sgEngage

DECEMBER 29, 2023

You want your donors to trust your work, your impact, your stewardship of resources, and your connection to the community, and stand out in a sea of information. According to the aforementioned study: “…transparency in the nonprofit sector is value-added to key stakeholders.” But not all nonprofits are created equal.

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Bonterra

APRIL 11, 2024

Learn more How it works Improve your impact with our public sector and nonprofit case management software Improved community impact When your team doesn’t have to spend hours tracking down data and generating reports, they have more time to focus on creating a better participant experience and stronger programs.

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Candid

MAY 13, 2024

In our study How Philanthropic Collaboratives Measure, Evaluate, and Learn , we examined three levels of impact: grantees, systems or fields, and donors. Based on that feedback, the fund works to reduce the burden on potential grantees and identify barriers that might discourage them from applying.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Meet the demand for direct and intentional forays into the heart of power structures, forces, and accepted traditions. As I worked with hundreds of leaders in organizations large and small, across industries and with very different business models, I began to construct an approach that would both create and ensure belonging.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 19, 2022

According to the Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study , digital innovation is crucial to the success of your organization. Eliminate low-value work at your association by adopting innovative technology. Being innovative means, you learn from what works at your organization and what doesn’t. Increase productivity.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2023

Capital campaigns are a great reason to talk about the work your nonprofit does. A new or improved facility is a lot of work and can come with increased expenses, more responsibility, and a lot of upkeep. It won’t work. Increased awareness. First Things First…Are You Really Ready for Your First Capital Campaign?

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2023

The nature of capital campaign committee structures. These overlapping committees typically begin with a feasibility study committee and then a campaign planning meeting. This builds a standard structure into the process from the start.

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Whole Whale

MAY 2, 2024

This book draws on case studies from Donor’s Choose, DoSomething.org, Idealist.org, Move For Hunger, Women Deliver, The USO and decades of experience of running internship programs. They should answer questions the staff has about performance, give a 30k foot view of what happened, and generate insights about what’s working in a report.

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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

We structured this conference based on feedback from.orgCommunity’s fall Solutions Day participants. Images of the association’s founders, history, and current activities are displayed throughout the facility, and spaces were created to accommodate a variety of work styles. Working on culture isn’t a finite activity.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 12, 2022

Even though motivation and passion are high amongst employees entering the nonprofit sector, there seems to be high burnout and a desire to leave nonprofit work behind all together after a short amount of time. Structured recognition programs are critical for employee engagement. Onboarding process. Recognition.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Flexibility Create goodwill by working with families when issues arise. Many families prefer to work with a third party over the potential embarrassment of direct conversations with the school. By working closely with the school to understand its policies, we can help families find the best way to honor payments when hardships occur.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The study and presentation begins with some context. The study talks about the future and what the most desirable life skills for young people will be in 20/20: Among those they listed are: Public problem-solving through cooperative work (sometimes referred to as crowd-sourcing solutions or using collective intelligence).

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Candid

APRIL 25, 2024

A 2021 study by the foundation found local outlets struggling to secure new revenue streams. Lilly Endowment has awarded targeted funding of $4 million to the Religion News Service to support its editorial work and expand and diversify its audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

I was really excited to discover research on artificial intelligence that intersects with my work on nonprofit workplace wellbeing ( The Happy Healthy Nonprofit ). Organizations should recognize that AI, like other technology, could exacerbate the blurring of work/life boundaries by pushing workers to remain constantly ‘on’.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2022

A first-rate workforce that is not provided with first-rate support at the very least needs adequate compensation in the form of competitive pay, flexible hours, paid time off, redefined work environment or college debt relief. Organizations that provide a suitable work environment typically attract better candidates. As the U.S.

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Candid

AUGUST 30, 2023

Where to learn more: Pay close attention to the work and research from Peak Grantmaking and The Nonprofit Alliance. Staffing in the new world of work The COVID-19 pandemic led to the nonprofit sector losing at least 1.6 million jobs, or 13.2% of its workforce in 2020. But the nonprofit sector wasn’t alone.

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Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 30, 2021

What I love most about working for VolunteerHub is having the opportunity to make a big impact with so many different organizations, from food banks, to humane societies, shelters, and much more. One of my favorite things about working for VolunteerHub is talking to clients and telling success stories in the form of case studies.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Pro Tip : Try to establish where your skills, hard work, and dedication can be best applied. Creating a sustainable funding source takes years, so work hard to keep your overhead as low as possible while you’re building your donor list. Study good grant writing techniques and apply what you learn to as many as you can.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The book is divided into three sections: The first section includes: A focus on how and why women tend to build strong companies, staring with the structural challenges they must overcome to raise venture capital and scale their businesses. An Impetus for women to structure their businesses in a more purpose-drive way.

