ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

posted by Karyn Cooks Fall 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Nonprofit interest in cross-sector collaboration is ramping up due to evaporating resources and increased demand for services. So where should nonprofit leaders begin? Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Build a trusted network. Conclusion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 10, 2011

It is from the recent workshop that NTEN and NPower in Charlotte, NC to help participants understand the power of data to drive decision-making for nonprofits. It’s a topic that NTEN’s executive director, Holly Ross, has covered with this must-read post: “ Four Ways Nonprofits Can Increase Their Impact With Data.”.

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sgEngage

JULY 8, 2022

It’s essential to understand what AI is (marketing aside) and what it’s uniquely suited to do when exploring products to benefit your nonprofit or school. AI and machine learning predictions are—essentially—a collection of algebraic equations that articulate the most probable outcome to a very specific question.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

There are many ways your nonprofit can test the AI waters , h owever, in this post, we’re focusing on how you can use AI to improve your organization’s written content. Like many nonprofits, Eventgroove is a small company. That shift in mindset is one we at Eventgroove urge any nonprofit to lean into.

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Media Cause

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Making sure that our visions align is crucial, and success depends heavily on communication: asking the right questions from the start and helping whoever the request is coming from to articulate their needs when they might lack the creative language to do so feasibly. Each nonprofit has their own (usually very specific) mission statement.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2022

Bloomerang, the complete donor management solution for thousands of small and medium-sized nonprofits, today announced that it has been identified as the leader in the Spring 2022 Mid-Market Grid® Report for Fundraising by G2 , the world’s largest and most trusted software marketplace. Best Results. Best Relationship. Best Support.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2019

posted by Tomasa Ravines Burga Fall 2018 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Goodwill, AmeriCorps and Girl Scouts are good examples in the nonprofit sector. But what about most nonprofits, without national recognition? There are more than one million nonprofits in the U.S.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The nonprofit fundraising numbers make a compelling case for a strong end-of-year effort. To take advantage of these powerful giving trends, preparation is key to ensure your organization secures meaningful results when competing with organizations across cause areas that are making a similar appeal. Is there drop off? If so, where?

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.orgSource

APRIL 25, 2023

Both for-profit and other nonprofits are targeting members with education and product options. You risk hiring someone who will be unhappy as a result of multiple misunderstandings due to the speedy process. Know your organization’s actual characteristics and practice articulating those qualities.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

Leaders at companies, global brands, nonprofits, and everyone in between are asking that important question: what is a purpose-driven company? It starts with articulating a clear, authentic, and long-term purpose — something that is true today, and that guides the organization into the future. What is a purpose-driven business?

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 6, 2022

“We are excited to announce our partnership with 108 ideaspace, a leading certified Salesforce implementation partner in Canada, focusing on the association and nonprofit markets” says Tim Burke, Sr. Director of Enterprise Sales & Alliances. ” .

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

You may be wondering where to focus your fundraising as we emerge from the fog of 2020 and into, perhaps, a less cloudy future when it comes to nonprofit giving trends. Charitable giving was up in 2020 , and projections for nonprofit giving trends in 2021 and 2022 are even rosier. Nonprofit Giving Trends on the Horizon.

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Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

When I talk with nonprofit and foundation leaders, many ask me how to ensure they get the right consultant for their projects. Here’s my advice for finding the right consultant for your nonprofit. . Your nonprofit feels ready or has a clear need to bring in a skilled consultant, but how do you find the right one? . It depends.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

You might be inspired to bring your idea to life by starting a nonprofit. million registered nonprofits in the United States, making these charitable organizations a staple of modern society. However, any new nonprofit needs a strong foundation to thrive. Around 30% of nonprofits cease to exist within 10 years of their founding.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 10, 2022

As a nonprofit leader guiding your staff through changes over the last two years, you might have investigated change management. Change management is a set of tools and techniques your nonprofit can use to build buy-in and support staff members as you lead an organizational change. Benefits of Change Management for Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2013

How Nonprofits Measure Success of Video. See3, YouTube and Edelman have released a new report and guide for nonprofits about using video. The report, “I nto Focus: Benchmarks for Video and A Guide for Creators ,” is based on a survey of 500 nonprofits and interviews with experts (including me).

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

We see nonprofits around the world adding QR codes to their direct mail appeals or posters at onsite events to drive online giving. It means more dollars raised, faster met results, and hopefully, more fun for you and your community in the process. Crowdfund your way to a smashing success: Concentrate your focus. Share the impact.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 19, 2021

posted by Jessica Tudyk Fall 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Grantmaking foundations have the financial resources that nonprofit organizations need to accomplish their work. Nonprofit organizations are doing the work essential to further the grantmaking foundation’s mission.

