By Jennifer Vickery, National Strategies Public Relations One of the top concerns we heard from our nonprofits this and last year is the need for more volunteers. With the COVID pandemic, many volunteers dropped off to focus on their own health, safety and priorities. Also, jobs...
If donors provide nonprofits with the foundation on which they can achieve stability, volunteers are the organization's backbone. These selfless heroes help nonprofits become strong enough to complete their missions mission, from fundraising and administrative tasks to operations. They do the hands-on work that makes...
By Jennifer Vickery During the pandemic, I realized that I had rarely left my house and began to lose touch with going out to places. I was ridden with anxiety and was fearful. I needed to do something to get help. We decided in December 2020...
Making the Leap: Tips to Manage a 100% Remote Nonprofit Team Before the pandemic, just over half of nonprofit organizations reported having employees working remotely. By July 2020 that number had increased to 75% according to a survey from the Professionals for Nonprofits (PNP) Staffing Group....
March 2022 Keeper of the Flame Scholarship Recipient: Kitty Arceneaux Meet Kitty Arceneaux, CEO of Elevate Her Up in Louisiana and award-winning book author. We are celebrating as we congratulate her on being the March 2022 recipient of the Keeper of the Flame Scholarship. The special...
The Power of Art By Anna M. A. Stracey What can you really know about the grandparents you never met? Second-hand stories and anecdotes? Vague descriptions and family photos? These provide a form, a basic shape, but not the warm embodiment of that person. How do you...
I am from Plant City, a small town in Florida I like to call Itty Bitty Plant City. My father joined the military when I was six years old, so I have lived and traveled worldwide. I even graduated from high school in Stuttgart, Germany. At the...
How To Get More Donor Partnerships for Your Nonprofit (From a PR Professional’s POV) By: Jennifer Vickery, National Strategies Public Relations We work with for-profit clients that want to give back to the community, do something good and make a real difference. We encourage them to partner...
By Lauren Sisler, ESPN Sportscaster | Addiction Prevention Advocate | Inspirational Speaker As a sports reporter, I get the opportunity to share a lot of stories about teams, coaches, individual athletes, fans, and even entire communities. It is what I "do" as a professional, but most...
Julie Thurgood-Burnett, Hereward Farms Julie Thurgood Burnett is a self-made woman. She is a mother, developer of numerous passions – and is no stranger to both trials and successes in her life. Currently, Julie serves as the President and CEO of a lavender farm and skincare...