Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

What does it have to do with fundraising and nonprofits? Consider the hours of time you spend reading articles and books, attending webinars, conferences and meetings, watching videos, and whatever else you generally do to explore and develop new skills. Why not try a little writing exercise right now? We didn’t stop trying.

Learning 90

Learning Change Strategy Journal 90

Kindful

JUNE 8, 2021

Not every nonprofit board member needs to be a financial whiz to effectively serve on a board. You want board members who are able to successfully function in the role of financial stewardship of your nonprofit. To overlook this important responsibility is to put the nonprofit and its stakeholders at risk. It’s not sexy.

Build 109

Build Literacy Nonprofit Exercise 109

Bloomerang

JUNE 10, 2021

Would working out of the office vs. working help nonprofit organizations in the long term? As vaccine programs roll out around the world, nonprofits are tentatively awaiting the return of “normal.” Going by the average, a standard office lease for a nonprofit in the USA will be around $5,000 per person per year.

Work 124

Work Laptop Nonprofit Asia 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout.

Culture 125

Culture Activities Active Activism 125

Bloomerang

AUGUST 18, 2023

There are two alarming trends in the current nonprofit world, and they are profoundly and demonstrably linked. Across the nonprofit sector, the average donor retention rate is about 40% to 45%. At the same time, nonprofits are struggling to retain fundraisers and crucial development staff. The learning curve is steep and long.

Fundraising 69

Fundraising Retention Gift Nonprofit 69

Media Cause

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For nonprofits in the U.S. Understanding your nonprofit audiences—their hearts and minds, wallets and worlds—is critical to successfully communicating in an election year. Remember, as you navigate the news cycle and other big issues, they shouldn’t take away from the importance of your work as a nonprofit.

Communication 59

Communication Support Calendar Advocacy 59

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

So, it’s hard to imagine cutting additional costs at a nonprofit. The best leaders understand two things must happen to sustain a nonprofit: SAVING money and RAISING money. Afterall, nonprofit is your tax status, it shouldn’t be your business model. Fact: there are currently over 2.7 Fact: there are currently over 2.7

Money 98

Money Nonprofit United States Fund 98

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

posted by Tammy Fairweather Spring 2021 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. The nonprofit sector has taken a significant hit during the pandemic and become a strong reminder that nonprofit leaders need to have the skills to plan and guide their organization through a crisis successfully.

Philippines 98

Philippines Children Lesson Arizona 98

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

It may make sense to hire someone to give you that help, especially if that person has the skills you need and can work remotely. What you need is a nonprofit virtual assistant or VA. Don’t assume a nonprofit virtual assistant is limited to basic clerical work like data entry and responding to emails. Nor should you.

Virtual 116

Virtual Work Calendar Nonprofit 116

Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Raising money for your small nonprofit is stressful during the holidays, and practicing personal gratitude can pull you through. As a nonprofit director, you probably already have your organization on your heart and mind 24/7. Your nonprofit is an extension of yourself. Gratitude is a muscle that needs exercise.

Personal 119

Personal Practice Journal Fundraising 119

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

Is it only used by people with artistic talents and graphic design skills? Anyone can be a designer! These are methods for developing solutions (any type) in service of people. By applying this approach to program development or strategy, your nonprofit can get more impactful results. .” What is Human Centered Design?

Facilitation 132

Facilitation Method Technique Exercise 132

Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. EVERY nonprofit has stories to tell! For the purposes of our exercise, let’s say our story takes place in India. Setting: This is where your story happens.

Storytelling 139

Storytelling Fund Raise Music 139

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2017

One of the ways to reduce handle this stress, is to flex your emotional intelligence, which includes self-awareness , self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills. Emotional Intelligence is a flexible skill that can be readily acquired and practiced. Flickr Photo by Brittney Bush.

Professional 113

Professional Management Journal Reflection 113

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2018

We focused on digital transformation because incorporating digital has become essential for delivering on all aspects of a nonprofit’s mission, not just fundraising and communications but program delivery and governance. Each section lists best practices and processes for being a digital nonprofit. Opening Exercise.

Participatory 76

Participatory Digital Facilitation Exercise 76

Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Venture2Impact (V2I) — a nonprofit organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada — had a business model that was entirely based on global travel. This concept addresses the needs of nonprofits for continued support, training, mentorship, and engagement with their communities.

Philanthropy 98

Philanthropy Impact Support Gambia 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? This is the focus of a session called “ The Big Bang Theory: Creative Facilitation and Training Techniques, ” that I’m co-facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference with Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. Brainstorming Warm Up Exercise.

Facilitation 106

Facilitation Work Chart Technique 106

Candid

AUGUST 29, 2023

So, in this blog, I’m leveraging my PhD in Psychology to share a bit about what burnout is, why it seems to be everywhere in the nonprofit world, and what organizations, leaders, and individuals can do about it. This description applies to many, if not most, nonprofits. Unfortunately, an undisputable trend these days is burnout.

Model 98

Model Job Life Blended 98

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

posted by Eric Salazar Spring 2020 Alumnus, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Nonprofit organizations meant to support these communities have suffered a similar fate in the federal response while foundations try to fill the void. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz. Social enterprise opportunity.

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Social Model Nonprofit Fund 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2018

The concepts around connectivity and leadership were synergistic with the concept of networked leadership that Allison Fine and I wrote about in the Networked Nonprofit , published in several years before. The article caught fire – not only in nonprofit and philanthropy circles – but also business, government, and beyond.

