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APRIL 25, 2019

You never thought remote work would be the new norm for today’s workforce. The number of nonprofit employees working remotely has increased by 20 percent in the last six years. Remote work has its benefits—employees are more productive, companies cut costs, and employers can find the best talent when not restricted by location.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

This is prompting some very real questions about how to move forward—especially for the small er foundations and for healthcare organizations that have relied on a couple staff people, a committee , or lots of events to facilitate community giving. . So, what do organizations need to know about a right- sized approach? .

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

Our democracy works best when everyone participates, and as nonprofits and social good organizations, it’s up to us to make sure our communities are engaged and voting. Why nonprofit and social good organizations? . The voters you help to turnout will elect leaders that care about the issues you work on.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

The broad outline of the goals affords the opportunity for a wide variety of organizations to attribute their positive programs, grantmaking efforts, and environmental, social and governance activities to one, if not many, of the goals. You start by pulling publicly available data to find geographic locations of most of the working poor.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Next week’s content will bring up new ideas, new faces, and fresh inspiration to take back to your organization. Arts and Cultural will have thousands of professionals represented from organizations ranging from zoos to museums, performing arts organizations to libraries, and beyond! Getting Organized for Virtual bbcon 2020.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

As I think about arts & cultural institutions, I realize that my family is an ideal target for these organizations. What does our consumption of arts & cultural organizations look like? I’m going to be honest: it’s hard working full time and having two kids. How do we decide what we’re going to do on the weekend?

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Each TEL FOR GOOD region is given the opportunity to show the impact their employees and CSR strategy has had throughout the year; the most innovative and impactful region receiving the CSR at Work award from Tokyo Electron’s CEO. President and Executives accepting the CSR at Work award. Flexibility at Work. The SDGs at Work.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

Gone are the CSR programs focused solely on giving campaigns or matching gifts – the future of CSR is creating a holistic environment for employees to bring their whole selves to work and feel as if their full personalities, interests, and needs are being just as nurtured and developed as their professional ones. Reward those shares!

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Consider this 3-day experience a tremendous gift to yourself and your organization to access and connect with the leading minds in nonprofit technology around the world. It’s important to understand how the content is organized so you can easily find the best sessions geared to your job role. Picking your session as a “nonprofit”.

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MARCH 4, 2019

Are your staff members excited to work together? How your staff feel about their work affects your bottom line, as donors and volunteers are turned off by a revolving door of staff members. It creates bitterness and resentment when people have to work President’s Day, Columbus Day and Veterans Day.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

Doing so provides a friendly face to your organization, increase s your brand recognition and allows you to hear firsthand what type of programming is most important to your neighbors. These days, simply cleaning your database isn’t doing enough to realize your organization ’s full potential.

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JUNE 25, 2019

As supporters are increasingly drawn to causes rather than specific organizations, we should listen to their interests and realign ourselves for success. Organizations can adopt a 360-degree view of their office, with constituents as a core focus. Focus on the supporters that make your work possible.

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AUGUST 6, 2013

I always found it funny that the line often associated with Virtual Work is “I get to work in my pajamas!” While I’m sure it is sometimes true, it is generally used as an explanation for how much folks enjoy the privilege of working from home. WORKING REMOTELY IS NOT THE SAME THING AS WORKING IN THE OFFICE.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

How did a rts, c ultural & h umanities organizations fare on # GivingTuesday ? . While we’re still calculating how much of that total cultural organizations raised, here are some campaigns that stood out: . Notes via email work, but hand-signed cards add a more personal touch. billion. .

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MARCH 16, 2020

As an arts and cultural organization, you are among the most trusted sources of information in today’s world. Take this opportunity to be a source of truth and point your community to the guidance provided by Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). . If this is the case, be honest about it.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

As I was discussing fundraising and membership with a coworker, I realized that my emotional connection to one particular type of organization created a foundation on which I base my giving. You gravitated toward the museum, zoo, gallery, symphony, cultural management organization because of your roots. Can’t think of any?

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MARCH 14, 2014

I stopped in my tracks and chuckled as I was getting ready for work this morning. But, here’s the part I loved, here’s what made me pause and chuckle: “It’s been the most work,” said Thomas “I just finished signing 5,500 posters this week that are all going out to Kickstarter backers.” ” Yes, thank you!

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

These clever names for membership tiers — which can easily be adapted to work for a zoo or any other organization — got me thinking about how arts and cultural organizations are getting creative with their memberships. Here are some ways that organizations can excel at recruiting, engaging, and retaining members. .

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APRIL 13, 2020

” Colleen Dilenschneider listed some of the factors that will make people feel comfortable visiting cultural organizations in a post-COVID-19 world. Consider specific entrance times for ticket sales and lowering the maximum number of people you allow into your organization , at least for the first little while when you reopen. . .

