Posts Tagged ‘soles for souls’

I am thrilled that Nashville recording artist Billy Gilman is partnering with Soles4Souls to distribute half a million shoes around the world. Billy is best known as the youngest singer to reach the Top 40 on the country charts. He accomplished that back in 2000—when he was only twelve years (Continue reading…)

Great organizations have great teams. Putting together a home run roster is challenging but vital to the success of your organization. Without getting the right people on the bus and the wrong people off, the bus goes nowhere. Here are four tips to implement to strengthen your team. Be at your (Continue reading…)

At Soles4Souls, data is constantly pouring in and informing our decision making. Research can always be conducted to discover how to more effectively reach our target donor demographic, how our company can be more efficient, and how our operation can be improved. With that said how do we avoid “analysis (Continue reading…)

Tom Ahern of the Domain Group recently revisited the donor newsletter. Back in the 1990’s, the group tested best practices for nonprofit newsletters and came up with a laundry list of facts that time and time again got a positive response. I’ve noted five here that I know work in (Continue reading…)

Shifting from the for-profit to the nonprofit sector can be tricky. Bridgestar recently released a report that brought to light some great ideas for the transitioning executive. Here’s four that I think are most important: Prepare. Some non-profits may be growing so fast that they do not have trained structures (Continue reading…)

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…)