Tim Kachuriak

End Plastic Pollution: A Matter of Life and Death for Our Oceans Did you know that most plastic waste ends up in our water bodies, harming marine life and contributing to climate change? It's alarming to think that: 80% of marine debris is plastic 100,000 marine animals die annually due to plastic entanglement 1 million marine birds die annually from plastic ingestion The consequences are devastating. We must take action. "The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it." - Robert Swan, Environmentalist Let's work together to: Reduce plastic use Increase recycling Support plastic-free policies Promote sustainable practices Take the pledge: Refuse single-use plastics Carry reusable bags and water bottles Support organizations fighting plastic pollution Share your thoughts: How do you reduce plastic waste? What policies would you like to see implemented? Let's spark a conversation and drive change! #BreakFreeFromPlastic #SaveOurOceans #ClimateAction #Sustainability #PlasticFree #OceanConservation #EcoFriendly #ClimateJustice EndPlastic EndPlastic UNDP Climate Climate Change Department (CCD) UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre ,UNFCCC UN

So elections are coming up… I am very pleased to share that I am in the running for DMAW Board. For those of you who are members, please consider supporting me (voting starts Oct 23 and I’ll remind you!) I’ve been deeply involved in nonprofit sector as a professional working with some of the lots impactful and transformative causes, as a volunteer with The Bridge to Integrated Marketing & Fundraising Conference and Special Olympics Virginia, Inc., as a The NonProfit Times contributing editor, as a writer/content creator so this was an easy yes and I am so honored to be considered. The two areas that I hope to advance… 1. COMMUNITY - connecting people in the nonprofit sector, nurturing young talent, amplifying voices. 2. STEWARDSHIP - this niche at the intersection of communications and fundraising that connects constituents to the work of charitable sector So please consider supporting me! #nonprofit

Last week at the NIO Summit in Indianapolis, I shared breakfast with Ellen Roeder from RKD Group as we pondered the lost art of pausing before reacting to work messages. When communication is instantaneous, is every reaction a knee-jerk? So, I thought I’d take a dose of my own medicine and sit with my NIO Summit experience before sharing my thoughts. A few things stuck with me over the past week: MODERN VS LEGACY: We are turning the corner on nonprofit technology. It’s clearer than ever that dated, limiting, and unintuitive tools will only hold your organization back. There are more modern solutions than ever that will enable your team to do more. No matter what you choose, you don’t have to settle for something that looks (and acts) straight out of Windows 95. EMOTIONAL > TRANSACTIONAL: When it comes to donation forms, we’ve tested ourselves into a corner. For so long, the focus has been on limiting options and pushing individuals through as fast as possible. But with ads not working the way they used to, and more entities than ever fighting for your donor’s attention (and wallet), you need to compel action through powerful storytelling—the kind that gets the oxytocin flowing. So when it comes to AB testing, the focus is now where it rightfully should be: your value proposition. AI EVERYTHING: Naturally, AI was a big topic of conversation. But in some sense, it felt like a stand-in—a boogeyman of sorts—for a nonprofit’s generalized anxiety about the future. The fact of the matter is that AI has been a part of our lives for some time now—it was just called “machine learning” and was mostly hiding behind the scenes. While generative AI is an exciting breakthrough that you can and should incorporate into your daily work life, predictive AI is where nonprofits still have the most to gain. When it comes to using AI for marketing and fundraising, efforts should focus on the basics: 1.) collecting clean data and 2.) using powerful prediction engines (like ours at Classy) to guide your next action with a current or potential donor. As far as conferences go, NextAfter’s NIO Summit was top-notch. Not only was it well-orchestrated and genuinely fun, but it felt right-sized. There was one track to follow, so attendees had a truly shared experience. What’s more, vendors weren't off in a corner but instead a part of the action (swag tokens FTW). And we at Classy had a blast packing the house at Howl at the Moon. Gratitude to our partners at RKD Group, Community Boost, TrueSense Marketing, MarkeTeam, Infinite Media, The Smithee Group, Feathr, Virtuous, StratusLIVE, and Dataro. Love to my local Classy comrades Megan Anderson and Brad Ton and their gorgeous city. Next time you're in Indy, check out Tomorrow Bookstore and Coat Check Coffee. And to my fellow nonprofit software providers, I’m grateful for you all, too. Let’s work collectively to drive more innovation and better results for the nonprofits we care so much about. Until next NIO! ✌️

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I’m so grateful for communities. That’s why I’m the guy running the Q Intel Community at Quartermaster! But the one I’m thinking of is the one that NextAfter has been building for the last 9 years with #NIOSummit. I missed last years’ conference but was excited to return this year. What amazed me was the number of faces I recognized and who recognized me in turn. “Hey you’re back!” was something I heard more than once. It was so good to reconnect with partners, meet new people, share our company’s mission and continually see how much that resonated, and find new opportunities for the company. Well worth the 3-leg flights across the continent. But I was really amazed at the personal connections that kind of slammed into me…in a really great way. And that’s what has blown me away with the NIO Summit. I’ve come away feeling like a better person. Not often my expectation when sharing a room with a mass of mostly strangers. So my thanks to Benjamin Johnson Francis Quintal Stephanie Field Matt Hussey Mike Duerksen 👋 Tim Kachuriak Nathan Hill Jeff Giddens Erik Tomalis 🦬 Aleksandra Chojnacki Michael Slaughter Salvatore Salpietro Larry Cardarelli Jonathan Beck Aaron Dolton and so so so many others that I’m forgetting to name here (apologies from this 🇨🇦…how cliched). I’m looking forward to more community and more growth in this coming year!