Some nonprofits or churches don’t think they have enough work to merit a full-time marketing person, and no one wants to spend a penny more than they have to. But every organization has marketing needs, and a long wish listRead more…
Road Map to Impact: Setting Communications Objectives
Communication aims at achieving three main outcomes: Raising awareness, changing attitudes and motivating people to take action. Strategies, messages, creative content and engagement activities must all be designed to achieve specific, strategically selected communications objectives. These objectives are described in thisRead more…
What Every Board Member Needs To Know About Fundraising
If you’re a board member for a nonprofit organization, I bet you are dealing with fundraising issues more often than not. As a board member, you are voting to support (or not support) various fundraising strategies. You are probably allocatingRead more…
7 Ways to Kiss Fundraising Goodbye [Slideshare]
Traditional fundraising is broken. It lock nonprofits and charities in an endless cycle of chasing low return activities. A much better approach is to create a sustainable financial model that aligns well with your mission and core competencies. Nonprofits must moveRead more…
Best to Invest: A funders’ guide to social investment
Social enterprises and social investment are increasingly important in addressing social needs. In the UK social investment is valued at over £200m and expected to reach £1bn by 2016. Social investment is the provision of finance to organisations with aRead more…
Social enterprise spectrum
Different graphs depicting the spectrum of social enterprises – charities that receive some income from trade to businesses with intented social outcomes.
Non-profit Web Development Thoughts
Outside the box thinking towards solving non-profit and church software needs for the foreseeable future.Read more…
Burck Communications
Burck Communications is a resource for nonprofit leaders. We train, encourage, and equip anyone dedicated to their nonprofit organization’s success by helping them incorporate sound management and development philosophy into their work.Read more…