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Five Key Tips for Showing Volunteers Appreciation

Nonprofits, at their core, are made up of volunteers who give their time, energy, and resources to help others. These volunteers are the lifeblood of our organizations, and they deserve your gratitude and appreciation.  But how can you show your volunteers how much you appreciate their hard work and dedication?...
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How Sweet Are Your Sponsorships?

As soon as October hits our calendars, it seems like everyone begins the discussions of pumpkin spice and sweaters. While the season of changing colors is my favorite time of year, thoughts of falling leaves and crackling fires quickly fade to the sound of four children begging for new costumes...
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Improve Your TRC Communications

Are you planning your fall Total Resource Campaign (TRC) now? One of the first things on your timeline is most assuredly to plan your communications with your members and community. In the YGM TRC world, you know that all communications and promotions should be centered around your members. If the...
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Tend to your Sponsorship Garden

Spring is beginning, and I love to see the flowers beginning to bloom. This spring has been anything but usual, but we have seen people out tending to their gardens. In fact, we have seen a few more flowers and gardens popping up around the neighborhood. I think people are...
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Throw a Cash Mob for Your Member Businesses

You know what a Flash Mob is, but have you heard of a Cash Mob? Have you participated in one? Does your chamber sponsor them? Cash Mobs are similar to Flash Mobs in that groups of people show up unexpectedly in one place for a similar and specific purpose. They...
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What Is So Great About a TRC?

As you can imagine, I could talk about a Total Resource Campaign (TRC) until ‘the cows come home,’ as the old adage goes. I could tell you about how TRCs focus on sponsorships, are led by volunteers from the business community, and invite businesses from across your community – both...
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Sponsorships in a Time of Uncertainty

You had your 2020 sponsorships calendar all set and were excited about the plans you had in place. And then the world turned upside down, and now you’re trying to determine how to plan the remainder of the year. But it’s really challenging to plan when none of us has...
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TRC = Strategic Plan

“We have a strategic plan. It’s called ‘doing things.’” – Herb Kelleher No offense to Mr. Kelleher, known to many in the business world as an American icon, most businesses (and chambers alike) need a more structured plan than simply ‘doing things.’ As we move forward, chambers are going to...
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The Best Engagement Plans Start Close to Home

If you have been involved in a Total Resource Campaign with YGM, then you know that we talk a lot about engagement.  Everyone in the chamber world (the business world in general) knows that we all work with and engage with a wide arrange of people and constituent groups. And while...
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Spooky suggestions for your Chamber this Halloween

It's finally Fall, y'all. It's the time of pumpkin spice everything and jackets and Halloween decorations. It's also the perfect time to start planning how to make the scary (or not-so-scary) holiday work for you and your Chamber. We have two ideas to share with you, one which focuses on...
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