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What’s Your Nonprofit’s First Impression?

What’s Your Nonprofit’s First Impression?

By Melissa Lagowski Founder/CEO/Queen Bee Big Buzz Idea Group Every time we interact with another person, we make an impression. Each interaction—especially our very first one with someone—is an opportunity to establish a genuine connection and build a positive relationship. A business may call it a “brand image” or “company image,” but this concept applies to a nonprofit too. Your organization creates its own “brand image” through each touchpoint it has with donors, volunteers, people you serve, and others in the community. Have you paused to think about all those touchpoints and what type of impression your organization is making?...

Something Good: Building Your Team’s Connection

Something Good: Building Your Team’s Connection

By Brad Ball Vice President Big Buzz Idea Group Celebrating wins and recognizing opportunities for improvement are crucial components of successful and connected teams. Each week, the staff at Big Buzz Idea Group meets on Monday and Friday mornings and included on those agendas is “Something Good” and “Something Better.” By taking just a few minutes each week to connect about successes and SNAFUs, we enjoy a deeper connection to one another and the work we do for our clients. Something Good “The power of progress is fundamental to human nature, but few managers understand it or know how to...

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Insights Blog Archive

  • Something Good: Building Your Team’s Connection
  • 50 Content Promotion Tactics: How to Drive Traffic to Your Next Article
  • How to Develop Your Nonprofit’s Audience Persona
  • Big Buzz Idea Group Named One of America’s Top 100 Small Businesses
  • Cancelling or Postponing Your Events in Light of COVID-19
  • Navigating Uncertainty: How Nonprofits Can Protect Funding and Advocate for Change
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  • Transparency and Nonprofit Organizations
  • Apply the Spoon Theory to Run Your Nonprofit
  • How to Rewire Your Brain with Positive Thinking
  • The Compelling Case to Renew
  • Silver Linings Discovered Amidst a Pandemic
  • Employee Retention Tax Credit Yields Powerful Opportunity
  • 3 Reasons Why Your Organization Should Use Canva
  • How Big Is Your Fire?
  • An Interim Leader Isn’t a “Temp:” Interim Leadership in NPOs as a Management Profession
  • Life After COVID-19: Next Steps for Your Nonprofit
  • 5 Ways to Generate Sponsor Leads
  • Cross-Train Your Team for Better Outcomes
  • The Board’s Hot (Summer) Topics
  • The Hidden Costs Behind Your Fundraiser
  • Four Pillars to Attracting and Retaining Ideal Employees
  • Make Your Nonprofit Stand Out: Creating Impressions for Impact
  • Promotion Ideas to Benefit Your Nonprofit – Part II
  • Are You Leading With Impact?
  • Seven Tips to a More Productive Year for Your Organization
  • Fresh Funding Ideas Are Blooming
  • 7 Tips for Managing Hybrid Events
  • Goal-Setting For Successful Events
  • Our Top Five Free Online Tools for Nonprofit Management Teams
  • Tips For Meaningful #GivingTuesday Follow-Up
  • Losing Control? Reclaim Your Time!
  • 10 Cybersecurity Tips to Protect Your Nonprofit from Cyber Threats
  • Becoming a Virtual Event Planner in an Instant
  • Nonprofit Hiring: Best Practices for Building Your Team in 2024
  • Please Send a Hi-res Copy of Your Logo
  • Take Time to Evaluate Your Events
  • Real Progress Requires Intention: What Do You Want to Achieve in 2020 for Your Nonprofit?
  • Networking for Personal and Professional Growth
  • 6 Tips for Recruiting Ideal Board Members
  • Boost Your Daily Productivity
  • Why Nonprofits Need to Evaluate Their Budgets Every Year
  • Are You Leaving Money On The Table?
  • The Benefits of Outsourcing
  • To Be Successful, Nonprofits and Associations Must Be Forward-Thinking
  • Client Spotlight: Cyberjutsu
  • Why You Need to Establish Gratitude as a Pillar at Your Nonprofit
  • What’s Your Nonprofit’s Story
  • 10 Tips to Cultivate Sponsor Relationships
  • Communicating With Your Nonprofit’s Supporters During Times of Unease
  • Implementing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Your Nonprofit
  • Keep Your Mission in Mind to Maximize Results
  • Engage Your Board – Start with Recruiting and End with A High-Performance Culture
  • Lessons Learned in Nonprofit Management
  • Organizational Operations Versus Organizational Strategy
  • Four Tactics to Resolve Nonprofit Staffing Shortages
  • Spend Less. Do More. Your Guide to Effective Outsourcing
