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Transform Your Impact: Get Funding for Results, Not Programs Contributed by:
Karen Eber DavisWednesday, April 24, 2013 (19 days ago)
Traditional government funding mechanisms can actually do more harm than good. Their stop-start nature means that nonprofits must forever start and then discard even promising programs. I hear this from nonprofit leaders all the time. One recently echoed: “When the grant ended, we had to stop a great service that was saving the community thousands of dollars.”
There is a better way....
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Translate a Successful Process Into Sustainable Income Contributed by:
Karen Eber DavisSaturday, March 23, 2013 (51 days ago)
Each month, my column, Your Ingenious Nonprofit, explores remarkable ideas that nonprofits are using to increase income and reach. This month we explore two different nonprofits, one in health care and one in the arts, using similar strategies to increase income.
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Bringing Donor Development Home Contributed by:
Karen Eber DavisMonday, February 25, 2013 (77 days ago)
Imagine your nonprofit creating an opportunity to interact and build relationships with four hundred upscale seniors, many whom could be potential donors, on a regular basis.
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Lightning and Thunder--Making Partnerships Work For You Contributed by:
Karen Eber DavisThursday, January 24, 2013 (109 days ago)
This month, we explore an unusual partnership between a nonprofit, The Florida Orchestra and a for-profit NHL hockey team, The Tampa Bay Lightning. The sports team partnered with the arts group to, among other activities, play its new theme song, Be the Thunder. Their ongoing partnership brings together two of Tampa Bay’s greatest assets.
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How to Turn a Memory Into Support Contributed by:
Karen Eber DavisThursday, December 20, 2012 (144 days ago)
Are you unforgettable? More important, is your nonprofit on the lips of thousands at least once per year? You can help people to remember you by creating a ritual that remembers and celebrates your work. Each month, this column explores remarkable ideas that nonprofits are using to increase their income and reach. This month we study Persons Day, a day familiar to Canadians but little known south of the border.
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Mastering the Art of Getting Expert Help Contributed by:
Karen Eber DavisThursday, November 29, 2012 (165 days ago)
Today’s column explores how nonprofits receive high-value donated services that saved time and improved quality. It points out new ways to partner with others to make your nonprofit profitable.
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A World-Class Budget Solution From The Museum of Science and Industry Contributed by:
Karen Eber DavisMonday, October 29, 2012 (196 days ago)
Your annual appeal failed to produce the income anticipated. A foundation failed to renew your grant. You had unexpected vacancies in your units. Whatever the reason, your nonprofit faces a budget shortfall, and year-end is in sight. Consider resolving the shortfall by adapting the approach taken by the Museum of Science and Industry.
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What Sesame Street Can Teach Us about New Nonprofit Initiatives Contributed by:
Karen Eber DavisWednesday, September 26, 2012 (229 days ago)
Imagine yourself as a preschool child having to say good-bye to someone who is nearly your whole world. Now imagine that your organization is looking for a fundable idea.
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Go to the Dogs with Style Contributed by:
Karen Eber DavisThursday, August 23, 2012 (263 days ago)
You’re reading “Your Profitable Nonprofit,” a column for nonprofit leaders such as you, which explores remarkable ideas that leading nonprofit organizations use to increase income, decrease costs, or just make their organizations better. Each column shares a successful idea, plus ways to adapt it. Today we consider the strategy behind the dog training classes offered by Southeastern. By looking at this earned-income opportunity, you will better understand how to use your best skills to earn money and grow your brand.
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How to Create Younger Generation of Supporters Contributed by:
Karen Eber DavisThursday, August 02, 2012 (284 days ago)
This column shares two methods of developing multi-generational communities around nonprofit missions. Both raise money and support the growth of tomorrow’s supporters. Might one of these, or an adaptation of them, help you to create future supporters?
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Can Lessons From a 1929 Mansion Increase Your Nonprofit Funding? Contributed by:
Karen Eber DavisTuesday, June 26, 2012 (321 days ago)
Welcome to “Your Profitable Nonprofit.” This column explores remarkable ideas that leading nonprofit organizations are using to increase their income. Each column will share a successful funding concept, plus adaptations for your use. Today you will learn about several small but profitable improvements, made by Bok Tower Gardens, which tripled revenue and gate at the Pinewood Estate attraction even during the recession.
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How to Succeed In Business: What Your Leaders Need to Know About Corporate Support? Part Three Contributed by:
Karen Eber DavisWednesday, December 07, 2011 (1 years 158 days ago)
The musical,
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, traces the adventures of a window washer who climbs the corporate ladder in a few days. Your nonprofit can succeed in obtaining business support. It will, however, take time and effort. This is the third part of a series dealing with corporate support. It shares three important board roles.
