The definition of decolonization that I refer to in this context is best articulated by Maori scholar Linda Tuhiwai Smith (she talks about researchers, but it applies to any industry): “Decolonization is a process which engages with imperialism and colonialism...
We hear all the time about corporate fundraising as an ~easy~ solution to all of our funding needs and we see a lot of organizations not do it quite right. Not sure how exactly to get started? We are joined...
Email continues to be the greatest revenue driver in fundraising – but that also means that it’s become an incredibly cluttered, busy channel. Digital communications have gone the way of direct mail, in the sense that quality and a holistic...
For many in the nonprofit sector, social media tools are necessary but often overwhelming and confusing. To help allay some of their challenges – and help expand their reach toward greater mission success – Facebook has taken a number of...
Planned giving. It can be terrifying and uncomfortable for most small charities. But it doesn't need to be! Join in on the conversation as Paul Nazareth, Vice President of Education & Development at the Canadian Association of Gift Planners and...
Stories are the backbone of good fundraising and critical to small organizations. We often hear how important stories are, but not how to craft good ones. After all, there is a difference! Vanessa Chase Lockshin, storytelling guru, breaks it all...
Here’s my supposition: we’re thinking about digital all wrong. First off, there’s rarely consensus when we do try to think about what digital actually is. Secondly we usually think about it as tactics, which just limits the potential for whatever...
Discomfort with engaging donors on bequests says more about your feelings about death than anything else. My mother died 11 years ago, almost exactly a year to the date after her mother, my grandmother, died. Within the next five years,...
Life was easier back then... When my fellow Good Workers and I began our journey into marketing legacy giving to annual donors in 2003, we had a lot of things to figure out. But one thing was simple and clear....
Read our update on this story, Government appeal: Federal government plans to appeal recent ruling on political advocacy for charities. Mark this date down in the charitable sector history books: July 16, 2018. If you’ve not yet heard, that’s the...
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