Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to attract corporate matching gifts: Dear Charity Clairity, I have a question about how to attract corporate matching gifts. Your job is to do something to drive eligible matching gifts to completion. Please let us know in the comments below.

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.orgSource

JULY 29, 2023

It’s “All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” kind of advice. That’s why preparation, and even practice, is important. Fortunately, finding colleagues with whom you can share ideas and advice is easy. Kim Robinson, President of FrontlineCo, described her passion for getting the best advice this way. “I

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Bloomerang

MAY 10, 2024

Today’s question comes from a development director who wants advice on how to enact board term limits: Dear Charity Clairity, We don’t have term limits for our board and, as the development director, I think this is becoming a problem. In practice, the most common occurrence – found in the organization’s bylaws – is two three-year terms.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2023

You can practice skills, such as presenting in an online setting, writing professional communications, and asking for feedback. Learning how to effectively work remotely is also important since many jobs offer remote and hybrid options. In the nonprofit sector , 19% of jobs listings are remote and 38% are hybrid.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

Being more introverted versus extroverted, the author's advice and teachings would have helped me during new jobs and after promotions, when relocating to new cities, when joining new clubs and organizations, and whenever I became a member of a new team. How to find or create opportunities to practice. "We

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The best practice listed below are result of spending the last three years maintaining and building the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. These best practices will also be demonstrated live in the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Twitter and LinkedIn. Enable Promotions and Jobs.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 4, 2022

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on best practices around sharing tax information with donors. Dear Not a Tax Lawyer, While it’s not your job to be your donor’s financial or legal advisor, it is your job to be their philanthropy facilitator. Dear Charity Clairity, . Not a Tax Lawyer.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Even when you love your job, without the right support, it’s easy to experience symptoms of leadership fatigue like these. You could use some fresh advice. Our agenda delivers strategies you can put into practice immediately, along with the creative vision leaders need to succeed in digital markets. The thrill might not be gone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 11, 2013

A follow-up post to Five Online Fundraising Best Practices for NGOs and Five Social Media Best Practices for NGOs , below is a list of 25 resources that regularly tweet and retweet useful fundraising and social media advice and information valuable to NGOs worldwide, particularly those engaged in international development.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to persuade leadership to get donor thank-you letters out sooner: Dear Charity Clairity, I just took a new job and have discovered they don’t get thank you letters out for two weeks. Who is assigned the job of gift acknowledgment?

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Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The book is a masterful blend of practical advice, psychological insights, and personal anecdotes that will resonate with introverts from all walks of life. But it doesn’t stop there – even seasoned fundraisers will find immense value in Brian’s fresh perspective and insightful advice.

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Qgiv

MARCH 8, 2022

Qgiv: What advice would you give to a young woman interested in software engineering? Sandra: My biggest advice would be to not get intimidated by the field. Sandra: If you’re good at your job, there’s always a path to leadership within the organization. When we released it, it was one of the proudest moments of my career.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 25, 2024

A few years back, I asked donor retention expert and copywriter Lisa Sargent for her advice on stewarding monthly donors, and here is what she said: Some “best practices” I’d recommend based on direct experience and personal research: 1.) In other words, what does your donor care look like? Don’t stop communicating (read as: asking).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

It's a powerful read that includes counterintuitive advice and cutting-edge best practices for sales prospecting in today's business world. Your job is to make sure you spend as much time with the positive people as possible. To learn how to stay motivated, read High-Profit Prospecting , by Mark Hunter.

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Bloomerang

MAY 29, 2021

Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who wants advice on best practices around recording and recognizing in-kind donors. . What is the best practice in this type of situation? So familiarize yourself with best practices. Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D.,

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

Ensure your job descriptions are comprehensive by covering the following items: Soft and hard skills. For this reason, your organization can list preferred skills in its job description. Related Posts: What Early Job Prepared You for a Fundraising Career? Provide relevant training and resources.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

Ensure your job descriptions are comprehensive by covering the following items: Soft and hard skills. For this reason, your organization can list preferred skills in its job description. Related Posts: What Early Job Prepared You for a Fundraising Career? Provide relevant training and resources.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2020

This is the sixth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits. For further advice on using Facebook Stories effectively, please see this Complete Guide to Facebook Stories.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Looking for a job can be a draining experience. Especially when you want your job to be about more than just collecting a paycheck. The team at DreamNow put together a visually-stunning website that provides 50 Ways to Get a Job that Makes Good. These tips aren’t just philosophical advice. Help has arrived.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 4, 2020

