by Cindy Lauren | Feb 5, 2019 | development and fundraising, Emergency Planning, Fresh Eyes, fundraising, Nonprofit operations, Operations, Strategic Planning
Yay! Our very first event. It was to be the inaugural event for our nonprofit. It was noncompetitive hike in the park: three courses, easy, medium and kinda challenging. We had secured the park, the permits and the date, now it was time to di the event planing deliver...
by Cindy Lauren | Dec 6, 2018 | communications, development and fundraising, Financial Reporting, Fresh Eyes, fundraising, Nonprofit operations, office workflow, Operations, Protecting Yourself, Strategic Planning
We are all breathlessly waiting for the end of this year. Cranking through Giving Tuesday and and the run up to the End -Of-The-Year fundraising push is lots of hard work and hopefully will provide you with big dividends. January is right around the corner when you...
by Cindy Lauren | Sep 19, 2018 | annual gala, Commentary, communications, Emergency Planning, Nonprofit operations, Operations, Protecting Yourself, Strategic Planning
Plan for bear, hope for squirrel Let?s face it, something is going to go wrong. Plan on it;? you won?t know what, when or how, but reliably something will screw up at the event. There will be acts of God, weather, earthquakes, accidents, and my all time favorite,...
by Cindy Lauren | May 3, 2016 | development and fundraising, Financial Reporting, fiscal management, Making Money, Nonprofit operations, Operations, Tools
A? nonprofit metric is a standard of measurement, most often represented with numbers.? A number has little ambiguity on its own, but alongside other numbers, the meaning of that number can become less clear.? In nonprofit management and fundraising there has...
by Cindy Lauren | Feb 15, 2016 | communications, Fresh Eyes, Nonprofit operations, Operations
Nonprofits are constantly? being told to publish, communicate, share ideas and activities. Great advice, but how can anyone manage all the information and knowledge out there? The internet is a fantastic source of material of all kinds, but it is important to know...
by Cindy Lauren | Jan 21, 2016 | Business - Consulting Services, development and fundraising, donor advice, fiscal management, Making Money, membership, Nonprofit operations, Operations
Email remains one of the most effective, most efficient ways to contact and connect with your donors. Responding to a donation quickly and clearly is critical to keeping and honoring that donor. But email can be a deluge, and ensuring your message gets read is...
