BPOZ Brand Leadership

Many of us experience it...Sunday evening dread. That vague feeling. It's not just that the weekend is over. It's that we know what we'll face when Monday morning rolls around. We love the mission, yet there are too many days it feels like a frustrating slog. It doesn't have to be that way. Imagine if, on Sunday evening, and at the end of each work day, your heart was full because tomorrow, you get to do what you love and everything just WORKS. It's possible. You deserve better. 10 days and counting. #YouDeserveBetter #Bridge24 #nonprofitfundraising #nonprofitmarketing #nonprofittechnology #dcevents #nptech

We are proud to announce that today, July 31st, 2024, BPOZ Brand Leadership and Three Little Birds Agency are formally launching our new joint venture: Benevolent Tech (https://hubs.ly/Q02JwvJB0) We founded Benevolent Tech on a simple idea. People who dedicate themselves to creating benevolence, well-being, fulfillment, and agency for others are people we want to spend time with, work with, and be friends with. Benevolent Tech is not about us - it's about you. It's about growing a community of nonprofit and for-profit-for-good clients, partners, collaborators, and friends who believe that the struggle to build a kinder world is worth the effort, and that we are stronger building it together than alone. As we move from Day 1 to Day 2 and beyond, there will be plenty of time to talk about what we do and how we do it. For now, we wanted to focus on WHY we want to do it. Because of you. #BenevolentBusiness #BenevolentTech #Nonprofits #ForProfitForGood

Most of us do it. We work 5 days and get 2 days off. 2 days to relax, do all our OTHER work (you know, like non-work life), and if we are lucky, set aside a little time for fun. Then Monday arrives, and we grind through the next 5 to get to the next 2. Feels like a raw deal to us sometimes. Imagine if, there was fun in EVERY day. Imagine if, M-F we 5 days of GREAT, of fun, of progress and fulfillment. Is that too much to hope for? When your team is aligned, your data is useful, and your tools just work, it will be something to EXPECT. Imagine if ALL 7 days were something to look forward to. You deserve better. 2 days and counting. #YouDeserveBetter #Bridge24 #nonprofitfundraising #nonprofitmarketing #nonprofittechnology #dcevents #nptech

We think of "tug of war" every time we hear it: "Pull a report". Sounds like a battle. "I have to 'pull the data' from multiple system into a another system, and 'pull the report' into a separate doc (or worse, send to a designer) before I can 'push the button' to email it to my team, leadership, and the board." And precious hours and days of life are gone. Makes us want to "pull" our hair out. Just as you shouldn't have to "push" your data around, you shouldn't have to "pull" reports. Reports should just be there, always ready, automatically sent to those who need them. Imagine if your reports allowed everyone on your team to have a 360 degree view of operations and empowered them to make good things happen. Put down the rope - stop "pulling" reports. You deserve better. 6 days and counting. #YouDeserveBetter #Bridge24 #nonprofitfundraising #nonprofitmarketing #nonprofittechnology #dcevents #nptech

Once we were on a call with a new client. The Director of Development said, with genuine pain in her voice, "I had a nightmare about our data last night." She meant it. Our heart was breaking as we heard this. Data, this thing that's supposed to be a GIFT, a way to understand the experiences of people at a distance - the people they were trying to reach, to inspire, to activate, to help, had become a nightmare. Why? Their data was siloed in disconnected systems, full of errors, omissions, and duplicates. The goals of their data were poorly defined and the structure misaligned to the work. Worst of all, they spent hours and hours wrestling with it. A burden instead of a gift. Imagine if your data worked for YOU. Imagine if it surfaced MEANING. Imagine if it was USABLE. Would you sleep better at night? You deserve better. 7 days and counting. #YouDeserveBetter #Bridge24 #nonprofitfundraising #nonprofitmarketing #nonprofittechnology #dcevents #nptech

Has this ever happened to you? You find a critical error on your landing page or a bug in a key workflow in your CRM. Your major fundraising campaign can't launch and the clock is ticking. What do you do? For many of us, the answer is "send a support ticket to IT", or "email the vendor", or "contact the freelance developer" (who by the way works in another timezone). And you wait, and hope, and pray that someone gets back to you in time. Imagine if your systems didn't require an engineering degree, deep systems knowledge, or an army of contractors. Imagine if you could fix the problem YOURSELF, and get on with your day? You CAN. You deserve better. 8 days and counting. #YouDeserveBetter #Bridge24 #nonprofitfundraising #nonprofitmarketing #nonprofittechnology #dcevents #nptech

Is Tech supposed to feel GOOD? I mean, don't get me wrong. We love tech. It helps us do a lot of cool things - when it works. When it doesn't? Well, that's another thing entirely. Imagine if your tech wasn't just something you ENDURED, but something that made you happy, even satisfied. Imagine if it helped you be the best version of yourself as you pursue your mission. Isn't that what it's there for? You deserve better. 9 days and counting. #YouDeserveBetter #Bridge24 #nonprofitfundraising #nonprofitmarketing #nonprofittechnology #dcevents #nptech

It's a classic "chicken or egg" conundrum: Person #1: "Let's fix our tech. Our tech is the problem." Person #2: "No, our tech is fine. We just need our people to work better together." Tech. Team. Tech. Team. Around and around it goes, with no relief in sight. The reality is, you can't fix one without fixing the other, because they're symptoms of the real problem - Organizational Friction. Imagine if there were a way to fix them both at the same time. You deserve better. 11 days and counting. #YouDeserveBetter #Bridge24 #nonprofitfundraising #nonprofitmarketing #nonprofittechnology #dcevents #nptech

"Yes, BUT..." The joy killer. The dream killer. The team killer. Imagine if there were a way to consistently BUILD on each others ideas, instead of tearing each other's ideas down? There is. It all starts with "Yes, AND..." You deserve better. 13 days and counting. #YouDeserveBetter #Bridge24 #nonprofitfundraising #nonprofitmarketing #nonprofittechnology #dcevents #nptech

We're ALL about benevolence. We believe business should be about benevolence. We believe brands should be about benevolence. And we believe tech should be about benevolence. For those we serve, those they serve, those we work with, and the world we inhabit. Something benevolent is coming soon. Will you join us? If you will be at The Bridge to Integrated Marketing & Fundraising Conference in a few weeks? If so, let us know in the comments below and come and find us. We will be the folks in the bright green jackets. #YouDeserveBetter https://hubs.li/Q02GSNyS0