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The Spark Plug Theory of Marketing

Borrow from the engine part's elegant efficiency and give your audience room to interpret your advertising's meaning. You'll make a memorable impression By Steve McKee inShare14 Business Exchange E-mail Print applySocialTools( $( "#social-tools-top-container" ), "story", "http://www.businessweek.com/small-business/the-spark-plug-theory-of-marketing-11112011.html", "http://buswk.co/vHH6OX") Related Items Taxpayers ...

Is Open Source Right For Your Organization

By Jay Leslie, November, 2011 This article originally ran in the November 1 edition of The NonProfit Times. Lots of people seem to be talking about “open source” software these days, but for non-techies, it’s not always easy to find ...

A Few Good Tools for eAdvocacy

By Kyle Henri Andrei, November, 2011 Advocacy organizations often encourage their grassroots supporters to influence politicians and corporations using different methods, from promoting a cause or opposing legislation to challenging ad campaigns or policies. A large display of public opinion ...
Category: technology

The Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide

October, 2011   UPDATED in October 2011! With more than 750 million people signed up for Facebook alone, there’s little doubt that social media can be a powerful part of most organizations’ communications mix. But what can it be used ...

White House Hosts Meeting on Nonprofit Leadership

  November 14, 2011, 5:07 pm By Lisa Chiu The White House has invited leaders from about 200 nonprofits to Washington to take part in a daylong program that will focus on the role of nonprofits and how charities can ...

Charitable Deduction Not Discussed at Deficit Talks

November 11, 2011, 3:40 pm By Lisa Chiu Republican members of the congressional deficit committee are discussing plans that would limit some tax breaks to help close the federal deficit, The New York Times reports. But a top Congressional aide ...

Portrait of an Anonymous Donor

November 14, 2011 Ruth McCambridge var addthis_product = 'jlp-1.2'; var addthis_config = {pubid:'ra-4dff6aee44742879', ui_hover_direction:0, data_track_clickback:true, ui_language:'en', ui_use_css:true}   November 10, 2011; Source: Daily Herald | It is perhaps a counter-cultural move these days to give anonymously; in fact, this seems ...
Category: fundraising

Want to Live Long and Prosper? Donate More!

November 14, 2011 Kathi Jaworski var addthis_product = 'jlp-1.2'; var addthis_config = {pubid:'ra-4dff6aee44742879', ui_hover_direction:0, data_track_clickback:true, ui_language:'en', ui_use_css:true}   November 8, 2011; Source: Xperedon.com | As debate rages in the United States about whether charitable giving will shrink if it’s no ...
Category: fundraising

Nonprofit groups hungry for funds

November 05, 2011 9:56 PM   By JACQUELINE ARMENDARIZ/ The Brownsville Herald   Local nonprofit organizations have changed their fundraising strategies as they face a lack of donors with deep pockets and an uncertain economy in which thousands are jobless. ...

ARAMARK Announces $100,000 ARAMARK Building Community 2012 Innovation Awards

ARAMARK Announces $100,000 ARAMARK Building Community 2012 Innovation Awards Leadership Award to Honor the Memory of Nonprofit Advocate Peter B. Goldberg   Link: http://www.aramark.com/PressRoom/PressReleases/ARAMARK-Building-Community-2012-Innovation-Awards.aspx   Washington, D.C., October 18, 2011 – ARAMARK, the global professional services company, today launched the ...
Category: grants and rfp's

New RFP's Announced

The RFP Bulletin is a publication of the Foundation Center. RFPs posted within the past week are listed below, sorted by topic. To search or browse all RFP postings, visit our Web site— new RFPs appear daily. PND posts RFPs ...
Category: grants and rfp's

Meals-on-Wheels of Johnson & Ellis Counties attends White House Briefing for Aging Organizations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                          November 11, 2011                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Contact name: Amy Jackson                                                                                                        Phone Number: (817) 558-2840 or                                                                                    (972) 351-9943                                                                                     Email: amy@mowjec.org      Meals-on-Wheels of Johnson & Ellis Counties attends White ...

New Group to Endorse Politicians Who Pledge to Strengthen Nonprofits

November 3, 2011, 10:41 am By Suzanne Perry A new organization is set to debut tomorrow with a mission that is unusual in the nonprofit world—to endorse political candidates who have solid plans for strengthening nonprofits in their communities. Next ...

Few Charity Employees Feel Financially Prepared for Retirement, Survey Finds

October 31, 2011, 10:19 pm By Caroline Preston Many nonprofit workers are worried that they won’t have enough money to retire comfortably, according to initial results released today of a survey about financial security among nonprofit employees. The early findings ...

Rewrite your nonprofit’s future by enlisting “coauthors”

Statistical evidence shows that most change efforts fail. The reason for this is that regardless of the management interventions attempted, the default futures of employees and leaders are still in place. The more things change, the more they stay the ...
Category: causeplanet

United Way corporate donors setting records in Dallas

Dozens of North Texas corporations have broken their own fundraising records as they support the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas United Way of Metropolitan DallasLatest from The Business JournalsTwo Houston CEOs among latest industry departuresUnited Way kicks off fundraising campaignSampson ...

Senators Seek to Preserve Low Nonprofit Postal Rates

November 4, 2011, 10:12 am By Holly Hall Fund raisers and nonprofit leaders breathed a sigh of relief this week when four senators introduced a new bill that would, in effect, preserve low postage rates for charities. The measure has ...

Charities Can Now Have Their Own Pages on Google’s New Social Network

November 7, 2011, 9:50 pm By Derek Lieu Nonprofits are finally getting their opportunity to create a presence on Google’s new social network. Until Monday, only individuals were allowed to create pages on the Google+ network, which went public this ...

In the Arts: History Museums Are Struggling

November 8, 2011, 11:41 am History museums are finding it hard to keep their exhibits up-to-date in a time when support for such institutions–from individual donors and the government – is fading, says the Associated Press. About 70 percent of ...

5 Steps for a Successful QR Code Marketing Campaign

5 Steps for a Successful QR Code Marketing Campaign 2 days ago by Hamilton Chan 26 Hamilton Chan is CEO and founder of Paperlinks, which provides the leading QR code infrastructure for businesses. Codes generated through Paperlinks app can be ...