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The Keys to Presenting Your Nonprofit Online

The Keys to Presenting Your Nonprofit Online

By: Kayla Walke Nonprofit Account Coordinator Knowing how to present your organization online is key for not only conveying and sharing your message with those who are unaware of your organization but also for maintaining current members.  When someone visits your website for the first time, the last thing you want is for them to struggle to find information or dig around for a donate button! Here are a few tips and tricks to remember when working on your organization’s website by focusing on the importance of making a good impression right off the bat. Homepage Perfection  When visiting your...

Best Practices For Nonprofit Management

Best Practices For Nonprofit Management

By: Big Buzz Idea Group Staff This month, we turn to our helpful hive-full of Big Buzz team members for some insider insights and tips that they’ve honed and compiled over years of working with nonprofits. These simple but powerful methodologies have helped numerous clients along the way, so we know they’re tried and true and can work for anyone in the business of running a nonprofit like a business. Prepare For “The Ask” When soliciting new Board Members, Nicole Harris advises to go in prepared for the big meeting: A strong organization will have a solid plan when it...

Promotion Ideas to Benefit Your Nonprofit – Part II

Promotion Ideas to Benefit Your Nonprofit – Part II

By: Melissa Lagowski CEO/Founder/Queen Bee Big Buzz Idea Group In “Promotion Ideas to Benefit Your Nonprofit – Part I” we covered ideas for you to utilize relative to email marketing, leveraging your community and capitalizing on some basic public relations tactics. Part II will advance the promotional discussions and cover more ideas for digital exposure. Online Marketing Marketing online via social media remains an important part of overall promotions for nonprofits and associations so we encourage our clients to include online promotions to achieve maximum exposure. Social media options can be a bit overwhelming, so it’s best to compare the various...

Silver Linings Discovered Amidst a Pandemic

Silver Linings Discovered Amidst a Pandemic

By: Melissa Lagowski CEO/Founder/Queen Bee Big Buzz Idea Group We have always known that, out of necessity, nonprofit organizations are incredibly nimble and resilient. Over the last 12 months, organizations have made quick pivots and showed great commitment and creativity to the missions they serve. Now that it has been a full year of life with COVID-19, we asked our clients if they had any unexpected positive results from the pandemic. Here is what they had to say:   Rogers Park Business Alliance “We added video interviews to our Small Business Saturday event in 2020. The pivot to video for...

Promotion Ideas to Benefit Your Nonprofit – Part I

Promotion Ideas to Benefit Your Nonprofit – Part I

By: Melissa Lagowski CEO/Founder/Queen Bee Big Buzz Idea Group I recently heard a horror story about a nonprofit that was promised a packed room for their annual fundraiser. The development team guaranteed that the tables would be full and the event would be a huge success. I don’t know all the intricacies, but in the end, their promotions clearly failed as there were not even three full tables and it was a huge flop. This is everyone’s worst nightmare. We are constantly tasked with growing our audiences and engaging new supporters but often don’t know where to begin. This list...

3 Reasons Why Your Organization Should Use Canva

3 Reasons Why Your Organization Should Use Canva

By: Katelyn Foehner Communications Manager Big Buzz Idea Group As many nonprofit executive leaders know, your title encompasses much more than what it states. Many executive directors serve as not only the ED but the bookkeeper, event planner, communications guru and everything in between. Finding easier ways to get the job done is essential to fulfilling all your tasks. Insert Canva into the equation to save stress, time and money. Canva is a free-to-use online design platform. While many people use it to create images for social media, Canva can be used to create t-shirt designs, invitations, blog banners, business...

50 Content Promotion Tactics: How to Drive Traffic to Your Next Article

50 Content Promotion Tactics: How to Drive Traffic to Your Next Article

By: Andy Crestodina Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer, Orbit Media   Where there’s traffic there’s hope. A visitor is an opportunity for conversion, which could mean a lead, a customer or a subscriber. But no traffic means no conversions. This is why content marketers work so hard at content promotion. And we do it by being active in three areas: search engine optimization, social media marketing and email marketing. Certain content has advantages in certain channels, but every piece of content can be promoted in all three. Let’s look at how this all works with content. Then we’ll explore 50 specific...

Make Your Nonprofit Stand Out: Creating Impressions for Impact

Make Your Nonprofit Stand Out: Creating Impressions for Impact

By: Melissa Lagowski Founder, CEO, and 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 makes 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...

Is Your Marketing Missing the Mark?

Is Your Marketing Missing the Mark?

By: Valeria Basso Symphonic Communications Consulting Here is a fact you most likely don’t want to hear but need to: 98% of your marketing is a waste of money. It’s just noise and your audience is hardly noticing it. The truth is that most non-profits miss the mark with their marketing because their message fails to answer a simple question: What’s in it for the donors? You can tell uplifting stories about how your organization is changing lives but if you don’t show your donors how your work impacts and matters to them, those stories are going to be largely...

