Bartlomiej Skorupa, Co-founder and Executive Director of Groundwork Opportunities (GO) gives some insightful knowledge in our webinar “Crowdsource Your Future.” Bartlomiej (Bart) started his career consulting for Fortune 500 companies and ultimately started his very own non-profit (GO). By leveraging his consulting, business and corporate background, GO has expanded significantly and become quite a success. … Continue Reading
Expert Advice, Nonprofit Management, Online Fundraising
Thank you for sending in such thought-provoking, challenging questions during the last week of VivaQA. We’ve gone through your inquiries and chose the following question for our founder, Layne Gray, to answer.
Blog, Nonprofit Management
We hope you’ve all taken the chance to ask our founder, Layne Gray, your brain-stumping fundraising questions, since this will be the last week of Vivanista’s Question Session. We selected the following question from the bunch to answer:
Blog, Nonprofit Management
The Question Session continues! Thank you for sending in such thought-provoking, challenging questions. We sifted through your inquiries and chose the following question for our founder, Layne Gray, to answer.
Expert Advice, Nonprofit Management
Press on, move forward, make progress, reach for goals, hit targets. Sound familiar? In philanthropy, there’s not a lot of time for introspection, but good things can come from stepping back to recharge. These five articles will make you think, but will also inspire you to action. Plus there’s a review of a cool new tool to help you tell your story.
Nonprofit Management
Keep sending in your toughest and most perplexing questions for us to answer as part of our Question Session! This week, our founder, Layne Gray, answered the following question to help you with your future fundraising endeavors. How do we organize a successful membership drive for our organization? Thanks to all of you who have … Continue Reading
Blog, Marketing and Promotion, Nonprofit Management
The Dog Days of summer are upon us, which gives hardworking philanthropists yet another reason to slow down and curl up with a good book. Here’s Vivanista’s summer reading list—our top picks in each of six categories that will impact your view of fundraising. Auctions Fundraising Auction Secrets by Michael Ivankovich This great go-to handbook … Continue Reading
Auctions, Expert Advice, Leadership, Marketing and Promotion, Nonprofit Management, Social Media
It’s true: The concept of the Young Professionals Group (aka, Young Donors Society or Young Donors Group) has spread faster than a funny video on You Tube – which explains why, when we speak on young-donor engagement, I’m always asked whether these groups work. Of course, as a consultant, I have a famous answer for this and many other questions: It depends.
Nonprofit Management
With approximately 1.5 million nonprofit organizations in the United States alone – we already know that everyone is competing for the same pool of donors and volunteers, but now nonprofits are also competing for our clicks. So, how are you positioning your organization to emerge and stand out among them?
Nonprofit Management, Online Fundraising
The latest research findings on philanthropy gives us the goosebumps. Study shows that women are more likely to give and give more than men. Yes. That’s right. Women give more than men: when we hold constant income, age, education and all other factors that influence giving.
Giving, Nonprofit Management
