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Flexibility and Resilience Carries the Day for Big Brothers Big Sisters Houston

Greater Giving

For seven years, BBBS hosted BIG Taste of Houston, a popular annual fundraiser that celebrated the local restaurant and bar scene. Taking a new approach to a tried and true formula presents a lot of unknowns, but the fundraising team at BBBS took on this challenge with a spirit of adaptability and a “failure is not an option” attitude.

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Recognizing the Importance of Gratitude

NonProfit Hub

Two days after gathering with family and celebrating all I have to be thankful for, I get together with members of a nonprofit that provides leadership development for high school students. This night is just one of many things we’ve done in the organization to help create an attitude of gratitude. Little Things Matter.

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4 Strategies to Increase Donor Loyalty

Bloomerang

People like to engage, and when you enter them into a raffle for a prize (preferably one that is donated), they’re more likely to join the fun. When you add some fun to a donor’s life, they think of you positively. Get the Attitude of Gratitude Donor Guide. The third is to offer donors opportunities to leverage their giving.

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Help Your Helpers! Top Tips for Managing Volunteers

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Volunteers that have fun together typically stay engaged and retained. Yes, volunteering to execute an event or raising funds for a campaign can be a lot of work, but it should also be fun and fulfilling for your volunteers. It’s never ideal to ask a volunteer to move on to their next opportunity. Final Thoughts.

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5 Keys to Effective Knowledge Transfer for Nonprofits

Wild Apricot

While celebrity endorsements have power in marketing, studies suggest that most people are more open to a transfer or exchange of knowledge with a respected peer. changes in awareness or attitude) or tangible results (e.g. What changes in knowledge, or attitudes, or skills are you looking for, and how might they be measured?

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Two Years Later

Museum 2.0

is celebrating its second birthday. In the last year, I have seen traditional museum attitudes about social media and community co-design go from "why should we care about this?" By the way, the Brooklyn team just won the Groundswell award for social impact , which is sort of like winning an Oscar for social media.)

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All for Green, and Green for All: An Interview with Van Jones

Have Fun - Do Good

He has won many honors, including the 1998 Reebok International Human Rights Award, the International Ashoka Fellowship, selection as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and the Rockefeller Foundation Next Generation Leadership Fellowship. Van Jones is the co-founder and President of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights.

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