Picking Your Priorities: 4 Key Tests Before Grant Writing The stage is set: your nonprofit has a strong mission statement, stable programs, and enough team capacity to devote time to grant seeking.    Your team feels excited to start applying for your first grants, but wait. While all funding is helpful, is every grant truly worth the time to apply for it?    From researching funders to writing grant proposals to assembling all the required […]

Harnessing Authenticity: Elevating Nonprofit Social Media for Maximum Impact Join us on a whole new season of podcasts with Meghan Speer, as nonprofit social media strategist Josi Garfield shares her inspiring journey from public relations to founding Branch Out Social, where she now dedicates her expertise solely to helping nonprofits thrive online. Josi offers creative, practical tips for repurposing existing content, like mission statements, to keep your nonprofit’s social media presence vibrant and effective. Discover […]

Cultivating Authentic Connections: Transforming Nonprofit Partnerships for Lasting Impact Unlock the secrets to thriving partnerships in the nonprofit sector with Bart Lillie, Vice President of Partner Engagement at Synergy. Discover the journey that led Bart from nonprofit roles to the tech world and back to his true calling in partner engagement. Bart contrasts meaningful relationships with impersonal tactics like cold emails and LinkedIn spams, and he shares strategies for evaluating potential partners based on mutual […]