Welcome to The Organizer archive, a collection of all the newsletter articles dedicated to nonprofit workers and people working to create equitable, sustainable communities.
Dreaming of a better world is easy. Bringing it to life is hard. With regular articles covering leadership, communications, fundraising, impact, management, and personal growth, The Organizer is here to help.
It’s easier to love work that you know how to do well. Building skills makes work more enjoyable and more fulfilling.
For most organizations, one impact measure is powerful enough to monitor progress and keep your team on the same page.
Look at how much you spent in the past to attract and keep supporters. That’s your new fundraising budget.
Use the Pixar formula to paint a memorable picture of your work.
Good management can help prevent burnout in social impact work. How to spot the risks and what to do to make good work easier.
Set up your communications infrastructure in advance so you can quickly and easily deliver an important message to the right group of people.
Teams are often defined by the way people cooperate and depend on each other to achieve a goal.
Sometimes, you need to trim to grow. Personal growth shouldn’t just about adding — it should also be about subtracting.
To start measuring impact, keep it simple. Build routines that collect and share impact stories.
Look at each stage of your fundraising process to see why you are missing your targets.
Simplify hard work with project management stages: Initiating, Planning, Designing, Implementing, Evaluating, and Closing.
If you want your work to be seen online, you have to know how to do Search Engine Optimization (SEO).