How do I get constituents to follow my nonprofit on social media?

  Does your nonprofit have a social media presence, but struggle to build a following large enough to drive real results?  Try first meeting your audiences where they are. How do you communicate...

4 Crowdfunding Strategies You’ve Never Considered

  Online crowdfunding reportedly raised over 5 billion dollars in 2013 with about 30% going to charitable causes.  In recent years, there has been a proliferation of platforms and consultants...

5 Easy Ways To Boost Online Donations

  Online retailers invest LOADS (that’s a technical term meaning “a heck of a lot”) of time and money to find ways to covert more visitors to customers.  Not all of the...

One Thank You Note You Have To See

Donor Acknowledgement is not the same thing as a Thank You.  It’s tempting to try to craft a donor acknowledgement that provides required details for tax purposes and simultaneously demonstrates...

Startup Life – In Pictures

    Big River is starting 2016 in a brand new location!  We packed up our laptops and our monitors, our whiteboards and markers and set up shop at StartMart, a new (and very cool) space for...

Website Assessment Tool For Nonprofit Fundraisers

As we head into 2016, it’s a perfect time for nonprofit fundraisers to assess their online fundraising to be sure pages and processes are optimized to raise as much money as possible and...