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Client Spotlight: Cyberjutsu

Client Spotlight: Cyberjutsu

Name/Title: Mari Galloway, CEO & Founding Board Member What is your organization and mission? Cyberjutsu is a 501c3 cybersecurity community for women to grow and build their #cyberjutsutribe. We empower women to network and lead in the cybersecurity space through hands-on workshops, cyber games, professional development, conference participation, leadership and volunteer opportunities, and more. How many years do you have in the nonprofit industry? 10 Your nonprofit community. Your team. Your mission. Your Board of Directors. Your events. Your volunteers. Your sponsors. How do you manage it all day to day? I don’t, lol. Just kidding. But I wonder about...

Keep Your Mission in Mind to Maximize Results

Keep Your Mission in Mind to Maximize Results

By Melissa Lagowski CEO / Queen Bee / Founder Big Buzz Idea Group Nonprofit organizations exist to serve a very specific purpose. You know that your mission should always be the driving force for every project, program and event that you host. But how focused on that mission are you? What about your Board of Directors and your staff? Are you utilizing yours properly for decision-making? There are times when a nonprofit might accidentally lose its way. It may be a well-intended meeting that veers off-course. The enthusiasm builds and before you realize it, the committee has created an entire...

Leadership Starts with You

Leadership Starts with You

By: Melissa Lagowski CEO/Founder/Queen Bee Big Buzz Idea Group “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired and success achieved.” ~Helen Keller When you think of a “leader,” who comes to mind? We typically list examples of great leaders like Abraham Lincoln, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Gandhi and other famous people, but we overlook the value that each of us possess as leaders. Does your organization have strong leadership? How enthusiastic and impassioned are the leaders that sit on your board of directors?...

6 Tips for Recruiting Ideal Board Members

6 Tips for Recruiting Ideal Board Members

By: Melissa Lagowski CEO/Founder/Queen Bee Big Buzz Idea Group We regularly hear from nonprofits that their Board of Directors or certain members are not carrying their fair share of the weight. The biggest concern is leadership not delivering on their Board commitments and sometimes they aren’t even showing up to the organization’s events. But imagine the flipside: What if each Board member actively engaged with your organization? What if every Board member met their give-or-get requirements and took their fiduciary responsibilities more seriously? What if every Board member actively served and supported your nonprofit with shared vision and commitment toward...

Re-Imagine the Possibilities to Better Serve Your Mission

Re-Imagine the Possibilities to Better Serve Your Mission

You might feel like you will never break free from Zoom calls and virtual meetings right now, but we will reach the other side of this “shelter in place” soon. However, the world as we knew it will never be the same. Have you started thinking about what this means for you and your nonprofit?

Many organizations have been extremely busy as a result of COVID-19, trying to keep up with an increased demand from core constituencies and working to pivot their in-person services to virtual programming. Nonprofit leaders have been struggling to stay abreast of financial assistance programs, additional giving campaigns and managing remote workforces. We get that you are busier than ever right now, but times like this are for preparation and innovation. If you actively invest the time now to plan out what you want to achieve on the other side of COVID-19, you are far more likely to succeed. You must make the time to begin planning for a future that has already been altered.

Organic Methods to Cultivate Sponsorship Leads

Organic Methods to Cultivate Sponsorship Leads

By: Melissa Lagowski CEO/Founder/Queen Bee Big Buzz Idea Group   When clients come to us wanting to start a sponsorship program, they often start rattling off the national and/or international companies that they want to target for sponsorships. Of course, it is natural for people to immediately think of the companies that have multi-billion dollar budgets and presume that all of these large benefactors will want to support the cause. But the reality is that thousands and thousands of other nonprofits are also thinking the same thing, so the sheer volume of asks going into that particular company each day...

Does Your Mission Have a Compelling Voice?

Does Your Mission Have a Compelling Voice?

