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Top Interview Questions For Hiring a Major Gifts Officer

Allegiance Group

A Major gifts officer cultivates high-level donors, connecting with them individually to build relationships that significantly impact your nonprofit. But not all of these may be immediately on display when you’re interviewing someone – so you have to ask the right questions to find out! What is a Major Gifts Officer?

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Interview with Greg McKeown about #EssentialLive

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday, I was able to interview Greg to learn more about his massive social experiment called EssentialLive to get many people to try Essentialism for a year. The principles of Essentialism teaches us to know the difference and use our resources wisely. Video is here ). Greg describes it as “Living a happy life.”

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Building Community with Digital Storytelling: Online Community Meetup Recap

Tech Soup

Jones and Lasica spoke on the topic of using storytelling for community building. During interviews being presents means even allowing silence so your subject can move at a pace that is comfortable for them. Doing this builds the trust required for your subject to open up. Bonus tip) Teach a lesson.

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How to Start a Nonprofit: 12 Essential Steps for Success

Bloomerang

This guide will teach you what you need to know to get your new organization up and running. Can you clearly articulate the issue you’re hoping to solve? During these interviews, ask them about their educational background, professional experience, familiarity with your mission, and experience as a member of your community.

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Who’s Responsible for A Nonprofit’s Culture of Philanthropy?

Bloomerang

What can the fundraiser do to help build and instill this culture? Here are some good places to begin: Building a Culture of Philanthropy in Your Organization , Simone Joyaux, Nonprofit Quarterly. No one should fall back on “that’s not my job” when it comes to passionately and proactively articulating your vision, mission, and values.

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Take Command -- How To Be A First Responder In Business (Interview With Author Jake Wood)

Eric Jacobsen Blog

This week, Wood, answered questions about his book, the lessons he teaches, and the remarkable work of Team Rubicon. But if you have established a strong organizational culture and have clearly articulated the vision and strategies of the organization then there''s nothing to fear.

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Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We introduced ourselves by drawing a picture on a sticky note and using the speech bubble sticky to articulate a challenge in our practice. Since we were spending two days together, working on collaborative exercises, a good opening where we could introduce ourselves and make connections was important.