Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

They can help the organization set and achieve goals. It can attract a lot of support, with donors and volunteers lining up to help. So, if leadership is the difference between a nonprofit’s success or failure, what does it take to be a good leader? There are lots of tools out there that can help.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

What are the different types of nonprofits? Can you clearly articulate the issue you’re hoping to solve? Consider whether your community has a wide range of potential giving sources willing to help out, including individual donors , corporate sponsors, foundations, and government agencies. Look into: Your primary audience.

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Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

Here are ten practical steps to help you navigate the process: 1. Educate yourself Familiarize yourself with the different types of legacy gifts , such as bequests, charitable trusts, life insurance policies, or retirement account designations.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

What would you do differently if you could redo the first years of your career? Ng : It’s critical to know how to tell your story—and to position yourself as someone who (1) has done a similar job before, (2) will help the company achieve its goals, and, therefore, (3) are low-risk. Know your context and your audience.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

What would you do differently if you could redo the first years of your career? Ng : It’s critical to know how to tell your story—and to position yourself as someone who (1) has done a similar job before, (2) will help the company achieve its goals, and, therefore, (3) are low-risk. Know your context and your audience.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 20, 2022

Try different fonts. Test out different shapes. In this section, we’ll cover tips for structuring information about your fundraiser on your flyer so that your viewers are satisfied. Including a specific tagline or catchphrase with your call to action helps your audience remember your organization in the long term.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

No matter what happens in the economy or world, be it war, recession or natural disaster, people who can help DO. But people are generous, and generally want to help. . Big hearts will respond to big-hearted, authentic, clearly-articulated, specific and resonant appeals. Your job is to help them do so. Philanthropically.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

What would you do differently if you could redo the first years of your career? Ng : It’s critical to know how to tell your story—and to position yourself as someone who (1) has done a similar job before, (2) will help the company achieve its goals, and, therefore, (3) are low-risk. Know your context and your audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

For over twenty years, I do several rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead because they help me to gain focus and clarity. Last year, I added another tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2010

Last week, I attended Structure Lab , a half-day workshop on legal and financial structures for ventures for social good. Like many people in the arts, I'm interested in new models that help people combine mission-driven work with an entrepreneurial spirit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

David La Piana has been a long-time consultant to scores of nonprofits as well as with the OE program, helping nonprofits develop strategic plans. ” David gave an overview about the difference between a nonprofit strategic plan and business plan: A strategic plan describes goals, strategy, and actions. Is this new and unique?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

During the first week of January , I use the quiet time for three New Year’s rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead and identify professional growth areas. I’ve used these rituals for over a decade and found them helpful. These help guide my professional learning and improvement and maintaining good habits.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

Pricing structures. As partners, as a collective, without creating toxic/un-needed structure? Juggling different projects efficiently without adding overhead, and working with others with different skills as sub- or co-contractors? Sometimes a niche helps you define clearly. what are the red flags?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2014

I recently published the last post in my series about the nonprofit web design process and thought it would be helpful to have a final summary for the entire series. Stakeholder Discovery : How we structure stakeholder meetings, what topics we discuss and some tips for leading discovery conversations. User Research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

As Osborn wrote in his book, “Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom while discouragement often nips it in the bud.” The simple rules of brainstorming are typically articulated at the beginning of a session as ground rules and include the following: NO criticism or debate. Quantity matters.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Even though a “good board experience” meant something different to different board members, some common themes were cited by many. The chance to do work with an impassioned, articulate, and engaged CEO behind whom they can rally. Here’s what board members want: Fellow board members with a solid reputation. Find the right match.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 25, 2017

This helps provide a platform for foundations and nonprofits to partner more closely on achieving intended outcomes together. These foundations and nonprofits are collaborating on a deeper level, structuring initiatives based on a common language of giving with an articulation of an action plan for achieving intended impacts.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2012

How do you find out what's important to different communities, and how do you change your plans based on their needs? Each small group spent fifteen minutes brainstorming the needs for that community, and then another fifteen discussing potential projects and collaborators that could help meet those needs.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 15, 2020

It has also allowed nonprofits to communicate more with different types of campaigns that tell a different story based on the conversion you want. An articulated reason for why you’re holding the event. So, regardless of the specific call-to-action, you include, it needs to be clearly articulated and eye-catching.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

