Nonprofit Donors 2/3

Jul 12, 20222 min read

Who's Ready To Fundraise This Fall?

Can you think of a more-high stakes fall fundraising season than the one we face this year? After two years of COVID, I can hardly...

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Donor Communications: A Tale of Two Nonprofits

Ken Wells

Jul 12, 20225 min read

Donor Communications: A Tale of Two Nonprofits

Or Is It Tail? I live within an easy drive of Highway 69 and I-10. If I just want to go to Louisiana, I can take either route. But one...

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Ken Wells

Jun 28, 20223 min read

Is your fundraising program leaking?

Do you ever feel like you are spending all of your time raising money for your nonprofit, but you never seem to get ahead? Your...

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Ken Wells

Jun 15, 20223 min read

Plus We're Also Out Of Siracha!!!

The bad news just keeps coming and leaders are trying to assess what it all means to their nonprofits. There's the stock market. And the...

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5 Ways To Deal With New Postal Rate Increases

Ken Wells

Jun 14, 20222 min read

5 Ways To Deal With New Postal Rate Increases

But Didn't The Post Office Just Raise Rates? Postal rates are going up on July 10th and, yes, they did just go up. The last increase was...

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Board Fundraising Training: You Asked. We Delivered.

Ken Wells

Jun 7, 20221 min read

Board Fundraising Training: You Asked. We Delivered.

What are the five scariest words a board member can hear? You need to raise money! No one is happy with board fundraising. Seriously!...

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Using All The Tools In The Communications Toolchest

Ken Wells

Jun 7, 20223 min read

Using All The Tools In The Communications Toolchest

Y’all, we’ve got to change our ways. Here is a sampling of things I have seen Houston nonprofits do: Hold events without a communications...

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5 Ways (Plus 1) Email Beats Social Media

Ken Wells

May 18, 20223 min read

5 Ways (Plus 1) Email Beats Social Media

Last week StoryBoard HTX released a survey of Houston communications trends. One thing really caught us by surprise. The top priority for...

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Survey Sez: Houston Nonprofits Aren't Happy With Their Marketing

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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Even Nonprofits Can't Escape The Johnny Depp/Amber Heard Drama.

Ken Wells

May 9, 20223 min read

Even Nonprofits Can't Escape The Johnny Depp/Amber Heard Drama.

Ever had a VIP donor who didn't honor a gift pledge? How about a $3.5 million pledge? I really tried to not pay attention to the civil...

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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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Houston Foundation Gives How-To On Reaching Younger Donors

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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Time to Seriously Rethink The Houston Nonprofit Gala

Ken Wells

Apr 12, 20225 min read

Time to Seriously Rethink The Houston Nonprofit Gala

Too many times we think about nonprofit events as a standalone part of our fundraising. We need to use them to propel repeat donors and...

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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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Communications, Marketing And Brands...Oh My!

Ken Wells

Apr 5, 20221 min read

Communications, Marketing And Brands...Oh My!

I've been reading a terrific book, Do More Good, by nonprofit marketing pioneer Bill McKendry. After nearly 30 years of working with...

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Technology Changes. Great Storytelling Doesn't

Ken Wells

Apr 4, 20223 min read

Technology Changes. Great Storytelling Doesn't

When I first started out in TV news, I worked with a photographer who had landed on Iwo Jima as a navy medic in World War II. He never...

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Nonprofits: The Quick, The Dead and The Zombies

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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Inflation Seen As Shock To Nonprofit Sector

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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