10 Years in Review Behind-the-scenes intro… Holly here. I’m 10 months into an internship with an organization that’s been serving the nonprofit community for a decade. An organization that believes nonprofits have the power to change the world. But beliefs don’t just happen. They start somewhere and I wanted to learn more about this…
2021. The year of #NonprofitTough! It’s been a joy to see the nonprofit community continue to serve in grace and generosity during times of uncertainty. The lessons learned during this tough season have changed the way nonprofits transform lives and carry out their missions. You never fail to amaze and inspire us! Before we…
Charting a course for increased impact with your goals Happy New Year, nonprofit family! As we enter the new year and celebrate our 10th anniversary, Angel Oak Creative is excited about the impact nonprofits are going to have on our communities in 2022. We’re thrilled to play a small role in changing the…
A Match Made in Facebook… Happy fourth quarter! End-of-year giving season is upon us, which also means we’re sneaking up on GivingTuesday. The Tuesday following Thanksgiving is one of the most influential giving days of the year when people invest in your mission and generosity is on full display. Tuesday, November 30 will be here…
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…