Staffing Problems? Here’s Some Ammunition To Take To Your Board
I see a lot of job-related stress at Houston nonprofits. It reminds me of a board member at a nonprofit I led. When I warned him that the...
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Ken Wells
- Aug 17, 2022
- 5 min
Your Website Is A Billboard, Not A Storage Unit!
There are some things about creating websites that nobody tells you about until you have already jumped in with both feet. After being...
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Ken Wells
- Aug 9, 2022
- 2 min
Houston Nonprofit Moves To Adapt To Hybrid Work
News came this week that century-old Family Houston is moving to smaller digs to adapt to changes in work schedules. The nonprofit will...
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Ken Wells
- Aug 9, 2022
- 3 min
Nonprofits In Recessions: Assessing The Damage
Are we headed to a recession? The question has real implications for nonprofits. An economic slowdown, a sustained bear market on Wall...
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Ken Wells
- Jul 12, 2022
- 2 min
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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Ken Wells
- Jul 12, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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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Ken Wells
- Jun 14, 2022
- 2 min
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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Ken Wells
- Jun 7, 2022
- 1 min
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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Ken Wells
- Jun 7, 2022
- 3 min
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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Ken Wells
- May 18, 2022
- 1 min
Here's your May 18 Houston Nonprofit Newsletter
With this newsletter we look at: The latest Kinder Institute Survey of Houston - The go-to snapshot of where the city is demographically,...
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Ken Wells
- May 18, 2022
- 3 min
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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Ken Wells
- May 18, 2022
- 2 min
If TikTok Was A Person, What Kind Of Person Would It Be?
A recent blogpost said there are four types of social media users and each one has its own personality. What about the social media...
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Ken Wells
- May 11, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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
- May 9, 2022
- 3 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 2 min
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, 2022
- 3 min
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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