by Mazarine | Nov 1, 2019 | Annual Reports, Appeals, Conflict, Culture clash, E-Newsletters, Generational clash, Grants, Nonprofit Podcast, podcast
We were lucky to get the chance to sit down with Jarell Skinner-Roy, who wrote a powerful article on dismantling white supremacy in nonprofits. Here’s the link to listen to the podcast! 1) Jarell, what is your background in the nonprofit sector? 2) In your YNPN...
by Mazarine | Feb 15, 2017 | Cultivating donors, E-Newsletters
Mazarine Treyz: Hey, everybody. Welcome. This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising, and today I’m interviewing Vanessa Chase Lockshin of The Storytelling Non-Profit. We go back a couple of years at least, three years now of being friends and talking about...
by Mazarine | Oct 10, 2016 | Annual Reports, Appeals, Conflict, E-Newsletters
What can you give your donor? Endings. Your appeal letter, your annual report, your grant proposal, your case statement, your capital campaign, your newsletter, your website, all of these places can provide an ending for your donor, and put clean finished edges on 10...
by Mazarine | Jul 12, 2016 | Acknowledgement, Cultivating donors, E-Newsletters
This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising, and today I am talking with Mr. Greg Warner of iMarketSmart, who will be speaking at our Nonprofit Leadership Summit on September 27-29th, 2016. So Mr. Greg Warner, who are you and what do you do? GW: Okay. I am CEO of...
by Mazarine | Jun 15, 2016 | Annual Reports, Book, Cultivating donors, E-Newsletters, Volunteers
Yesterday we talked about what makes people turn around their criticism about your nonprofit when you’re speaking about your cause in person. If you haven’t read that post yet, go read it now. I’ll wait. Are we back? What about if you’re...
by Mazarine | Dec 22, 2015 | Cultivating donors, E-Newsletters, Graphic Design for Nonprofits, Marketing
I’ve seen so many bad nonprofit newsletters. And some really good ones! What sets the good ones apart? For example, Pesticide Action Network. Their newsletter is ALWAYS interesting, and ALWAYS full of useful advice, even when the topic may seem dry or hopeless...
