Our Favorite January Blog Posts
Whether you started the year resolving to be a better nonprofit board member, or to join your first (second or third) board, thirteen of our favorite bloggers were there to help you keep your resolution to do your best while giving back in 2014.
Thirteen of the blog posts that taught us the most us in January:
1. With all the amazing infographics being circulated last month, we love this nonprofit round-up from Nonprofit Tech for Good: 19 Must-See Social Media and Fundraising Infographics for Nonprofits.
2. Nonprofit Technology Network reminds us how to keep laziness at bay with regard to online fundraising efforts in This isn’t your grandma’s online fundraising.
3. The always helpful Kivi Miller provides us with 10 Insanely Useful Free Twitter Tools for Nonprofits.
4. Nonprofit Hub draws us in with One Commonly Missed Marketing Opportunity for Nonprofits.
5. For those board members who need a little refresher on nonprofit finance, head over to the Nonprofit Finance Fund’s Fund’s primer and brush up on your basics: Nonprofit Finance 101.
6. Here’s another great resource for finance-focused board members courtesy of npENGAGE: The Nonprofit Accounting Cheat Sheet.
7. If you need help remembering why board service is so important, Alice Korngold explains why over at the Huffington Post: Companies Seek to Meet the Challenges of Nonprofit Board-Matching.
8. In Investment vs. Expense: How Do You Categorize Your Communications Costs? Geri Stengel focuses on the value of investing in your nonprofits’ communications.
9. Still need help with your 2014 resolutions? Nonprofit marketing guru John Haydon offers advice in 7 Marketing Resolutions for every Nonprofit Marketing Plan.
10. Huffington Post Impact inspires us with 7 Millenials who are too busy changing the world to take selfies.
11. How the Latino Community Foundation Used Learning and Pivoting to Get Better Fundraising Results shares some terrific fundraising ideas from insightful author Beth Kanter.
12. Joanne Fritz challenges us with Rethinking the Print Newsletter: did you jump to email too soon?
13. And finally Mashable Social Good makes us smile with a keen reminder to keep pushing for new ways to help others in Indestructible Soccer Ball brings sports to Kids who Need it Most.
It’s not too late to keep that resolution to join a board, if you didn’t already dive in last month. Hopefully this blog post will inspire you to join a nonprofit board…or two!
Cynthia Remec
Executive Director
BoardAssist
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