TechImpact

JUNE 17, 2014

While that might sound like an obvious statement, can you put your finger on exactly why it is so essential to success? Lack of adoption, feeling excluded, waning motivation, and short sightedness of the ultimate goal are all common symptoms of poor organizational communication. Image courtesy of 501partners.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 27, 2021

And even if you cannot imagine an endowment in your near future, adopting an endowment mindset can put you on a path to financial security. Adopting an Endowment Mindset Most small nonprofits live in the moment, fundraising today for programs happening tomorrow. When you adopt an endowment mindset, you prioritize saving for the future.

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2022

With that in mind, we’d like to kick off 2022 by actively questioning the use of certain words—and what is meant—so that we can continue to improve by phasing out terms that might be overused, harmful, or inaccurate. As they may sound, possessive determiners are words that serve to express a relationship of possession.

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fusionSpan

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Invest in the right resources It might sound obvious, but one of the best practices for database management is making sure you invest in having the right people and skills on the job. Salesforce is built with that kind of connectivity in mind.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 17, 2021

In 1921, George Lambert (the son of Listerine’s founder Jordan Lambert) pieced together “halitosis” as a medical sounding term for bad-smelling breath and offered the exclusive solution. All I gather is an untimely choice to belittle animal lovers for loving their animals during a pandemic– where animal adoption skyrocketed. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

And while that may sound low, it is double the rate of Facebook Pages. It’s for this reason that nonprofits have been slow to adopt LinkedIn Ads. Keep that in mind! In the age of monetizing social media through algorithms and paid advertising revenue models, getting two clicks per 100 followers is generous.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 18, 2023

There are three core elements that immediately come to mind when I think of trust: empathy, power, and vulnerability. When we haven’t lived both lives, we can sometimes create and adopt narratives of how philanthropy and nonprofits work, and how the staff within them operate.

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sgEngage

APRIL 20, 2021

These programs are widely adopted across the nonprofit sector as part of organizations’ regular fundraising efforts, because they provide a consistent, predictable source of income while also helping donors feel like they’re making a positive impact. This mistake sounds like a no-brainer, but it happens!

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Outsider : Brings a “beginner’s mind” to reimagine and reinvent an industry or product category. The Outsider is a classic Silicon Valley archetype who brings a “beginner’s mind” to a new market or industry. It sounds counterintuitive, but times of crisis are historically often the best point to create a disruptive new business.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

In the donor’s mind, they can’t close the loop on the gift until they receive a receipt. Try reading your letter aloud and see if it sounds like you are chatting with your donor. Thanks to you, these dogs will be protected as they wait to be adopted and go to their forever homes. The donor knows you received their gift.

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Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

If you don’t have a clear goal in mind for your program and campaigns, it’s challenging to crystallize what you’ll need to do to reach your target. It may sound hokey, but SMART goals make sure everyone is clear about what you’re trying to accomplish and by when you’d like to do it. What are you trying to do, anyway? Let me explain.

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Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

If you don’t have a clear goal in mind for your program and campaigns, it’s challenging to crystallize what you’ll need to do to reach your target. It may sound hokey, but SMART goals make sure everyone is clear about what you’re trying to accomplish and by when you’d like to do it. What are you trying to do, anyway? Let me explain.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

The Outsider : Brings a “beginner’s mind” to reimagine and reinvent an industry or product category. The Outsider is a classic Silicon Valley archetype who brings a “beginner’s mind” to a new market or industry. It sounds counterintuitive, but times of crisis are historically often the best point to create a disruptive new business.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The Outsider : Brings a “beginner’s mind” to reimagine and reinvent an industry or product category. The Outsider is a classic Silicon Valley archetype who brings a “beginner’s mind” to a new market or industry. It sounds counterintuitive, but times of crisis are historically often the best point to create a disruptive new business.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

Your thank-you letter should touch the reader’s heart, not sound like an academic paper. ” Or: “We know that dogs that are nervous and miserable in a shelter setting usually thrive in foster homes, growing into happy pets that can be adopted into loving, permanent homes. You are so important to our organization’s work!”

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

When you are brainstorming, your words might not sound so polished, which is fine. A key message for an animal shelter might be “Every animal deserves a loving home and you can help care for those in our shelter until they’re adopted.”. That way, you’re clear about the content of your email and your key message is top of mind.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

While the terms sound similar, text-to-donate and text-to-give are distinct categories of mobile fundraising. Embrace Artificial Intelligence : The next wave in digital fundraising is artificial intelligence (AI) , and nonprofits are sure to increase their adoption of tools like chatbots.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

Sound familiar? Adopt Good Practices Around Team Emails. More and more nonprofits are adopting flexible workplace or have remote teams in different cities. Your team can do a simple mindfulness exercise by starting a meeting with a deep breath and going around the table to share how you are feeling in the moment.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

