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Bright Idea: Create Fun School Fundraisers at Just the Right Time

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Communities in Schools of Central Texas is a nonprofit that works to prevent students from dropping out of school. In addition to providing individual student support, they work to ensure school environments are safe and inclusive for all students. There are many ways you can draw attention to your mission if that’s the case.

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Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards Winners Announced

Amy Sample Ward

Both large and small nonprofits earned top honors this week for their attention-getting taglines, demonstrating again that an organization of any size can craft a powerful, pithy motto to build awareness and connect with its key audiences. © — PA Breast Cancer Coalition. SIFE (Students In Free Enterprise). A heart for the world.

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Captivology: The Science of Capturing People’s Attention

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The book shares how and why our mind pays attention to some events, ideas, or people and not others. Parr uses the metaphor of building a fire to describe how capturing attention works. There are three stages starting with ignition, what captures immediate attention. It is based on reciprocity.

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How to Show Visual Impact on Your Online Donation Forms

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That said, don’t draw too much attention from your donation form. Minds Matter of Los Angeles added a background image of the students that benefit from their programs. Let’s look at some examples: Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance. Since background images need to be large, the experience will be more immersive for donors!

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Moving on to my next adventure

Judi Sohn

It’s likely going to be another long one, so for those of you who just want it short and bittersweet, here it is: I will be leaving Fight Colorectal Cancer at the end of this year to join Convio’s Common Ground team. Colorectal cancer isn’t the death sentence it was in 1998 when my father was diagnosed.

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NonProfit Work and Us

Museum 2.0

I mean, we’re not not curing cancer. First, I think that museums need to think about their staff as a stakeholder group worthy of just as much time, attention, energy, and evaluation as visitors or donors. Everything feels like it’s on fire, sometimes because the rainforest actually is! First Image credit: Paru Ramesh

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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, an organization seeking to support those with cancer might see if local cancer care clinics are willing to post flyers advertising your program. Students make great volunteers!