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How to increase giving to your ministry

Posted by on May 16, 2013 in

When I got the schedule for my speaking engagement this year at the Christian Leadership Alliance conference, my heart sank.  I was the last speaker on a panel scheduled for… Continue reading

Crafting a successful mobile strategy (and why you need to have one RIGHT NOW)

Posted by on May 9, 2013 in

I just returned from the annual Christian Leadership Alliance conference, where I had the opportunity to give a talk I call Be Smarter Than Your Smartphone: Building a Successful Mobile… Continue reading

Masterworks Welcomes Feed The Children

Posted by on May 7, 2013 in

Masterworks is pleased to announce that Feed The Children of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has joined our growing family of clients. Founded in 1979, Feed The Children is now one of… Continue reading

Five foolproof ways to acquire thousands of online donors

Posted by on May 1, 2013 in ,

The headline is a bait and switch, let’s just get that out of the way. If you are reading this thinking the promise of that headline is possible, you aren’t… Continue reading

Heading to Anaheim: a CLA preview

Posted by on April 29, 2013 in

We are excited to be a part of CLA once again this year. Several of our team members will be traveling to Anaheim to attend the general sessions and meet… Continue reading

Throwback week

Posted by on April 19, 2013 in

It’s throwback week! You know, that time when we pull out 3 popular posts from the past that are still relevant today. It’s to that end that I’d like to… Continue reading

Non-profit branding – Part 4: Don’t forget brand research

Posted by on April 11, 2013 in

We’ll spend the next few posts in the series focusing on brand research. But first, let’s recall a few things about your brand in general. First, your brand is more… Continue reading

All About Boomers

Posted by on March 28, 2013 in

Last week some comments that our very own Kn Moy made about baby boomers were featured over on The Agitator. He was responding to another Agitator post you can read… Continue reading

Non-profit branding – Part 3: Costs

Posted by on March 21, 2013 in

In my first branding post, we looked at how hard it is for non-profit organizations to carry out an effective branding (or rebranding) process due to the complexity of the… Continue reading

Non-profit branding – Part 2

Posted by on March 13, 2013 in

The seven-year-old solution to branding In their book, Made to Stick, the Heath brothers refer to something that affects us all: “The Curse of Knowledge.” The more you know about… Continue reading