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Ken Wells
May 11, 20221 min read
Survey Sez: Houston Nonprofits Aren't Happy With Their Marketing
StoryBoard HTX Houston Nonprofit Newsletter, May 2022 In this week's newsletter: We release our first ever poll of Houston nonprofit...
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Ken Wells
May 10, 20223 min read
Survey Results: Houston Nonprofits Rank Communications Challenges
We just finished our first survey of Houston nonprofit communications trends. The main takeaway is that if you are feeling overwhelmed by...
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Ken Wells
Apr 28, 20221 min read
Nonprofit Pay On The Rise: Here's The Latest Houston Nonprofit Newsletter
Nonprofits are raising pay at rates we haven't seen in 20 years. Monthly donors are on the rise in the country. If you want to know how...
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Ken Wells
Apr 28, 20222 min read
Houston Foundation Gives How-To On Reaching Younger Donors
Greater Houston Community Foundation (GHCF) is the star of a new study on how to reach next generation donors. GHCF started its Next Gen...
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Ken Wells
Apr 27, 20223 min read
Monthly Donors Jumped Last Year
Measuring the effectiveness of your nonprofit's communications can feel like trying to find your car keys in the dark while wearing...
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Ken Wells
Apr 19, 20221 min read
StoryBoard HTX Houston Nonprofit Newsletter, April 19
Houston does love its nonprofit galas, but it may be time for a makeover. That and more in the latest edition of the Houston Nonprofit...
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Ken Wells
Apr 16, 20221 min read
How Do Your Communications Compare With Other Nonprofits?
Take our survey on communications trends for Houston nonprofits. You'll get the results and have the chance to win a prize! Houston is a...
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Ken Wells
Apr 12, 20221 min read
Study Points To Fear In Nonprofit-Land
The accounting firm BKD CPAs & Advisors has released its annual State of The Nonprofit Sector Survey and it shows an unprecedented level...
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Ken Wells
Apr 6, 20221 min read
Houston Nonprofit Newsletter - April 6, 2022
Here's what's new: New video: Communications, Marketing and Branding...Oh My! Longtime local nonprofit leader to retire Technology ought...
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Ken Wells
Mar 28, 20223 min read
Nonprofits: The Quick, The Dead and The Zombies
Nonprofits are hard to kill. There were predictions when the pandemic started that more than a third of nonprofits would close as a...
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Ken Wells
Mar 22, 20223 min read
Inflation Seen As Shock To Nonprofit Sector
After two difficult years facing the challenges of COVID, nonprofits are dealing with yet another threat, inflation. Combined with the...
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Ken Wells
Mar 3, 20222 min read
Do you know your donors?
Apparently, philanthropy was simple 120 years ago. Get robber barons to use donations to buy their way into society. New research shows...
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Ken Wells
Feb 22, 20225 min read
Making Social Media Work For You
By now you should know there are a few rules for social media. Don't talk about politics on LinkedIn. Don't talk about your Ex on...
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Ken Wells
Jan 26, 20222 min read
StoryBoard HTX Houston Nonprofit Newsletter: Donations In A Jittery Stock Market.
Here’s your copy of the newest StoryBoard HTX Houston Nonprofit Newsletter. I would really like your feedback on whether this simpler...
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Ken Wells
Jan 25, 20223 min read
The Economy: Don't Panic...But Don't Ignore Warning Signs!
Mark Cuban is credited with having said, “everybody’s a genius in a bull market.” That includes nonprofit development directors looked...
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Ken Wells
Jan 4, 20222 min read
Nonprofit 2022 Outlook
Once again the crystal ball for nonprofits in the coming year is hazy. The sector is coming off a strong $2.7 billion Giving Tuesday, but...
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Ken Wells
Dec 17, 20211 min read
Where The $2 Trillion Nonprofit Funding Comes From
There's a lot to take in here, but Nonprofit Quarterly has produced an amazing graphic that shows what drives the U.S. nonprofit economy....
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Ken Wells
Dec 15, 20211 min read
How Generous Is Houston
No question about it. Houstonians are generous with both their time and money, but how generous? To put it in perspective, we produced a...
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Ken Wells
Dec 8, 20212 min read
Nonprofit Revenue Up In Last Quarter. Online Giving Strong
Just in time for the end of the year fundraising, Blackbaud has released its latest Blackbaud Institute Index, looking at nonprofit...
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Ken Wells
Dec 1, 20213 min read
COVID’s Tale of Two Nonprofit Worlds: The Haves and the Have Nots
Them that's got shall get Them that's not shall lose So the Bible said and it still is news. - God Bless the Child, by Billie Holliday...
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