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Giving with more than gifts in mind
Put your change to work this gift-giving season. As a consumer, every purchase you make--from movie tickets to kid's toys--is a powerful vote for the values of the company and processes required to produce that good. If we want businesses to become more ethically...
Giving Tuesday: to give is to receive!
You might have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but did you know about Giving Tuesday? It’s a coordinated effort across the country to remind us of the importance and the impact of charitable giving. It’s an opportunity to challenge the culture of bargain...
Expand Your Reach: 6 tips to Capture the Minds of Millennials and GenX’ers
Money isn’t motivating, meaning is. Many charitable organizations list a top fundraising challenge as reaching a younger audience of donors to solicit larger donations. Emphasizing this as the main challenge indicates an underlying misunderstanding: many Millennials'...
Ten things Non-Profits can learn from Startups
I had the good fortune of spending three glorious days down at the Old Port of Montreal with my team last week attending the 5th Annual International Startup Festival. I’ve known for years that startups and non-profits have a lot in common. They both: are passionate...
5 Ridiculously Effective Tools for Sowing your Nonprofit’s Social Media Roots
If you read Phil’s blog post, From Seed to Success: How to cultivate a flourishing social media presence, then you rock. You want your nonprofit organization’s Social Media to be successful and you’re looking for guidance in the right places. If you didn’t read it,...
Social Media 101: Phil’s Summer School for Non-profit Executives
At Phil, we’ve noticed that non-profit executives and development directors understand the importance of moving their communications online, but some are intimidated by the tools and the lack training in setting up a successful social media presence. In response to...
From Seed to Success: How to Cultivate a Healthy Social Media Presence
Social media is challenging for all organizations, big and small. Almost all agree on why social media is important; it is a powerful and very inexpensive tool used to establish positive connections with donors, volunteers, other organizations, and their shared...
The Missing Link: Using LinkedIn to Strengthen Donor Relations and Corporate Giving
In the myriad of social media options available to non-profits today, Linkedin may be one of the most overlooked yet powerful tools available to fundraisers. While Facebook and Twitter are wonderful channels to promote your brand and tell your story, Linkedin is a...
Office 365 for Nonprofits
Note: This article is not sponsored by Microsoft. Our team wants non-profits to know what is available to them so they can maximise online tools, allowing them to save time, money and headaches. The following interview was conducted with our Director of Fundraising...
Concordia University’s Co-op Program
Concordia’s Co-op Program is currently posting work term mandates for next summer. Students who join Concordia's Co-op program alternate between semesters of full-time study, and semesters of full-time work (work terms). This educational model is gaining popularity,...