Strategic Focus in the Age of AI: Why Doing Less Will Matter More
What happens when your team can do everything? In the age of AI, execution is easy — but clarity is not. This article explores why strategic prioritization is now the most critical skill for nonprofit leaders, and how to lead with intention in a low-friction world.
How to End Your Nonprofit Data Nightmares Once and For All
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. You’re trolling through your organization’s database, trying to run a report that gives you a list of top donors or folks who haven’t given in a while or some other useful, obvious thing you’d want to pull out of your database. But things don’t seem quite right.
Death by 1,000 Data Points: Why The Wrong Data Is Killing Your Nonprofit
When most nonprofits start trying to use their data as a decision-making tool, no one warns them about its dark side. In reality, there are metrics that will actually lead you astray and waste your time if you focus on them. Let’s talk about why data might actually be hurting your nonprofit instead of helping it.
9 Cheap (or Free) Data Visualization Tools That Don’t Require IT Support
Sometimes, you can’t use your data because your software lacks a feature or tool you need. Waiting for a consultant or someone in IT to run the report manually isn’t a great long-term solution, either. So in the spirit of self-serve data, here are nine different tools you can use to interact with your own data without any outside help.
Baby Steps: How to Cut The Confusion and Start Using Data to Improve Your Cause Marketing
Let’s discuss how your organization can get past confusion about data and start using it as a tool to generate continuous improvement in your cause marketing.
How to Raise $60 Million: The Secret Weapon Obama’s Team Used in the 2008 Election
Little things like colors, words, and design can make all the difference. And your organization can adopt the same testing principles and strategies that the Obama team used to generate huge amounts of email sign-ups, event registrations, and online donations.
SEO for Nonprofits Part 2: How to Develop and Execute an SEO Strategy for Your Nonprofit
In this post, I’ll be explaining some of the strategy and underlying tactics that go into executing successful SEO for a nonprofit.
5 Common Data Mistakes Nonprofits Make With Their CRM
Whether your data is in a state-of-the-art CRM, or just a bunch of file cabinets in the basement, success requires getting organized and having discipline. Software is great, but it can’t compensate (yet) for poor judgment or sloppy execution.
Frustrated by Expensive Drupal Training Costs? You’ll Love the Drupal UX Initiative
Drupal is incredibly powerful. But it can also be a difficult beast to master. That could all be changing.
SEO for Nonprofits Part 1: Why Nonprofits Can’t Ignore SEO
SEO has gotten many labels over the years. It’s been dubbed a lifesaver, the only approach that matters, and also complete bullsh*t. This is because SEO has changed–and so have the people who “do” and sell SEO as a service. Here’s why SEO matters to nonprofits.
Why Your Nonprofit Is Struggling with Technology and How to Fix It
Technology mistakes can be costly. Here’s how to figure out when you have them and then figure out how to solve them.
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