2013

June

• A chance to improve your storytelling

• The challenge and opportunity of true connection

May

• What the latest online trends mean for your cause

• On sprinting and passing the baton

• Help your corporate partners be brainiac cause marketers

• Free marketing brainpower for your nonprofit

• Better meetings: BLUF and the three WHATs

• Why I helped start a magazine: Characters matter

• On a personal note: A moment that shaped me

• 4 ways to give donors a better experience online

• The magic two words that will get people to retweet you

• The good and bad of brand storytelling

• 4 lessons on the art of reinventing your brand

• A simple picture to sharpen your focus

• Your guide to creating social habits for good

• My least favorite fundraising framing: Shame

April

• Nonprofit blog carnival: Your 25 pieces of best advice

• New giving index shows healthy 2012 online holiday giving

• A dozen free ebooks from Network for Good

• On a personal note: In support of leaning in

• Building a fundraising board - advice from the ‘board whisperer’

• It has to be interesting to get shared

• How truly great fundraising can flourish

• When donor gifts work - and when they don’t

• A post for when you’re stuck on replay

• Consumers like companies with a cause - but do they trust them?

• Re-imagining your annual report

• Video lessons in how to make a vast problem relatable

• Free webinar: Mastering the in-person ask

• Fundraisers, not just donors, are sick of endless appeals

• The future of mobile - and what you should do about it

• Trying to motivate people to change? Reward them.

• Must see: Fabulous guide to visual storytelling

• How to make your donors twice as generous

• Reader question: How do I make my mission sound more exciting?

• Reader question: What do I do about misinformation online?

• The state of the nonprofit sector?  Not so hot.

• I want your posts: What’s your best advice?

March

• Why you are so motivated in your work

• New Study: Online giving is up; Email response is down

• Wait, Wait - Tell Me the Best Way to Fundraise

• Reader question: How do I get a corporate grant?

• The number one villain in the way of good decisions

• Guy Kawasaki’s top ten social media tips for nonprofits

• Social media study: What drives digital support for causes

• Reader question: What’s a good framework for a fundraising plan?

• Two can’t miss webinars: Dan Heath and Guy Kawasaki!

• Why did people donate $700,000 online to a bullied bus monitor?

• 8 Tips for a Mobile-Friendly Nonprofit Website

• BUILD a new Millennial Platform for Engagement

• Have a great fundraising idea?  Prototype it.

• Resource roundup: How behavioral economics makes you better at your job

• Must-know Neuro-Nudges for Nonprofits

• Interview: How to get your colleagues on board with your digital plans

• Interview: How to better integrate digital tools into your outreach

• An intriguing but impractical tip about what inspires giving

• Why mobile matters - and what to do about it

• What to do - and avoid - when people ignore your message

• Obama email team reveals what worked - and didn’t - in election fundraising

February

• How to research your audience if you have no budget for consultants

• How to fix your influence problem

• Message isn’t working?  Here’s a three-point diagnosis.

• Your quick guide to better nonprofit financial management

• What you need to know about mobile: My (free) webinar on Tuesday

• Are you as “social” as other nonprofits?

• Reader question: How do I get people to open my emails?

• Reader question: What to do with deadbeat board members?

• Three thoughts on writing

• Easy to forget, critical to remember: Perspective is everything

• Celebrating Generosity Day: How to Thank Donors

• Join Me in a Different Kind of Valentine’s Day this Year

• Question 1: How do I deal with colleagues overruling my communications expertise?

• Ask me a question: I’ll post the answer here

• Friday fun: Find your social networking personality

• How to put peer pressure to work for your cause

• Picture this: 2012 online giving illustrated

• Why cause marketing is booming - and 3 ways to keep it effective

• Why donors stop their support

• 4 questions to ask before checking the box

January

• Smile, you’re in the happiness business

• The dinner party we really should be having

• The next generation of donors are serious about change

• The toast, the butter and the technology: DMA 2013

• A confession: The five real reasons that I blog

• Three things that make a great video (get out the hanky)

• How to show impact?  Here’s a great example.

• The tale of the unlikely messenger - and message

• Guy Kawasaki webinar: Getting your story published

• Before you take that fundraising job - or hire that fundraiser - read this

• Half of fundraisers want to quit - and a quarter of bosses said they fired their last fundraiser

• You’re a salesman.  We all are. Or should be.

• The incredibly simple, science-driven way to connect and compel

• Recommended read: Email subject lines that work

• 10 fundraising mantras for 2013

• What do the best nonprofit websites look like?

• The great donor exodus – and what to do about it

• Your tip of the day: Ideas in, ideas out

• 5 Technology Shifts That Will Change Nonprofits in 2013

• How to figure out what you want to do: the jealousy test

• The 4 kinds of people who care about causes - and what they do online