The Modern Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Here are eight tips on crafting a great year-end email appeal that will get your supporters to click the “Donate” button. By starting early, you’ll have time to hone in on the exact message you want to hit your supporters’ inboxes with at the end of the year while staying stress-free. Get started now.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 9, 2024

Say your mission is to support people who are impacted by cancer. Doing so helps attendees feel more ownership over the process, as opposed to sitting through lectures. While this disease touches literally everyone, we know people of color have much less access to quality healthcare.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 22, 2013

Richard Feynman once tried to reduce an advanced physics concept to a freshman lecture. The first lecture I heard as a freshman at Caltech was delivered by Feynman on the topic of liquid helium three, and I was certain he did understand the topic! Support open data, open access to research, open content and open source.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

Their work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, CNN and AdWeek and Doug is a guest lecturer at Stanford University on the power of storytelling for nonprofit organizations. If your video connects powerfully with your supporters they’ll like, comment on and share the video with their friends.

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Qgiv

MARCH 1, 2023

Learn how you can take the time to celebrate Women’s History Month with our list of ideas and nonprofits you can support! Do some research and see if there are any organizations or schools near you that are hosting workshops, lectures, film screenings, or other educational opportunities you can attend! trillion in receipts in 2019.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2014

Certain room set ups encourage interaction between the participants and the workshop leader, others do not. The ability to “shift” delivery formats – from say an interactive lecture to small group activities helps students pay more attention. If you are trying to do an interactive lecture, it dampens interaction.

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DipJar

APRIL 14, 2022

Museum programming, which included films and lectures, was also moved online. Though shifted in time, this year’s event is expected to draw a record number of supporters, including Vice President Kamela Harris. . DipJar is pleased to be supporting the Center and its mission. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Students will also be provided with ongoing, post-MOOC philanthropy education content that will support continued development and execution of their philanthropic goals. The lectures are brief, fun conversations in the forums, and worksheets are great. Here’s the weekly themes: Week One: An introduction to your new philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way.

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Qgiv

JULY 10, 2023

Recognize we all face obstacles and require support from time to time. But that changed when he met Molly, a service dog your support helped train. John is active in the direct marketing industry and is a frequent lecturer and blogger. Describe a person by their human qualities and contributions, not the challenges they face.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2019

Engaged current student and future alumni supporter : My daughter gets very excited when she hears talk about the university she’s attending. After graduation next year, she plans on financially supporting and staying connected to her alma mater. Engaged student and alumni turned non-supporter : . She will be one of the 26.3%

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 2, 2022

Spend time using the platform you choose, and familiarize yourself with their tech support so you’ll feel confident when the big day arrives.The best fundraiser ideas always start with the audience in mind. Which artists would your supporters be thrilled to see? You won’t land Harry Styles, but who might you be able to get?

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

We listened to lectures, participated in reflections and had the chance to hear about real life experiences in the sector. We invite you to support our future nonprofit professionals through learning opportunities beyond the classroom at no additional cost to the student. Support the NLASA.

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2021

Forum One has worked with numerous cultural organizations that play an invaluable role in supporting arts and culture in communities across the country and how they developed virtual spaces representative of their dynamic offerings offline that reach and engage their audiences.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Al though I live a thousand miles away, I almost bought a membership just to support their art puns. . Free eBook: Guiding Donors to the Next Level of Support . The lecture was so fascinating that I ended up buying tickets to see the ballet , and I became a season ticket holder. . Special Renewal O ffers .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2011

Rob is also a lecturer at Stanford Law School where he teaches the Law of Nonprofit Organizations. He's also been part of the effort to propose the Flexible Purpose Corporation here in California, an effort I strongly support to allow for-profit corporations to add a social purpose into their basic organizational charter.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 12, 2024

In times of uncertainty, shifting from planning to preparing helps support clearer decision-making instead of rash predictions. Preparation shifts your perception of change from a risk to protect yourself from, to a growth opportunity. It involves overcoming both hubris and fear to achieve decisiveness and adaptability.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 11, 2010

If LIVESTRONG had been able to capture data on everyone who wore their bracelets, they’d have built the largest cancer supporter database in the world. . Whatever form it takes, make it a priority to get the right systems and workflows in place to collect and sync your supporters' data. .

