New Consulting Video

One of my resolutions this new year is to add more video to the Social Velocity site. I love watching video, and I’d love to see more nonprofits using the medium, so I thought I should probably follow suit. A few months ago I created a Social Velocity YouTube channel and will continue to add video to it over the course of the year. I also plan to do some video blogging this year, which I’m pretty excited about.

But today I want to introduce my new consulting video. Here I discuss how I consult with nonprofit clients. If you are reading this in an email, you can see the video by clicking here. Take a look!

Tags: board development, Board of Directors, Fundraising, fundraising plan, fundraising strategy, nonprofit consulting, nonprofit management, nonprofit strategy, strategic planning

Helping Nonprofits Navigate Change

Over the past few weeks I’ve started using video more often on the blog. My plan is to do even more of that. So today I’m excited to share the below video with you (click here to see the video if you are reading this in an email.) It explains how I help nonprofit organizations, of all shapes and sizes, navigate dramatic change in their organizations so that they can raise more money, engage their board, achieve their mission, and ultimately create more social change.

I have launched a Social Velocity channel on YouTube, and I plan to add additional videos and even video blog posts in the coming months. I encourage you to check it out and subscribe to the channel if you are interested.

Tags: board development, Fundraising, Nell Edgington, nonprofit, nonprofit board of directors, nonprofit capacity, nonprofit change, nonprofit consulting, nonprofit strategic planning, nonprofit strategy, nonprofit video, Social Velocity

A Contest to Help Your Nonprofit Grow Stronger

As summer winds down, I’m starting to plan the fall lineup of Social Velocity webinars, but I need your help. I started offering monthly webinars a little over a year ago and have been amazed  by their popularity. Several of the webinars sold out and had to be repeated. And all of our past webinars are available 24-7 as recorded webinars (you can see the whole list here).

And here’s where you come in. I need your help determining the content for the next round of webinars. What problems or issues do you struggle with? What would you love to learn more about? What challenges you in the worlds of raising money, strategic planning, board development, business planning, donor management, social innovation, philanthropy? What do you need direction on? I’d love to hear your ideas.

And just to show you how much I appreciate your input, I’ll award a free registration to anyone who submits an idea that turns into a Social Velocity webinar.

So send your webinar ideas to info@socialvelocity.net with the subject line, “Webinar Idea.” And if we turn your idea into a webinar, you will attend for free. I can’t wait to hear your ideas!

And in the meantime, be sure to check out the Getting Your Board to Raise Money webinar:

Financing Not Fundraising: Getting Your Board to Raise Money
Wednesday, May 22, 2013. 12 noon – 1pm EST
$49
Register Now

Here’s what some previous attendees had to say about this webinar:

“The webinar was very concrete and actionable – gave specific suggestions regarding engaging board members. This was very useful. Well done.”

“This really opened my eyes to new possibilities – thank you so much!”

This webinar will give you tactical steps for how to:

• Set up a structure for effective board involvement in fundraising
• Get every board member raising money
• Create a compelling fundraising message for board to deliver
• Develop a system for moving prospects to donors
• Give every board member a job
• Overcome board fear and inertia

Register Now

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Tags: board development, financing not fundraising, Fundraising, nonprofit board, nonprofit strategic planning, nonprofit webinars

Send Me Your Questions

I’m launching a new series on the blog today. I receive so many great comments and questions from readers on the blog. So I want to start a new regular series that answers  readers’ burning questions.

Once a month (or maybe more often depending on the response) I will pick a reader’s question to answer. It can be about anything related to nonprofits, social innovation, boards, financing, fundraising, social innovation, philanthropy, you name it. Each month I’ll pick the most interesting question and write a blog post response to it.

If you have a burning question that you would like me to write about, send me an email at nell@socialvelocity.net, send me a Tweet at @nedgington, or post it on the Social Velocity Facebook page.

And as an incentive, the person whose question is selected for the first month’s post in the series will receive a free copy of my e-book, “10 Traits of a Groundbreaking Nonprofit Board”

So start sending me your questions. I can’t wait to read them!

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Tags: board development, Fundraising, nonprofit board of directors, nonprofit fundraising, nonprofit strategic planning, Philanthropy, Social Entrepreneurship, social innovation