The Keys to Retaining Your Donors In the course of a recent one-hour webinar, David Chatham with Angel Oak Creative and Jeff Hensley with Armstrong McGuire walked through the COVID fundraising landscape and what it means for nonprofit organizations going forward. Based on the stats, it was quite a year! The number of donors increased…
Lessons from Ecuador on perseverance, hope and creativity I wish I could say that life was easy. I wish I could tell you you’ll never experience pain or darkness or loss of difficult moments ever again. I wish I could tell you that your loved ones will always be around and your kids will…
Good directions for the way Home Meet Holly I’m not sure if you’ve heard of the term “fatal flaw” before, but when my closest friends rally around mine (all in good humor of course), there’s a unanimous vote for lacking directional ability. If my life depended on it, I wouldn’t be able to get…
Nonprofit Tough: Five Traits of a Strong Nonprofit Community Communities face challenges every day. Whether it’s homelessness, poverty, addiction, natural disasters or a global pandemic, a community is only as strong as those who live, work and serve there. And in most communities, nonprofits are on the frontlines helping to meet these challenges head…
Tough as nails. A tough cookie. Hanging tough. These are all ways we use the word “tough” to describe people who stand strong in the face of adversity. We admire people and organizations who persevere when the going gets tough. In Angel Oak Creative’s nine years of exclusively serving nonprofits, we’ve witnessed hundreds of organizations…
2020. A year of pivoting and pressing in. When we looked back at our top-performing blogs from 2020, it wasn’t surprising to see that many of them had to do with both the challenges and opportunities COVID-19 brought to our nonprofit community. And, many of the lessons and resources shared are still very much relevant…
I once had a mattress that caved in the middle and became shaped like a taco. Real tacos are great, but I hate bed tacos. Real tacos bring delight to an otherwise neglected belly. But bed tacos roll you from the edge of your bed into the center. It’s a black hole of back pain…
Did the holiday season sneak up on anybody else or is it just me? With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, we who speak nonprofit know that means Giving Tuesday is also quickly approaching. Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement that encourages people to give back and do good on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving. On our end,…
Whether or not you realize it, your most powerful tool is your annual report. So, don’t sell it short. Yes, it’s a reporting mechanism to meet your fiduciary responsibility to donors. But don’t stop there just to cross it off your list. It has the potential to be so much more… Here are six steps…
As we head into event fundraising season for many nonprofits, we realize this year will be unique. Galas, auctions and large gatherings are being replaced by Zoom events, house parties and live streaming. Overwhelming? A little. But be encouraged because this pivot can present incredible opportunities! Pulling off an effective virtual event requires putting in…