There is always another social media tactic to try. Another platform update. Another content format. Another person telling you to post more. But with year-end approaching, the question I keep coming back to is: What deserves your time—and how does it help people connect with your mission? On Tuesday, October 27 at 2 PM ET, I’m going live on LinkedIn …
4 Cybersecurity Best Practices for Tech-Forward Nonprofits
Although cybersecurity is a prevalent concern across various industries today, nonprofits like yours are especially vulnerable to these threats. Your organization likely stores a lot of sensitive information about its supporters, beneficiaries, and employees across multiple third-party platforms, which makes it an attractive target for cybercriminals. In fact, 68% of nonprofits reported experiencing at least one data breach between 2022 …
When Grief Becomes Service: Building Community After Unimaginable Loss with Joe Samaha
What happens when unimaginable loss becomes a catalyst for service, advocacy, and community? In this deeply moving episode of Nonprofit Nation, Julia Campbell sits down with Joseph Samaha, Director of Victim Advocacy and Outreach for VTVCare, an organization rooted in the community of families and survivors brought together following the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting. Joe’s daughter, Reema, was killed in …
When Facebook Changes the Rules: Protecting Your Year-End Fundraising
If your nonprofit is preparing for year-end fundraising, there’s a Facebook development I want you to know about. Facebook expert Mari Smith is reporting that some Facebook Pages and professional-mode profiles are encountering a limit of two organic external-link posts per month. Under the restrictions she describes, putting a link in the comments can count, too. Two links per month. …
Combatting the Disconnection Crisis with Jacob Adams
Help me reach more people like you! Please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a nonprofit leader or fundraiser who could benefit. What happens when nonprofits stop centering funders and start centering relationships? In this week’s episode of Nonprofit Nation, Julia sits down with Jacob Adams, founder of Inner Spark Learning Lab, to unpack what he calls the …
The Advice We Don’t Put on Slides (Live Podcast Recording)
Help me reach more people like you! Please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a nonprofit leader or fundraiser who could benefit. Live from GiveCon 2026, this special roundtable episode brings together some of the nonprofit sector’s most candid voices for a conversation about the advice, lessons, and realities that rarely make it into conference presentations. Some of …
Trust at Scale: Lessons from Project C.U.R.E. with Douglas Jackson
Help me reach more people like you! Please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with a nonprofit leader or fundraiser who could benefit. Healthcare access remains one of the greatest challenges facing communities around the world. But what does it take to build an organization capable of delivering life-saving medical supplies to hospitals and clinics in more than 135 …
What happened to all those first-time donors?
I’m sure you’ve felt this – those first-time donors – so elusive, and yet, so important! On September 17, we’re putting first-time donor retention on the table – literally! Every fundraiser knows this particular heartbreak. Someone discovers your organization. They care. They make that first gift. And then… they disappear. Was it something you said? Something you didn’t say? Did you ask again …
5 Essential Marketing Metrics Every Museum Should Track
Museum marketing teams have to strike a balance between nonprofit and for-profit strategies to drive attendance. Museums have both the revenue-driven goals of businesses and mission-driven goals of nonprofits, meaning they have to borrow tactics from each to successfully engage potential attendees. That blend can make tracking challenging. But with the right foundation of metrics, you’ll know exactly where you …







