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How to Communicate Meaningfully with Nonprofit Supporters in an Election Year

Media Cause

Understanding your nonprofit audiences—their hearts and minds, wallets and worlds—is critical to successfully communicating in an election year. One —Acknowledge Your Environment + Lead with Your Mission Yes, the presidential election is important and will be commanding the attention of the media and masses alike.

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Two Tax Policies Affecting Foundations and Nonprofits in 2020

Connection Cafe

You may think this is an odd beginning for a public policy blog, so please bear with me. I hope as you plan for and execute on your 2020 priorities you will keep in mind the many external factors that impact your work and your day-to-day activities. Taking stock allows us to set new priorities and forge new paths.

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Preparing Your Association for AI

Association Analytics

AI has garnered a lot of global and national attention across most industries in recent months. Keep in mind that the more specific the model gets and the more specific the training dataset, the better outcomes you’ll find. The key to determining which tools to work with depends on your goals.

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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

sgEngage

Deciphering Key Questions It is equally as important to determine what to collect as it is to identify what we can stop giving our attention. Now add a layer in your mind showing the people represented in those circles and lines. When we ask our colleagues, board, and partners what questions they have, there are often quite a few.

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3 Grassroots advocacy milestones to meet this month

EveryAction

He likely didn’t have grassroots campaigns in mind when he uttered those words, but Twain’s advice is spot-on for grassroots advocacy practitioners as they make a plan to engage the new Congress. Many organizations delayed their policy agenda-setting until they were certain which party would be in control of each chamber of Congress.

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How can small nonprofits be successful in strategic human resources management?

ASU Lodestar Center

SHRM is the intentional application of formalized policies and practices that create organizational successes by investing in the human capital of employees. A group of this type creates opportunities for growth in SHRM formalizations through peer-reviews and collaborations on policies, employee handbooks and hiring practices.

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Need a copy editor? Look in the mirror

M+R

Keep these in mind next time you are self-editing, and you may find your ideal lede lurking a few lines in to your draft. People who care, yes, or they wouldn’t be your audience — but who very likely have other things on their mind. Most of the time, you don’t need a policy briefing in order to make sense of the call to action.