Jesma Reynolds Walter Magazine I’m Jesma Reynolds, and I was the creative director for Walter Magazine for six years. I helped start it, and I recently stepped down. Since then, I’ve been doing my own sort of creative freelancing work. “Nonprofit” is a word that almost mischaracterizes what a lot of these organizations are because…
We planted the seed two weeks ago. It’s time to start planning for year-end giving. If you’re thinking—this early, really, isn’t that overkill? The answer is no, it’s not. There’s a reason the American advertising and greeting card industry created the marketing slogan “Christmas in July.” For one, it evokes a state of nostalgia.…
Lori O’Keefe Triangle Community Foundation I’m Lori O’Keefe, and I am the President and CEO of the Triangle Community Foundation. I have been at the Foundation for almost 15 years, and I think there are reasons geographically why so many nonprofits have to exist — access for like transportation and things like that being a…
5 Reasons You Don’t Need End-of-Year Appeal Support It’s mid-July and discussions around Angel Oak Creative are turning to end-of-year appeals. No, we’re not bored or just looking for things to talk about. We’ve learned from experience that successful nonprofits start planning their end-of-year appeals early. (Yes, this early.) Reason? Successful nonprofits know the ROI…
Daniel Alexander Mission Triangle My name is Daniel Alexander, and I’m the Area Director for Mission Triangle. I’ve been there for 11 months. Now in my first year on staff with Mission Triangle… there are three nonprofits that I was working with where I said the best course of action for you is to actually…
Daniel Alexander Mission Triangle Lori O’Keefe Triangle Community Foundation Jesma Reynolds Walter Magazine Ashton Smith Citrix I believe that we need to ask ourselves the hard questions, such as the one that we’re posing today, which is: “Should nonprofits exist?” or “Should your nonprofit exist?” I would reframe it in such a way that we’d…