Is anyone else tired of all the doom and gloom? I think that even the happiest person in the world would be depressed after listening to the news for 5 minutes. Yes, the world is in an economic crisis and there is a lot of bad things happening to good people. However, the one thing [...]
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Crisis, the economy and nonprofits – it could be a “Good Thing”
April 30, 2009 — Crystal Thies
Posted in General Nonprofit Management, donor relations, financial management, fundraising, public relations, social media, virtual marketing. Tags: crisis, donations, economic crisis, economy, endowment, foundations, fundraising, grants, non-profit, nonprofit, not-for-profit, online community, operations, programs, public relations, ROI, social media, social network, stewardship, volunteer. 2 Comments »
Quick Update – Social Media and Nonprofits – New Survey Results
April 28, 2009 — Crystal ThiesJust released…Get the Results…Nonprofit Social Network Survey Report
Sponsored by NTEN, Common Knowledge and The Port. Almost 1,000 nonprofits participated in the survey.
Key Findings:
74.1% have a presence on Facebook
80.8% allocate at least one quarter of a fulltime staff person to social networking
More than half intend to increase social network project staffing over the next 12 months
Of those [...]
Posted in Uncategorized. Tags: Facebook, non-profit, nonprofit, not-for-profit, social media, social network, virtual marketing. No Comments »
Social Media and Virtual Marketing for Nonprofits – practical suggestions
April 28, 2009 — Crystal ThiesI’ve seen several articles and blog posts recently that address the issue of social media being used by nonprofits. To boil them all down, they say that social media are great resources for nonprofits because they are free, that if nonprofits use social media resources that they have to keep up with the content to [...]
Nonprofit is not a synonym for “no profit”
April 24, 2009 — Crystal ThiesIf you work in the nonprofit world, you’ve probably had the experience of someone making a comment similar to, “When you work for a nonprofit, your goal is to not make a profit, right?” For most people, I politely correct and educate them to the truth. But, every once in a while, I’m shocked to [...]
Posted in General Nonprofit Management. Tags: AIG, for-profit, fundraising, GM, independent sector, NGO, non-profit, nongovernmental organization, nonprofit, not-for-profit, third sector. 5 Comments »
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