History is unfolding before us; it’s on C-SPAN and most cable news outlets. How can we use what we’re witnessing to help us in social good? Repeat to yourself... people respond to situations. Great marketing and program design create situations that trigger the types of attitudes and behaviors that we’re seeing as a result of the January 6th hearings.

In philanthropy, why do women dominate in number, but not in pay or filling significant roles? This surely devalues philanthropy as an industry, like every other industry where women are present in large numbers, yet are relegated to subordinate status.

I just didn’t see it coming. I didn’t see that attending the Amazon Web Services IMAGINE nonprofit conference would be meaningful in so many different ways.

There I am—sitting in another all-vendor meeting. I hear about all the exciting things the mission side of the house is up to. I feel more connected to the cause than ever before.

We recently wrote about the unfortunate results of “siloing” events and event participants. By doing so we prevent the participant from connecting to the mission, to make the mission a part of their identity.

We have defined “our community” as “the people on our email list” for a long time, but that’s not what community is all about. To our credit, we knew that they (people on our email list) cared about one thing—our mission.

It was addictive. I wanted to continue that feeling. It was such an incredible feeling. I wanted more and more. It became something that I loved.

In the past months, we’ve read a lot of “takeaways from the pandemic” articles. So many, in fact, that we thought adding one more to the conversation might be redundant. At the same time, we are still reading them, and it looks like you are too. So here is our take on what we learned.

I am the mother of a thirty-year-old with Down syndrome, autism, and type 1 diabetes. Like me, I'm sure you've been asked to help fundraise for an organization dedicated to helping your loved one. And you thought, “We have a really rare situation. Will anyone donate if this isn’t part of their life?”

The need for good decision-making in the nonprofit sector has never been greater as COVID19 continues to keep fundraisers and donors housebound. Nonprofits have been hit especially hard as unemployment rises and people are giving less. At this point, I believe it is safe to say that our world will never quite be the same – so how do we really determine how our fundraising world is different and how much damage the coronavirus has caused our efforts?

For the last five years, I’ve been repositioning Turnkey to leave product fulfillment to someone else, for a few reasons.

Right now, nonprofit leaders are faced with a lot of tough decisions. “How should I speak to my supporters?” “Should I cancel my events or postpone them?” Even,” Is it appropriate to ask people for donations during the crisis?” In the past weeks, Turnkey’s clients have voiced these and other questions. We’ve seen one thing over and over – organizations that made quick decisions and took swift action are now way ahead.

Every day, Facebook throws new challenges and opportunities in the nonprofit sector. From creating an environment in which we don’t get to know our fundraisers and donors, to changing the rules of engagement inside their environment on a sporadic and unexpected basis, Facebook delivers frustration along with new opportunities.