Relish Studio Blog Category: Strategy

We’re living in a different world than we were a month, a week, or even a few days ago. For nonprofit professionals around the world (and frankly, everyone) it’s a scary time. Markets are crashing, businesses are shutting down, individuals are closing their doors. What seemed impossible just a few weeks ago is now the … Continued

Email used to be the number one way to connect with potential partners, clients, and donors. However, email has gotten really noisy over time, with one study from 2015 showing that most office workers receiving up to 121 emails per day(!).  So how do you cut through this onslaught and improve your odds of getting … Continued

For many nonprofits (and small businesses in general), the marketing budget – or lack thereof – is a bit of a catch-22. An organization can’t grow without a sustained marketing effort (and corresponding budget), but at the same time many NGOs can’t afford the tools and people to enable this growth. So, what to do? … Continued

Recently, I stumbled upon reference to Benjamin Franklin’s “13 Virtues” and an exercise on how to incorporate this type of practice into one’s own way of living. Franklin created his virtues in an attempt to arrive at “moral perfection” and you can use his methodology to craft your own challenge to enable growth, wellbeing, and … Continued

If you aren’t good at it, and don’t enjoy doing it, then get someone else to do it. “Man, I suck at this,” I thought to myself for the zillionth time while trying to futz around with our books. Not only that, I definitely wasn’t enjoying myself. I knew that I wasn’t being as effective … Continued