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What Nonprofits Can Learn About Survival From Microbrewers

Mar 21, 20225 min read

What Nonprofits Can Learn About Survival From Microbrewers

The very first blog I wrote when I created the StoryBoard HTX website was a look at the unequal way that the pandemic hurt small profits,...

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Ken Wells

Mar 14, 20221 min read

StoryBoard HTX Houston Nonprofit Newsletter - March 10, 2022

Here's the latest Houston Nonprofit Newsletter. This week we look at: Are you doing great work, but not effectively telling your...

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Ken Wells

Mar 8, 20222 min read

Can Funny and Fundraising Mix?

The # rule of fundraising is that urgency matters. Poverty, environmental disaster, and most of the causes that drive people to create...

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Wells Fargo Gives $20 Million To Houston's Mayor's Equity Fund

Ken Wells

Mar 3, 20221 min read

Wells Fargo Gives $20 Million To Houston's Mayor's Equity Fund

On February 24th, Wells Fargo announced that it is bankrolling a Houston equity initiative spearheaded by Mayor Sylvester Turner. The...

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Ken Wells

Mar 3, 20222 min read

Do you know your donors?

Apparently, philanthropy was simple 120 years ago. Get robber barons to use donations to buy their way into society. New research shows...

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What Nonprofits Can Learn From One of The Best Commercials Ever

Ken Wells

Feb 22, 20223 min read

What Nonprofits Can Learn From One of The Best Commercials Ever

It was late 1989. Airline ticket prices had been rising for four years and a recession was around the corner. United Airlines knew that...

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Ken Wells

Feb 22, 20225 min read

Making Social Media Work For You

By now you should know there are a few rules for social media. Don't talk about politics on LinkedIn. Don't talk about your Ex on...

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Ken Wells

Jan 26, 20222 min read

StoryBoard HTX Houston Nonprofit Newsletter: Donations In A Jittery Stock Market.

Here’s your copy of the newest StoryBoard HTX Houston Nonprofit Newsletter. I would really like your feedback on whether this simpler...

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The Economy: Don't Panic...But Don't Ignore Warning Signs!

Ken Wells

Jan 25, 20223 min read

The Economy: Don't Panic...But Don't Ignore Warning Signs!

Mark Cuban is credited with having said, “everybody’s a genius in a bull market.” That includes nonprofit development directors looked...

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Let’s Check In On Two of Houston’s Most Fascinating Philanthropists, Shall We?

Ken Wells

Jan 4, 20222 min read

Let’s Check In On Two of Houston’s Most Fascinating Philanthropists, Shall We?

If any couple puts their money where their beliefs are, it's Houston's Laura and John Arnold. After John Arnold retired in 2007 as...

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Ken Wells

Jan 4, 20222 min read

Nonprofit 2022 Outlook

Once again the crystal ball for nonprofits in the coming year is hazy. The sector is coming off a strong $2.7 billion Giving Tuesday, but...

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Show Some Love To Your Donors With Thank You Videos In January

Ken Wells

Dec 21, 20211 min read

Show Some Love To Your Donors With Thank You Videos In January

Your donors deserve a big Thank You as we enter 2022! Their support may have helped your organization weather the last two years. You may...

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Where The $2 Trillion Nonprofit Funding Comes From

Ken Wells

Dec 17, 20211 min read

Where The $2 Trillion Nonprofit Funding Comes From

There's a lot to take in here, but Nonprofit Quarterly has produced an amazing graphic that shows what drives the U.S. nonprofit economy....

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Ken Wells

Dec 15, 20211 min read

Do Your Donors Know About The Special 2021 Charitable Deduction?

Was it hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky who said, "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take?" When it passed its COVID relief bill,...

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Nonprofit Revenue Up In Last Quarter. Online Giving Strong

Ken Wells

Dec 8, 20212 min read

Nonprofit Revenue Up In Last Quarter. Online Giving Strong

Just in time for the end of the year fundraising, Blackbaud has released its latest Blackbaud Institute Index, looking at nonprofit...

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COVID’s Tale of Two Nonprofit Worlds: The Haves and the Have Nots

Ken Wells

Dec 1, 20213 min read

COVID’s Tale of Two Nonprofit Worlds: The Haves and the Have Nots

Them that's got shall get Them that's not shall lose So the Bible said and it still is news. - God Bless the Child, by Billie Holliday...

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