It wouldn’t be summer gala season without a new string of articles by nonprofit bloggers and journalists questioning the efficacy of special events. We found this one from the Nonprofit Quarterly especially thought-provoking, as it highlights some of the most common gala dangers and pitfalls: your audience’s ambivalence to your cause post-event, questionable return on [...]
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2013 Ford Motor Company International Fellowship of 92nd Street Y
Applications are now being accepted for Ford Motor Company’s thirteenth annual International Fellowship of 92nd Street Y, which takes place May-June, 2013. Each year, 20-24 socially-minded leaders from around the world converge on New York City to network, learn, and share information about the challenges they face in their respective communities. The fellowship features a [...]
The Top Ten Things We’re Excited For in 2012
It’s ten days into 2012 — how are you holding up with your resolutions? Here at ConceptLink, we decided to take a different approach to the changing of the new year. Instead of talking about goals and predictions, we’re highlighting the Top Ten Things We’re Excited For in 2012. Here they are (in no particular [...]
NFE Series: Sponsorship Mistakes Nonprofits Make
The National Fundraising Event Series is a virtual series with monthly webinars and virtual events for nonprofit and association professionals who plan events or use events in fundraising. Last month, Kim Skildum-Reid of Power Sponsorship recapped some of the biggest sponsorship mistakes nonprofits make. Since the Global Financial Crisis, nonprofits have to be smarter and more [...]
The Goose Story
Yesterday, the Foundation Center hosted a class on “Nonprofit Sustainability: Building Blocks to Organizational Success.” When we think sustainability, we usually think only of 2 pieces: Program Capacity (are our programs doing what our organization set out to be doing?) and Financial Sustainability (can we continue to fund those programs?). While these are part of [...]