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VisionLink

MAY 5, 2014

VisionLink studies manufacturing processes and team best practices to inform the way we operate. Many of our teams use the agile methodology Scrum as a structure, but we rely upon our experience with collaborative work to make this approach work smoothly. Here are a few of the key ideas we integrate into our work.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The key is to work smarter, not harder. Here’s how to create it: Make note of ALL national holidays , especially days that most people are off work, and fill those holidays in on your calendar. Find the ones that mean something to your organization or that tie into the work you are doing and those you are serving.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The drivers of hunger include conflict, climate collapse, and chronic structural inequality that systematically excludes vulnerable communities from decision-making and benefits some to the detriment of most. Three Key Takeaways The event was an opportunity to challenge the status quo and explore ways to take to scale what has worked well.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Tell the Packard Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program How You Think We Should Do Our Work! The OE program works with grantees around the world to build their capacity in these areas. Through this process, we’ve considered what works well, and where we can experiment with being more effective and having more impact.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 25, 2012

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. But a structural problem remains: philanthropy does not typically have available capital for scaling.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

As you build a basic structure for your community, think through which activities the majority of your members will be interested in. There are so many possible ways to structure these forums to garner engagement. Create forums dedicated to discussing specific industry-related topics. Book or article clubs.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 13, 2011

There are people who think of work-life balance in a Utopian way — where work and life responsibilities are lines in the Zen garden of life. When those same people realize how fictionalized that image is, they often give up on the daydream and get back into the thick of their work. Want to learn more about work-life balance?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The book is divided into three sections: The first section includes: A focus on how and why women tend to build strong companies, staring with the structural challenges they must overcome to raise venture capital and scale their businesses. An Impetus for women to structure their businesses in a more purpose-drive way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

(In fact, there is a lab at Stanford that studies workplace rituals and a book, “ Rituals at Work ,” devoted to the topic) For over twenty-five years, I have implemented a number of rituals that help me prepare for the year ahead. I use the themes to guide my professional work and writing.

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Achieve

JUNE 8, 2023

Here’s another problem you may encounter: Let’s say you can clearly define what you want to do with your campaign and why, so you jump into the planning process, skipping key steps like a feasibility study and prospect research and cultivation. Do your research to understand the structure and timeline of a typical capital campaign in advance.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 25, 2022

With nearly 11 million employees working in the nonprofit sector, staff well-being is a critical concern to organizations. Nonprofits need to invest in practices that enhance and develop skills, create career paths and take work-life balance into consideration. Develop a strategic incentive structure.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

So, you get to work and land on one text-heavy website and another website with a prominent video that describes a nonprofit’s work, mission, and impact. These short films, which take viewers on a journey into the specifics of your work in 90 seconds or less, have many benefits. Use a call-to-action.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Corporate Delegation and Oversight, Organizational Structure (5 percent). How has COVID-19 Impacted Your Work (<1 percent). work with your teams to brainstorm ways that your software might pre-populate and automate grant applications from 990 databases or a funder's own data stores. About the TAG study.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 9, 2022

What obligations do white-led nonprofits hold for working with minority community groups and nonprofits in their communities? What does it look like to work within human services alongside members of minority communities to build better community? Associated costs need to be accounted for in planning.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 6, 2021

But while some donors are happy to give monthly for an unspecified length of time, others prefer more structured giving. In this post, you’ll learn what a giving plan is and how it differs from other recurring donation structures. Think of them like structured pledges! That’s where giving plans can help!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Author Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez explains that to fully harness project management and to live into the idea that projects can inspire positive change – it is time for companies and leaders to break out of outdated structures and lean into a fresh, modern approach to project management. Project-driven organizations work across silos.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

They have a lot of questions—how does it work? This set of pages is dedicated specifically to promoting your planned giving program, explaining the different types of gifts and how they work, and housing all of the resources you’ve compiled. The donor is vaguely familiar with planned giving, but they’ve never before considered it.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Looking at this data together will give you a better understanding of what works in your programs and what could be improved. Say you rely on one platform for your organization’s accounting work, another for grant management, and another for online fundraising. Strengthen your financial reporting efforts.

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