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Rethink the Ordinary to Capture Attention

At Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, there’s a world-famous clock that stops people in their tracks. Instead of automated hands, the time is updated by a real person who appears inside the clock face every minute, physically repainting the hands. What’s normally a quick glance becomes a moment

Nonprofits Aren’t Meant to Win—They’re Meant to Last

Why the Infinite Game Mindset Changes Everything Nonprofit work often feels like a series of finish lines. The end of the fiscal year. The next campaign. The grant deadline. The enrollment target. The gala. The board report. We move from one high-pressure moment to the next,

Engagement Is Not Attendance—It’s Belonging

Building Communities That Last in an Infinite Game Engagement is often measured in numbers. How many people showed up. How many signed up. How many participated. How many came back. Those numbers matter—but they don’t tell the whole story. Because people can attend without engaging. They

Fundraising Isn’t About the Gift. It’s About the Relationship.

Why Donor Development Is an Infinite Game Fundraising often feels like the most finite part of nonprofit work. A goal. A deadline. A thermometer. A number that determines whether the campaign was a “success.” When the pressure is on, it’s easy to reduce fundraising to a

Stop Chasing Attention. Start Building Trust — Marketing & Communications for the Infinite Game

Nonprofit marketing is often driven by urgency. We need people to open the email. We need clicks. We need registrations. We need awareness—now. So we chase attention. Louder subject lines. More posts. Bigger announcements. Another campaign layered on top of the last one. Sometimes it works.

Hanukkah as a Blueprint for Sustainable Donor and Community Relationships

Hanukkah is not a holiday built around a single moment. It has no grand finale and no requirement to experience it all at once. Instead, it unfolds through small, repeatable actions over time. A candle lit each night. A modest gift exchanged. A shared meal around

How Hanukkah’s Fried Foods Explain What Engagement and Events Are Really For

Every Hanukkah gathering eventually revolves around food. Latkes. Sufganiyot. Oil splatters. Powdered sugar everywhere. The food is imperfect, indulgent, and often a little messy. And it is almost always the most memorable part of the experience. That is not an accident. Hanukkah’s foods are not meant

What Hanukkah Gift Giving Teaches Us About Fundraising That Actually Works

Hanukkah is not known for extravagant gifts. In many homes, the presents are small. Sometimes symbolic. Sometimes playful. Often repeated night after night. And yet, the act of giving feels meaningful, even memorable. That combination is worth paying attention to, especially for nonprofits that struggle to

Why the Hanukkah Candles Might Be the Best Marketing Lesson You’ll Get This Year

Every winter, people place a small light in a window. It doesn’t interrupt anyone. It doesn’t explain itself. And yet, night after night, it becomes part of the landscape. The Hanukkah menorah is not trying to win attention—it’s trying to be seen. And in that distinction

The One-Shot Mindset: How Borrowing Film Techniques Can Help Nonprofits See Their Work Differently

When Netflix asked Ed Sheeran to film a concert, he could’ve done what every artist has done for decades: a stage, a crowd, a multi-camera production, a familiar rhythm. Instead, he decided to try something completely different. Inspired by the film Adolescence, Sheeran shot the entire

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