EveryAction

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. Check out our last installment here ! Here’s what they said.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 30, 2023

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here ! Remember: one size doesn’t fit all.

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VQ Strategies

APRIL 26, 2024

This value remains the most commonly used way to describe and recognize the “impacts” that volunteers deliver on your mission. So, as you are methodically updating your volunteer data sheets and volunteer recognition speeches, I encourage you to think broadly and deeply about this practice. Is it merely volume?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Save time and grab this exact template from our Giving Tuesday Fundraising Template Kit and personalize it for your organization. Subject line: Sofia, keep tabs on the impact of your gift by following us on social media. Join Our Latest Events + Volunteer Days. 4) Week Three: Give An Impact Update.

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2024

This negativity bias is adaptive, as remembering what hurts us keeps us alive. However, our task as a sector is about more than survival. It’s about reimagining systems, facilitating change, and co-creating a better future. Research has found that negatives narrow our vision.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 22, 2024

Their stories not only highlight their profound missions but also showcase how the Bloomerang Volunteer Management solution has amplified their impact. Before using Bloomerang] we didn’t realize the impact our volunteers were having on our organization from a financial standpoint,” Anschutz stated. “If

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Charity Village

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The book, “Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder” by Berkley psychology professor, Dacher Keltner, which helps us to better understand our own “awe moments” and learn a bunch about awe’s positive impact on […] The post Everything is suddenly AWE-some! appeared first on CharityVillage.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We all want to know whether our work makes a difference. Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 7, 2023

As you probably know, this is the most lucrative time of the year to ask for the support of our friends, family, co-workers, and online followers, so your action now can have a significant impact. Self-reflection / Gift of significance Before describing three suggested actions, allow us to share something important that we’ve learned.

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sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2024

This curated track features members of Blackbaud’s K–12 Executive Advisory Board and our internal experts discussing how technology in schools has evolved, new best practices, and fresh ideas. Our panelists will share the use cases they’ve discovered and how you can get started with this cornerstone of digital transformation.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

Over the years, we noticed that excellence in the sector was evolving, but our questions felt like they were behind the curve. We needed to change up our questions. By assessing our process and by changing our questions as a result, we received more thought-provoking and insightful responses.

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Candid

JULY 19, 2023

We asked survey respondents if rising inflation impacted their foundations’ grantmaking decisions. About one in five funders said inflation impacted 2022 grantmaking decisions Of 546 survey respondents, 79% reported that inflation did not impact their grantmaking decisions in 2022. Here’s what we found.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Here’s how you can locate us over the three-day conference: [Arcade] Booth 436 & 438 Join us for a chance to connect, learn about our work, and how we can amplify your organization’s impact. Come experience the essence of the Portland community with us. Kindly RSVP soon, as space is limited!

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Bonterra

APRIL 11, 2024

Public Sector & Nonprofit Case Management Software Improve Impact Drive stronger outcomes with a solution that empowers your staff, enables more data-informed decision making, and provides expert guidance and best practices. Deep sector expertise and support We understand your unique needs and challenges.

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Candid

APRIL 22, 2024

We often talk about the role of philanthropy and the ways in which it must grow and innovate, how it has changed and evolved with the times, reacting to crises, wars, economic downturns, and more. Foundation does, including our calls for funding proposals and how organizations are invited to apply. Foundation.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

Let’s dive in and explore how creating donor personas can help us engage and resonate with our target audience better, so that in turn, we can create more impact in our areas of work. It’s like getting to know a friend – the better we understand them, the more meaningful and authentic our interactions become.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The odd thing about living through a technological revolution is you think it’s just another Tuesday. Generative AIs went from entertaining but ultimately not very useful to possessing, and the change happened overnight.  Undoubtedly, the tools we use to shape the world end up shaping us. Want to learn more about AI?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2024

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. — Opportunity about to be missed Dear Opportunity about to be missed, You’ve actually named the problem in the way you’ve framed your question.

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Candid

MARCH 26, 2024

This practice makes it harder, if not impossible, for us to adequately advocate for diverse communities and demonstrate their unique needs. These surveys have given us a deeper understanding of how socioeconomic conditions contribute to health outcomes in our community and allowed us to pivot our operations to make a greater impact.

