Greater Giving

JUNE 1, 2023

It goes beyond financial contributions and encompasses volunteerism, advocacy, and raising awareness. These organizations work tirelessly to provide advocacy, education, healthcare, mental health support, and legal assistance. Sharing your skills can help these organizations operate more effectively and amplify their impact.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

With five packed days of online content, the Digital Strategy Summit 2024 can help your nonprofit organization skill-up in a new digital landscape! It's a comprehensive learning experience with session content that is backed up by case studies and immediately applicable to your advocacy and fundraising programs this year.

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 4, 2023

For example, AAPACN has research that shows having at least one AAPACN-certified nurse at a skilled nursing facility improves quality outcomes and increases reimbursement rates. The Pet Advocacy Network meets members at industry events to solicit feedback and share what Pet Advocacy is doing to showcase the industry and its issues.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

By posting descriptions that accurately describe a position’s duties and responsibilities, your candidates will be able to tell whether their skills and interests will align and if the position is ultimately a good fit for both them and your organization. Preferred skills. Necessary experience.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

By posting descriptions that accurately describe a position’s duties and responsibilities, your candidates will be able to tell whether their skills and interests will align and if the position is ultimately a good fit for both them and your organization. Preferred skills. Necessary experience.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Explore Media Cause experts’ top five communication tips to consider as you roll out your advocacy , fundraising , and engagement strategies during an election year. This year’s calendar requires careful planning and timing based on your organization, issue area, and advocacy, fundraising, and campaign activations.

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

For instance, your association might consider creating advocacy campaigns and scheduling lobby days. With a centralized location, you’ll be able to access past behaviors and demographics of your members quickly and efficiently, which will come in handy as you embrace and improve your prompt engineering skills.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

It encompasses activities such as community organizing, advocacy, and public service, empowering individuals to contribute to their communities. By investing in the development of organizational skills, leadership capabilities, and strategic planning, foundations help grantees become more resilient and effective in their work.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Their mission is to enrich the lives of individuals of all beliefs, with cognitive or developmental disabilities, by fostering independence, inclusion, and self-advocacy. Training in home management, self-care, employment, and other skills are provided through Emmaus Homes. Advocacy and Volunteering. Shared Living.

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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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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 1, 2015

Kimberly Dulin is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub and the Partnership Manager for Catchafire , a for-purpose social mission business that makes skills-based connections between volunteers and nonprofit organizations. Get the Skinny on the Skills-Based Sector. Enter: Skills-based volunteering.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Seattle, Washington: Bolder and Wiser: Nonprofit Advocacy Rights (Part 2). Seattle, Washington: Recruit, Engage, and Retain a Great Board. Monday, October 30, 2017. Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin: Giving Tuesday Brainstorming. Tuesday, October 31, 2017. Central and South America. Wednesday, October 4, 2017. Africa and Middle East.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 3, 2017

Washington, District of Columbia: Online Advocacy Strategies — Mobilizing for Action. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Skill Extension: Maps (on the Green Line) | Sponsors: Maptime MSP Meetup, CARTO. San Francisco, California: Impact Investing 101: Panel Discussion. Tuesday, January 24, 2017. Wednesday, January 25, 2017.

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Whether delivering services, providing pro bono support, governing as a board member, or sending advocacy emails, volunteers play vital roles in mission-fulfillment. Want to balance all these hats, while still getting your work done? Become an effective internal partner.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Whether you’re looking to brush up on best practices for annual appeals, boost your fundraising game on social media this GivingTuesday , or build expert storytelling skills to win over supporters this giving season and beyond, we’ve got you covered with this list of 12 free nonprofit books.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

Alternately, you might be thinking about building an advisory committee around advocacy. These questions should help you make sure you are recruiting people with the right skill sets who can represent experiences and voices that you may not have on your staff. For more on the role of advocacy in nonprofits, check out this article. ︎

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Trust and communication skills. Also, online communication skills are lacking at many NGOs compared with the online marketing skills at e-commerce sites. Fundar is a 20-year old Mexican NGO in the filed of research and advocacy to fight corruption, impunity, and to adovcate for human rights.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Byte Back is a nonprofit computer skills and career training center located in Washington, D.C. Glenn taught himself the skills needed to maintain and repair computers. They achieve this through transformative digital advocacy, digital literacy, and tech certification training. They simply had to prove they could fix a computer.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2016

With Silk , developing custom websites, maintaining them, or creating complex data visualizations can be within anyone's reach, regardless of tech skills. Sometimes, it requires taking a step back to gain perspective on all the different ways data storytelling can enhance advocacy efforts. We're helping to bridge that gap.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

His work is focused on nonprofits, advocacy, and public affairs. Hint: If you have some Excel skills, you can store all of your donation data in one sheet and use PivotTables to create a really helpful data dashboard. His work is focused on nonprofits, advocacy, and public affairs. Campaign Tactics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2017

The subject matter, of course, the effective use of digital and networks that is holistic and that incorporates on culture change, innovation, and collaboration skills. If you do capacity building and training on advocacy for social change, especially in the digital area, does this resonate with you?