What is the difference? It is helpful to look at making the switch as an evolutionary process. Testing and Coordinating: At this stage, the organization is regularly collecting data but in a bunch of different spreadsheets and collected by different people or departments. Example of A/B Testing Results.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 11, 2017

How much would John pay for rent and how should we structure it? So we structured the rent in a “base with kicker” format. YOUR TOP THREE PRIORITIES In the months leading up to the lease negotiation, trustees and staff voiced lots of different priorities for the project. That’s all we knew going into negotiations.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2013

I've written about different structures for participatory processes (especially in museums), and recently, I've been interested in how we can apply these structures to the design of public space. There's a constant dialogue in participatory work about how to make peoples' contributions meaningful. Non-Participation 6.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

Maybe they don’t know what a nonprofit business plan can do to help them. Why You Need a Nonprofit Business Plan No matter where your nonprofit is in its growth or what you’re trying to accomplish, a plan will help you reach your goals faster than if you are trying to operate without one. Who can help you achieve your goals?

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2016

It involves many contributors — each with a different area of interest, expertise, and professional vocabulary — and typically spans months and countless decisions. This approach is called the 4 Strategic Foundations of Effective Websites™ and has helped many clients achieve these results. Content Strategy.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 26, 2021

If your nonprofit is striving to build a brand with impact, this post shares 8 nonprofit branding strategies to help you foster trust, increase your brand visibility, and draw more supporters to your cause. Their research explains why individuals develop loyalty towards, or distrust of, different brands. There are 1.5

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 28, 2007

Other times we find ourselves staring in dismay at a 100 page Software Requirements Statement detailing field lengths and report structures, to which we are expected to respond in detail. Instead your starting point ought to be how the vendor and its software will help you address your key business requirements.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 1, 2007

Members join primarily to offer financial support to the organization, although a well designed program will offer benefits or premiums that help to draw people in. Museums and cultural organization tend to be organizations of this sort; many advocacy and political groups also structure themselves in this way.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

When talking about memberships, there are three important topics to discuss: membership structures, membership benefits, and membership dues. Membership Structures Associations can be structured in a number of different ways. Organizational Memberships: This structure is also quite common. That’s where we can help!

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

It’s helpful to be present at the venue and to go through a visualization exercise with key staff or volunteers. Will excitement quickly turn to frustration as they drive in circles, or are there directional signs to help them know where to turn from the main road? Have “runners” to help you with this. Ready to visualize?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So today, we are going to talk about a few key strategies to help you educate, engage, and empower your board members to amplify your fundraising activity. So we have three questions that will help anchor our conversation. And then unpacking some case studies that can articulate some of these strategies in action.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 12, 2022

However, Danny McCall beautifully articulates the challenge of defining this dyad in his whitepaper, The Durable Relationship : Although “relationship” is a commonly used word, having an actionable comprehension of a relationship’s dimensions and forces isn’t a trivial matter. Who helped facilitate the introduction to the individual?

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Whether you’re striving to make a difference in your community, protect the environment, or provide a lifeline to those in need, your storytelling ability can mean the difference between a thriving and well-funded program and one that falls flat. The Power of Storytelling in Fundraising Humans are meaning-making creatures.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 29, 2010

Britt Bravo: You interviewed 30 women, and organized them by if they were farmers, activists, and different things. I feel like the book came out of my background of not only studying agriculture, but of being aware of the different women's issues out there. There was definitely a theme among the women. What's next on the trail?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 20, 2019

We might think of structural racism or the classism inherent in our funding structures. I hope to hear you articulate your thoughts in comments or on social. But as a field, we don’t always articulate our work norms to each other. Work practices can be a boon, helping you do more better. There are plenty.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

The most important way for people to collaborate is face to face, so we have a number of ways that we convene women who are doing this work on various different levels. Melinda: Well, it might be helpful to explain the origin of Women's Global Green Action Network, because it helps to describe how we are structured.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

Our job was to provide a structured environment in which to develop ideas and the expertise to build the best of them. Not only was Second Life a comfortable, familiar place for them to engage, it was a place where my authority as the museum exhibit designer came down a notch and we became individuals bringing different skills to the table.

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

My house that I loved so much that I’m sure that I overpaid and was a fundraiser at Big Brothers Big Sisters at that time and really had to learn to navigate some really choppy waters around what it meant to help folks understand investing in their community in trying times, investing in young people, investing in our staff.

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