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OCTOBER 4, 2018

As a nonprofit organization, which factor do you believe best showcases the success of your mission? Coffman stated in their 2004 GuideStar article : “There’s no question that nonprofit organizations have an obligation to manage their finances responsibly. Overhead to program expense ratio. As Chuck McLean and Suzanne E. Tweet this.

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

Many faith-based organizations worry about making fundraising asks. These organizations avoid making direct or face-to-face fundraising asks, usually because they don’t have experience with these types of conversations. Your church, school, or other faith-based charity does good work. You need to fundraise.

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MAY 31, 2019

Now that your gears are turning, we can agree that technology is developing at outstanding, breakneck speeds, and organizations and businesses need to keep up or risk being left as a memory. As Mike puts it “It’s not new to put a mobile device in someone’s hand at work because it’s in their hand outside of work.”.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

Work doesn’t mean the same thing now that it once meant. Workers have different motivations and skills, and organizations are changing their look in order to be more diverse and inclusive. What does that mean for the future of work? How organizations have changed and need to expand. Finding purpose in the workplace.

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JUNE 30, 2016

The Leap Ambassadors Community is a group of nonprofit leaders who are passionate about “inspiring, motivating and supporting nonprofit and public sector leaders (and their stakeholders) to build great organizations for great societal impact.”. The pillars range from leadership to management to evaluation for mission effectiveness.

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JULY 2, 2014

After working at the Red Cross for nearly 4 years, I learned a long time ago that real disasters aren’t always the ones you see coming. Does your organization need a disaster fundraising plan? Either way, the time may come when your organization needs to mobilize and get involved or seek help for its own recovery.

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MARCH 30, 2017

As a religious organization , your donors are at the heart of your mission. Their generosity and financial support is what allows you to carry out your work and set a bold vision for the future. Show your donors how giving to your organization is part of being a good and faithful steward. Highlight the Outcomes of Your Work.

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OCTOBER 10, 2019

Healthcare organizations have an incredible opportunity with sustainers – donors who choose to give using an automated recurring payment through their bank account or credit card (most of the time monthly). Why have healthcare organizations not embraced sustainer giving? Changes within organizations.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

Technology is dramatically changing the way we work and live our lives, and the social good community needs to account for this digital transformation that demands increased transparency and also opens new doors. As connections increase, it becomes essential for organizations to have a holistic view of all of their activities.

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MAY 16, 2014

When creating budgets , I am curious which approach really works best? The problem with bottom-up budgeting is that when the organizational budget is put together , there’s often a gap between the divisional and/or departmental budgets and the overall direction of the organization.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

The concept of mass marketing (sending out the same email to everyone with the hopes that something sticks) no longer works. Arts & c ultural organizations can use this framework to send the right messages to the right people at the right time. . A patron can’t visit your organization if he or she doesn’t know about you.

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JANUARY 19, 2017

Many digital advocacy organizations simply focus on campaigns that supporters can participate in by simply adding their names to petitions or letters to Congress. This model of organization-led campaigning limits what can be accomplished and restricts decisions and activity to campaign staff. . Distributed campaigning is not new.

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MARCH 12, 2018

A well-run grateful patient program—one that supports top-notch clinical care, nurtures true philanthropy, and is efficient and effective to manage—is at the top of the list for many healthcare organizations. They make lighter work of big questions like this and can help inform decisions about organizational focus, resources, and strategies.

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

Not only does valuable and unique content increase the visibility of your organization and its mission, but (if done right) it encourages engagement among your supporters and echoes in a familiar voice the emotional core of your organization’s purpose. Here are three tips to help your organization create more donor-driven content: 1.

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AUGUST 13, 2014

And since over 20% of online giving happens in December alone, it’s never too early for your organization to start preparing the year-end appeal. This past January, Steve MacLaughlin analyzed 320 emails sent to him from 55 nonprofit organizations between December 1 st and 31 st of 2013. Click here to download!

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DECEMBER 2, 2013

Overall fundraising revenue for 334 churches, synagogues and other faith-based organizations representing nearly $1.2 target="_blank">The Blackbaud Index that tracks fundraising revenue for congregations and other faith-based organizations. billion in annual revenue grew 3.5 percent, compared to the year-earlier period. .

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JANUARY 22, 2014

As a result, I put together my perspective on this game changing technology for arts and cultural organizations. Mobile is no longer something that makes you different or cool as an organization, it’s an expectation of your visitors and patrons. As ticketing organizations, we have the advantage of gathering data when people visit us.

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APRIL 25, 2019

We spend as much as 20% of our day doing manual repetitive tasks, and those manual tasks often end up costing organizations a lot of money in lost productivity, fraud and errors. So how can social good organizations fix this? How RPA helps organizations strengthen internal controls. The future of robotic process automation.

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