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The Fresh, New Approach For How Governmental Leaders Achieve Unparalleled Success

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Kettl share compelling and instructive stories about some of today’s most successful bridgebuilders—federal state, and local government leaders who transcend boundaries and partner across sectors, to achieve success and meet their goals. What are a few lessons from the book that are particularly applicable to non-governmental leaders?

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Using Inkind Donations To Help You Grow Your Nonprofit

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When you think about an inkind gift, you may think of stuff, such as bottled water and packaged snacks for events or hotel-sized shampoo and conditioner for a shelter serving homeless families. For example, a homeless shelter in my area was given a piece of property in a prestigious community.

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What you need to know BEFORE you start a nonprofit

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Tutor students so they can reach their potential in school? Think about your audience as someone who doesn’t know anything about food insecurity, homelessness, first generation college students, or animal abuse. If you want to help first generation college students, how do you want to help them? Feed people?

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The Ultimate Guide to Volunteer Recruitment: 15+ Strategies

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They walk dogs at your animal shelter, ask for donations on your behalf, and spend their Saturday afternoons tutoring students. For example, if teaching is your profession, you might feel most comfortable and fulfilled when spending your volunteering time tutoring young students. But volunteers don’t just appear out of thin air.

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Road Trip! Fundraising, Advocacy, Community Building, Storytelling and Recruitment on the Road.

Care2

Road trips are an excellent platform for causes to tell important stories, engage volunteers, and fundraise in an innovative way. Recruiting applicants to a fellowship program. telling the stories of homeless individuals across the United States has been well documented. Boaz ran his trip as a free agent story teller.

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How to acquire and engage new advocacy audiences

EveryAction

Use case: It Gets Better When Media Cause partnered with It Gets Better to acquire and connect a LGBTQ+ youth audience around the globe, we relied on audience insights that showed the power of student-led initiatives and the popularity of channels like TikTok to run a paid media campaign.

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10 Organizations Leading The Way This Mental Health Awareness Month

Everyaction

Lack of access to appropriate mental health care carries serious consequences, including increased likelihood of hospitalization, homelessness, incarceration, and suicide. Positive Education Program is a unique organization, originally created as a consultant to area school districts to help them serve their most challenging students.