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Tips to Ensure Event Safety

Tips to Ensure Event Safety

By Melissa Lagowski CEO/Founder/Queen Bee Big Buzz Idea Group Events are as common in the nonprofit industry as annual campaigns and executive directors. What comes to mind when you think of events? Most people think of parties, galas and fundraising, but nonprofit events can expand to include festivals, concerts, chef competitions and more. Regardless of the type of event your association hosts, there are inherent risks that savvy leaders should anticipate and mitigate. Financial Risk You know that the most obvious hazard of any project is the financial risk, so it is important to delve deep into any event concept...

5 Tips for Prioritizing Your Mental Health in the Workplace

5 Tips for Prioritizing Your Mental Health in the Workplace

By Cat Donovan Executive Assistant Big Buzz Idea Group In March of 2020 we began navigating a maze of unknown depth and complexity. Juggling balls and spinning plates multiplied by the day. Professional settings and expectations changed overnight. Families with school-aged children had the routines they depended on completely uprooted. It quickly became apparent that managing and maintaining positive mental health was going to be both a challenge and a priority. The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), a nonprofit organization focusing on national health issues, released the results of a tracking poll about one year into the pandemic that indicated four...

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  • Make Your Nonprofit Stand Out: Creating Impressions for Impact
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  • Why Your Nonprofit Needs Brand Guidelines
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  • Should Sponsorships Include Membership Dues?
  • Never Overlook the Value of Gratitude
  • Clearer Communication Is the Secret to Better Outcomes
  • Strategies for Membership Based Associations to Flourish in Face-to-Face Interactions
  • If You’re Feeling Hopeless of Late, Remember That Your Work Matters and You Do, Too
  • Apply the Spoon Theory to Run Your Nonprofit
  • The Birth of a New Vision
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  • Life After COVID-19: Next Steps for Your Nonprofit
  • 3 Reasons Why Your Organization Should Use Canva
  • Implementing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Your Nonprofit
  • An Interim Leader Isn’t a “Temp:” Interim Leadership in NPOs as a Management Profession
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  • New Year’s Resolutions for Board Members
  • 11 Tips to Make Your Newsletter More Readable
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  • Nonprofit Event Venues 101
  • Post-Pandemic Event Lessons
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  • Client Spotlight: Illinois Theatre Association
  • Securing Help from Your Board: Are You Ready?
  • Organizational Operations Versus Organizational Strategy
  • Virtual Fundraising: 18 Ideas for Nonprofit Revenue
  • Take Time to Evaluate Your Events
  • Please Send a Hi-res Copy of Your Logo
  • 5 Secrets to Streamlining Your Administrative Tasks
  • The 3 Mistakes I Made Managing a Nonprofit
  • Tips for Virtual Event Success
  • Tips For Meaningful #GivingTuesday Follow-Up
  • Cross-Train Your Team for Better Outcomes
  • What’s Your Nonprofit’s Story
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  • 4 Productivity Tips to Elevate Your Nonprofit
  • Word of the Year: Manifestation
  • Fundraising: Creating a Straighter Path to Revenue Growth
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  • Are You Leading With Impact?
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  • How To Secure More Donor Dollars
  • How to Manage Your Organization During an Election Year Without Violating Your Nonprofit Status
  • Grateful for Nonprofit Leaders
  • Communicating With Your Nonprofit’s Supporters During Times of Unease
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  • Talk to Me! Prioritizing Internal Communications During Times of Transition
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  • The Board’s Hot (Summer) Topics
  • Time to Assess Your Year-End Campaigns
  • Client Spotlight: Cyberjutsu
  • 2020: A Lesson in Gratitude
  • The Keys to Presenting Your Nonprofit Online
  • How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media to Meet Goals
  • How to Hire a Consultant
  • Cancelling or Postponing Your Events in Light of COVID-19
  • Melissa Lagowski Named Faculty Member at Institute for Organization Management
  • SPONSORSHIP 101: Growing Nonprofit Revenues
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  • Promotion Ideas to Benefit Your Nonprofit – Part I
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