The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 4, 2023

Each week, I interview association and nonprofit CEOs, Presidents and Executive Directors about the things their organization is doing to increase membership, generate revenue, and ultimately thrive. What do successful organizations all have in common? Technology powers successful organizations. Then, they act.

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The MatrixFiles

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

.” – 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer A couple of weeks ago, I facilitated a discussion through UST Education about trust and associations with Melanie Gottlieb, CEO of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) and Tara Puckey, Executive Director of the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

For now, LinkedIn Pages outperform Facebook and Twitter in organic reach and engagement. To begin, and this is important, your nonprofit should conduct a search on LinkedIn to see if a page already exists for your organization. Your sponsors and partners will take notice which helps reinforce their commitment to your organization.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 4, 2018

During my Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management (MNLM) studies, I gained an appreciation for volunteers and an interest in how volunteers can engage in advocacy. The terms advocacy and lobbying are generally used interchangeably to describe how nonprofits influence legislation and public policy. Who is Your Target Audience?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2019

By Maria De La Guardia , design director and brand strategist at Bureau for Good , a design agency that helps nonprofits explain why they matter across digital and print media. Organizations are always changing. Successful organizations carry out a periodic environmental scan as part of their strategic communications efforts.

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Candid

AUGUST 6, 2021

To that end, the ten-year initiative will coordinate donor resources to build international networks in the independent moving image ecosystem that foster deeper collaborations between civic leaders and content creators — funding aligned organizations, research, and creative content appearing across traditional and digital platforms.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We leveraged our connections during COVID by organizing a weekly call to convene the key players. Nancy and Kristine’s partner organizations certainly derived benefits from their collaboration. More likely to be successful in advocacy and public policy. Brent describes the organization this way. “We There are no members.

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M+R

MAY 17, 2022

Donald was one of the original (Ralph) “Nader’s Raiders,” tasked with traveling the country and turning college student energy into student advocacy groups. Donald went on to lead New York’s PIRG (NYPIRG) into a powerhouse of an advocacy organization and organized one of the largest protests of the 1970s with 100,000 people on the mall in DC.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

During our time at the conference, we had the pleasure of celebrating the 60 years the Canadian Society of Association Executives (CSAE) has been a premier organization dedicated to member-based organizations and association professionals. Here are four of our conversation takeaways we hope will benefit your organization: 1.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 21, 2021

By: Stu Manewith, Director of Thought Leadership and Advocacy at Omatic Software. According to Salesforce.org’s Nonprofit Trends Report (3rd Edition), 71% of organizations surveyed had to accelerate their move to digital programs or events last year due to the pandemic. And 2020 didn’t help. You Want Your Data Complete.

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Forum One

AUGUST 29, 2023

Steven has stepped into his new role as Vice President, following his previous role as Forum One’s Managing Director of Digital Marketing. Steven is energized by mission-driven work and the opportunity to support organizations that are experts in their sector, from climate to policy advocacy. Steven hold a B.A.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2012

Funding Services AND Advocacy: The Smart Choice for Grantmakers – guest post by Aaron Dorfman, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. Some grantmakers shy away from funding advocacy, preferring instead to fund direct services. NFP described an advocacy approach that incorporated both grass-tops and bottom-up advocacy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

A few years ago, a nonprofit executive was bragging to me about a fundraising breakthrough he had when he had gotten a new $5,000 donation from a local foundation and how much effort he, his board, his development director, and others spent wooing and making their case for the contribution. Advocacy is always controversial.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2012

Infusing Social Into Social Justice Organizations – Guest Post by Daniel Jae-Won Lee, Executive Director of the Levi Strauss Foundation. As courageous citizens connected with each other to express dissent and organize public actions, social media tools spurred activism and social change in unprecedented ways.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Our latest Impact Lab cohort on climate justice built an open-source tool for climate community-based organizations to access grant funding more seamlessly with the Grants Content Kit. Senior Director, Virtual Client Experience, Crossroads Community Services. Director of Information Technology, Second Harvest of Silicon Valley.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

While many of these conversations are already heard from political pundits and campaign strategists, where it really counts is when the organizers themselves gather together and hash out ideas, give feedback, share best practices, and renew their plans for victory. Molly Connors, Director of Nonprofit Services.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

Consider searching social media for posts about your organization and interacting with the people who’ve posted them. You may find that there are other organizations seeking to achieve similar goals that you can tackle together or connections they can introduce you to. 6) Secure matching gifts for your next fundraising campaign.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2019

How has grassroots advocacy changed in the past few years? And what are the current grassroots advocacy trends that your organization should be leveraging to have greater success? Topics Discussed in This Episode: Changes in the grassroots advocacy space in the past few years. How digital has changed advocacy.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Over the course of my career, I’ve sat on nonprofit advocacy, fundraising, and communications teams—all in an overall digital engagement capacity. It might surprise you, but as Media Cause’s Director of Advocacy, I’m on board with a fundraising-centric approach to nonprofit strategy and journey building.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