Participatory 116

Participatory Leadership Model Skills 116

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I’m co-facilitating a session on Nonprofit Training Design and Delivery with colleagues John Kenyon, Andrea Berry, and Cindy Leonard at the NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference on Friday March 14th at 10:30 am! Can participants apply the skills?” Too often, our participant surveys only focus on the first level.

Evaluation 128

Evaluation Training Train Tips 128

Candid

MAY 19, 2021

Nonprofits, like Mental Health America (MHA) and the National Alliance on Mental Illness ( NAMI ), for example, are making practical toolkits available for free so the public can improve their mental health and increase their resiliency regardless of their personal situation. Beth Kanter, author and nonprofit innovator.

Action 98

Action Atlanta Support Georgia 98

Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

We are witnessing the rise of a new generation of donors and nonprofit employees. This is a question I broached in “ What Will a Post-COVID Nonprofit Economy Reveal ? ” We’re living in a transformational – new and unprecedented – novel nonprofit economy. Pretend you are just in the stages of founding your nonprofit.

Nonprofit 135

Nonprofit Digital Virtual International 135

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 27, 2015

I just returned from doing two days of facilitating a Networked Nonprofit training in Mexico City with Oxfam Mexico and participants from offices throughout Latin America, South America, and Caribbean. The first day focused on networks and strategic use of social media along with some practical skills in content creation and measurement.

Reflection 50

Reflection Network Mexico South America 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The program hosts a delegation of women who work in the tech industry to share their knowledge and skills with women-focused nonprofits, startups and girls empowerment programs in developing countries and in the US. Here’s how Kanika facilitated the exercise.

Peru 79

Peru Exercise Empowerment Local 79

Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 18, 2022

Many volunteers have experience with the issues that your nonprofit aims to solve. Your mission and vision should be the foundation of everything your nonprofit does. Promote & Build Skills. Just because volunteers are unpaid doesn’t mean that they don’t want to learn new skills or move up the ladder.

Volunteer 77

Volunteer Survey Retention Training 77

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2017

As we describe it in our book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit , burnout is a state of emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion that occurs when we feel overwhelmed by too many demands, too few resources, and too little recovery time. Building Your Resilience Skills To Manage Workplace Stress. Burnout is like boiling a frog gradually.

Organization 79

Organization Technique Flickr Skills 79

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 3, 2017

Note: This guest post was published on the Packard Foundation OE Blog reflects what was learned from designing and delivering leadership development for emerging nonprofit leaders. It isn’t enough to read an article about a leadership skill, it is also important to practice it as part of doing your work.

Professional 91

Professional Develop Leadership Influence 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2016

Note from Beth: At this year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference, I was lucky to co-design and facilitate a session on technology training with colleagues John Kenyon, Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. The 2016 session took all of the trainers’ lessons learned from the previous session and improved upon the presentation and exercises.

Training 59

Training Train Design Tech 59

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2020

Since those days, I have continued to hone my virtual facilitation skills to design and deliver effective virtual meetings and trainings. As nonprofits are impacted by the CoronaVirus and need more virtual meeting skills, I’d like to share what I have learned. Or the last photo in their phone. Hat tip/ Jen Bokoff ).

Virtual 130

Virtual Facilitation Exercise Training 130

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

There’s nothing more exciting than making the decision to start a nonprofit! But first, you need to build a solid foundation so your nonprofit will thrive, not struggle. Seriously, about half of all new nonprofits don’t make it through the first year or so. Everyone starts a nonprofit to make a difference.

Nonprofit 111

Nonprofit gMail Money Foundation 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2014

As part of the workshops I have facilitated to teach nonprofits to become networked nonprofits, I created an exercise called “Creating the Me to We Network.” I’ve subsequently have used this exercise in many different contexts for different purposes. What are the opportunities for reciprocity?

Professional 101

Professional Network Learning Lebanon 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 17, 2013

The topic is “ The Unanticipated Benefits of Content Curation for Nonprofits.” Jarche also points to James Mangan who identified several skills for acquiring knowledge in 1936 (via Maria Popova ). We can no longer afford to get distracted by the volume of information flying past us.

Content 123

Content San Francisco Technique Skills 123

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

In 90 minutes, we did two exercises that helped participants identify their target audience and then build out a persona, a fictionalized character that described motivations, barriers and identifies the right content and channels to use. Then it was time for a simple exercise. Write a target audience definition.

Learning 87

Learning Exercise San Francisco Instruction 87

Neon CRM

JULY 21, 2023

Having a strong, engaged board is one of the most underappreciated keys to nonprofit success–but building one is no easy task. According to a 2021 report from BoardSource , almost half (49%) of nonprofit executives feel that they do not have the right board members to “establish trust with the communities they serve.”

Nonprofit 52

Nonprofit Government Roles Review 52

CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Online virtual fundraising is one of the most popular ways for nonprofits to raise money. Maybe your nonprofit hasn’t yet developed an online fundraising plan. Either way, it’s time to brush up on your peer-to-peer fundraising chops and check out some online fundraising ideas that you can use to attract donors to your nonprofit.

Ideas 98

Ideas Online Fundraising Charity 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2016

” I was lucky enough to collaborate with Janet McIntyre , a nonprofit leadership coach and Jeffrey Golde , Adjunct Professor of Management: Columbia Business School, along with Abe Flores from AFTA. The first session focused on self-awareness skills. You can find the resources here.

Reflection 64

Reflection Arts Exercise Facilitation 64

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Think about it: If you receive three or four emails in a row from a nonprofit you support, a blogger you follow, or your favorite store and the content is boring or useless to you, how long before you stop opening them? Success in email requires copywriting skills, which you can learn. Writing marketing copy is a skill.

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email Fundraising Sound Sample 126