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Qgiv

MAY 5, 2022

Ask supporters to seek out and nominate their stressed friends and family members to give them the challenge to destress by taking time out of their day not to worry. You can set up a destress challenge donation form specific to the challenge that shares different ways supporters can take ten to fifteen minutes for themselves.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2021

In a nutshell, the movement aims to “prioritize the entire community over individual organizations, foster a sense of belonging and interdependence, present our work not as individual transactions but holistically, and encourage mutual support between nonprofits.” . This is also hard to argue with.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

Access to written materials and education is not a privilege, but a basic human right—fundamental to personal, economic, and social development.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Instead, interactive tools, customization, and smart strategy allow nonprofits to go far beyond this to involve supporters in meaningful actions online that accomplish their mission. Organizations can no longer use their digital platforms to simply explain their mission or successes.

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Twenty Hats

JANUARY 12, 2021

Smithsonian Associates (SA) , which annually presents 700+ classes and other educational and entertaining programs, made a hard fast pivot in June 2020, when it began to present all of its lectures and art courses as livestreamed programs on Zoom. Each presentation was about 8 minutes long.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2013

I did a measurement workshop at SXSW and we were in a traditional college lecture hall – fixed seating that rises, desks on the seats, and no room for small group interaction. It takes a little bit of hacking to create some interaction, but it was a challenge. How does the room set up support or fight your instructional design?

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

What consumers want most from a brand relationship is appreciation for being loyal and supporting the brand by making a purchase. A lover, not a lecturer. They had more skin in the game and truly identified as being a supporter of the organization. Discounts and free products remain top rewards. A helper, not a hinderer. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Peer learning exchanges are a good model for supporting this – rather than have an expert consultant providing consultant, participants are taking action and learning together. During the graduate course in evaluation and research methods, I gave an interactive lecture and lead discussion.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Instead, interactive tools, customization, and smart strategy allow nonprofits to go far beyond this to involve supporters in meaningful actions online that accomplish their mission. Organizations can no longer use their digital platforms to simply explain their mission or successes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Personal resilience is a leadership competency based on cultivating skills around self-awareness, and relationship management. Organizational resilience is about your organization’s work culture, specifically creating a positive one which includes being supportive, kind, and emphasizing meaningful work.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Kelly Shipp Simone is the vice president of legal affairs at the Council on Foundations , a membership organization that supports grantmakers in various aspects. Public Policy," "How to Calculate the Public Support Test," and "Family. of foundation management. Kelly has authored several publications for.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2012

This conference used interactive design — such as visual facilitation, speed geeks, world cafe, full group discussions, small group discussions, and interactive lectures. I facilitated the sessions using the translation headsets and by bilingual colleagues to help me translate in real time.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

We learned some tough lessons along the way: for example, that technology alone is no panacea for human rights abuse, or that we had to support the deployment of our technology with global trainings on Martus as well as with human rights documentation and capacity-building trainings.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 25, 2014

The participants are the content – and the design of getting participants into small group discussions where we can discuss topics related to our work that we are passionate about and want to explore and learn. These discussions are not lectures or traditional panels and are participant driven.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

Emerging Leaders Playbook: With the generous support of the Packard Foundation and in collaboration with Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, we wrote and published the Emerging Leaders Playbook last year, along with facilitating a peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

We learned many techniques, but the most important insight I gained was how to combine the different methods to support your goal. Innovation thinking is not just about creativity and generating ideas, it about combining, synthesis, and prioritization. Train the Trainer: Must Incorporate Exercises that Use Simulations. Round Robin.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Derrick Feldmann is the lead researcher and creator of The Millennial Impact Project, a multi-year study of how the next generation supports causes. Derrick is on the Leadership Faculty of the Points of Light Corporate Institute and a guest lecturer at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. John Haydon.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

From food festivals to light shows to lectures, there’ve never been more options for arts and cultural programming. Other ways to promote interactivity include having supporters vote on the name of a new animal at the zoo or on their favorite piece of art, or go on a scavenger hunt through the exhibits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

Published the Emerging Leaders Playbook: With the generous support of the Packard Foundation and in collaboration with Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, we wrote and published the Emerging Leaders Playbook. Organizations must support staffs’ self-care efforts through clearly articulate values, policies, and programs.

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