  • Fundraising: Creating a Straighter Path to Revenue Growth
  • Client Spotlight: Illinois Theatre Association
  • Board Nominating: A Better Way
  • Conference Call Hero – 6 Tips to Master the Art of Video and Audio Conferencing
  • 5 Reasons to Outsource Instead of Rely on Volunteers
  • Nonprofit Form 990: Friend or Foe?
  • 4 Productivity Tips to Elevate Your Nonprofit
  • Client Spotlight: Old Town School of Folk Music
  • Organic Methods to Cultivate Sponsorship Leads
  • 3 Questions to Ask If You Hope to Grow Your Membership
  • Streamlining Success: Using a Consent Agenda for Nonprofit Board Meetings
  • Making the Most Out of Event Centerpieces
  • 4 Ways Outsourcing Your Development Work Can Provide Value
  • Communication Tips to Advance Your Organization
  • Why Identifying and Communicating Your Core Values Is Important
  • Word of the Year: Manifestation
  • The Need to Go Beyond Surveys
  • Is Your Marketing Missing the Mark?
  • A Job Gone Wrong
  • Leadership Starts with You
  • Best Practices For Nonprofit Management
  • Mastering Client Expectations: 6 Essential Tips for Success
  • The Birth of a New Vision
  • Four Step Process to Building Better Buy-In
  • Innovative Approach to Volunteer Recruitment
  • If You’re Feeling Hopeless of Late, Remember That Your Work Matters and You Do, Too
  • Big Buzz Idea Group Launches Additional Services
  • 5 Secrets to Streamlining Your Administrative Tasks
  • Tips for Nonprofit Success
  • What’s Your Nonprofit’s First Impression?
  • Interim Directors Provide Strength in Times of Transition
  • Advantages of Donor Database Software for Charitable Organizations
  • Chart a Path for Nonprofit Success
  • SPONSORSHIP 101: Growing Nonprofit Revenues
  • Outsourcing: The Only Solution To Staffing Shortages
  • New Year’s Resolutions for Board Members
  • Gen Z is the Next Wave of Donors—How Can Nonprofits Engage Them?
  • Why Is My Organization Not Growing?
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  • The 3 Mistakes I Made Managing a Nonprofit
  • How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media to Meet Goals
  • From Awareness to Action: Using Social Media to Reach Your Goals
  • Navigating Nonprofit Finances: How to Effectively Manage Your Bookkeeper
  • How To Secure More Donor Dollars
  • The Taxman Cometh (Yes, Even For Your Exempt Organization)
  • Leveraging AI For Time Management
  • How to Keep Your Visuals On-Brand
  • Nonprofit Event Venues 101
  • Why Your Nonprofit Needs Brand Guidelines
  • 3 Tips For Maintaining Your NPO’s Digital Assets
  • These Red Flags Scream That You Need a New Bookkeeper
  • SPONSORSHIP 101: To Package or Not to Package
  • Tips to Ensure Event Safety
  • Time to Assess Your Year-End Campaigns
  • Grateful for Nonprofit Leaders
  • Want To Retain Your Employees? Wellness in the Workplace Matters!
  • Promotion Ideas to Benefit Your Nonprofit – Part I
  • 2020: A Lesson in Gratitude
  • 6 Tips for Cultivating Gratitude in the Workplace
  • 11 Tips to Make Your Newsletter More Readable
  • 9 Lessons Learned from Our First Virtual Conference
  • Financial Planning for Uncertain Times
  • Strategies for Membership Based Associations to Flourish in Face-to-Face Interactions
  • Re-Imagine the Possibilities to Better Serve Your Mission
  • Leveraging E-Newsletters For Nonprofit Growth
  • Melissa Lagowski Named Faculty Member at Institute for Organization Management
  • Six Things Your Nonprofit Needs to Know About Sales Tax
  • Client Spotlight: Hope For The Day
  • How to Hire a Consultant
  • Post-Pandemic Event Lessons
  • Making a Case for Strategic Planning
  • Celebrate You and Avoid Nonprofit Burnout
  • Should You Ever Cover Board Member Expenses?
  • DEI, DEIB, Equity & Inclusion for All: Ways to Advance the Work in 2025
  • Virtual Fundraising: 18 Ideas for Nonprofit Revenue
  • Self-Care: A Necessity for Successful Leadership
  • Fostering Board Engagement in Virtual Times
  • Big Buzz Has COVID-19 Resources For You!
  • Meet Big Buzz, the Creators of Ribfest Chicago
  • Crisis Management: Are You Ready?
  • The Importance of Authenticity in Sales and Networking
  • Put Some Zing in Your Zoom (Or Any Other Virtual Meeting)
  • DIY Event Photos
  • Securing Help from Your Board: Are You Ready?
  • Tips for Virtual Event Success
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  • 6 Tips for Healthy Collaboration with Your Board Chair
  • The Keys to Presenting Your Nonprofit Online
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  • Clearer Communication Is the Secret to Better Outcomes
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