Celebrating Our Female Leaders
In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8th, Team NLC is thrilled to introduce you to four outstanding women leaders who will be bringing you inspiration and practical action steps to increase your focus and lead with purpose during our breakout sessions at the 2019 Leadership Conference on May 22nd. We have a deep […]
What to Read When Life is Just No Fun
As part of our work to educate and empower nonprofits, we actively search out new and helpful resources to share with you. And today we want to introduce you to (or maybe remind you of) one of our favorite writers and thinkers: Jon Acuff. Jon has written three books—Quitter, Start, and Do Over. He is a passionate advocate of […]
Your Very Special Invitation…
Team NLC is already busily working behind the scenes on many aspects of our 9th annual Leadership Conference on May 22nd. Thanks to Key Partner C3 Media we can now unveil our snazzy new 2019 Leadership Conference theme logo: Don’t you love it?? And one of the most fun things we’ve done to date is chat with […]
Tuning Into Your Future
We’re thrilled to bring you the first guest blog post from our 2019 Leadership Conference Keynote Speaker, Simon T. Bailey. “The biggest risk is not taking any risk…In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg Have you ever had an idea or […]
ALL THE NEWS about the 2019 Leadership Conference
We have MAJOR news about the 2019 Leadership Conference to share! In fact there’s so much, you might think of this post as a series of sound bites! But there’s no #fakenews. Team NLC has been busily planning and locking in details of the 9th annual Leadership Conference for months now! It’s been hard to […]
READ ME: The Right Subject Line Can Increase Year-End Giving
Raise your hand if you’re not thinking about your year-end appeals. (Cue crickets chirping.) That’s what we thought. Gail Perry, nationally recognized fundraiser and past NLC conference speaker talks about the importance of subject lines. “Remember, as much as 10% of your ENTIRE ANNUAL GIVING will come in the last 3 days of the year. You better be […]
3 Ways to Ease Into Your Annual Nonprofit Audit
Is it “annual fiscal audit time” for your nonprofit? It is if your nonprofit’s fiscal year is the same as the calendar year. If you closed your fiscal year at the end of December, then you are most likely getting prepared for your auditors to examine your financial statements. This can be a busy and […]
Free Tax Preparation
Did you know that anyone earning $66,000 per year (per household) can get their taxes done for free? Complete your taxes electronically by going to myfreetaxes.com or call 2-1-1 to find the physical location closest to you to have you taxes done completely free by a trained tax preparer.
Tech4Good Free Events Coming Soon!
Have you heard about the Tampa Bay Tech4Good group and their free events to help nonprofits with technology/marketing education, strategy, website enhancements, etc.? They have several upcoming events, including ‘An Overview of Free/Discounted Technology Products from TechSoup’ and ‘Using Storytelling to Improve Your Content Channels!’ To attend these events, join their MeetUp group via https://www.meetup.com/Tech4Good-Tampa/ and RSVP […]
Mind Your Manners (and Other Practical Tips for Calling a Prospective Funder)
Republished with permission Calling a prospective funder shouldn’t just be another phone call to quickly check off your to-do list. At the point of actually picking up the phone, you should be confident the funder is open to your communication (Call Me… Maybe: Determining If You Should Call a Foundation Prospect) and have spent time researching […]