O’Reilly took us through some examples of designing with citizens in mind can radically change the trust equation. Lela talked about how and why sound founded this enterprise in 2008 and their programs that are disrupting poverty. Samasource connects poor women and youth to training and employment in the digital economy.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Over the next three hours, I absorbed the things my instructor was teaching, but I also found myself reflecting on a bunch of things he wasn't trying to teach at all – unless he's really good at Jedi mind tricks ! It sounded to me like he didn't think the information was important. I'll admit, I've often thought of myself as a luddite.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2021

To harness the power of outbound email marketing, use a sound strategy to increase your business conversion rates. They should adopt email strategies and choose the best approach to reach their goals. Having a B2B email marketing strategy can benefit any enterprise with engaging content to drive leads. Conclusion.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

They spend their Saturday at Adoption Day at a shelter because they love dogs and want them all to find loving homes. A simple script might sound like this: “ Hey, I heard from our Executive Director that our program would not be successful were it not for you, and I wanted to say thank you.” This is the same idea.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Here are a few tips to keep in mind when doing so: Use background scenery and visuals that are reflective of your organization. This includes characters that look and sound like the coworkers, volunteers, and constituents learners will encounter— if your entire team isn’t blonde-haired and blue-eyed, your characters shouldn’t be.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 8, 2015

So, as I made my transition – keep in mind that I am still working a nonprofit, just a c4 instead of a c3 – the moment gave me reason to reflect upon the 10 years of experience I had at the Alliance and with colleagues across the country through the National Council of Nonprofits. That sounds like first-class leadership to me.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2020

If, through my effort to secure funding for these young minds and the brilliant folks who challenge them to grow both intellectually and in their sense of civic responsibility, then my work has deeper meaning. A: As you can tell, I’m not prone to “sound bites” but there are a few principles that I find important.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 14, 2016

At bbcon 2015, some of the top minds in the nonprofit industry came together to present Big Idea sessions. It might sound like I am just trying to be confrontational by giving this advice, but I assure you this approach is rooted in the very fabric of philanthropy. This sounds overwhelming, but stay with me.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2016

Beyond its scope for learning and knowledge sharing, this year was special in that it was set within the framework of the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Aligning grantmaking with the SDGs is a complex undertaking nonetheless, but IGS proved to me that there are great minds coming together and forming an unmatchable force.

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.orgSource

JULY 17, 2023

Keep the limitations of that structure in mind. The people who are closest to this technology have already sounded an alarm,” Amy said. Yes, there are dangers, but that profound impact on culture and society is the best reason to begin understanding this technology and to become an early adopter.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2020

We’ll cover a few main points to keep in mind plus the general steps your team will need to follow: What is a technology plan? If developing a new overarching tech strategy for your nonprofit sounds like a good way to refocus your efforts heading into 2020, there are a few core steps that you should follow. Steps to Follow.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2016

Does this sound familiar to you? Keep in mind that the more lead schedules you can update during the year, the less you have to do at year-end. Athletes learn to adopt a routine, and they avoid wavering from it. Document issues as they arise when it’s fresh in your mind. Don’t forget self-care.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 6, 2016

As I did at the one-year and three-year mark, here are some of the things I'm most proud of, mistakes I've made, and questions on my mind as we head into the next five years. QUESTIONS ON MY MIND: How can we intertwine community engagement and fundraising? And if this sounds like your kind of challenge, please apply for the job !)

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Create an agenda, attend the meeting, and be mindful of distractions. Volunteers who don’t feel valued will quickly lose interest. Pro Tip: Schedule regular volunteer meetings. They are essential to open lines of communication. Encourage productive discussions, but don’t go too far off track.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

If we adopt, in whole, or in part, the metaphors of the corporate world, whose basic fundamental goal is making a profit, and use it in the nonprofit sector, whose basic fundamental goal is making people’s lives better, does that create a problem or conflict? Katrin 3 Michelle Murrain 10.11.06 But my question is more than just exigency.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

As strange as it sounds, Facebook is a very personal space. Believe it or not, “he cares deeply about the laundry soap he uses” simply isn’t a story I want to come to mind when my friends think about me. The Advantage. What we post, share and engage with all become part of our personal identity. Caring runs deep! Nonprofits.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 11, 2022

Adopt bylaws. What’s inconvenient is that there are so darn many of them: Venmo, Google Pay, Apple Pay, and Zelle are the ones that come to mind, but by the time you read this another one may have emerged. The more accounts you have, the more you have to keep track of and reconcile each month, so keep that in mind.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

While migrating donor data is one of the most important steps in implementing a new CRM, it’s also the part that’s most time-consuming, mind-numbing, and prone to error. Sound exciting? Build a Donor Data Migration Strategy in 10 Steps Migrating your donor data into your new CRM sounds like a daunting task. Not so much.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2017

Keep in mind whatever you want to match, you’re going to get half of those back. Often times we’re going to send that call to action in our next newsletter a month down the road and you know how we all operate on social today, if you’re not replying within a couple hours it’s not top of mind. So that’s how we know.

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