Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Last week I had the opportunity to chat with Politico’s managing editor, Bill Nichols , over a dinner hosted by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. (I I was there to teach local and state school choice advocates how to develop nonprofit marketing strategies.). The energy and Web 2.0 Define your niche.

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Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits Nonprofits Energy 163

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MARCH 10, 2023

How to Start with Nonprofit Influencer Marketing in 2023 Want to make good use of the power of influencer marketing to promote your nonprofit, charity or social enterprise? How does influencer marketing fit in the larger picture on marketing strategy for non-profits? Check out these tips by Lilian Sue.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

According to recent volunteer statistics , volunteers represent a significant one-third of the nonprofit workforce. But volunteer management isn’t just about recruiting volunteers and telling them what to do. Look out for volunteers with exceptional communication, organizational, and time management skills.

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Public and Nonprofit Management Leadership Recruitment Nonprofit Leadership 244

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

One tool that is available to nonprofit housing developers to address this situation is the limited equity cooperative (LEC). They were initially marketed to wealthier urbanites, who wanted the advantages of individual homeownership without all the responsibilities it entailed. In New York City, such a framework is in place.

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Nonprofit governance and management Manufacturing Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 102

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Launching a new nonprofit is an exhilarating feeling. Here’s something to keep in mind, starting now: self-funding a nonprofit is not sustainable. Fortunately, I had some experience in marketing that gave me ideas about how to fundraise and help the nonprofit. But big goals cost big money.

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Nonprofits Public and Nonprofit Management Foundations Homelessness 98

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

APRIL 28, 2011

You manage your board by helping them manage their process, and everyone wins. We also covered five ways that nonprofits sabotage their asks. Helped me to put into perspective where I really need to focus my energy.&# ~ Joyce Bignell, Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition. Seeing ourselves in the sabotaging examples!

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Public and Nonprofit Management Fundraising Fundraising Energy 182

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Welcome to the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators! Don’t be shy – tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro. Tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro. We’d love to feature YOU in this series!

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MARCH 3, 2021

Get thousands of free stock photos for your nonprofit, NGO or Social Enterprise. We’ve compiled a list of free breathtaking stock photos for nonprofit organizations, NGO’s and Social Enterprises which you can use right away for your website, mailing list, social media or other online and offline activities.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 15, 2023

Last week, the Build Public Renewables Act passed in the New York State Senate. The BPRA would create a public energy option in New York by expanding the ability of the New York Power Authority, the state’s public utility, to finance, build, and operate affordable, reliable renewable energy.

Energy 122

Energy Non-Profits Poverty Environmental 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In contrast to systems like energy, transportation, or health care, where expertise is more well defined, food expertise tends to be irrefutable, requiring no advanced degree or professional experience. To create change in such a system requires systems leadership.

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Public and Social Policy Food Leadership Health 94

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 24, 2025

Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? The group then engages in music and (if people want to) physical movement to bring positive, welcoming energy to the group. Image Credit: Dall-E by OpenAI.

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Health Public and Social Policy Medical Public and Nonprofit Management 91

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

What measures does your nonprofit take to ensure your supporters’ and participants’ private information is safe? And for those involved in nonprofit enterprises, it’s certainly less pressing than cultivating a major gift or preparing for a board meeting. I hope we all recall it as a time of high energy and high spirits.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

APRIL 20, 2020

During my decade as a nonprofit executive director, I took an embarrassing number of tests like the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® that confirmed what my family and friends could have told me for free. One of my coaches helped me realize that it’s often about energy. In case you haven’t guessed, I am a full-blown extrovert.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 29, 2024

Nonprofit organizations often operate on shoestring budgets, with every dollar being stretched to its limit to fulfill the organization’s mission. Yet the lifeblood of any nonprofit is its people – the passionate volunteers and hard-working staff who dedicate their time, energy, and talents to making a positive impact.

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Getting Attention

JANUARY 4, 2013

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. Affiliate Email Marketing Manager , ACLU (New York, NY). Chief Marketing Officer , Midtown Alliance (Atlanta, GA). Communications and Development Intern , Common Market (Philadelphia, PA).

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Getting Attention

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Please post YOUR nonprofit marketing job here. Associate Director, Media and Public Relations American Association for Cancer Research (Philadelphia, PA). Communications Manager America Achieves (Washington, DC). Communications Manager America Achieves (Washington, DC). Marketing Writer Health Leads (Boston, MA).

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Public and Nonprofit Management Marketing Marketing Associations 70

Getting Attention

JANUARY 25, 2013

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. Communications and Technology Manager , Association of Small Foundations (Washington DC). Communications Manager , Communities Creating Opportunity (Kansas City, MO). New Opportunities.

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Getting Attention

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. Communications & Engagement Manager , Ontario Nonprofit Network. Communications and Marketing Coordinator , Inside Education (Edmonton, AB Canada). NEW OPPORTUNITIES. Job of the Week.

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Public and Nonprofit Management Marketing Marketing Associations 70

Fundraising Coach

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

As a nonprofit professional, you understand the challenges of managing a robust volunteer program. A strong management strategy can combat these issues and make your volunteer program a more positive and productive experience. Invest in volunteer management software. Offer positive, engaging experiences.

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Ann Green

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Your volunteers donate their time and effort to your nonprofit. Volunteers provide unmatched value for your nonprofit, whether they’re helping with your fundraisers, programs, or other essential community services. A strong volunteer program is built on consistent communication , engaging opportunities, and organized management.