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Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A Major gifts officer cultivates high-level donors, connecting with them individually to build relationships that significantly impact your nonprofit. Goal Setting, Organization, & Other Skills These questions aim to identify the candidate’s comfort with and belief in the importance of goals, metrics, and measuring actions to results (vs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Keo Savon, the young Cambodian woman supported by Measuring Networked Nonprofit book royalties. We are honored to have Laura Arrillaga-Andreeseen, Author of Giving 2.0 , write the foreword and it articulates from the donor perspective why nonprofits need to embrace measurement and learning.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 12, 2019

posted by Tomasa Ravines Burga Fall 2018 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. Goodwill, AmeriCorps and Girl Scouts are good examples in the nonprofit sector. But what about most nonprofits, without national recognition? There are more than one million nonprofits in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2014

As KD Paine and I wrote in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” measuring your social media channels, overall communications or marketing strategy is not a form of voodoo black magic; it is an art and a science. Photo by Notemily. So, what does it take to do the art and science of measuring your marketing or communication strategies well?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

One of the biggest problems nonprofits face is improving their low donor retention rate. Remember: Averages are a useful starting point, but there are all sorts of reasons why your results may deviate from the norm. If you’re a brand new nonprofit, it’s going to take you a while to get up to speed. Let’s say you’re a food bank.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 29, 2009

Flickr Photo by Cursed Thing Last year at this time, I was in Austin, TX doing a keynote workshop for Legal Services Corporation on the ROI of Nonprofit Technology. I shared case studies and tips for nonprofits on measuring efficiency and effectiveness and looking at tangible/intangible benefits. I think that is dangerous.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Consider this: When people think about making a charitable gift, they often think of the familiar, more well-known, well-publicized nonprofits. Sometimes multiple nonprofits are serving the same population with variant programs. Many nonprofits are doing work in areas of great interest to them, but they haven’t made that connection.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

It takes an entrepreneurial heart to start a nonprofit, fundraising and marketing skills to grow it, and leadership skills to manage it. There are lots of things to keep an eye on to run a successful nonprofit so you can change more lives! It should be easy to understand and you need to be able to articulate it clearly.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A year-end fundraising appeal is the persuasive content a nonprofit organization uses to ask for financial support for at the end of the year (aka during the height of the giving season). And, of course, a strong appeal results in stronger donations, and stronger donor retention. What Is A Fundraising Appeal?

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BoardAssist

JANUARY 30, 2018

One of the many ways that BoardAssist placements make an impact on the boards they join is by spearheading the fundraising campaign of the nonprofit boards they join. What these folks miss is that helping fund the good work your nonprofit does is one of the most important roles that a board member can play.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

As a best practice, use a constituent relationship manager (CRM) such as those included in EveryAction’s guide to picking a nonprofit CRM to help organize and monitor your campaign’s success. People crave a clearly articulated goal to connect with and promote. In general, use this structure for best results: Map out a story arc.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 24, 2013

Board members sometimes stand in the way of what their nonprofit needs most. And board members often are as bad as donors at forcing nonprofits to ignore the very real costs of the work they do and their very real need for organization building dollars. Stop asking your nonprofit staff to get by with less and less.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Your nonprofit is on a never ending journey to understand your supporters. When you have a strong grasp of your audience’s motivations, you can increase donations, volunteer hours, advocacy actions, and the overall public opinion of your nonprofit. This is done through a process called nonprofit market research.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2014

These are methods for developing solutions (any type) in service of people. By applying this approach to program development or strategy, your nonprofit can get more impactful results. We introduced ourselves by drawing a picture on a sticky note and using the speech bubble sticky to articulate a challenge in our practice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

David La Piana has been a long-time consultant to scores of nonprofits as well as with the OE program, helping nonprofits develop strategic plans. ” But after doing research , we learned that nonprofits rarely filled in the year 4 or year 5 – not due to laziness, but because the world has gotten more complex.”

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

What do you think of when you think of nonprofit branding? Both of these are examples of nonprofits that have developed a highly-recognizable and trustworthy brand. We’ll cover the following points: Why is branding important for nonprofits? How to Brand a Nonprofit Organization. How to Brand a Nonprofit Organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2011

I’ve been mulling over the “Social Media ROI&# concept and how it doesn’t necessarily work for nonprofits, especially when it applied as a litmus test to see if there are financial outcomes — cost reductions or increased revenue. It defines all the results required to bring about a given long-term goal.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 12, 2021

We need to anchor our work in the outcome and end result – connecting to the mission as motivation of why we do what we do. Gift officer managers (and really all leaders) need to have: A clear and articulated vision of success that aligns with the mission. Some things have changed on the edges but the core skills are the same.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

Example of A/B Testing Results. I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. The nonprofits that embrace measurement have a data-driven culture. What is needed for nonprofit organizations to make this shift? What is the difference?

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