It's a powerful read that includes counter intuitive advice and cutting-edge best practices for sales prospecting in today's business world. Your job is to make sure you spend as much time with the positive people as possible. To learn how to stay motivated, read High-Profit Prospecting , by Mark Hunter.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2023

Today’s question come from a nonprofit leader who wants advice on how to frame monthly gift asks to minimize accounting complications between restricted and unrestricted gifts: . Put another way, if we ask donors to cover the cost of a learning event to help students gain job skills, with different set amounts per month (e.g.,

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 15, 2017

There are a plethora of nonprofit job boards, each bursting at the seams with vibrant opportunities for nonprofit professionals. Nonetheless, we’ll break down five top tips to navigating nonprofit job boards in an effective, strategic manner—and finding the perfect new executive or team member along the way! Expand your job listing.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

In fact, “an inability to hire qualified staff within a limited budget” was the most commonly cited challenge in the 2017 Nonprofit Employment Practices Survey , which also found that 81% of nonprofits do not have a formal retention policy. I’d love to learn your best practices in the comments section below! Lastly, make it fun !

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 30, 2023

Nailing It includes the stories of: Maya Angelou Albert Einstein Steve Jobs Sally Ride Mary Shelley Jackie Robinson …and 19 more Robert L.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2018

A writer, consultant, and coach, Maia Duerr draws on her decades of Zen practice and training in anthropology to create powerful tools for integrating mindfulness into the workplace and in the everyday lives of the people she works with. The advice is based on Maia’s extensive experience as a career coach and mindfulness practice.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 16, 2024

Common sense and good HR practice tell us that when you decide to discipline an employee, you base this decision on a set of known facts about the employee’s performance, behavior, and other background facts (which include risk factors). It is not intended to provide a legal opinion or specific legal advice.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 15, 2024

To ensure your website does its job in converting first-time visitors into customers, remember to: Make the website mobile-friendly. Follow search engine optimization (SEO) best practices. To keep your data clean, NPOInfo recommends adopting data hygiene practices like regularly checking that customer profiles are up-to-date.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 6, 2024

Pulling from these interviews, the book provides the details about what CEOs wish they had done differently and the advice they wish they had sooner – including how to: Handle the weight of responsibility of the job–and the loneliness. Define priorities and strike the right balance between patience and action.

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Blue Fox

OCTOBER 1, 2021

To get you started, we’ve compiled a list of 40+ ideas, broken down into categories, to help you get the job done! You can inform, guide, motivate, and recognize your board members and watch them become your fundraising heroes (seriously call them that, they’ll like it).

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 21, 2022

It's a powerful read that includes counter intuitive advice and cutting-edge best practices for sales prospecting in today's business world. Your job is to make sure you spend as much time with the positive people as possible. To learn how to stay motivated, read High-Profit Prospecting , by Mark Hunter.

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Bloomerang

MAY 14, 2021

We got a really fun panel discussion for you all around what you should do if you happen to find yourself out of the job in the fundraising and nonprofit sector. You’ll get expert advice and tips from them based on how they’ve gone through certain journeys in their lives. So thanks so much for being here. I’m Steven.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

All of the sessions were educational, practical, and left me with a head full of new ideas to consider and apply once back in the (virtual) office. The session was so engaging and informative that, as soon as the session ended, I logged into my laptop and set up CI jobs in my project to get practice setting up my own pipelines.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to encourage their Development Director to take meetings with major donors. . There are a few things that may be going on here: You have the right person in this job; they need some training and/or coaching. Offer training if you think this will help.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 20, 2023

Today’s question come from a fundraiser and donor who wants advice on how to handle poor donor engagement: Dear Charity Clairity, I’m a fundraiser, but also a donor. I know you understand, and practice, this philosophy. Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D.,

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 29, 2023

You’ll use it during your orientation to learn the basics, and you can explore additional paths and courses based on your interests, job function, or goals. Fun Fact Because these sessions are so collaborative, they often include references to best practices and tactics that go beyond product usage. When Should I Attend These Sessions?

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Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2021

Today’s question comes from a donor relations manager who needs advice on how to best organize, prioritize, and stay on top of tasks. . Dear Charity Clairity, I’m new to my job as a donor relations manager, and my one thorn right now is organization. Make a list of all of your job responsibilities. . Constant crisis mode.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

Charities feared last year donors would lose jobs, see income diminish, worry their nest eggs were insecure, and would consequently stop giving. You must proactively practice the craft of fundraising to reap active participation in philanthropy. Your job is to help them do so. By practicing the gentle art of fundraising.

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