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How to Succeed In Business: What Your Leaders Need to Know About Corporate Support? Part Two Contributed by:
Karen Eber DavisWednesday, November 09, 2011 (1 years 186 days ago)
The musical,
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, traces the adventures of a window washer who climbs the corporate ladder in days. Your nonprofit can succeed in obtaining business support but it will take time and effort. This three-part series of articles provides a board primer to help you understand, earn, and receive this vital source of nonprofit income and other support. In the
first part of this article, we explored the basics of why and how corporations and businesses provide support to nonprofit organizations. This second part builds on that and discusses benefits, risks, and other information boards need to understand and consider in exploring business partnerships. (The third part will directly address the board’s role in the entire process.)
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How to Succeed In Business: What Your Leaders Need to Know About Corporate Support? Part One Contributed by:
Karen Eber DavisWednesday, October 26, 2011 (1 years 200 days ago)
Educate the board about the numerous ways business relationships benefit nonprofits. This three-part series of articles is a comprehensive overview.
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Reason for Hope? What Your Board Needs to Know About Government Funding Contributed by:
Karen Eber DavisWednesday, July 27, 2011 (1 years 291 days ago)
If the seven nonprofit income sources entered a popularity contest this year, the biggest loser would be government funding. This article provides a board primer on government funding to help your leaders maintain a realistic perspective on this source.
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Waiting for Super Donor? What Your Board Needs to Know About Individual Donations Contributed by:
Karen Eber DavisWednesday, June 08, 2011 (1 years 340 days ago)
Every nonprofit organization hopes someone will make a significant donation that rescues them from their financial challenges. Do you wait for Super Donor to rescue you? Unfortunately, if you only wait and hope, the odds are that Super Donor is not coming. Nor is he or she sending a check. This article shares what every board member needs to know and do to obtain individual donations.
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Can You Make Money with Your Mission? What a Board Member Needs to Know Contributed by:
Karen Eber DavisWednesday, March 23, 2011 (2 years 52 days ago)
In this post-recession world, nonprofits continue to seek ways to increase the money to create their missions. One option is to expand earned income or mission income, that is, income earned while doing mission. In this climate nonprofits that never considered mission income are reexamining opportunities. Others who dabbled in mission income now place it front and center. As a board member, here are ten fundamentals to consider as you explore mission income opportunities for your nonprofit.
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What Your Executive Director Would Like You to Know–But May Be Afraid to Tell You Contributed by:
Karen Eber DavisWednesday, March 24, 2010 (3 years 51 days ago)
Can your imagine what would be different at your meetings, if you could hear the thoughts that run through your Executive Director’s head? This article shares a dozen of the most common ones. During the last sixteen years of consulting with nonprofits, nonprofit executives have shared these thoughts with me when they talked about their boards. Knowing their thoughts will help you to better lead the organization. To help you create highly productive meetings, we include suggested actions in response to each thought....
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The Eight Principles of Sustainable Fundraising: Transforming Anxiety Into the Opportunity of a Lifetime Review by:
Karen Eber DavisFriday, June 22, 2012 (325 days ago)
What is the good news about fundraising? That you can transform your fundraising into relationships that last a lifetime. Sustainable fundraising is about adopting the right mental perspectives. To learn more, we look at Larry Johnson’s
The Eight Principles of Sustainable Fundraising: Transforming Anxiety Into the Opportunity of a Lifetime.
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Raise More Money from Your Business Community: A Practical Guide to Tapping into Corporate Charitable Giving Review by:
Karen Eber DavisThursday, March 15, 2012 (1 years 59 days ago)
Do you want to earn more money from the business community? Lysakowski’s new book,
Raise More Money from Your Business Community: A Practical Guide to Tapping into Corporate Charitable Giving provides an opportunity for you to understand the history of corporate philanthropy, to increase it in your nonprofit, and to explore its future.
Raise More Money provides the nonprofit development office with a desire to raise more money from the business community, the tools to succeed in a way that will compliment individual fundraising efforts.
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Face Time: Relationship Philanthropy, A Resource for Canadian Major Gift Fundraising. Review by:
Karen Eber DavisWednesday, March 07, 2012 (1 years 67 days ago)
Face Time offers the reader a summary of major gifts and the philanthropic donor world. Readers new to philanthropy and benefactors who wish to gain an overview of planned giving and philanthropy will find
Face Time most useful. If you’re a seasoned practitioner,
Face Time will serve as a reminder of ideas, helpful tips, and useful gems used by experts.
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