Dreaming of Video Storytelling
I recently discovered the Daily DoGooder, and I cannot. stop. watching. The site serves up a seemingly bottomless platter of fresh-picked video goodies: short clips that aim to “change the world one...
View ArticleRethink Your Elevator Pitch
This spring, I was able to attend a Speed Networking night hosted by Canisius College and Amherst’s Emerging Business Leaders. Drinks in hand, we circulated around tables, a sparkling crew of Buffalo’s...
View ArticleAn Unlikely Antidote to Donor Fatigue
Fundraisers will go to great lengths to secure a donation – or even to get us to simply open the envelope. Over time, we’ve weeded out some of the winning and losing fundraising strategies. One of the...
View ArticleBuilding Your Nonprofit Credibility
One of the biggest challenges young professionals tackle might be that people assume we’re inexperienced or unreliable. This lack of perceived credibility can be huge obstacle to building a network and...
View ArticleSaying Farewell
This month, like they always do, Nonprofit Management students gathered for fall semester’s main event: the Big Ask. With fundraising expert Neil Melbrod leading the Fundraising & Development...
View ArticleLeadership in Action
The best education comes from real life. That’s what motivates ComLead students to pursue community partnerships each semester. In core classes like Organizational Communication and specialty areas...
View ArticleThe #1 Skill Your Next Boss Wants
What’s the number ONE skill that will set you apart in the eyes of your boss or your next manager? That’s the kind of question business magazines and leadership experts profess to solve with each new...
View ArticleCommunication is a Hard Skill~Not a Soft Skill
In corporate America employee communication skills are often referred to as “soft skills” and this label is inaccurate, misleading, and can hurt an organization’s bottom line. A survey of Fortune 200...
View ArticleBigger is better: A new way of looking at nonprofits
Nonprofits are traditionally held to the rule that they should do more with less. Income is not as stable as the corporate world. It can be here today and gone tomorrow. Government funding can be cut...
View ArticleMarketing Tips on a Budget
Successful marketing campaigns have one major similarity – they all tell a story, and they tell it compellingly. For both nonprofit and for-profit organizations alike, succinctly articulating your...
View ArticleUgly Sweaters Give Back
In today’s consumerist world, where it seems everything is driven by buying, and more buying, especially around the holidays, it’s refreshing to have a whole day designated as Giving Tuesday. Coming...
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ComLeads by Example
In light of last week’s Ugly Sweaters Give Back post, and with the holidays just around the corner, ’tis the season of service and giving back. Service-learning: Put the two words together and you get...
View ArticleCentscere
Continuing the theme from the last few posts on charitable giving, I’ve recently learned of a new way for people to make a “centscere” impact on charities they care about. Centscere allows people to...
View ArticleCutting across the silos – Inspiring lessons for millennial leaders
In a recent New York Times article, a statistic was presented showing that millennials as a generational cohort will soon outnumber baby boomers. And as a student looking at millennials and how they...
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Buffalo Peace House Restores Refugee Lives
Buffalo has the distinction of having many great nonprofit organizations throughout our city. One such organization is The Buffalo Peace House, which I and another classmate have the pleasure of...
View ArticleThe Salvation Army of Buffalo’s Mentoring Brainchild
A new mentoring initiative, called SOEL, was born this week out of The Salvation Army of Buffalo. SOEL stands for Success Opportunity Education & Leadership, and is a wrap-around mentoring program...
View ArticleComLead in the Community
This past Monday, students in the Managing Not-for-Profits Seminar class presented on the work they’ve done with their service-learning partners this semester. Everyone in the class made such an impact...
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ComLead Capstones Soon to Commence
After two semesters of gathering research, running data, writing and re-writing, this Saturday, May 2nd from 11:30 AM- 1 PM, the M.S. Communication & Leadership 2015 graduates will conclude the...
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Spring Shoreline Sweep
Today we’re featuring a guest blog written by Jen Kilo, Director of Youth & Young Adult Ministry at St. Gregory the Great RC Church in Williamsville and new student into the ComLead program,...
View ArticleWNY Make-a-Wish hosts 21st Annual 97 Rock Radio-thon
Today, Thursday September 17 at 6:00 am Make-a-Wish Western New York Chapter kicked off their 21st Annual 97Rock Radio-thon. The event will run for 28 consecutive hours, ending at 10:00 am tomorrow,...
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