Texas writer Jubi Headley offers a strong case for getting the hell out of the way and letting your clients tell their stories to donors. The impact outweighs the risks. Speaking of storytelling, Marco Kathuria of MKCREATIVE and I will give a workshop on September 9 on Storytelling and Video for Life Span Network, Maryland’s association of senior care provider organizations. (If If you’re interested in seeing it or talking about it, get in touch.).

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J Campbell Social Marketing

JUNE 27, 2018

Charlotte and Dave Willner started a Facebook fundraiser on June 16, titled “Reunite an immigrant parent with their child,” after they saw a viral photo of a 2-year-old Honduran girl looking up and crying as her mother was searched by a Border Patrol agent in southern Texas. The money will be go to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) — a large immigration legal services non-profit organization in Texas.

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Getting Attention

JUNE 15, 2012

ACLU of Texas (Houston, TX). 2) Communications Coordinator ACLU of Texas (Houston, TX) 3) Communications Director, Audubon Society (Baton Rouge, LA) 4) Communications Officer, The Colorado Trust (Denver, CO) 5) Communications Officer, Open Society Foundations (New York, NY) 6) Communications [.] Please post your nonprofit marketing position here —FT or PT staff, consulting or internship opportunities. NEW OPPORTUNITIES. 1) Communications and Events Manager.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Grassroots Leadership organizes communities to fight back against detention and deportation both in Texas and nationally. Hispanic Heritage Month, officially founded in 1968 , occurs each year from September 15 to October 15, a period which includes the anniversary of independence of eight Latin American countries. During National Hispanic Heritage Month in the U.S.,

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Getting Attention

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Director of Marketing and Communications , Capital Area Food Bank of Texas. Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. New Opportunities. Administrative Assistant for Communications and Marketing , The Columbus Foundation (Columbus, OH). Associate Director of Communications , American Rivers. Denver, CO). Communications Coordinator , ACLUF (New York, NY).

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Getting Attention

JUNE 3, 2013

Capital Campaign Manager & Marketing Director , Capital Area Food Bank of Texas (Austin, TX). Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. New Opportunities. Assistant Communications Manager , Montefiore Medical Center (Bronx, NY). Communications Associate , Levitt Pavilions (Beverly Hills, CA). Communications Coordinator (Part-time), NARAL Pro-Choice Washington (Seattle, WA).

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

APRIL 23, 2012

I’m headed to Austin, Texas today to teach a workshop I’m calling “So What and Who Cares? Getting Your Communications Right in 2012″ for the Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations. You answer the So What? question by making your messaging as relevant as possible to the people you are communicating with. But what does that mean? What creates relevance for people? You can create relevant messaging in lots of different ways, but here are my six favorites.

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Getting Attention

JANUARY 6, 2015

Strategic Marketing Manager Texas Health Resources (Arlington, TX). Please post your nonprofit marketing jobs here. Associate Director of Communications Hammer Museum. Los Angeles, CA). Brand and Integrated Marketing Manager Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (New York, NY). Communications Associate Initiative for a Competitive Inner City —ICIC (Boston, MA). Communications Coordinator Community Memorial Foundation (Hinsdale, IL).

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GenerationYGive

JULY 27, 2008

Last week, driving home, listening to NPR , I heard a fascinating tale about a lady in Texas who decided to get over her divorce by throwing herself into gardening-at her rental property. When her landlords gave her 30 days to get out, the lady posted a desperate plea on a gardening forum: what would happen to her hundreds of day lilies?

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EveryAction

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Texas Watch. To encourage new donors, Texas Watch calls their sustainer program “Friends in the Fight.” The year is almost over but nonprofits around the world are busy with year-end giving , all leading up to one of the largest giving days of the year: December 31st. With December in full swing and the pressure of living up to arguably the best fundraising month, we know things can get overwhelming.

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iMarketSmart

MAY 16, 2013

Professor, Texas Tech University) gave me the idea recently. I’m kicking myself because I didn’t think of this and I certainly can’t take credit for it. A brilliant researcher (Russell James III, J.D., The best way to measure the effectiveness of your legacy gift marketing is really quite easy. Keep in mind that most donors will not inform you of the final decision.

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Getting Attention

MARCH 11, 2013

Marketing Manager , Texas Nonprofits (San Antonio, TX). And we have a winner(s) in our naming contest for this weekly jobs listing! Congrats to Jen H., Meg M. and Heidi Y. for choosing the winning name for our job post series. Great minds think alike! Many thanks to all who took the time to enter the contest. There were so many excellent ideas. As always, please post your nonprofit marketing position here. New Opportunities.

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Getting Attention

JUNE 8, 2015

Marketing Communications Assistant Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas (Austin, TX). Post YOUR comms job here —nonprofits, grantmakers, B Corps & vendors serving nonprofits. Citizen Outreach Staff Fund for the Pubic Interest: Environment Oregon (Portland, OR). Communications Associate New York State Health Foundation (New York, NY). Communications Coordinator Trillium Employment Services (Auburn, WA). Communications Director National Domestic Violence Hotline (Austin, TX).

