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3 Questions to Ask If You Hope to Grow Your Membership

3 Questions to Ask If You Hope to Grow Your Membership

By: Brad Ball Vice President Big Buzz Idea Group If boosting membership is a key goal for your organization, we’ve got three questions to kick off your strategic planning. To add some context, we spoke with Lynsey Sorrell, the Vice President of Membership for the Ely Chapter of Lambda Alpha International, the Honorary Society for the Advancement of Land Economics. As one of our valued association management clients, she was able to share some of the impactful ways we’ve worked together to improve her organization’s membership. Read on for our thought-starters to move your own membership forward. 1. How can...

The Compelling Case to Renew

The Compelling Case to Renew

By: Melissa Lagowski CEO/Founder/Queen Bee Big Buzz Idea Group   Today’s the day to make things happen. It’s time to move forward (while the whole world seems to have stopped, and we watch and wait and wonder and worry). Put aside the feeling of helplessness, that the more we learn, the less we understand what it all means for each of us. That’s the problem with paralysis by analysis: while we’re stuck in the mud and waiting for something, time keeps slippin’ and the world keeps spinnin’… A boulder has been placed in your path. While deciding what to do...

How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media to Meet Goals

How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media to Meet Goals

8 Ways Social Media Can Further Your Mission By: Melissa Lagowski CEO, Founder and Queen Bee, Big Buzz Idea Group When to-do lists run long, social media management is often one of the first things to fall off a busy nonprofit team’s plate. While it’s crucial to stay focused on organizational strategy, building and maintaining a social media presence is a tactic that can help your nonprofit successfully execute that big-picture strategy and meet next-level goals. Social media may seem small-reaching, especially if you’re still working to build a following, but with consistent, engaging content, it has limitless potential. How...

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  • Communication Tips to Advance Your Organization
  • Defining Your Value: Reclaiming Relevance to the Community You Serve
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  • Post-Pandemic Event Lessons
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  • Put Some Zing in Your Zoom (Or Any Other Virtual Meeting)
  • What’s Your Nonprofit’s Story
  • How to Rewire Your Brain with Positive Thinking
  • A Job Gone Wrong
  • Something Good: Building Your Team’s Connection
  • 50 Content Promotion Tactics: How to Drive Traffic to Your Next Article
  • Celebrate You and Avoid Nonprofit Burnout
  • Time to Assess Your Year-End Campaigns
  • Leadership Starts with You
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  • 4 Ways Outsourcing Your Development Work Can Provide Value
  • 2020: A Lesson in Gratitude
  • Fresh Funding Ideas Are Blooming
  • Nonprofit Event Venues 101
  • Talk to Me! Prioritizing Internal Communications During Times of Transition
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  • The Importance of Authenticity in Sales and Networking
  • Leveraging AI For Time Management
  • 3 Tips For Maintaining Your NPO’s Digital Assets
  • Strategies for Membership Based Associations to Flourish in Face-to-Face Interactions
  • How to Manage Your Organization During an Election Year Without Violating Your Nonprofit Status
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  • Gen Z is the Next Wave of Donors—How Can Nonprofits Engage Them?
  • Never Overlook the Value of Gratitude
  • Budgeting for Your Nonprofit in Uncertain Times
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  • Fundraising: Creating a Straighter Path to Revenue Growth
  • Grateful for Nonprofit Leaders
  • Making a Case for Strategic Planning
  • Clearer Communication Is the Secret to Better Outcomes
  • The Taxman Cometh (Yes, Even For Your Exempt Organization)
  • 7 Tips for Managing Hybrid Events
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  • Making the Most Out of Event Centerpieces
  • How Big Is Your Fire?
  • Organizational Operations Versus Organizational Strategy
  • Apply the Spoon Theory to Run Your Nonprofit
  • Cancelling or Postponing Your Events in Light of COVID-19
  • Team Culture Exists Beyond the Office Walls
  • If You’re Feeling Hopeless of Late, Remember That Your Work Matters and You Do, Too
  • Boost Your Daily Productivity
  • Tips for Virtual Event Success
  • The Birth of a New Vision
  • 6 Tips for Cultivating Gratitude in the Workplace
  • Client Spotlight: Old Town School of Folk Music
  • Advantages of Donor Database Software for Charitable Organizations
  • Why Your Nonprofit Needs Brand Guidelines
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  • Implementing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Your Nonprofit
  • Life After COVID-19: Next Steps for Your Nonprofit
  • Six Things Your Nonprofit Needs to Know About Sales Tax
  • Streamlining Success: Using a Consent Agenda for Nonprofit Board Meetings
  • Keep Your Mission in Mind to Maximize Results
  • Big Buzz Has COVID-19 Resources For You!
  • Navigating Nonprofit Finances: How to Effectively Manage Your Bookkeeper
  • New Year’s Resolutions for Board Members
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  • Self-Care: A Necessity for Successful Leadership
  • Nonprofit Form 990: Friend or Foe?
  • 5 Ways to Generate Sponsor Leads
  • Outsourcing: The Only Solution To Staffing Shortages
  • Transparency and Nonprofit Organizations
  • Client Spotlight: Center for Changing Lives
  • These Red Flags Scream That You Need a New Bookkeeper
  • Why Is My Organization Not Growing?
  • Why Identifying and Communicating Your Core Values Is Important
  • 9 Lessons Learned from Our First Virtual Conference
  • 5 Reasons to Outsource Instead of Rely on Volunteers
  • 4 Productivity Tips to Elevate Your Nonprofit
  • The Benefits of Outsourcing
  • 11 Tips to Make Your Newsletter More Readable
  • Word of the Year: Manifestation
  • The Need to Go Beyond Surveys
  • Cyber Security: How To Protect Yourself In Today’s “Connected” World
  • Goal-Setting For Successful Events
  • Client Spotlight: Cyberjutsu
  • Becoming a Virtual Event Planner in an Instant
  • DEI, DEIB, Equity & Inclusion for All: Ways to Advance the Work in 2025
  • Re-Imagine the Possibilities to Better Serve Your Mission
  • How To Secure More Donor Dollars
  • What’s Your Nonprofit’s First Impression?
  • DIY Event Photos
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  • Lessons Learned in Nonprofit Management
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  • Innovative Approach to Volunteer Recruitment
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  • Four Step Process to Building Better Buy-In
  • 10 Cybersecurity Tips to Protect Your Nonprofit from Cyber Threats
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  • Chart a Path for Nonprofit Success
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  • Silver Linings Discovered Amidst a Pandemic
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  • Why You Need to Establish Gratitude as a Pillar at Your Nonprofit
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  • Virtual Fundraising: 18 Ideas for Nonprofit Revenue
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  • Does Your Mission Have a Compelling Voice?
  • Communicating With Your Nonprofit’s Supporters During Times of Unease
  • 10 Tips to Cultivate Sponsor Relationships
  • Spend Less. Do More. Your Guide to Effective Outsourcing
  • Why Nonprofits Need to Evaluate Their Budgets Every Year
  • Best Practices For Nonprofit Management
  • How to Hire a Consultant
  • Losing Control? Reclaim Your Time!
  • Networking for Personal and Professional Growth
  • Organic Methods to Cultivate Sponsorship Leads
  • Fostering Board Engagement in Virtual Times
  • Holding On When You Feel Like Throwing In the Towel
  • Are You Leading With Impact?
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