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How Cross-Sector Collaboration is Helping Fight Youth Unemployment in Boston

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John Hancock was approached by the mayor of Boston in 2008 with a collaborative opportunity that falls in the latter category. John Hancock also recruits the help of an external evaluator to ensure they understand what’s working and where there may be challenges given so many partners and participants.

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It’s coming – Black Thursday – Tax Deadline Drives Donation Activity on December 31 – are you ready?

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It also can help provide insight into what your organization can and should be doing in the last week of the year. It’s not too late – here are some tips from some of our experts that can help you make the most of the last week. I worked at an organization that was very active in water conservation.

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How Nonprofits can Use Analytics with Advocacy

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Analytic Activism is a book about how advocacy organizations can make better decisions in the digital age. I wrote the book because it seemed like something was missing from the conversation about digital advocacy and activism. Digital listening just gives you a new set of tools and processes to help confront hard strategic questions.

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"2008 is going to be a challening year." To quote Yogi Berra, "It's deja vu all over again."

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"2008 is going to be a challenging year." While I don't think anyone anticipated that the end of 2008 would be as ugly as it was, the content of the article is probably even more valuable today. We're taking that information and creating a resolutions guide to help nonprofit professionals keep their resolutions, so please share.

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How to Keep Donors Engaged When Everything is Changing

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I first heard Penelope Burk speak at the International Conference of the Association of Donor Relations Professionals in 2008. While we still have a responsibility to steward our donors as we always have, our activities just might look slightly different. You need to continually build trust and loyalty with donors. Zero unsubscribes.

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4 Steps to Implementing Your Social Change Strategy: A Case Study with SEFCU

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Since 2008, SEFCU’s Community Support Program has helped more than seven million people within its branch footprint – which includes upstate New York’s Capital Region, Binghamton, Syracuse and Buffalo areas – through funding vital nonprofit organizations. with more than $3.7

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8 Strategy Basics for Nonprofit Organizations

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Here are a few tips to help your nonprofit think about strategy: 1. For example, a nonprofit music lesson provider might face competition from school music programs, but also from sports and other after-school activities, or from video games. 1] David La Piana, “The Nonprofit Strategy Revolution,” Fieldstone Alliance (2008): 32-33.