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iMarketSmart

MARCH 27, 2014

Just look at Texas Tech Professor Russell James’ research findings on the gap between giving intentions [for regular donations] and bequest intentions (as noted in his research, Messages to encourage bequests: Testing new findings from neuroimaging ). One of the most foolish things a nonprofit can do is to only focus their planned giving marketing efforts on older prospects.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MARCH 4, 2015

Greetings from Texas, Y’all! Kristina and I are currently in Austin, TX at this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference. This morning, Stephanie Bowen, Leili Khalessi, Kerala Taylor and I led a session called Paradox but Possible: Hardcore on Work AND Life. Stephanie, Leili, Kerala, and Kivi.

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Getting Attention

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Digital Marketing Coordinator Communities Foundation of Texas (Dallas, TX). Post YOUR open nonprofit marketing and communications positions here. Account Director , Temp Digital Project Manager & Temp Web Developer Grizzard Communications (Atlanta, GA/Los Angeles, CA). Communications Associate Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (Washington, D.C.). Communications Director Central Synagogue (New York, NY). Communications Director Make It Work Campaign.

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The Agitator

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Russ started his company in Waco, Texas in 1964. Russ Reid, a pioneer in monthly giving and direct response television (DRTV), died Saturday, December 7 at his home in Sierra Madre, California. He was 82 years old. Word of Russ’ death reached The Agitator via Tom Harrison, the chairman of the agency that Reid founded in 1964 and that still bears his name.

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The Agitator

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Here, from the campaign of Gerald Daugherty, running for re-election as a Travis County Commissioner (Austin, Texas) is my choice for the best campaign ad of 2016. Agitator readers in the U.S. have been inundated with political ads of all kinds. An estimated $4.4 billion in TV spending alone. Up from $3.8 billion in 2012. Enough is enough. Too much”, as Grandma Craver used to say, “will make a dog sick.”

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Getting Attention

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Digital Marketing Specialist Capital Area Food Bank of Texas (Austin, TX). Post YOUR open nonprofit marketing and communications positions here. Assistant Director Kogod Center for Business Communication American University (Washington, D.C.). Associate Director of Communications & Marketing The University of Cincinnati Foundation (Cincinnati, OH). Associate Marketing Manager Partnership for Public Service (Washington, D.C.).

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Fundraising Coach

AUGUST 28, 2017

In this morning's note to my weekly Fundraising Kick coaching email subscribers, I offered two ways to respond to a tragedy like the devastation people are experiencing in Texas because of Hurricane Harvey. If you turn on any news channel, you have undoubtedly heard of Harvey that tropical storm and hurricane that, even as I write this, is still devastating parts of Texas. Even if you’re far from Texas, people may have family there.

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Nonprofit Marketing Blog

MARCH 3, 2015

This morning five of my colleagues and I are flying to Austin, Texas for the Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC)! We’re looking forward to learning, networking, and enjoying all that Austin has to offer. If you will be in Austin, or if you’re attending NTC virtually , we’d love to meet you! Here are some ways to get in touch with the Network for Good team at NTC

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Getting Attention

JULY 14, 2015

Texas Communications Director Enroll America (Austin, TX). Subscribers, we’re working on getting you the ability to opt-in or -out of these listings vs. other posts. Hold on! . Post YOUR comms job here —nonprofits, grantmakers, B Corps & vendors serving nonprofits. Communications Expert and Editor Frameworks Institute (Washington, DC). Communications Manager for Reproductive Rights ACLU (New York, NY).

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Getting Attention

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Here’s what one early voter said: “What I learned most via voting is what makes the difference between effective and ineffective language,” says Susan Hanson, senior lecturer in English, Texas State University. Great Words Promoting Good Causes! Want to learn how to strengthen your nonprofit’s taglines for the organization, an advocacy or fundraising campaign, program or special event? Or craft powerful ones if there are none already in use?

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iMarketSmart

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

Lauderdale (Texas Tech University), and Cliff A. According to a 2009 report found in Financial Services Review, the number of charitable estate plans steadily increased among Americans aged 55-64 between 1996 and 2006. The report analyzed the trend of 41,965 Americans in a study authored by Russell N. James III (University of Georgia), Mitzi K. Robb (University of Alabama).

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JUNE 8, 2012

The official selections will be announced by the end of July and the festival will take place at the Spirit of Texas Theater at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, Texas on September 12-14. Another Friday, another round of Mixed Links! Communications and Fundraising. The latest Nonprofit Blog Carnival is up at Wild Apricot. May’s theme was Tips for Going Mobile.

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iMarketSmart

MAY 16, 2013

Professor, Texas Tech University) gave me the idea recently. I’m kicking myself because I didn’t think of this and I certainly can’t take credit for it. A brilliant researcher (Russell James III, J.D., The best way to measure the effectiveness of your legacy gift marketing is really quite easy. Keep in mind that most donors will not inform you of the final decision.

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