sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

With one shift in our understanding about data, we can reclaim a sense of wonder, creative agency, and value in our data work: Recognizing that information does not equal data and data does not equal knowledge. More specifically, datamaking is an action whereby we transform information into data so that data can contribute to knowledge.

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Data Knowledge Philanthropy Policy 96

sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

Foundations play a crucial role in supporting nonprofit organizations and driving positive change within communities. It requires foundations to step beyond the role of a mere funder and become catalysts for change within their communities. Traditionally, their primary function has been to provide financial assistance to grantees.

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Roles Foundation Leadership Community 72

sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned. Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change. It is our hope, as funders, that financially resourcing a movement, an organization, or an individual can lead to positive change.

Participatory 83

Participatory Evaluation Empowerment Grant 83

Bloomerang

JUNE 22, 2023

By dedicating just 120 hours per year, board members can make a substantial difference in the organization’s growth, advocacy, fundraising efforts, and overall success. Advocacy: Spreading the message Successful board members go beyond their boardroom roles by actively advocating for the nonprofit.

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Difference Influence Demonstration Nonprofit 99

Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

Alternately, you might be thinking about building an advisory committee around advocacy. 2 Say you’re a nonprofit working in the area of houselessness and want to put together an advisory committee of people with legislative and policy development experience to advance systemic changes in your community.

Voice 90

Voice Community Structure Nonprofit 90

Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Enable advocacy and community organizing efforts. Funding community organizing efforts can activate and engage residents to change those systems. . Nonprofits responding to a disaster require flexibility, time, and unrestricted funds to navigate emerging challenges and changes. . To meet this need, the Margaret A.

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Disaster Puerto Rico Palau Lesson 72

sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

Their donors, staff, and board members have extensive knowledge of local needs and organizations, and they also have relationships with local leaders in business, government, and education. Common subjects include strategic planning, communications, advocacy, and community needs assessments. . 6) Funding or Engaging in Advocacy .

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Collaboration Foundation Local Philanthropy 93

Neon CRM

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Advocacy and Representation Membership-based nonprofits often advocate for their members’ interests—and associations are usually formed for expressly that purpose! When it comes to advocacy, the two keys are making sure that your members can offer their input and communicating the impact of your advocacy back to them.

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Benefit Associations Nonprofit Grant 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

Leveraging the networks and personal brands of your staff as champions can help your organization’s communications strategy have more impact. With a few guidelines and a little training, employees can use social channels effectively in service of your organization’s mission AND their own learning.

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Case Study Central African Republic Twitter Personal 50

The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 4, 2023

Now more than ever, it’s paramount to spotlight the tireless contributions by nonprofit organizations, those unsung heroes of our society who continue to bridge gaps, effect change, and bring us closer to the true meaning of independence.

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Activities Active Activism Impact 19

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Profound Change Starts With Local Partners. Over the course of a three-year grant , Champions implement ambitious, goal-oriented projects and participate in advocacy campaigns aimed at changing local and national policies that hinder equal access to education. The game-changing part of Nayla’s platform?

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Education Lebanon Nigeria Broadcast 92

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Leaders from these groups recently met for Together Against Hunger , a two-day conference that attracted more than 500 people from dozens of countries, both virtually and in person. Ending hunger requires changing political, economic, and social power structures. Heber Brown , and Isobel Coleman.

Collaboration 76

Collaboration Challenge Hunger Kenya 76

Kindful

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Additionally, millions die every year from alcohol abuse and one person dies every 40 seconds by suicide. Caring for Colorado works with communities to catalyze and accelerate change to improve the lives and health of Colorado’s children, youth, and families. Areas served: US. Cigna Foundation. Areas served: US (26 states).

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Additionally, millions die every year from alcohol abuse and one person dies every 40 seconds by suicide. Caring for Colorado works with communities to catalyze and accelerate change to improve the lives and health of Colorado’s children, youth, and families. Areas served: US. Cigna Foundation. Areas served: US (26 states).

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M+R

JULY 10, 2023

I often tell folks that making a practice of self-editing is a great way to level up : finish your draft (email appeal, social media post, video script, or whatever else), walk away from it for a minute, and then go back and make changes as an editor would. How can I give myself useful writing feedback? Remember: you are not normal.

Guidelines 90

Guidelines Audience Language Content 90

Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Metrics for a mid-level donor program might include: Number of donors talked to personally. Number of donors emailed personally. Number of donors texted personally. Same as above.

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Analytics Strategy Fundraising Benchmark 124

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

But, the question that will ultimately get more prospective donors in the door is: how are you changing the world? Your nonprofit’s stories should also have a strong tone of voice because it gives you a personality. To get you started, consider if you want your organization to come across as: Knowledgeable. Altruistic.

Storytelling 84

Storytelling Support Influence Voice 84

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

This year marked the 10 th anniversary of the Social Good Summit , an annual conference hosted by the UN Foundation, Mashable, 92 nd Street Y and the United Nations Development Programme that celebrates advocacy and activism for social impact. Indigenous communities need to have a seat at the table. Missed the Social Good Summit?

