NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

After all, this is their idea, their brain-child, their life. People won’t invest their time or money in something they don’t believe in. Maybe you’re funded differently, or you allocate that funding differently, or you have a different idealistic approach to your work. So, how can you get them to believe? Be specific.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In the anti-rape movement, we see the work of ending violence as dismantling systems of oppression, like sexism, racism ableism, classism, homophobia, etc. It’s our own stories about the cause in which we’re fighting for that connect and bond people on a peer-to-peer level. Understand Your Audience.

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Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2024

These platforms attract people passionate about making a difference. Use your existing channels to reach people already connected to your cause. Unless you’ve worked with an individual as a volunteer, you won’t have any way to know, so try before you buy by inviting them to volunteer or serve on a committee.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The mission of Transition Projects is to help people to transition from homelessness to permanent housing. Keli gets to talk to many people on the phone who use TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) to get low-cost refurbished computers. She has been there just under five years.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Remember the homeless avatar in Second Life that got a lot of attention a few weeks back? Rik Riel and Nedra Weinreich also wrote it up and I suspect it probably inspired a few Second Life Doubter's Club posts. Mensajeros de la Paz with a virtual homeless kid has received enough Money to. The homeless.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

If it’s already in process or in the mail, excellent work! I have a fundraising letter template that works. Don’t send your fundraising appeal to people who don’t want to hear from you anymore. A clean list , with the most current email and mailing addresses, will save you money and help you reach the right people fast.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 20, 2022

I’ll start with myself: I’ve been working for nearly 30 years in the nonprofit sector, and I have struggled with anxiety my entire life. My nonprofit work started with my family of origin and then grew into a career as a fundraising professional for many of the most remarkable nonprofits on the planet. But we kept going.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Mission statements are typically short and to the point, briefly communicating the nature of the organization’s work, impact , goals, and values. It should provide a clear explanation of the work you do and resonate with everyone involved—from top-level board members to the beneficiaries of your work. Here’s an example.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

With one shift in our understanding about data, we can reclaim a sense of wonder, creative agency, and value in our data work: Recognizing that information does not equal data and data does not equal knowledge. In working with a nonprofit intermediary, we brought together a knowledge team that met monthly over the course of nine months.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2006

Last week I wrote about a virtual homeless teenager in Second Life who raising awareness of the plight of homeless teens in Spain. 1 text or phone entrance fee go to help The Foyer Foundation , a nonprofit that works with homeless young people. tools to he word through the gaming community by using Digg.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 4, 2021

The mass vaccination effort taking place across the United States isn’t only integral to saving lives, it’s essential for resuming pre-COVID life: hugging family members, attending sporting events, returning to the office or in-person classes. Pandemic Pivots: Telehealth and Virtual Care.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Your programs may also rev up during the holidays, providing meals and gifts, keeping homeless people warm, or preparing for an influx of post-holiday pets needing homes. According to the calendar, we’re supposed to start counting our blessings around Thanksgiving and work our way up to total and complete joy by New Year’s Eve.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

A nonprofit Advisory Board can be a great way to engage key supporters with relevant professional skills, life experiences, and networks. For example, an organization that supports homeless families could have an Advisory Board made up of formerly and current homeless people.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

If you’re new to major donor work, you know what I mean. You’re probably asking for an amount that’s a stretch for you and it’s going to bring up all kinds of personal issues for you, especially if you have a negative mindset around money or wealthy people. There’s nothing wrong with fun, but you need to be strategic in your work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 15, 2012

All that said, when doing your shopping this year, please be conscious of the power of your spending and put your dollars to work for good by purchasing from any of the 22 online gift stores that benefit nonprofits – especially on #GivingTuesday. Amnesty International is a global movement of people fighting injustice and.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

Email is a powerful marketing tool, but to get results you need to learn how to write fundraising emails that connect emotionally and inspire people to give. Not the content (which most people skim in about 13 seconds or less). Start by being very clear what you want people to do after they read your email.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas, including homelessness , equity in education , and climate justice. An estimated 811 million people are hungry globally. However, there’s a lot more work to be done. Why Small-Scale Farmers?

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Twenty Hats

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Volunteer engagement is endlessly bloggable because our profession is about people, building community, and transforming this world for the better. There is always something new to share – a different perspective, an emerging trend, or a real-life example of a volunteer manager with a brilliant idea that deserves attention.

