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What Nonprofits Can Learn About Survival From Microbrewers
The very first blog I wrote when I created the StoryBoard HTX website was a look at the unequal way that the pandemic hurt small profits,...

Ken Wells
Mar 21, 20225 min read
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StoryBoard HTX Houston Nonprofit Newsletter - March 10, 2022
Here's the latest Houston Nonprofit Newsletter. This week we look at: Are you doing great work, but not effectively telling your...

Ken Wells
Mar 14, 20221 min read
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Can Funny and Fundraising Mix?
The # rule of fundraising is that urgency matters. Poverty, environmental disaster, and most of the causes that drive people to create...

Ken Wells
Mar 8, 20222 min read
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Wells Fargo Gives $20 Million To Houston's Mayor's Equity Fund
On February 24th, Wells Fargo announced that it is bankrolling a Houston equity initiative spearheaded by Mayor Sylvester Turner. The...

Ken Wells
Mar 3, 20221 min read
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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...

Ken Wells
Mar 3, 20222 min read
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What Nonprofits Can Learn From One of The Best Commercials Ever
It was late 1989. Airline ticket prices had been rising for four years and a recession was around the corner. United Airlines knew that...

Ken Wells
Feb 22, 20223 min read
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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...

Ken Wells
Feb 22, 20225 min read
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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...

Ken Wells
Jan 26, 20222 min read
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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...

Ken Wells
Jan 25, 20223 min read
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Let’s Check In On Two of Houston’s Most Fascinating Philanthropists, Shall We?
If any couple puts their money where their beliefs are, it's Houston's Laura and John Arnold. After John Arnold retired in 2007 as...

Ken Wells
Jan 4, 20222 min read
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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...

Ken Wells
Jan 4, 20222 min read
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Show Some Love To Your Donors With Thank You Videos In January
Your donors deserve a big Thank You as we enter 2022! Their support may have helped your organization weather the last two years. You may...

Ken Wells
Dec 21, 20211 min read
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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....

Ken Wells
Dec 17, 20211 min read
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Do Your Donors Know About The Special 2021 Charitable Deduction?
Was it hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky who said, "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take?" When it passed its COVID relief bill,...

Ken Wells
Dec 15, 20211 min read
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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...

Ken Wells
Dec 8, 20212 min read
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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...

Ken Wells
Dec 1, 20213 min read
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