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Amber Melanie Smith

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I am on a mission to uplift aspiring and current changemakers working to create a career or lifestyle for social impact. Join me and over 50,000 changemakers on my social impact-focused YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/ambermelaniesmith!

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What to invest in EARLY for your Nonprofit (don't make these mistakes I made...)

Hello, Reader! We learn as we grow, right? In the spirit of always learning and growing, I wanted to share a little about - Argenta Software - my latest video's sponsor (thanks for helping keep the channel going, Argenta!). There are many things I wish I'd invested in earlier on in my journey of starting and growing a nonprofit, and technology was one of them. I look back and ask myself, "How much faster would we have grown if we'd only had donor management software, accounting software, a...

5 months ago • 1 min read

Hey Reader! Those of you who hang out with me on YouTube ask some great questions! I try to answer as much as I can in the comments, but that doesn't mean everyone always gets to see those answers - even if they may have a similar question. So! I wanted to take a minute to answer a handful of your recent questions about being an Executive Director at a nonprofit. 😀 That's what I did in this latest video - I hope it helps you -- AND if you have MORE questions I didn't answer, let me know,...

8 months ago • 1 min read

Hello Reader! I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with the President and CEO of Charity Navigator, Michael Thatcher to dig deeper into the question: What are donors looking for when deciding to give? Charity Navigator's scoring of nearly 200,000 nonprofits annually means they've got some great data and insights about this! Check out my conversation with Michael in my latest video: What are donors looking for? Enjoy!! -Amber

over 1 year ago • 1 min read

Hey Reader! As part of my partnership with RallyUp.com, I'm sharing another video in our series of fundraising videos just for YOU! Our goal here is, of course, to help you raise MORE money for the causes you care about. This video is all about increasing donations during your virtual and hybrid events - events that saw a huge increase in popularity during the pandemic and are still going strong! Check out this Video in the series below - and be sure to subscribe to RallyUp's YouTube page to...

almost 2 years ago • 1 min read

Hey Reader! As part of my partnership with RallyUp.com, we've got a series of fundraising videos just for YOU! Our goal here is, of course, to help you raise MORE money for the causes you care about. I'm excited to share the first video in the series, which is all about how to equip your followers to fundraise FOR your cause through what is called peer-to-peer fundraising (if you're not yet familiar!). Check out Video #1 below - and be sure to subscribe to RallyUp's YouTube page to catch more...

almost 2 years ago • 1 min read
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