By Guest Blogger: Pon Angara Principal, Barkada Creative “I was born in prison. My mother had just been sentenced to 7 years. And by the time I was a freshman in high school, I was already addicted to crystal meth. People would look at me with disgust, my family in particular.” “Life was hard for me growing up. I had no dad to look up to. I had no role model. My older brother was in and out of prison. I didn’t know what to do, so I started gang banging.” What images come to mind about the characters making...

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  • 5 Ways to Generate Sponsor Leads
  • 3 Reasons Why Your Organization Should Use Canva
  • 6 Tips for Cultivating Gratitude in the Workplace
  • How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media to Meet Goals
  • The Taxman Cometh (Yes, Even For Your Exempt Organization)
  • Never Overlook the Value of Gratitude
  • Securing Help from Your Board: Are You Ready?
  • Boost Your Daily Productivity
  • Promotion Ideas to Benefit Your Nonprofit – Part II
  • Leadership Starts with You
  • Cross-Train Your Team for Better Outcomes
  • A Job Gone Wrong
  • How to Secure Mega Sponsorships For Your Fundraising Event!
  • Does Your Mission Have a Compelling Voice?
  • Time to Assess Your Year-End Campaigns
  • Our Top Five Free Online Tools for Nonprofit Management Teams
  • Becoming a Virtual Event Planner in an Instant
  • 10 Tips to Cultivate Sponsor Relationships
  • Big Buzz Has COVID-19 Resources For You!
  • Post-Pandemic Event Lessons
  • If You’re Feeling Hopeless of Late, Remember That Your Work Matters and You Do, Too
  • Tips for Virtual Event Success
  • 50 Content Promotion Tactics: How to Drive Traffic to Your Next Article
  • Keep Your Mission in Mind to Maximize Results
  • Make Your Nonprofit Stand Out: Creating Impressions for Impact
  • How to Develop Your Nonprofit’s Audience Persona
  • 9 Lessons Learned from Our First Virtual Conference
  • Client Spotlight: Cyberjutsu
  • 6 Tips for Healthy Collaboration with Your Board Chair
  • The Need to Go Beyond Surveys
  • The Compelling Case to Renew
  • Defining Your Value: Reclaiming Relevance to the Community You Serve
  • The 3 Mistakes I Made Managing a Nonprofit
  • Put Some Zing in Your Zoom (Or Any Other Virtual Meeting)
  • 5 Secrets to Streamlining Your Administrative Tasks
  • How to Manage Your Organization During an Election Year Without Violating Your Nonprofit Status
  • Outsourcing: The Only Solution To Staffing Shortages
  • Board Nominating: A Better Way
  • 11 Tips to Make Your Newsletter More Readable
  • Chart a Path for Nonprofit Success
  • The Birth of a New Vision
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  • Why Is My Organization Not Growing?
  • What’s Your Nonprofit’s Story
  • Budgeting for Your Nonprofit in Uncertain Times
  • Making a Case for Strategic Planning
  • 5 Reasons to Outsource Instead of Rely on Volunteers
  • Goal-Setting For Successful Events
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  • How to Hire a Consultant
  • Networking for Personal and Professional Growth
  • Something Good: Building Your Team’s Connection
  • How To Secure More Donor Dollars
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  • Organizational Operations Versus Organizational Strategy
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  • Life After COVID-19: Next Steps for Your Nonprofit
  • 3 Questions to Ask If You Hope to Grow Your Membership
  • Tips For Meaningful #GivingTuesday Follow-Up
  • Grateful for Nonprofit Leaders
  • Fostering Board Engagement in Virtual Times
  • Four Pillars to Attracting and Retaining Ideal Employees
  • 4 Ways Outsourcing Your Development Work Can Provide Value
  • Crisis Management: Are You Ready?
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  • Board or Bored Leadership – Enter the Magnificent Seven
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  • Client Spotlight: Hope For The Day
  • Why You Need to Establish Gratitude as a Pillar at Your Nonprofit
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