Their donors, staff, and board members have extensive knowledge of local needs and organizations, and they also have relationships with local leaders in business, government, and education. Oftentimes, local government agencies and other funding organizations like United Way participate. . 6) Funding or Engaging in Advocacy .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Allison Quintanilla Plattsmier , CFRE, CNP, CNC, Executive Director of the Jordan Thomas Foundation and Owner of AQP Consulting. The ability to track and monitor those relationships should be the #1 priority for organizations seeking to expand their donor base or increase their revenue. 2) Bloomerang :: bloomerang.co.

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Care2

APRIL 15, 2013

Major congratulations to Jamie Biggar of Leadnow ( www.leadnow.ca ) for winning the 2013 Care2 Impact Prize for his outstanding impact on online advocacy and fundraising. Biggar has provided vision, rallied many partner organizations, and injected creative strategic direction. Leadnow combines online and face-to-face organizing.

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Candid

JULY 20, 2022

To understand how the pandemic impacted the philanthropic sector and civil society organizations around the world, we reached out to local experts who shared their observations and experiences over the past two years. Throughout the pandemic, the nonprofit sector played a critical role in alleviating stresses across a range of needs.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Consider this 3-day experience a tremendous gift to yourself and your organization to access and connect with the leading minds in nonprofit technology around the world. It’s important to understand how the content is organized so you can easily find the best sessions geared to your job role. Picking your session as a “nonprofit”.

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Blue Fox

AUGUST 4, 2021

If your board members hit the snooze button during meetings, this will reflect in their commitment to fundraising, advocacy efforts, and follow through on assigned tasks. Related read: How to Engage Your Board of Directors in Financial Conversations ] Let’s inspire your board members, keep them engaged and boost their productivity!

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Do you have an idea for an organization that will bring good to the world and serve a charitable purpose? million registered nonprofits in the United States, making these charitable organizations a staple of modern society. This guide will teach you what you need to know to get your new organization up and running. In the U.S.,

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Donnalee Sarda, LPC , Executive Director. Responsibilities fell to the board of directors and executive directors to do something to save their organizations. Executive directors, along with their bookkeepers, heard the clock ticking and felt the impact first. Defenders of Children. The year is 2008.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

Having one (or more) active and highly functioning advisory committees fosters resilience, creativity, and even resource development for your organization. Unlike the board of directors, which has oversight of the organization, advisory committees don’t have any oversight of the organization.

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VQ Strategies

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

After years of meetings, dialogue, presentations, advocacy, (and yes, maybe even some proverbial hair-pulling in frustration), today was the launch of the Initiative for Strategic Volunteer Engagement and the release of landmark research about how organizational leaders and funders view and prioritize volunteer engagement. Nearly half (46.8

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Care2

JANUARY 8, 2010

Did you know that activists on your nonprofit’s email list are seven times more likely to donate money to your organization than non-activists are? Make sure you start 2010 off right by adopting the latest best practices for online advocacy as a proven strategy to recruit and retain donors, while advancing your mission.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 6, 2021

The National Council of Nonprofits as of 2019 has found that “nonprofits with the most extraordinary levels of impact do not focus exclusively on either policy advocacy or direct service – the highest performing nonprofits do both.” Organizational support is a precondition for successful public policy advocacy. Establish support.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Among other things, it requires new models of collaboration, which is why several leading organizations recently came together to rethink core assumptions about how to address global hunger, with the audacious goal of ending chronic hunger in our lifetimes. Realizing the more optimistic paths forward may not be easy, but it is possible.

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Care2

MAY 6, 2011

Organizing 2.0 Is "change too important to be left in the hands of the executive directors, board members and consultants?" In the Paradox of Nonprofit Innovation , David Venn explores the impediments to innovation and how to create a positive culture within organizations. in Strategic Plannery and Organizational Changeyness.

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DipJar

AUGUST 9, 2022

The library – or partner organizations – ran upwards of 400 programs each year. The Curtis Friends is a non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance the library’s role as a valued community resource through advocacy, fundraising, and volunteerism. In response to Covid, the library had to adapt.

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Care2

APRIL 22, 2009

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

And seemingly overnight, organizations that once regarded digital transformation as a long-term project were implementing, onboarding, and investing in technology that could keep them connected to their supporters and keep their missions going. There is no going back, digital advocacy has to be a part of what we do moving forward.”.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

A total of 115 people from nonprofits, corporations, and advocacy groups joined us for a day of discussion, collaboration, and inspiration. Given how many organizations are involved in the process, we need to coordinate and optimize our individual efforts toward a more equitable, dignified experience. The Future of Food Assistance.

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