4 Questions To Help You Prioritize Fundraising Tasks When You’re Pressed For Time
If you are doing your job well as an Executive Director or Director of Development, you are getting pulled in a million different directions at the same time, all the time. That's because you are, rightly,
3 Questions To Help You Prioritize Communications When You’re Pressed For Time
The title of this blog post should really read "Three Questions That Help You Prioritize Communications When You’re Pressed For Time, as in All The Time". Because let’s face it, there’s no real downtime or slow
5 Ways To Gauge If Your Communications Cart Is Leading Your Nonprofit’s Horse
In a world where image matters, talented communications’ personnel are able to tap into the emotions that most nonprofits are built around, and even without a clear “blueprint”, communicate and motivate people around the organization’s mission.
Don’t Change For Your Funders…or Should You?
“We shouldn’t chase funding. We shouldn’t change our mission and work to be more appealing to donors.” We hear this from nonprofit leaders from time to time at TakeTwo. On paper, it is totally true. But, in
4 x 4 x 4 Things We’ve Learned Working with Nonprofits
We launched TakeTwo in July 2011 and since then we've learned there are many things we love about our work and TakeTwo. Here are our top four: We get inspired by our clients and their work, every
5 Steps to a Nonprofit Social Media Strategy that Earns Support
You ever have that moment when your social media feed is one long list of "give, give, give" requests? And you are not impressed? Chances are, your constituents feel this way, too. Here are 5 steps
Re-defining Nonprofit Work Culture In The World Of 24/7 Communication
The world has changed and corporations with global operations and immense budgets have set the default for what work culture should be. Nonprofits are simply following this lead. So where is the sector heading? Will staff
Being Loyal To Your Nonprofit’s Primary Audience(s)
Whether your first love was a poodle or your next-door neighbor, it’s time to re-live that “first-love feeling” when you think about your nonprofit’s first-love: your constituents. In today’s world where you’re engaging with so
What’s The One Thing Your Major Donors Want To Know?
Do you know what your major donors, the individuals who write large checks, want to hear from your nonprofit? Many people assume that donors want to know “what are you doing with my money?” It’s a
Asking for Money vs. Offering Opportunities – Apples and Oranges?
Many of TakeTwo's clients have board and staff members who struggle with fundraising. The very idea of asking for money makes them nervous. When speaking with volunteers or board members, I often hear, "I'll