Welcome to the Nonprofit Blog Carnival round-up for January.
My dad, Manny Schwartz, together with Martin Luther King, Jr., inspired me to ask fellow bloggers to speak out on their big dream for their organization, cause or the nonprofit community this year, and how they’ll make it real, as they did in last January’s carnival.
This was a tough assignment, being so open ended. I purposefully left it the bloggers to frame it, and so many of them did that so beautifully—most on the theme of forward momentum.
I am inspired and energized by the creativity of these visions and the passionate commitment to getting there. Hope you are too:
More organizations doing more planning is Erik Anderson’s dream, to generate small victories and step closer to goal setting, risk-taking and moving the needle.
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Nancy Schwartz on February 1, 2013 in Strategy
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Tags:fundraising, Nonprofit Blog Carnival, Nonprofit Communications, nonprofit marketing
What would it mean to live
in a city whose people were changing
each other’s despair into hope? —
You yourself must change it. —
what would it feel like to know
your country was changing? —
You yourself must change it. —
Though your life felt arduous
new and unmapped and strange
what would it means to stand on the first
page of the end of despair?
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Nancy Schwartz on January 1, 2013 in Strategy
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This simple idea is driving a national movement—On Tuesday, November 27, charities like yours are coming together with families and individuals, businesses, communities and and other nonprofits around the world to transform the way people participate in the giving season. Refreshing, right?
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are shopping movements. But donating to a great cause should be treated with at least the same energy and focus.
Let’s send that message loud and clear on Tuesday, November 27, to show that we can give as good as we get. I’m participating, and I hope you will too.
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Nancy Schwartz on November 21, 2012 in Fundraising: Innovations & Research
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These are the questions you ask me most frequently:
What’s the right way to market a nonprofit like mine?
And how do I know if I’m doing the right things?
Not knowing the answers leads to self-doubt, paralysis or, worse, just doing what you’ve always done, regardless of the impact it may (or may not) have. There’s a better way.
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Nancy Schwartz on November 12, 2012 in planning
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Now that the elections are over, it’s time to move forward at full speed. Smart full speed.
But, as my daughter Charlotte said this morning as I woke her up to a house with power and heat (we’re in New Jersey, and had been without it for 1 1/2 weeks) and news of Obama’s victory, “It’s a whole new world.”
No matter your political orientation or geographic location, it is a whole new world. And you have to connect in a new world way.
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Nancy Schwartz on November 7, 2012 in Strategy
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Asking every staff member and leader to become an effective messenger, and training them to do so, is a high-impact, low-investment marketing strategy for every nonprofit, but one that’s frequently overlooked. It’s the ultimate low-hanging fruit for organizations like yours.
Today I’ll guide you to deliver the follow up that will keep your messengers focused and energized, and provide ongoing feedback that will strengthen your marketing and more.
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Nancy Schwartz on October 10, 2012 in Branding and Messages
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Tags:fundraising, message development, message team, messaging, nonprofit communications jobs, nonprofit marketing
