Get off the Couch - Wayne Elsey's Blog

Nonprofit leaders should be able to work with many different kinds of people. A lot of my staff at Soles4Souls is young. We have a mix of Boomers, Gen-Xers, and Millennials. When you have that level of diversity, there are some important things to keep in mind about leading a (Continue reading…)

What do you think of when you hear annual report? If you’re like me, just reading that phrase makes my eyes glaze over. But in the nonprofit world, the annual report is essential. And though it does fall into the “report” category, it does not have to be mind-numbing. In (Continue reading…)

“Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.” -William Butler  Yeats Over on Katya’s Non-profit Marketing Blog (one of my favorites, bookmark it if you haven’t yet!), she listed 18 mood-killing words to banish in 2012. Among the list were a few that I especially (Continue reading…)

The Charities Aid Foundation recently released the 2011 World Giving Index, a study that ranks and compares generosity and altruism of 153 countries. The study was based on three measures of giving behavior: monetary giving, volunteering, and helping a stranger. Here are a few findings that might surprise you: Up (Continue reading…)

We understand you have a choice when donating your unwanted footwear. There are many places to send them and many ways to help those in need. At Soles4Souls, we work to make the biggest impact with each and every pair. Every 7 seconds someone received a new pair of shoes. (Continue reading…)

Released last summer, Woody Allen’s film, Midnight in Paris, got imaginations spinning with the story of an American writer (played by Owen Wilson) enchanted with the idea of living in Paris in the 1920’s. Through some creative storytelling, Allen transported his hero to that era where he picked the brains (Continue reading…)

Every new year brings the opportunity to make new resolutions and commitments. As I look across the nonprofit landscape, here are three things that I think are “musts” for nonprofits to consider The revamped Twitter page. Twitter finally launched a redesign that includes brand specific pages. They’re testing it out (Continue reading…)

Have you ever thought about why your donors give? Perhaps we can get more detailed than simply “they believe in our cause.” Recently, Hope Consulting and GuideStar released their findings from the Money for Good study. In the second part of their report, they pointed out that there are six (Continue reading…)

Lately, I’ve been reading a lot about measuring influence in social media. Klout seems to have cornered the market on quantifying influence, but I have my doubts about the tool. Tim Kastelle is right on the money in his recent post about this exact topic. I’d like to highlight three (Continue reading…)

I am thrilled to congratulate Stephanie Taylor Smith on winning the Flippin Good Deeds Blogger Challenge! Stephanie utilized her blog Musings of a Silly Girl to urge her readers to clean out their closets and donate gently worn footwear to Soles4Souls. During the short, three month contest Stephanie collected over (Continue reading…)