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Public and Nonprofit Management Charitable Organizations Values Recruitment 191

Bloomerang

APRIL 27, 2021

Once you and your team have worked together to fine-tune your internal nonprofit strategic communication initiatives by constructing a mission statement, vision statement, and identifying your core values, you can now start to strategize your external nonprofit communication efforts. This is a marketing truth as old as time itself.

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Communication Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits Construction 134

Getting Attention

JULY 14, 2015

Post YOUR comms job here —nonprofits, grantmakers, B Corps & vendors serving nonprofits. Communications Manager for Reproductive Rights ACLU (New York, NY). Communications & Marketing Officer Shining Hope for Communities (New York, NY). Development & Marketing Manager Minnesota Spay Neuter Assistance Program.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 2, 2021

Communications plans help offer structure and strategy that can save you time and energy in the long run, while getting your desired objectives accomplished. Storytelling is one of the hottest buzzwords in the nonprofit industry, and in marketing in general. Each nonprofit has a story too. Read part 1 and part 2.

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Communication Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits Energy 132

Candid

JANUARY 11, 2023

As we enter 2023, we’ve compiled a list of nonprofit books from Candid’s free digital library that can help inspire your nonprofit’s New Year’s resolutions. Demystifying Fundraising Funnels: A Digital Marketing Blueprint to Fund Your Non-Profit by David Higgins | ( Audiobook also available).

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Public and Nonprofit Management Culture Non-Profits Energy 111

Getting Attention

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here — FT or PT staff, consulting or internship opportunities. 2) Communications Manager , United to End Genocide , (Washington, D.C.). 3) Communications Officer and Intern, Public Affairs , John D. 5) Digital and Marketing Director , NET IMPACT , (San Francisco, CA).

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Public and Nonprofit Management Marketing Marketing Associations 64

Getting Attention

APRIL 20, 2012

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here —FT or PT staff, consulting or internship opportunities. . 6) Director of Marketing , Lutheran World Relief (Baltimore, MD). 7) Interactive Marketing Associate , Doctors Without Borders (New York, NY). 9) Manager, Communications and Events. NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

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Marketing Marketing Public and Nonprofit Management Associations 63

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

APRIL 17, 2012

As a new member of AFP but a veteran nonprofit CEO of 21 years, this was my first conference and I enjoyed learning from and with professionals dedicated to advancing a diverse spectrum of worthy causes. Management should operate by a dashboard of three “dials” that regularly measure the organization’s impact. Measure what’s important.

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Associations Public and Nonprofit Management Values Education 198

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

As Liz McKenna, an assistant professor of public policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School has empha siz ed , “Social movements often operate over years, decades. In an A pril 2024 article in The Appeal , they detailed the power of the combination of stop energy with a start agenda.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Energy Social Enterprise 116

Getting Attention

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here — FT or PT staff, consulting or internship opportunities. 1) Communications and Marketing Officer , Hartford Foundation for Public Giving , (Hartford, CT). 3) Communications Manager , ACLU of Arizona , (Phoenix, AZ). NEW OPPORTUNITIES. NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Image credit: Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” W hat would a nonprofit sector that pursued economic justice look like? The other five work for nonprofit intermediary organizations. Two of them—Dr.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Research conducted on effective marketing tactics and donor psychology are extremely beneficial to crafting communications that engage donors. Academia also has researchers with an interest in the nonprofit sector. Trust me, they have spent a lot of time and energy on getting it published, and they will want people to read it.

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Voluntary Action Public and Nonprofit Management Universities Psychology 143

Getting Attention

JANUARY 20, 2012

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here — FT or PT staff, consulting or internship opportunities. 3) Assistant Director of Marketing Communications and. Marketing Communications Assistant. 5) Communications Manager , Food & Friends (Washington, D.C.). 4) Communications Manager.

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Marketing Marketing Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management 63

Getting Attention

JUNE 24, 2011

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for FT or PT staff, consulting or internship opportunities. 5) Director, Marketing and Communications , Heart Rhythm Society , (Washington, D.C.). 6) Marketing and Communications Manager , Agros International , (Seattle WA). NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

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Marketing Marketing Public and Nonprofit Management Associations 63

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Why Energy-Efficient Renovations Are Good Investments In an age where sustainability is not just a trend but a necessity, energy-efficient renovations have emerged as a cornerstone in modern property development and ownership.

Energy 52

Energy Environmental Health Governance 52

Getting Attention

JULY 1, 2011

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for FT or PT staff, consulting or internship opportunities. 4) Director of Marketing , Salvation Army , (New York, NY). 5) Manager, Marketing and Media Relations , Junior Achievement , (Colorado Springs, CO). NEW OPPORTUNITIES. NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

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Marketing Marketing Public and Nonprofit Management Energy 58

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Making matters worse, as millions of Americans struggled to withstand the economic damage of COVID-19, private equity firms expanded into the housing market, in some cases buying entire neighborhoods. Resident associations, tenant unions, and surrounding communities play key roles in managing it and, in some cases, developing it.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 17, 2012

I recently finished two books that I found helpful, and I think busy nonprofit marketers can learn from them too. The problem with creative people (and many creative people are drawn to nonprofit marketing) is that they have plenty of ideas, but they don’t necessarily follow through on all of those ideas.

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Public and Nonprofit Management Production Energy Values 167