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Tech Soup

JULY 29, 2014

Read up on "ingestible" electronic pills, cloud storage price wars, how the Star Trek Tricorder has come to life, and more. High-Tech Help for Homelessness. Why would a homeless person need a mobile phone? For one thing, phones allow them to look for work, housing, or medical help.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 17, 2013

I was with two close friends who work in social service organizations focusing on homelessness and criminal justice respectively. We all work for nonprofits. And we each have specific interests in increasing access, connection, and empowerment of marginalized people. Museum work is mostly non-contact.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Many times, communication is something people don’t feel is their strong suit. Act one is where we learn what normal life looks like before the story is set in motion. Think of act one as meeting Harry Potter and learning about his dreary life before he receives that Hogwarts letter informing him he is, in fact, a wizard.

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Neon CRM

MAY 16, 2024

Focus on connecting your donor to the people they helped instead of to you, the organization. Donors are motivated by helping other people. Sharing real-life stories and examples will reinforce the idea that their money made a tangible difference in the world. But our work isn’t finished. Will you help us change that?

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Kindful

MAY 1, 2021

This Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re proud to highlight the innovative and impactful work of these Kindful customers. On this page, you’ll find their missions and ways to support their important work, as well as some resources for nonprofit professionals. Work From Home Self Care: 11 Tips For Fundraisers – Bloomerang .

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2017

Specifically, leading a 9 to 5 life at a job where you "increase shareholder value" and "exceed client expectations," while at night, you spend your precious spare hours working for a cause you love … maybe pug rescue, meals for the homeless, or mental health advocacy … all to make a difference.

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NetWits

MARCH 11, 2012

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has been doing incredible work for over 100 years and, while content marketing isn’t news to them, they’re using content along with social media to make sure the online world knows about their work. Big Brothers Big Sisters – Leverage video to tell your story.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Just like any other relationship in life, your relationships with your donors should be mutually beneficial and enjoyable. So, let’s look at what it means to give people a great experience as you build the donor relationship. Think about it: People only stay in relationships that they’re getting something out of.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Generosity is one of the most important values in life. If you are generous, you have a heart that seeks to help people and make them happy. GivingTuesday encourages people to give back and celebrate the holiday season by making donations to their favorite charities, and nonprofits. Get familiar with the big day.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

People continued to give more generously than before – often referred to as a “ bump ” – and the predicted “slump” never really arrived. . I am not surprised, because I’ve been doing this work for four decades and it’s been ever thus. But people are generous, and generally want to help. . People Yearn to Express their Love .

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

There is no shortage of highly talented leaders coming from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, and many of them lead from within the nonprofit sector. The Black Philanthropy Network is another organization that works to support Black leadership in the nonprofit sector.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 3, 2022

It’s easy to think that people will give at the end of the year to get the tax benefit, especially here in the U.S. But that’s not how it works. You see, people only get the tax deduction if they itemize, and most of your donors don’t. Don’t ask people to give to help you reach your internal goal. Lack of special thanks.

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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. We particularly like to call attention to extraordinary people doing humanitarian work who don't get a lot of attention. One in five people there live in poverty. Here's what she says about this work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2006

But wanted to capture some quick thoughts related to a couple of recent awareness raising activities taking place in Second Life or recently launched. I'm so grateful that other bloggers and colleagues like Rik Riel do such excellent coverage of what's happening in Second Life. Namely that it isn't enough just to shame people.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Feed people? Why is your organization needed if others are doing this work already? But have you looked at all the organizations in your area doing similar work? Are you sure no one else is working in this area? Or is it for people who are not accepted by current shelters, such as mothers with teen boys?

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I am just starting to dive into the science of intergroup relations (psychology-speak for social bridging), and I greatly appreciate these individuals who are working to popularize and open up what could otherwise be esoteric research. My biggest question for these social psychologists is this: how do we apply their lessons to our work?

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Michelle Obama, by being an educated, black woman from a working-class family, has revolutionized the role of first lady simply by being herself.". She relates her entire experience pre-fame, from growing up working-class on the South Side of Chicago, to being an Ivy League undergrad/law graduate. He was placed at Homeless ID Project.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

One in five people there live at the poverty level. is a nonprofit educational and vocational training organization that has been working with local at-risk populations since 2009. It aims to provide a gateway towards empowerment, educational, and employment opportunities to lead a fulfilling, prosperous, and purposeful life.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2015

One of the projects this organization is working on is called Connect 4 Life , a mobile phone program for LGBT homeless youth. The Institute found that mobile phones can increase homeless teens' opportunities and help them stay connected to caseworkers, shelters, potential employers, and support networks.

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