What a year! From the strategic evolution of nonprofit organizations to marketing channel efficacy to the need for millennial board members… These are your (a rather focused tribe of industry leaders) favorite KYOB posts of 2014.
Thank you for reading, engaging with, and passing along Know Your Own Bone among your organizations and circles of industry professionals. I continue to be blown away by your passion for elevating mission-driven organizations – and I am honored to aim to provide market insight for such a thoughtful and hard-working bunch of nonprofiteers! I’m thrilled by the prospect that these posts may be providing value for your friends, colleagues, fellow board members and executives, and even college and graduate students. You folks motivate me to keep provide nonprofits and visitor-serving organizations with intelligence regarding market behaviors and perceptions and I hope that my work being a nonprofit/for-profit double-agent has been of value!
Here are KYOB’s most viewed and passed-along posts of 2014. These are the posts that my analytics suggest you emailed around the most, shared with your friends and colleagues, and got the most attention within graduate programs and professional development curriculums:
Why Social Media Is The New Force Empowering Giving Decisions
Here are three ways that social media engagement on real-time, digital platforms is changing the nonprofit sector and empowering potential donors to make more intelligent giving decisions.
Signs of Trouble for the Museum Industry (DATA)
As the US population grows, the number of people attending visitor-serving organizations is in general decline. And this is a very big problem for sustainability without a digital-age shift in our business model. Here are three behaviors we need to adapt to reset our current condition.
Five Things I Have Learned As a Millennial Working with Baby Boomers
Here are my five most valuable lessons that I’ve learned as a millennial “change agent” at work in the land of Baby Boomers.
The New Trickle Down Effect: Why Nonprofits Are Innovators for Industry
Indeed, when it comes to innovation, some of the best R&D happening in our space is being pioneered by nonprofits. Here’s why.
Is Your Organization Living in the Past? Nine Outdated Ways of Thinking That Are Hurting Your Organization
If any of these outdated beliefs still linger within your organization, then your nonprofit may be suffering both in terms of finances and mission delivery. It’s time to retire these obsolete practices once and for all.
Six Urgent Reasons to Add Millennials to your Nonprofit Board of Directors
Don’t have at least one millennial on your Board of Directors yet? Here are six, critical reasons to call up the nominating committee and work on getting some impressive millennials aboard your nonprofit Board right now.
How to Score an Informational Interview: 7 Tips for the Information Age
“Picking someone’s brain” needs an update. Here’s how to actually get an “informational interview” in today’s world.
Data Update: Efficacy of Various Marketing Channels (Social Media Still Top Spot)
Social media is an enormously important component of your overall marketing and communication strategy. In fact, data support it as one of the most efficient and effective channels to engage your users and constituents.
Why Talking About the Future of Museums May Be Holding Museums Back
Many resources focusing on “the future” are actually communicating about emerging trends that are happening right now…and when we call them “the future” we do our organizations a grave disservice. Here’s why.
The Relevance Test: Three Key Concepts to Future-Proof Nonprofit Organizations
While recognizing the progress that has been made, here are three conflicting perceptions that visitor-serving organizations must internally resolve in order to remain relevant in our ever-evolving era
Cheers to an incredible 2015 for all of your mission-driven organizations! May this next year bring you and your organizations much success.
Thanks again for following along!
