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5 Creative Nonprofit Fundraiser Ideas for 2025

5 Creative Nonprofit Fundraiser Ideas Read time: 4-5 Minutes It’s an annual tradition! Every year I share some of the most creative fundraising ideas I see out there in the wild. The ideas are based on current trends in nonprofits and culture over all. This year, fundraising is changing. It’s about focusing on connection and community. The world needs a bit more of that right now. Let’s have a little fun with 5 nonprofit fundraiser ideas for 2025 in this issue of Changemaker Mondays ☀️ ☕ 🌍!…

11 Volunteer Role Ideas: Boost Nonprofit Marketing, Fundraising, & more

Volunteer Role Ideas: Boost Marketing, Fundraising & more Read time: 4-5 Minutes Close your eyes and imagine someone volunteering. What are they doing? When most people think of volunteering, they imagine activities like serving meals 🍎, building homes 🏘️, or picking up litter 🗑️. It makes sense. These are the portrayals we see of volunteers in stock photos and the media. And don’t get me wrong – those activities are certainly part of volunteering! But if we limit our idea of volunteering to…

Donor behavior is changing: 3 Tips for Fundraising in 2025

Donor behavior is changing Read time: 4-5 Minutes There’s a treasure trove of data and insights about fundraising out there. The big question is: What do we do with it, as changemakers, fundraisers, and nonprofit leaders? I’m all about turning insights into action. In this issue of Changemaker Mondays ☀️ ☕ 🌍, we’re going to take a look a one of the latest reports on fundraising and giving trends and translate it into manageable, practical actions you can take in 2025 to boost your fundraising…

How to Find Volunteers on LinkedIn

How to Find Volunteers on LinkedIn

How to Find Volunteers on LinkedIn Read time: 4-5 Minutes There are a ton of awesome places to search for and find volunteers out there. I’ll probably do an updated video sometime with the latest list of resources. I noticed a few weeks ago that LinkedIn recently updated their tools to search for volunteers and board members. So, In this issue of Changemaker Mondays ☀️ ☕ 🌍, I want to share a quick overview of how to use this resource, if you’re not already. Changemaker Mondays is brought to…

Empowering OTHER people to raise money for your cause

Empowering OTHER people to raise money for your cause

Empowering other peopleto raise money for your cause Read time: 5 Minutes How can you inspire other people to fundraise for your nonprofit? If you could do that, it would be like growing your fundraising team by 5, or 10, or 50. Can you imagine?! 😮 Peer to Peer fundraising can be an effective strategy for expanding the capacity of your fundraising efforts – but it won’t be successful without some key things in place. In this issue of Changemaker Mondays ☀️ ☕ 🌍, let’s go over a few tips for…

It’s December. 😮 5 Nonprofit Focus Areas to End 2024 STRONG

It’s December. 😮 5 Nonprofit Focus Areas to End 2024 STRONG

5 Focus Areas to End2024 STRONG Read time: 5 Minutes December is a big month for nonprofits. But with some intentionality and focus, we can make it through this busy season without feeling overwhelmed. That’s the dream, am I right? 😅 If you’re feeling frazzled, I thought it might help to focus on a few items you might consider prioritizing in the coming month. So in this issue of Changemaker Mondays ☀️ ☕ 🌍, let’s work together to turn chaos into strategy. Changemaker Mondays is brought to you…

6 Creative Ways to Showcase Your Impacts

6 Creative Ways to Showcase Your Impacts

6 Creative Ways toShowcase Your Impacts Read time: 5 Minutes Impact is our WHY. We’re all in this because we believe our work will make the world a little (or a lot) better than it was. So how can we tell the story of those impacts in a way that will grab our community’s attention? And inspire continued support? In this issue of Changemaker Mondays ☀️ ☕ 🌍, I wanted to share some creative ideas for showcasing your effort’s impacts to wow and excite your stakeholders and supporters. Changemaker…

From Strangers to Supporters: How to Inspire Donors

From Strangers to Supporters: How to Inspire Donors

From Strangers to Supporters:How to Inspire Donors Read time: 5 Minutes Honest question. 🤔 When was the last time you donated after a complete stranger sent you an email or letter in the mail asking for funding for an organization you’d never heard of? I’ve talked about this in past videos, but it’s extremely rare to get donations by soliciting from strangers. (Exceptions might include: campaigns for urgent disaster relief, large-scale political campaigns, solicitations from extremely…

Let’s fast-track your Nonprofit progress (last call!)

Let’s fast-track your Nonprofit progress (last call!)

Let’s fast-track your progress.Enrollment closes TONIGHT! Read time: 3 Minutes Doing this work is exciting for me Reader. Especially this week! Even though I’ve been teaching about how to build a successful and impactful nonprofit and had the privilege of connecting with hundreds of changemakers over the past few years… There’s something about going deeper with people on creating an impactful organization that lights me up. And that’s exactly what I’ve been working on for the past several…

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