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#GivingSkills: Doing #GivingTuesday Differently

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This global event, which takes place the Tuesday after Thanksgiving (this Tuesday, December 3 rd ) was created in 2012 as a day encouraging people to give back, a much-needed call to generosity and giving at the exact time of year where Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the kickoff of the holiday shopping season often demands that we do the opposite.

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The Future of CSR is People (Your People)

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CSR’s future is our people. At Blackbaud, we combine technology and expertise to help organizations achieve their missions. Our business is to help these organizations get the resources they need, so it’s no surprise that CSR is in our DNA. At Blackbaud, we know our customers and products are important to our people.

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Ways We Can All Help Advance Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment

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Some people associate the empowerment of women and girls primarily with challenges faced in communities where poverty and lack of access to education determine one’s level of empowerment. What actions can we, as individuals, take to help advance the empowerment of women & girls? . We can offer our help.

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Four Tips to Help Nonprofit Marketing Departments Create a Culture of Philanthropy

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But the reality is that in many nonprofit organizations, different teams and departments do not have a shared mental model for a culture of philanthropy. Four Tips to Help Nonprofit Marketing Departments Create a Culture of Philanthropy. Also, invite people from other departments to attend your marketing team’s meetings.

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4 bbcon 2019 Takeaways to Help You Maximize Your Foundation’s Impact in 2020

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Technology can help – “Fuzzy Look-up” is an add-in for Excel, and is available free from Microsoft. bbcon Takeaway #2: Well-planned and executed campaigns can make a HUGE difference. Invested in a peer-to-peer giving solution , making it super easy for people to donate.

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How Cross-Sector Collaboration is Helping Fight Youth Unemployment in Boston

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Inspiration can come from an assortment of places, but to be connected to collaborative opportunities you need to have relationships across different organizations in your community. What about local nonprofits or community foundations; do you know who to reach out to if needed?

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How Will Tracking Outcomes Help Your Organization’s Story?

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“What is different for those people that our grants support?” our journey to tracking outcomes and results began and we started to ask ourselves tough questions like: Who is different because of our grants and what is different for them? How have our employees helped local charities where they live and work do more?

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