The Nonprofit Consultant

NOVEMBER 26, 2006

Thanksgiving is done with (hope yours was peaceful and happy), and we're now officially into the Holiday Season. That means plenty to each of us personally, of course, but as nonprofit professionals it also means quite a bit work-wise as well. As you hope for the best return on that holiday pitch you should have already prepared, and as you get set for those final big asks of the year, you might want to see where your state stands in the new state-by-state assessment of charitable giving.

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Chad Barr

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

Is your web site generating results for you? Here are the three most important development business site objectives (desired outcomes): 1. Increase business and gain new clients. 2. Improve your image, brand and credibility. 3. Make it easier to do business with you. Either implement the proper strategy to accomplish all three or ask yourself whether your strategy is working.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

According to a new report from the Urban Institute, the growth of the nonprofit sector has outpaced the growth of the economy over the past decade. The report says that, "While the nation's gross domestic product grew by an inflation-adjusted 36.6 percent from 1994 to 2004, the nonprofit sector's revenues increased 61.5 percent." So why are we always whining about needing more?

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The Nonprofit Consultant

NOVEMBER 10, 2006

I've written before about nonprofits using MySpace and YouTube and other mass market social networking platforms. One of the complaints about these sites is that the users are not really there to look for volunteer or philanthropic opportunities. Most users are there for fun, networking, or just killing time. What if I told you about an online community that was designed to link nonprofit organizations to people who are looking for action opportunities?

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Chad Barr

NOVEMBER 7, 2006

I love my Bose QuietComfort2 Headphones product and won’t use anything else in first class due to peer pressure. :~). When I first broke it about a year ago, the local store immediately exchanged it for a new headset – no questions asked. When breaking this new headset again several weeks ago, I had to send it to Bose Corporation since the local store did not have them in stock.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Network for Good, an online service that facilitates online charitable donations, has just released a report looking in detail at $100,000 in online giving to 23,000 nonprofits. Some of what stands out from the results are the differences between online and offline donors: they're younger and more generous. Some more highlights ( click here for their summary and link to full report ): - Online givers are young (38-39 years old) and generous, giving several times more than offline donors on avera

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The Nonprofit Consultant

NOVEMBER 6, 2006

Welcome to the Carnival of the Nonprofit Consultants. This traveling carnival was started by Kivi Leroux Miller of the Writing911.com Nonprofit Communications Blog to bring you the best postings on nonprofit issues each week. This week I am honored to be the guest host. Soul Resources starts us off with Sacred cow tipping - Making a difference. The sacred cow in question?

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Chad Barr

NOVEMBER 4, 2006

“How to Leverage the Internet to Dramatically Grow Your Business” is the topic I will be presenting and speaking about during The Odd Couple Seminar in Las Vegas on 11/18/2006. Alan Weiss and Patricia Fripp will be presenting how to market yourself as a speaker. Click on the image below to view the video postcard from Patricia Fripp. Hope to see you there.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

On Monday I will again be hosting the Carnival of Nonprofit Consultants. For those who are not familiar with the blog carnival concept, it is a collection of the best posts on a particular subject (in this case, nonprofit management and fundraising) from the previous week. If you have a post you'd like to submit, there's still a few hours left to submit your blog by clicking here and following this link.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

NOVEMBER 15, 2006

I generally try to keep politics out of this blog (not always successful), but I thought this was an interesting short article in the Philanthropy News Digest: Nonprofit Leaders Weigh Impact of Election. The article tackles the question of whether or not the incoming Democratic Congress would be "better for the nonprofit sector" than the exiting Republicans.

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