Economic downturns force businesses to make drastic changes to reduce costs: layoffs, closures, refining services, and mergers to name a few. Nonprofits are no different. Before making a decision to merge, you may wrestle with many questions, including: Will merging...
Just as important as raising money, nonprofit organizations must also cultivate awareness, enthusiasm and dedication among board members and volunteers. Recruiting volunteers and board members to devote “time and treasure” is a short-hand way to describe a very...
Greater demand for philanthropic dollars in a challenging economy leads to more competing for less. While individual Americans give to charity at rates higher than other developed nations, barriers to giving today are several, including: Inflation and growing fears of...
7 ways for grocers to gain customer attention when budgets are stretched “Improvise. Overcome. Adapt.” It sounds easy enough when a square-jawed, upright Clint Eastwood barks orders to a group of elite Marines in the film Heartbreak Ridge. But for American consumers,...
Who would have imagined that bottles of ketchup and mustard, and salt and pepper shakers placed in the middle of a restaurant table would ever have been viewed as a good sign for the future of restaurants? After the crazy year that restaurants and bars around the...
How can independent restaurants strike a retro-digital balance? Local and independently owned restaurants have had to make some difficult choices over the last year, but some found that solutions from the “good old days” turned out to be surprisingly helpful over the...