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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  • How Big Is Your Fire?
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  • Why Is My Organization Not Growing?
  • 6 Tips for Recruiting Ideal Board Members
  • Goal-Setting For Successful Events
  • Cyber Security: How To Protect Yourself In Today’s “Connected” World
  • 50 Content Promotion Tactics: How to Drive Traffic to Your Next Article
  • Fostering Board Engagement in Virtual Times
  • The Taxman Cometh (Yes, Even For Your Exempt Organization)
  • Celebrate You and Avoid Nonprofit Burnout
  • What’s Your Nonprofit’s Story
  • 5 Tips for Prioritizing Your Mental Health in the Workplace
  • Conference Call Hero – 6 Tips to Master the Art of Video and Audio Conferencing
  • Team Culture Exists Beyond the Office Walls
  • How to Develop Your Nonprofit’s Audience Persona
  • How to Rewire Your Brain with Positive Thinking
  • 5 Secrets to Streamlining Your Administrative Tasks
  • Implementing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Your Nonprofit
  • The Compelling Case to Renew
  • Fresh Funding Ideas Are Blooming
  • 6 Tips for Cultivating Gratitude in the Workplace
  • Holding On When You Feel Like Throwing In the Towel
  • Client Spotlight: Illinois Theatre Association
  • Interim Directors Provide Strength in Times of Transition
  • 4 Ways Outsourcing Your Development Work Can Provide Value
  • 11 Tips to Make Your Newsletter More Readable
  • Organic Methods to Cultivate Sponsorship Leads
  • How to Secure Mega Sponsorships For Your Fundraising Event!
  • Organizational Operations Versus Organizational Strategy
  • Tips for Virtual Event Success
  • Engage Your Board – Start with Recruiting and End with A High-Performance Culture
  • Why Nonprofits Need to Evaluate Their Budgets Every Year
  • Client Spotlight: Hope For The Day
  • Never Overlook the Value of Gratitude
  • Self-Care: A Necessity for Successful Leadership
  • 4 Productivity Tips to Elevate Your Nonprofit
  • Leveraging E-Newsletters For Nonprofit Growth
  • 7 Tips for Managing Hybrid Events
  • Talk to Me! Prioritizing Internal Communications During Times of Transition
  • Making a Case for Strategic Planning
  • Should You Ever Cover Board Member Expenses?
  • Defining Your Value: Reclaiming Relevance to the Community You Serve
  • How to Hire a Consultant
  • Lessons Learned in Nonprofit Management
  • Keep Your Mission in Mind to Maximize Results
  • How to Manage Your Organization During an Election Year Without Violating Your Nonprofit Status
  • Meet Big Buzz, the Creators of Ribfest Chicago
  • Time to Assess Your Year-End Campaigns
  • The Benefits of Outsourcing
  • Four Tactics to Resolve Nonprofit Staffing Shortages
  • Take Time to Evaluate Your Events
  • The Keys to Presenting Your Nonprofit Online
  • Board Nominating: A Better Way
  • Grateful for Nonprofit Leaders
  • How To Secure More Donor Dollars
  • Spend Less. Do More. Your Guide to Effective Outsourcing
  • To Be Successful, Nonprofits and Associations Must Be Forward-Thinking
  • Put Some Zing in Your Zoom (Or Any Other Virtual Meeting)
  • Innovative Approach to Volunteer Recruitment
  • 8 Tips For Leading Productive Meetings
  • Big Buzz Has COVID-19 Resources For You!
  • Chart a Path for Nonprofit Success
  • Employee Retention Tax Credit Yields Powerful Opportunity
  • Nonprofit Form 990: Friend or Foe?
  • 5 Ways to Generate Sponsor Leads
  • New Year’s Resolutions for Board Members
  • 5 Reasons to Outsource Instead of Rely on Volunteers
  • A Job Gone Wrong
  • Why You Need to Establish Gratitude as a Pillar at Your Nonprofit
  • Nonprofit Event Venues 101
  • Promotion Ideas to Benefit Your Nonprofit – Part I
  • Something Good: Building Your Team’s Connection
  • 3 Tips For Maintaining Your NPO’s Digital Assets
  • Crisis Management: Are You Ready?
  • 10 Tips to Cultivate Sponsor Relationships
  • Tips to Ensure Event Safety
  • Cross-Train Your Team for Better Outcomes
  • Does Your Mission Have a Compelling Voice?
  • Networking for Personal and Professional Growth
  • Outsourcing: The Only Solution To Staffing Shortages
  • Communication Tips to Advance Your Organization
  • Big Buzz Idea Group Launches Additional Services
  • Re-Imagine the Possibilities to Better Serve Your Mission
  • Promotion Ideas to Benefit Your Nonprofit – Part II
  • The Importance of Authenticity in Sales and Networking
  • Leadership Starts with You
  • Silver Linings Discovered Amidst a Pandemic
  • Optimize Your Contact List for Nonprofit Growth
  • Word of the Year: Manifestation
  • How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media to Meet Goals
  • 6 Tips for Healthy Collaboration with Your Board Chair
  • Post-Pandemic Event Lessons
  • Cancelling or Postponing Your Events in Light of COVID-19
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  • DIY Event Photos
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  • Tips For Meaningful #GivingTuesday Follow-Up
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  • Life After COVID-19: Next Steps for Your Nonprofit
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  • Budgeting for Your Nonprofit in Uncertain Times
  • The Birth of a New Vision
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  • The Board’s Hot (Summer) Topics
  • Financial Planning for Uncertain Times
  • Fundraising: Creating a Straighter Path to Revenue Growth
  • 3 Questions to Ask If You Hope to Grow Your Membership
  • The Need to Go Beyond Surveys

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