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Honoring vs Celebrating Mother’s & Father’s Day

Whole Whale

How would you choose to remember your childhood Mother? Try : “Honor the impact Mothers have had this holiday”. Instead of : “Send a picture or story of how your Mom helps you every day”. How could you think about best honor her memory? Connect to the idea rather than the individual.

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Innovating for Dramatically Greater Scale and Social Impact [VIDEO]

Top Nonprofits

I have been working in the social change sector for over 30 years and have always been interested in how we can increase our scale and increase our impact. But, if you step back and you look at the bigger societal problem, like say you’re working on, early childhood education or hunger or poverty, look back at the bigger picture.

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Slacktivism: Can Cartoons Raise Awareness or Just Make Us Feel Good?

NetWits

In an effort to raise awareness for child abuse, thousands of Facebook users changed their profile photos to one of their favorite childhood cartoon characters (full disclosure: mine was Underdog.) Does busy mean the same thing as impact?&#. Did you notice something toony about Facebook last weekend? Not donations, but impressions.

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Funders: Considering Collaboration? Start With a Light Touch and See Where It Leads

sgEngage

Exponent Philanthropy members are demonstrating ways to partner light to amplify their impact. . Sometimes foundations that are not collaboration members provide their grant information to paint a more complete picture of private giving. The potential for creativity and impact is unlimited. .

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Strategic Storytelling For Brand Building: How To Identify And Share Your Nonprofit’s Brand Origin Story

Kindful

of storytelling will help you drastically increase your organization’s revenue and impact. As early as childhood, we’re taught to seek out stories to learn from through books, movies, music, shows, etc. You don’t need to go overboard on details, but help your audience picture when or where the brand got started.

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New Ideas at TED2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As an economist, he stresses the need to quantify the impact of humanitarian interventions: for instance, whether a certain effort will bring $59 of benefit for every dollar in, or only $4. Improving childhood nutrition. The lifelong impact of significant malnutrition on a child can be devastating. Will such an app work?

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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

Whole Whale

Although they are not an IRS requirement, compelling annual reports can sway potential donors and show current donors how their money is helping your organization to make an impact. Save time on design and focus on showing your impact. We love how their web-native 2019 Impact Report looks great straight from the browser.

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