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The voice and vision of the volunteer

ASU Lodestar Center

These limitations can be decreased if nonprofits embrace the voice and vision of the volunteer. CEOs in the nonprofit sector are often considered visionaries who chart the voyage of the organization. When will nonprofits actually welcome volunteers as people who can also be a part of charting the voyage?

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

Focus on selling – Judge ads by sales results, not awards. A relatable human voice connects. For example, long-form storytelling may still convert better than short snippets – the current long-form podcasts that top business charts are showing this. Apply those lessons to general advertising.

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Ushahidi Develops Innovative Tools for Nonprofits and Others Working to Benefit the Public

Tech Soup

It can inform members of a community of critical information as it happens, and tell an event's story visually with maps, interactive charts, and other visualizations. It can display data with maps, lists, charts, timelines, and other visual reports. Check out Ushahidi Surveyor. Learn more about Responder. So much innovation.

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The Five Best Tools For Quick And Effective Project Management

NTEN

GANTT charts are great marketing tools -- senior executives never fail to be impressed by them -- but they don't tell the Facilities Coordinator in clear language that you need the facility booked by March 10th, or the designer that the web page has to be up by April 2nd. We might gripe about meetings, but email alone does not cut it.

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New Guide: How To Engage Your Supporters with Social Listening

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When more and more people began mentioning Yemen online, their trending terms chart in Attentive.ly If Their Voice Matters, Show It. She has won awards including the a 2014 Stevie, Top 40 Women in DC Tech, the 2012 Campaigns & Elections Innovators Award, “Young Women of Achievement” in 2009.

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You’re Not Alone in Your Pursuit for Better

Connection Cafe

While I haven’t lived in a Syrian refugee camp, survived on $1 a day in Guatemala, or been awarded an honorary doctorate by the New School for my work as a civil rights activist, I do know one thing: we all play a part. Megan Bond of ONE says: Be painfully explicit about how people can join your cause and use their voice for good.

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Tips for a Successful bbcon Experience

Connection Cafe

The conference officially kicks off with breakfast and a keynote presentation from four-time Emmy award-nominated actress and humanitarian Connie Britton. The rest of Wednesday’s sessions are breakouts—this day will go smoother for you if you’ve had time prior to the event to chart out which presentations are most useful.