Alabama 35

Alabama Chad Social Press 35

Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

that allows readers to change years and see how their program market has increased over time. Fight Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is a health impact organization dedicated to ending colorectal cancer and supporting those affected by the disease through patient support, funding research, and impactful policy change. The answer is no one.

Report 85

Report Template Org Nonprofit 85

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

The panel was moderated by Joel Beetsch, Vice President, Patient Advocacy, Celgene and Cara Thompson , Director of Patient Advocacy was the host for the event. The audience consisted of patient and professional patient advocacy organizations that were attending the ASCO meeting. This “Dr.

Social Media 50

Social Media Network Data Media 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

The idea was that if we knew each other’s knowledge and skill related to the project, it can help everyone can be more effective in delivering the social media training because one person or team doesn’t need to know everything. I created the above visual using wordle to represent our collective knowledge and skills.

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Network Build Exercise Map 99

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Grantees, Experts, and Partners at the end of the Brainerd Foundation’s 21st Century Advocacy Design Lab. The purpose of the Design Lab was to answer two key questions to gather input for its strategy: How can the Brainerd Foundation and its philanthropic partners accelerate the transition to 21st Century advocacy for grantees?

Design 50

Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

The collective knowledge of our Leadership Council makes the Classy Awards a distinction unlike any other. Author of Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World , which received The Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s Best Book Award for 2020. Coaches executives on how to lead through change.

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Award Leadership Cleveland Hunger 57

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Susan is a grandmother, a cancer survivor and the major ingredient that differentiates organizations that truly make change from those that just make a lot of digital noise. tell her personal story and make a clear, specific legislative ask. Maybe an influential pastor at a large community church. But, you’d be wrong. Enter Susan.

Offline 44

Offline Campaign Channel Cancer 44

Care2

JULY 26, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Need some metrics guidelines? Job well done!

Social Network 74

Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

Care2

JULY 17, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) Need some metrics guidelines? Job well done!

Social Network 74

Social Network ROI Social Media Network 74

Blue Avocado

APRIL 23, 2024

As a passionate and committed leader in the nonprofit sector, I firmly believe in the power of community organizations to drive positive, equitable change. These include the lost opportunity costs of someone filling in temporarily as well as the damage to institutional knowledge. hour) — for a single person without kids.

People 52

People Skills Conversation Celebrate 52

M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

If all you’re here for is a list of email ledes you can use for fundraising or advocacy messaging, you can go ahead and skip right to that part. In order to ground things a bit, we’re going to include an example of each type of lede from a hypothetical environmental organization sending a fundraising appeal on the topic of climate change.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

While fundraisers are always encouraged to personalize these, we’ve found that many simply do not have the time. While it’s great to have some messages come from the person or staff leading the overall campaign, communication from team captains can often feel more personal and hold fundraisers more accountable.

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Goal Fundraising Help Africa 306

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

From emails to events to personal phone calls—your donors have multiple ways to engage with your organization as you introduce them to your mission. The ability to personalize donor outreach. In that case, you might decide to send a personalized invitation to your next event opportunity. Segmentation.

Database 83

Database Donor Guide Software 83

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

The good news is that major changes in technology are reforming education. It is our collective responsibility to continue unlocking the potential of the e-book to bring equal access to knowledge and learning for all. Accessible ebooks and Bookshare have helped sixth grader Kevin Leong overcome his reading challenges.

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eBook Accessibility United States Student 203

Media Cause

DECEMBER 6, 2021

If you’re like most nonprofits, you don’t have a 10-person marketing team of specialists. It’s going to change and if it’s not changing, then you’re probably not responding to the wilds outside your office. Perfection, after all, would require knowledge of what’s going to happen. Change is constant. (Be

Strategy 52

Strategy Guide Tips Nonprofit 52

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Like any donor group, multicultural Canadians give for a range of personal reasons. However, the knowledge they have of a cause or organization is also an important factor, with about one third of respondents citing this reason as being ‘very important’ to them. Being approached in a public place.

Canada 32

Canada Donor Guide Influence 32

Achieve

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Many nonprofits will fit within these qualifications, and many more will find that the changes that they need to make in order to qualify will benefit their organization in other ways. Put your ideal visitor in the forefront of your mind, and then build the site that person would want to visit. 50 countries that qualify.

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Grant Google Marketing Tips 72

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Just like message consistency, storytelling, and interviewing skills, building robust networks and using social media can help these advocacy organizations make change happen for children in their state. Elevating Advocacy Voices for Children Through Social Media – Guest Post by Barbara Munoz. Life Elevated.” better way.

Children 106

Children Voice Social Media Utah 106

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 20, 2023

VHAs engage in an array of direct-service programs , which can include membership, support, advocacy, education, and research. Best of all, we changed our donor credit card processor to Stripe , and all the information went directly to our new Bloomerang CRM.” This knowledge will guide your fundraising strategies.

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Guide Fundraising South Carolina Database 81

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

This year, however, the selection process was a bit more personal. Yes… the majority of this year’s nonprofits have also implemented good-to-exceptional social media campaigns, but they are also nonprofits whose missions I care about and feel a personal connection to. 10×10 :: @ 10x10Act. Partners In Health :: @ PIH.

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Conservancy Nicaragua Kenya National 279