EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

We asked our partners, what are some ways organizations doing advocacy can consistently engage supporters and keep them ready to take action with you, even outside of crisis moments? The goal is to move your position forward while engaging your supporter audience. Here’s what they said. Learn more at WeRaiseTheRoots.com !

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Kindful

JUNE 8, 2021

Teach them about fundraising. Their role isn’t to get bogged down in the day-to-day minutia about the cost of tablecloths or small equipment if the budget can support it. You should also discuss policies and allow ample time for questions and answers. Teach them about fundraising. Start at the recruitment stage.

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Candid

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The Bezos Earth Fund has announced grants totaling $443 million in support of nonprofits working to advance climate justice, nature conservation and restoration, and the tracking of critical climate goals. million in support of tracking and monitoring efforts. million in support of tracking and monitoring efforts.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

This guide will teach you what you need to know to get your new organization up and running. For example, perhaps your idea for creating a nonprofit focused on raising funds for children fighting cancer started with one family’s need for support in a challenging time. Where will we turn to for financial support?

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Candid

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Released in collaboration with Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy and the Leona M. The largest gift in the school’s history includes $30 million to provide scholarship support for 40 master’s candidates each year and $10 million to serve as a matching gift aimed at bolstering financial aid for teachers at HGSE.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

We have dinner table discussions on why it is important to support causes, particularly programs in Cambodia like the Sharing Foundation. What a great way to teach your children to become more thoughtful and responsible about the world we live in. Whether I'm fundraising for Cambodia or Creative Commons , I involve my kids.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 10, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 15, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

He explains that: Company culture is the system of beliefs, values, goals, behaviors, and the way employees feel working in the organization—from leadership style, decision-making norms, customer experience, and company policies—officially and unofficially. Spend time figuring out your values and how they support your purpose.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

It’s the gift of having my children teach me that everyday actions can make a world of difference. Children are teaching their parents that everyday actions can make a world of difference. It’s important to show our kids that we take the issue seriously and we’re ready to both support them and do our part.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 14, 2014

Here’s a story about the CEO of the ACLU of New Jersey and how he uses Twitter to reach out to the press and policy makers and the questions he and his staff answered. Here’s another example about a nonprofit CEO (Helen Clark of UNDP) using Twitter to engage audiences about policy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Their educational focus areas include new designs to advance learning, pathways to postsecondary success, leadership and teaching to advance learning, public understanding, and integration, learning, and innovation. They support strategic partners that focus on helping children succeed via a comprehensive approach to education.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Nonprofit leaders have heard the call but are struggling to meet expectations due to a lack of basic resources, expertise and support. Does the environment support change, accountability, and communication? So the evaluator has to consider if they are going to: Teach. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Together, these comprise your case for support. . Just because folks supported you in the past doesn’t mean they’ll support you now. To get your story in front of your supporters, you have to go where they are. Come from a perspective of being helpful, and your supporters will be inspired to return the favor !

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2019

Finally, we co-authored a policy brief for the Toda Peace Institute on artificial intelligence and its implications for civil society. Resilience: This relates to all the curriculum, writing, and teaching I do around The Happy Healthy Nonprofit and Leadership Development. My Three Themes: .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 17, 2013

Just to give you a few examples: He is a co-founder of Teach a Man to Fish , a global network that promotes “education that pays for itself,” partnering with dozens of organizations around the world to establish self-sufficient schools in rural areas that teach independence and sustainability to young people from poor families.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2019

The New Life Center (NLC), led by Rob Swiers, provides support and shelter for those afflicted with addiction and homelessness. Nonprofit organizations must create a gift acceptance policy. This policy should include a disclaimer that all gifts will be considered unrestricted unless the donor designates a restriction.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 18, 2023

There was a surge in these perspectives and practices during COVID-19 when grantmakers understood even more strongly how nonprofits step up to support the community. I know we all can choose to learn and use new problem-solving skills that teach and honor empathy, shared power, and vulnerability.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

We also work towards long-term solutions through advocacy and policy at the federal level. We also knew that COVID-19 would affect the population we serve disportionately and that we needed to do something to support them. We were overwhelmed by the support we received for the fund. They thought he had passed a kidney stone.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

In the case of social and political upheaval, these might include coming together with others to advocate, share music and art, create and offer support (sometimes virtually). You may have sent crisis appeals , assuming your supporters would want to help you keep doors open and/or meet new and growing needs. . Pick the top 3 – 5].

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 16, 2019

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Bloomerang

APRIL 3, 2021

People can name you as beneficiary of all or a portion of a retirement account, savings or checking account or a life insurance policy. CFRE is a fundraising visionary with 30+ years frontline development work helping organizations raise millions in support. That’s right! It’s simple, and they can change it at any time.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. In short, the board’s duty is to deal with the policies and the “big issues.”

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

We have dinner table discussions on why it is important to support causes, particularly programs in Cambodia like the Sharing Foundation. My colleagues who support the The Sharing Foundation also make fundraising for their favorite cause a family activity. Money Savvy Piggy Bank and Spend, Save, and Give Allowance Policy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

Don''t micromanage Don''t be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company''s strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2016

To mark the date, the One Campaign has shared a research report called “ Poverty is Sexist ,” that documents how extreme poverty hurts girls and women harder and in different ways than it does boys and men, and to demand targeted action to support girls and women. For T2E Cambodia , the focus is human trafficking.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 12, 2019

Teach something new to your team 24. Support mentoring - both informal and formal mentoring 62. Have an open door policy 66. Dig deep within your organization for ideas on how to improve processes, policies and procedures 67. Praise when compliments are earned 19. Be decisive 20. Say "thank you" and sincerely mean it 21.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 30, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Inclusive Fundraising: Taking Pride Month Support to New Heights In a world that yearns for inclusivity and acceptance, Pride Month stands tall as a beacon of hope and celebration for the LGBTQ+ community. Show your organization’s support by marching in parades, hosting a booth, or sponsoring events.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Don''t micromanage Don''t be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company''s strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 24, 2018

And, if you are still seeking resolutions for this year, perhaps write down (and start working on) five to ten from the following list of ideal resolutions for leaders: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all (..)

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