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7 Steps To Creating Your Best Nonprofit Marketing Plan Ever
Marketing nonprofits and their missions.
Tips To Maximize Your Nonprofit's Presence On LinkedIn
Learn how LinkedIn can help your nonprofit extend your marketing efforts and drive growth.
10 Best Practices for Making the Perfect Pitch
Best-practice tips for creating the perfect major donor pitch.
Development and Accounting: The Yin and Yang of Nonprofit Finances
Development and accounting are two critical functions of every nonprofit, and successful collaboration between them is essential. Mig Murphy Sistrom, CPA, defines how they relate, intersect, and support each other.
Sample Policy on Inclusive Events
A sample to adapt from and create your own policy to ensure your events are inclusive to diverse people and diverse needs.
North Carolina Media Contacts
Contact your local, regional, or statewide media outlets.
After the Lights Go Out: Turning Your Special Event into Future Gold
Special events are important vehicles for developing relationships with your donors. The cultivation activities you undertake after the event may just be the reason that gift ultimately comes your way.
A Few Good Methods for Processing Credit Cards
Accepting payments by credit card is not difficult or expensive. This article provides tips and tools to process credit card transactions, both on- and offline, for organizations of all sizes.
You Can Succeed in Public Relations without a Full-Time Professional
This article offers tips to help your organization do effective PR without a full-time professional.
The 10 Immutable Laws of Storytelling
An ages-old artform, storytelling is a powerful way to capture your audience's attention. Communications consultant, trainer, and speaker Andy Goodman offers ten "laws," or must-haves for good storytelling.
Supporting the Messengers of Change: Grantee Communications Assessment Report
This report details the findings and conclusions of a study of the strategic communications capacity, challenges, and needs of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation's 38 policy grantees.
More Effective E-Newsletters
Improve the effectiveness of your e-newsletter with these 11 tips from Common Ground.
Media Advocacy Checklist
A comprehensive advocacy strategy includes communications with government officials, the public, and the media. Develop your nonprofit's media advocacy plan by using this checklist from Common Ground.
Everyone Is Looking: Does Your 990 Present Your Organization Effectively
Now that 990s are easily available online, smart managers and board members are paying extra attention to how they present their organizations on these forms. This Common Ground article shares five tips for improving yours.