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How Nonprofits Can Raise More by Telling the Right Story to the Right Audience

Leave a Comment / Authenticity, Business, community, consulting, Cross-Sector Partnerships, donors, Fundraising, Industry, networking, Non-profit, resources, Strategizing, tips, volunteer, vulnerability / By Mallory Erickson

Did you know the success of your nonprofit organization starts with your story? That’s right. The story you tell donors, both small and large, will heavily influence how much money you raise, how many donors you retain, and whether you will build a sustainable future for your organization. When we think of storytelling, we often …

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The Undeniable Value of Nonprofits Working With Cross-Sector Partners

It’s always been known that nonprofit organizations need cross-sector partners to successfully raise money for their causes. However, it hasn’t always been made aware of just how much nonprofits contribute to the success and positive culture of those corporations. The need for organizations to partner with nonprofits in pursuit of broad-reaching outcomes has increased substantially …

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What Nonprofit Fundraisers Can Learn From Political Fundraising And Organizing

Leave a Comment / Activism, Fundraising, Industry, Non-profit / By Mallory Erickson

What Nonprofit Fundraisers Can Learn From Political Fundraising And Organizing While you might not associate nonprofit fundraising with political fundraising, there are plenty of tools and techniques you can learn from political organizing when researching the best ways to fundraise. If you are wondering how to fundraise for your organization or campaign, we’re here to …

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Are coaching and consulting the same thing?

Leave a Comment / Coaching, consulting, Industry, Mindset & Habits, Self-Care / By Mallory Erickson

Coaching and consulting are nothing alike. You might be pretty surprised by the statement because often people say that they are a coach AND consultant. I am one of those people. But when I’m coaching and when I’m consulting it looks and sounds fundamentally different. This is why it’s so important that if you are …

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Who, How, and why to talk to donors about stock donations

Leave a Comment / Activism, community, Cross-Sector Partnerships, donors, Fundraising, Industry, Non-profit, resources, stock donations, volunteer / By Mallory Erickson

Stock donations; have you ever asked your donors to donate their stocks directly to your nonprofit? I know I never did when I was fundraising. I never even considered having donors donate their stock directly to me. Of course I know that many donors sell their stocks at year end to make donations that they …

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Why your nonprofit should accept stock donations

Leave a Comment / Activism, community, consulting, donors, Fundraising, Industry, Non-profit, resources, stock donations, volunteer / By Mallory Erickson

Do you ever come across a solution to a problem you didn’t even know you had? This happened to me recently. I came across StockDonator.com – a company designed to help nonprofits accept donations of publicly traded stock. Then I posted on my instagram asking if accepting stock donations is something that my clients are …

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Tips from a visibility expert Part 2

Leave a Comment / Activism, Authenticity, Coaching, community, consulting, donors, Fundraising, Industry, Mindset & Habits, Non-profit, resources, tips, Visibility, volunteer / By Mallory Erickson

In my last article, I started sharing this amazing conversation I had with my coach and visibility expert, Michelle Vos. I shared the concept of visibility and how that reflects in your life to your business and in fundraising, although it creates fear. That exchange acted as a was the foundation for tips from a …

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Are You Seeking More Visibility? — tips from a visibility expert Part 1

Leave a Comment / Activism, Authenticity, community, Fundraising, Industry, Mindset & Habits, networking, Non-profit, resources, tips, Visibility, volunteer / By Mallory Erickson

Have you ever realized that fundraising in itself actually involves all the components of who we are as people? And yet we look at it through a tiny lens focused on the work itself. My advice? Seek more visibility authentically. What I’ve found in my past roles as a fundraiser and now as a fundraising …

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Chatter: The Ethan Kross Blog (pt 2)

Leave a Comment / chatter, Coaching, consulting, courage, Industry, Mindset & Habits, Podcast, positive self talk, resources, self coaching methods, Self-Care, Uncategorized, vulnerability / By Mallory Erickson

What is chatter? Do you use your own name when you talk to yourself? What’s amazing about talking to a thought leader and award winning author are the insights you get when being able to ask whatever you want. That was my recent experience when I had the privilege to interview Dr. Ethan Kross, author of …

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How to Write a Nonprofit Mission Statement

Leave a Comment / Business, Coaching, Fundraising, Industry, networking, Non-profit, resources, tips, Visibility / By Mallory Erickson

Mission Statement: How to Write One for a Nonprofit First of all, are mission statements still a thing people even look at? I know, I know, they can seem like outdated and boring sentences that have little to do with what your organization really does. But they are an integral part of running a successful …

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