Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

You need a big, hairy, audacious goal (BHAG) to attract tons of attention and support for your cause. It should be easy to understand and you need to be able to articulate it clearly. And they tend to deal with the crisis du jour instead of working purposefully on things that will move them forward toward their goals.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 18, 2021

While each department is focused on its specific goals, rather than the overall organizational mission and vision, it’s easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. Or more detrimental—not consistently being able to articulate what the bigger picture even is. . You give in to boredom. . Maybe you have a brand.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

It starts with articulating a clear, authentic, and long-term purpose — something that is true today, and that guides the organization into the future. This is increasingly important now, at a time when companies are being challenged to make tough choices and corporate social responsibility is top of mind. What’s next? Take CVS Health.

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Candid

MAY 20, 2021

There’s no reason why organizations can’t use the key principles of capital campaign fundraising to reach smaller goals over shorter periods of time. Figure out how much addressing that need will cost and develop a working goal for the campaign. Identify the 20 people you can reach out to for the top three or four gift levels.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Articulate your mission in a simple statement you can really call upon. Keep a journal of your mentoring journey so that you can track your goals and progress. Mentoring focuses on big-picture, long-term goals. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership? The mission statement should reflect this.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2019

Articulate your mission in a simple statement you can really call upon. Keep a journal of your mentoring journey so that you can track your goals and progress. Mentoring focuses on big-picture, long-term goals. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership? The mission statement should reflect this.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 21, 2019

Articulate your mission in a simple statement you can really call upon. Keep a journal of your mentoring journey so that you can track your goals and progress. Mentoring focuses on big-picture, long-term goals. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership? The mission statement should reflect this.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 3, 2017

Articulate your mission in a simple statement you can really call upon. Keep a journal of your mentoring journey so that you can track your goals and progress. Mentoring focuses on big-picture, long-term goals. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership? The mission statement should reflect this.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 15, 2017

Articulate your mission in a simple statement you can really call upon. Keep a journal of your mentoring journey so that you can track your goals and progress. Mentoring focuses on big-picture, long-term goals. What do you hope to achieve with your partnership? The mission statement should reflect this.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

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? With these big plans in mind, it’s crucial to create a brand that can withstand the test of time. Positioning.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2019

Before Jack Welch retired, he was quoted as saying, “Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.”. Without a vision for where you’re headed, your philanthropic goals are likely to go out the window with your New Year’s resolutions … sometime in late March.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

Clear, effective communication that articulates the nonprofit’s message and goals. Keep in mind that just because donations are automated doesn’t mean your organization should fall behind on follow-up communications and expressions of gratitude. Carving out time to interact with major donors face-to-face. Send thank-you gifts.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Most people don’t write grants with this in mind. You can, however, include a very humanistic and ethical picture by using research versus flowery language or jargon. Step #3) A – Articulate the goal(s) of a grant An A rticulate goal is the main aim that will result because of your program and will solve your problem statement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

With that in mind, here are nine marketing lessons other nonprofits can take away from charity: water. They employ numbers throughout their site to make people feel aligned with thousands of others, and they give a face and a voice to those thousands with pictures, videos and written stories.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2018

Clearly articulating to donors how their contributions are being used and how that fits into the bigger picture can help to show donors that they’re an important part of the team. As a result, organizations that share donor statements leave no doubt in the minds of donors about the difference they’re making.”

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2010

This question is a byproduct of the reality that most participatory projects have poorly articulated value. When a participatory activity is designed without a goal in mind, you end up with a bunch of undervalued stuff and nowhere to put it. What's the "use" of visitors' comments?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 6, 2007

With these goals, I think that I'm beginning to feel limited by MovieMaker. Now that I know how to incorporate this technique into the editing, I need to keep this in the back of mind when in the field shooting. Be able to capture "b" roll that I can actually use. Editing between cuts/transitions.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Articulate Your Brand Characteristics. It is one of the first things that come to mind when people think about you. But, no matter your budget, each picture will be worth a thousand words. Start by identifying your brand characteristics, as discussed below. They describe how your nonprofit is perceived by the general public.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 22, 2019

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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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

My goal here is to give you as much value as possible in lots of different ways. And I’ve been able to see other people’s make that shift in their minds, other nonprofits and leaders. And I think this day I took this picture was the day that I really started to ask this question. And so I want to say thank you.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

These fundraisers can’t wrap their minds around coming out and asking someone for money. On the other hand, they’re free to fund what they propose and that you decide aligns with your capabilities, mission, and goals. Put that out of my mind. Oh, you look at this picture. I shutter to think about that meeting.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 29, 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010 Create Core Values Sometimes when you are leading an organization or business and struggling to articulate your core values, it helps to see how others have stated theirs. Below are the 10 core values of Zappos.com, a company founded in 1999 with the goal of becoming the premiere destination for online shoes.

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