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VQ Strategies

JANUARY 3, 2023

On the positive side, they are an effective device to raise the profile of volunteering in our communities. I had hoped it would fuel some conversations, which it most certainly did, but it launched conversations not only about service days, rather about many things. For more information, visit our Disruption to Impact website.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Every nonprofit worries about them. They hang over us like a persistent shadow. Who am I talking about? Odds are, they plain forgot they gave to us; frankly, that’s our cross to bear. By thanking them quickly and personally, communicating impact, and sharing success stories. Laments them. Broods over them.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Nonprofit organizations are always looking for ways to increase the impact of their work. One way to serve your clients more effectively is to gather feedback from participants, then use what you learn to improve services and support organizational change initiatives. At Listen4Good (L4G), we call this process a “client feedback loop.”

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

These new challenges may or may not impact people dressed in skirts and pearls, yet the ethos holds true. To do that, we need to contextualize trends in ways that match donors’ values without kowtowing around those values in a way that prevents modernizing our mission. Let us know in the comments.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 26, 2024

What is it about that transition from December 31 st to January 1 st that seems to provide an almost magical and inexplicable reset in our lives? Each of those trends of course are important; however, it is about the bigger picture. Each of those trends of course are important; however, it is about the bigger picture.

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Blue Fox

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Our team [ that’s us ] of numbers nerds, cybersecurity champions, and FinTech experts compiled this handy data breach protocol resource list to keep your organization at its best defense. If you’re interested in hearing more from us, subscribe to our newsletter today ! Worried About Identify Theft?

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Volunteer Hub

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Director of Community Engagement for Charlotte Rescue Mission, to learn more about the organization’s initiatives, and their utilization of our software. Can you tell me more about Charlotte Rescue Mission and your role within the organization? What has been your impact within the community?

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M+R

DECEMBER 8, 2023

As with other deliverability changes , we wanted to explore what this means for our pals in digital fundraising. Mainly this comes in the form of Urchin Tracking Modules (UTM) parameters, which allow us to add broader tracking details, like channel, source, or campaign. About 17% of the U.S. market uses iMessage, or 1.3

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Candid

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Over the last five years, Candid has re-imagined our annual report approach to be more efficient and result in a more useful product that goes beyond compliance to support donor stewardship and brand awareness. We already post our financial statement on our Candid profile, where it’s freely and publicly accessible to all.

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

At Candid, we believe that sharing and learning from one another helps empower our sector’s collective success.  This vast library contains more than 34,000 freely available philanthropic resources authored by organizations in our sector—including reports, case studies, surveys, toolkits, and more.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 1, 2024

From April 21st to 27th, 2024, we celebrate National Volunteer Week – a dedicated time to recognize the incredible impact volunteers have on our communities. This year’s theme, “ Celebrate Service ,” is a beautiful call to action, reminding us to shine a light on the people and causes that inspire us to give back.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The Salesforce ecosystem is an intelligent receptacle of information where we input data, and, in turn, we get recommendations on ways to be more efficient and make our customers’ journeys more engaging. But what if we could move beyond that and use the power of connected data clouds to directly change lives?

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Forum One picked up the device for our experts to explore whether mission-driven organizations need to pay attention to it or if it’s “a Neanderthal, an evolutionary dead end,” as NYU Marketing professor Scott Galloway has predicted. I think we are about 20 years out from spatial computing taking off.

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Candid

APRIL 24, 2024

PEAK Grantmaking’s “Reimagining Philanthropy” conference in March exploring these themes was a fitting setting for a session Candid organized about advancing systems change via data collaboration at scale. Candid helps us to be transparent and accountable to our community,” Dickenson said.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Today we will talk about how to help your audience visualize the impact their donation can have within your organization and then how to communicate the results when a campaign has ended. There are several ways to communicate goals to your audience but this blog will cover two of the most common: Impact Goals and Financial Goals.

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M+R

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This is the final post of our 60 Tests in 60 Minutes series! Thanks for joining us for this inspiring and fascinating ride. check out this recording of our webinar. Today we’re chatting more about the all important donation form! Today we’re chatting more about the all important donation form!

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Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This was a considerable commitment, but many in the sector saw a need to measure the impact and effectiveness of such funding—specifically, whether the funds were going to nonprofits led by communities of color or to more traditional, white-led institutions. We created our own intake form and gathered data from more than 3,000 U.S.-based

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Candid

AUGUST 10, 2023

Generative AI has captured our collective imagination and will likely transform the world as we know it. While the tech sector pours in tens of billions in a race for dominance and future profits, how should nonprofits and philanthropists be thinking about our role? But these should nevertheless serve as a cautionary tale.

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