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Forum One

MARCH 7, 2023

Their work includes research, education for families and health professionals, support for families directly affected by the maternal health crisis, and advocacy. Their goals are to end preventable maternal health risks and deaths, end preventable preterm birth and infant death, and close the health equity gap.

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Nucleus

MARCH 2, 2021

of mainstream companies report that they continue to struggle with cultural challenges relating to organizational alignment, business processes, change management, communication, people skill sets, and resistance or lack of understanding to enable change. In the 2021 survey, 92.2%

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 9, 2016

In my last post, I answered the age-old questions, “ Can my 501(c)(3) really engage in advocacy? ” With that settled, it’s time to move on to the benefits of advocacy. How can advocacy make a measurable difference for your organization? All this being said, advocacy can be difficult to quantify. New advocates.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 6, 2021

The National Council of Nonprofits as of 2019 has found that “nonprofits with the most extraordinary levels of impact do not focus exclusively on either policy advocacy or direct service – the highest performing nonprofits do both.” Organizational support is a precondition for successful public policy advocacy. Establish support.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

Common subjects include strategic planning, communications, advocacy, and community needs assessments. . 6) Funding or Engaging in Advocacy . Loose, short-term affiliations also can be valuable for advocacy work. Ask about fields or skills they want to learn. Consider inviting more funders.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Ever wanted to use open data in support of your advocacy campaigns? With 50 groups in 20 countries, there's probably a NetSquared group near you (but if there isn't, we'd love to help you start a new meetup ). :-). Or learn how to use Excel better? Need help finding the right WordPress plugin for your website?

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

Outline engaging activities and events that align with your mission but also provide opportunities for members to actively participate and contribute their skills. Develop a Public Relations Plan Advocacy is about being the voice of change. Don’t stop there!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

We use free and open source software whenever possible, but we're pragmatic and work with what our human rights monitoring and advocacy partners need, so our environment is a pretty eclectic mix. High level of attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and ability to balance/manage multiple simultaneous tasks on your own.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2022

While you’re discussing “why are you here,” discuss what skills they are expected to bring to the board. These may be professional skills, a deep interest in your mission, personal or professional connections, or some combination of these. Find out where their skills are in this area and use them! What’s a Nonprofit?

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Their grantmaking aims to ensure that American public education prepares all students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need to fully participate in democracy and thrive in the global economy. They support strategic partners that focus on helping children succeed via a comprehensive approach to education. Kars4Kids Foundation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

The tools I am currently using are Facebook, two Twitter accounts (one for National messaging via @PanCAN and one specifically for advocacy efforts via @Advocate4PanCAN), YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace and Delicious. Launched the advocacy Twitter handle in January 2010 (@Advocate4PanCAN) and it is growing steadily.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2022

The 4th edition of the Salesforce.org Nonprofit Trends Report highlighted the positive impact nonprofits have experienced from investment in new payment methods, technologies, and skills. As fundraising programmes continue to become inherently digital, roles, skills, and ways of working are rapidly changing. About the Author.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Training and capacity building: Offer training programs, workshops, and resources for journalists to improve their skills, adapt to new technologies, and stay competitive. Research and advocacy: Conduct research on the state of local journalism, produce reports, and advocate for policies that support the industry.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 2, 2021

They do pretty much everything online – from dating and movies to advocacy. Project-based work and opportunities to build leadership skills are highly valuable to a generation that’s keen on professional development. They’re accustomed to a high level of connectivity and instant gratification.

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Qgiv

MARCH 12, 2024

Corporate social responsibility programs can also include volunteer programs, providing nonprofits with much needed volunteers with a wider range of professional skills. Increased volunteer recruitment. These programs can also include pro bono services as an in-kind donation to the nonprofit Expanded audience.

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Kindful

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The Colorado Health Foundation addresses the behavioral health needs of their state by fostering the social-emotional development of children, equipping youth and young adults with resiliency skills, and giving adults—with mental health disorders and substance abuse challenges—continued support on their recovery journey. Areas served: Texas.

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