So it turns out that much of what you and I spend our time on doesn’t matter. In particular, if you’re trying to reduce the suffering of people impacted by poverty, hunger or homelessness…at least according to Carlos Slim. Carlos Slim is ranked by Forbes magazine as the richest man in the world. Mr. Slim …
For nonprofits and ministries, data hygiene and data purity are pretty boring subjects. Why would a CEO or CFO or Development Officer get worked up about clean data? You’ll remember that data hygiene is the discipline of making certain your data is right… names right, addresses right, gift history right, etc… Boring. So, boring. Let’s …
On Mondays here at Oneicity, we have asked you to thank people who really make a difference in the work you do. We’ve called it good job monday. Oneicity is very pleased to tell you about our friends over at Aqubanc and donor.com who have formed a partnership that could make your work more than …
White mail. Is it the proverbial elephant in your fundraising room? Is it something that is so big everyone in your ministry can see it but no one knows what to do about it? You cannot afford to ignore this elephant. So don’t. Our definition: White mail is passive income from unknown sources. Why is …
What if you had only one donor? Really. What if your organization or ministry was funded by only one donor, how would that change things? There was comment made during the great socialvibe debate a week or so back that has been on my mind. The comment came during a tangled discussion of the merits …
I recently gave a small gift to an organization whose identity I’ll disguise because of their bad behavior–they’re a national disease-curing group you’ve probably heard of. I’d like to write them a letter but I’m not sure it would do any good. So the net effect of my donation is down the tubes because of …
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