Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Your vision for your new organization probably includes vibrant programs, happy donors, tons of community support, and the opportunity to change lives. You need to be clear on exactly what need your organization seeks to fill. What other organizations in your community address this need? How will your organization be different?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

The team included the director, board chair, administrative marketing and communication staff and a community engagement consultant. Each member of the team brought a different perspective based partly on their work in the organization. I asked each person to fill in cells in a matrix.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 2, 2012

Today is my one-year anniversary as the executive director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. A year ago, I put my consultant hat on the shelf and decided to jump into museum management (a sentence I NEVER would have imagined writing five years ago).

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Of all the organizations they could support, they chose yours! Your mailed welcome kit could contain: A holiday-themed letter from the Executive Director, signed and with a short, handwritten personal note, such as: We thank you for choosing to give to our organization! Welcome new donors into the fold New donors are special.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 28, 2013

Anjali Deshmukh , Associate Director. Conducted in January and February 2013, Nonprofit Finance Fund’s 2013 State of the Sector survey assessed the financial and management challenges facing 5,983 organizations across the country. Other organizations are exploring the development of earned revenue ventures to supplement their income.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2017

From time to time, we love to feature the great work of people and organizations that we admire. As a global organization, Habitat has developed a model. that] are creative with a depth of impact unmatched by other poverty alleviation organizations to date." Lori Chidgey is Corazon Ministries' executive director.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 17, 2014

Think about what they do for your organization. That’s the advice we got this week from guest blogger Amy Eisenstein, a top fundraising consultant who has generously shared her terrific advice with our readers this week. Think about what they do for your organization. They feed the hungry and house the homeless.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 15, 2022

For example, if you are taking a volunteer for your homeless shelter that offers overnight accommodations and food service, you want to familiarize that person with the food service program, since that’s where they will be serving. Saying the words “Can you help us with a gift of…” may take three seconds if you say it slowly.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Executive Director. The report explains how frustrations within a development position can commonly lead to myriad hurdles for an entire organization and offers tangible advice on how the sector as a whole can dramatically reshape the field of fundraising. Lindsay Walker is a fundraising consultant. Lindsay Walker.

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Care2

MAY 30, 2011

But some members of Congress and the Obama administration are seriously considering a wrongheaded proposal to cut the deficit in part by hurting nonprofit organizations. This is according to the Money for Good report from Hope Consulting ) Frankly Congress should be creating MORE -- not FEWER -- incentives to give to charity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

The Day of Service is an opportunity for nonprofit techies to give back to the local community - in form of sharing knowledge one-on-one with a local organization or participate in a group project like installing a wireless network in a homeless shelter! There's also a high demand for social media consults.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and other awesome organizations. Baltimore, Maryland: WordPress 101 and Tech Help and Consultations. Seattle, Washington: King County Executive Director Forum. Upcoming Tech4Good Events. Thursday, October 5, 2017.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

In the final analysis, in the days, weeks, months and years following these, and other mergers, no fewer people will be homeless, no fewer women will be battered, no fewer children will be hungry, no less environmental damage will be done, no more people who need it will get mental health services.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

In the final analysis, in the days, weeks, months and years following these, and other mergers, no fewer people will be homeless, no fewer women will be battered, no fewer children will be hungry, no less environmental damage will be done, no more people who need it will get mental health services.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

This roundup of face-to-face nonprofit tech events includes meetups from NetSquared , NTEN's Tech Clubs , and other awesome organizations. Baltimore, Maryland: WordPress 101 and Tech Help Consultations. Seattle, Washington: King County Executive Director Forum — October 6. Upcoming Tech4Good Events.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

For organizations, web stats are useful indicators of how many people are being reached by their message, the geographical spread of the visitors and whether or not a specific campaign was successful in driving traffic or creating actions (like donations, or letters, etc.) And the mission of the organization matters too.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 5, 2009

Good feelings and Facebook friends will not solely allow an organization to fulfill its goals or balance a budget, but in a time when technology staffs are particularly stressed, the NTEN Conference allows many of us an invaluable opportunity to recharge our spirits. I know work in the nonprofit sector is serious and sometimes tough business.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

I recently posted my interview with Steve Williams, the Executive Director and co-founder of POWER: People Organized to Win Employment Rights on the Big Vision Podcast. Welcome to the Big Vision Podcast, where we talk with individuals and organizations who are creating positive change.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

She owns her own consulting shop right now, and I think you’re going to want to connect with her after the presentation. But she’s been in your shoes, like I said, being a leader of an organization and also raising a ton of money and does a lot of these trainings. I use CEO, executive director, and founder interchangeably.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

After escaping he was left homeless and living on the streets of Haiti until discovered by Haiti Mama , a nonprofit organization committed to connecting homeless children with their families. The organization found Jacky''s maternal aunt and after four long years Jacky was reunited with his mother.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 6, 2021

The good news is, nonprofit leaders don’t have to settle for waste in their organizations. Try to resist the urge to cushion everything you do in your organization with safety stock. . A team member waits on the executive director for approval. Engage your team to right-size production to meet the demand of the moment.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Do survey results from Giving Tuesday donors yield the same level of allegiance to your organization? Why not organize a group of influential social media users who are passionate about your cause, and have them get the word out for you? What if your organization was the one doing the giving? Send the email early in the day.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

When it comes to digital, one of the most important steps you can take is to make sure your organization has a fundraising-focused website with optimized donation pages. The first channel to add to your paid search program is Google Grants, which offers up to $10,000 a month of free ads to qualified nonprofit organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

I was not disappointed when I met Rajen Varada who has worked as a ICT for development professional for organizations like the UN. Rajen, who still works as an ICT consultant – dividing his time between work projects and his coffee farm in the hills of Coorg , still continues to use technology for social change.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

If you all don’t know Marie, she is the lead consultant over at Funding for Good. one of my favorite things about our guests is she’s been in her shoes, right, she’s been an ED, she’s been not just a consultant but also has worked for and with nonprofits directly, which is great, over two decades.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

Whether you are new to grants, and re-evaluating how your organization seeks out grant funding, Rachel Werner will go through what you need to know to become more grant ready. And then in terms of organizations themselves, there’s been a lot of changes in the priority setting and also just the programming that’s being provided.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

She leads the Events Strategy Team at Ashley|Rountree and Associates —a nonprofit consulting firm based in Louisville, Kentucky. Ideally this mission moment comes from a person who has experienced your organization’s mission first-hand—i.e. White versus red roses will not save a life, help a student or house a homeless person.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In my work, I’m constantly fielding questions about grants from busy executive directors without formal grants training. Development directors who wear many hats, entry-level grant staff who don’t have much experience, and even program staff who get thrown into grant-writing roles. We’ve got development staff.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

" There is no question that technology in general has created sea changes in the ways in which organizations get and use information, reach donors and constituents, create campaigns, etc. Are there actually really any fewer homeless people? Did MoveOn actually manage to help elect someone more progressive?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Two of my favorite people, Kari and Jackie, are joining us from the Nonprofit Consulting Shop. If you don’t know these two, like I said, Nonprofit Consulting Shop. So my background, just to tell you a little bit about my background, I am one of the co-founders of the Nonprofit Consulting Shop. Are you doing okay?

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

O n the site, you have different influences for this organization. Can you talk a little more about the kind of the organizing model that this is based on? A team from Circle of Life , and myself, went around and started studying organizing models. I'm an older organizer, he's the next generation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

In April I organized a panel for the Stanford Women's Leadership Conference called "Solutionary Women: How Can I Create Change?" Here's this action you should take, this thing you should boycott, this organization you should know about." You can listen to it here , and I have included the transcript below.

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