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The Practice of Personal Gratitude in Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

As a nonprofit director, you probably already have your organization on your heart and mind 24/7. Block off five minutes a day for gratitude mindfulness. Write down your feelings, especially the ones you have trouble articulating. Stop playing the comparison game. Your nonprofit is an extension of yourself.

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Millennials and Direct Mail Campaigns: A Crash Course

Achieve

Emails are also direct marketing, but the sheer number of emails received throughout the day can make them feel less meaningful in comparison to a few personalized letters. . Traditional mail is a form of direct marketing—each message is addressed to an individual and can be customized to speak to them specifically. Thank you cards.

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The Comprehensive Guide to Nonprofit Branding

DNL OmniMedia

Here are a few tips to keep in mind when doing so: Recognize that branding goes far beyond choosing a logo and color palette. When you think of powerful nonprofit brands, what comes to mind? Are there different perceptions depending on the type of stakeholders— such as those of volunteers in comparison to board members?

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The Public Argument About Arts Support as Seen through the Lens of the Detroit Institute of Arts

Museum 2.0

But the arguments trotted out represent how far we have to go in articulating the public value of arts institutions (and helping our supporters speak the same language). I hunted through the Detroit Free Press discussion with the second ripple effect in mind, but I couldn't find evidence of it in the comments.

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NTEN and TechSoup Webinar: Share Your Story - ROI and Social Media - Slides and Notes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Clearly articulated benefits statement that looks at tangible and intangible. Financial calculations: net gain, opportunity cost, or comparison to other method. If you lay it step-by-step, it includes these: Smart Objective. Defined Audience. Use of metrics to measure your results. Communicating the results.

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Building My Leadership Tribe in the American Express Leadership Academy

ASU Lodestar Center

And yet, according to that April 2019 HBR study, Educating the Next Generation of Leaders , “the most difficult skills to teach, measure, or even articulate are leading, communicating, relating, and energizing groups,” all of which require collaborative learning environments, individual coaching and personalized learning plans.

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[VIDEO] Building Your Nonprofit’s Engagement Engine

Bloomerang

A lot of the work we do at Big Duck is about helping organizations articulate their voice. Well, it’s the level of awareness and understanding that a product, a program, a service, or your organization has in people’s minds. How much is it front of mind for me?

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