For Nonprofit CEOs
The Weekly Brief
Marketing leadership insights for nonprofit CEOs.
Nonprofit marketing doesn't fail because of effort or talent.
It fails when it isn't clearly directed and led from the executive seat.
Here you'll find weekly notes on how to close that gap — written with real-time insight from the seats we've sat in: nonprofit CEO, VP of Marketing, Board Chair, Marketing Committee Chair, and nearly two decades leading a digital marketing agency built solely for nonprofits.
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Mid-Week Marketing Signal & Saturday Marketing Shift
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Cindy
Mid-Week Brief
Before you shrink the plan to fit the budget…
Last week, I sat on a leadership panel at the Flagstaff book signing for POP: Precipice of Power: A Woman’s Guide to High Altitude Achievement
November 4
Cindy & Breece
Saturday Brief
☕ What your team may not be telling you
Your team shares your vision. This week, we’re looking at what it takes for them to tell you what’s standing in its way.
October 31
Cindy
Mid-Week Brief
When your vision gets ahead of your team
Well, here we go. We're just a few days away from November and December, two of the biggest fundraising months of the year.
October 28
Cindy & Breece
Saturday Brief
☕ Where donor relationships stop to soon
Most donor relationships are well cared for. What often gets lost is everything you learn from them.
October 24
Cindy
Mid-Week Brief
What your team hears when you talk about donors
Last week, I was sitting in one of those highly focused year-end fundraising strategy conversations with a nonprofit leader we work with.
October 21
Cindy
Mid-Week Brief
The emotion of seeing your leadership live on ❤️
One of the most meaningful things about leadership is getting to see what happens when something you've helped establish becomes bigger than your own involvement.
October 14
Cindy & Breece
Saturday Brief
☕ What does a steady CEO look like?
Being steady doesn’t mean being unaffected. It means remaining responsible for how you lead while you are.
October 10
Cindy
Mid-Week Brief
My leadership mistake….UGH!
I had to correct something in my own leadership recently.
October 7
Leadership Perspectives
Most nonprofit marketing writing is for the marketing team. This is for the leader who's responsible for it.
