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A Free Agent and Nonprofits Working Together To End Homelessness

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’m supporting the organizations working on the front line and I’m doing the best I can to fight homelessness.&# Mark is an expert at using social media to connect his work on the ground with a broader network of people and organizations who share his goal. Mark Horvath has also formed a nonprofit for his work.

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Three Unassuming Twenty Hats Posts that Volunteer Managers Need to Read

Twenty Hats

After eight years and 164 posts (including some awesome guest posts), the time has come to wrap up the Twenty Hats blog. To figure that out, I took my own browse of the Twenty Hats archives and found the three posts that articulate other important messages. Needless to say, this was a tough decision.

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The Practice of Personal Gratitude in Fundraising

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Your programs may also rev up during the holidays, providing meals and gifts, keeping homeless people warm, or preparing for an influx of post-holiday pets needing homes. But, honestly, this time of year seems harder, especially when fundraising goals are bearing down. Choose a time every day to write in a gratitude journal.

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10 Questions You Can Ask Major Donors to Build the Relationship

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Then ask if they would have time to talk more with you so you can get to know them. Once you make an appointment, it’s time to prepare and you definitely want to be ready! If their answers are brief and they seem disengaged, thank them for their time and let them go. Start With Gratitude. Avoid fawning over the donor.

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Nonprofit Giving Trends and Future Fundraising Strategy

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Big hearts will respond to big-hearted, authentic, clearly-articulated, specific and resonant appeals. Appeals that make a strong case for why support is needed now – during a crisis and any other time — and how that support will be used to make a demonstrable impact. I tell nonprofits this all the time.

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Reflections and Notes from Personal Democracy Forum 2013

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last week, I went to the Personal Democracy Forum conference for the first time, and I came away brimming with new ideas for my work. Real collaboration takes time, and funding, and a shared vision and putting aside our desire to get all the credit, among other things. But if you only have time for the hard questions, start at 6:30.

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Help! My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We spent a fair amount of time framing and reframing the problem and ended up with a question that focused on data collection. One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations.

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