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Finding The Best Board Retreat Facilitator – 9 Things To Look For

Kindful

Have you ever sat through a board retreat and spent more time watching the clock, daydreaming, and checking texts than listening to the facilitator? Did your last facilitator stand behind a lectern and drone on like a record playing in slow motion? Facilitate and engage with confidence. Were they unengaging? Credibility.

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Wild Apricot Podcast Episode 5 : Sponsorship & Raising Money

Wild Apricot

Episode 5 of the Wild Apricot Podcast sees Farhad Chikhliwala and Lori Smith facilitate a group discussion with members of our Membership Advisory Group on the key challenges membership organizations face in trying to secure sponsorship and raise money.

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8 Nonprofits Championing Environmental Sustainability on Earth Day

Classy

Each year, individuals worldwide take the opportunity to do better for our planet with actions such as planting trees, cleaning local communities, and raising awareness for environmental causes through peer-to-peer fundraising pages. Podcast: Broken Ground. Kick Start Your Movement With Peer-to-Peer Fundraising. Twitter: @selc_org .

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New Frontiers in Fundraising

Top Nonprofits

In parallel to her main career, she has for many years consulted to start-ups and social enterprises to build strategy, professional leadership, and fund-raising capacity. Wendy worked at USA Today and Yahoo in their early years. Wendy started a jellybean business during university.

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

Focus on participation – Judge success by number of donors versus just total dollars raised. For example, long-form storytelling may still convert better than short snippets – the current long-form podcasts that top business charts are showing this. Facilitate two-way dialogue to make supporters feel heard.

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Crafting Calm for Creativity and Contemplation

Have Fun - Do Good

"If you only have five minutes [to craft] that''s long enough to lift your heart, to raise your inspiration." ~ Rev. Maggie Oman Shannon As some of you know, I produce the Arts and Healing Network''s Arts and Healing Podcast where I get to talk with all kinds of people about the healing power of art.

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Nonprofit Marketing: 3 Easy Ways To Grow Your Audience

Top Nonprofits

If your t-shirts are popular among your supporters, consider expanding to other types of products that help get the word out while raising funds for your cause. If you have a few potential partners in mind, take a look at your constituent database and see if you have any connections that would be willing to facilitate an introduction.