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How to Deal With Territorial Attitudes in Your Organization

NonProfit PRO

Your work as a fundraiser is to help donors experience the most possible joy through giving by enabling them to give to projects and programs that light them up and will help change the world. And it follows that it should be your goal to create an environment that makes this process easy and delightful for your donor.

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A Technology Assessment Connects Intention and Ability

.orgSource

My writing about digital leadership often focuses on values and attitudes. Do you have a friend whose house looks like it belongs to neat freak Felix Unger, but the closets and drawers are clearly owned by lovable slob Oscar Madison? This Odd Couple disconnect happens to even savvy digital organizations.

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YOUR ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE MAKES LIFE-LONG DONORS

Donor Search

Have an Attitude of Gratitude. Why is an Attitude of Gratitude Important? What’s an Attitude of Gratitude? Want your donors to give again and again? When you sincerely and regularly thank your donors for their gifts, they feel appreciated and connected to your cause beyond the single gift. Smart…

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Nonprofit Survey Unveils Gen Z Insights Into Advocating for Top Issues

NonProfit PRO

American Student Assistance conducted a quantitative study of more than 2,000 13-18-year-olds from across the nation to gain insights into Gen Z's attitudes and behaviors around activism.

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Digital Leaders Enjoy the Thrills

.orgSource

The job demands a strong stomach, a resilient attitude, and the ability to take risks as well as hard knocks. Are you an association professional with your eye on the corner office? If you also like roller coasters, bumper cars, and Whack-a-Mole, you have what it takes. Being the CEO has never been easy. That’s […].

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What Anti-Maskers Can Teach Nonprofits

NonProfit PRO

Last week, I saw an interesting example of how identity influences attitudes. For the last two years, I’ve been studying the impact of identity on prosocial behavior; it’s the topic of my doctoral dissertation. This idea informs the fundraising copy that I write for our clients at Turnkey.

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Finally, A Clear Shift in Attitudes About Measuring Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I detected a clear shift in attitudes in the audience at the conference based on the audience questions. With shifting attitudes, the skills and will to get past hurdles in measurement follow. I didn’t get asked ”What are the best tools to measure followers on Twitter?”

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The Importance of the Thank You: Creating an Attitude of Gratitude

NonProfit Hub

We need to foster an attitude of gratitude and create a culture of thanking our donors. To create an attitude of gratitude , consider the good ole’ fashioned 5Ws and an H: Who is involved in each step of the thank you process? But, to truly engage and retain donors, we need to do so much more!

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How to Approach a Nonprofit Job Interview with a For-Profit Attitude (and Résumé)

EveryAction

Have the right attitude. Now that you have a better idea of how to tout your for-profit accomplishments, here are some interview attitude tips to help you shake off the nerves and put your best self forward. Get creative. One of the most valuable assets you can convey in a nonprofit interview is creativity.

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A Shift from Fundraising to Philanthropy

NonProfit PRO

It is not a bad approach but it has the potential to shift many attitudes for varied reasons. I’ve been engaging donors to support important mission work, special projects and the next big gala for a few years now, and I have noticed a new use of the word “philanthropy” in place of “fundraising.”

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Turning NIMBY into YIMBY! (YES in my Backyard!): A practical community engagement framework will lead to support for your nonprofit programs.

Blue Avocado

To counteract NIMBY attitudes, a two-step framework is presented for proactive community engagement that will build local support. Organizations of all types, and especially those that provide direct social services, are frequently met with a lack of community support and even downright opposition. The post Turning NIMBY into YIMBY!

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How Your Attitude Shapes Your Nonprofit

Connection Cafe

I make a conscious effort not to get overly pessimistic or have an irritable attitude towards my coworkers because I want to be mindful of the type of work environment I’m creating. Keeping that in mind, I’ve put together a few thoughts on how to keep a positive attitude at the workplace, even when things seem dire. Why is that?

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The top 3 attitudes of wildly successful Fundraisers

Get Fully Funded

Adopt these three attitudes and watch things start to change. . . . . Some of them stop watching the news because they don’t want all that negativity about the economy. They focus on the good stuff and on the lives that are being changed by their nonprofit. You can be a wildly successful fundraiser, too!

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Turning NIMBY into YIMBY! (YES in my Backyard!)

Blue Avocado

To counteract NIMBY attitudes, a two-step framework is presented for proactive community engagement that will build local support. Organizations of all types, and especially those that provide direct social services, are frequently met with a lack of community support and even downright opposition. The post Turning NIMBY into YIMBY!

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The top 3 attitudes of wildly successful Fundraisers

Get Fully Funded

Adopt these three attitudes and watch things start to change. . . . . Some of them stop watching the news because they don’t want all that negativity about the economy. They focus on the good stuff and on the lives that are being changed by their nonprofit. You can be a wildly successful fundraiser, too!

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Attitude of Gratitude: our Favorite #UNselfies from #GivingTuesday 2015

EveryAction

Ready or not, it's #GivingTuesday! The single busiest giving day of the year is here, and with it comes one of our favorite social media campaigns, the #UNselfie.

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Are You Done With Digital Transformation?

.orgSource

The willingness to see from a different perspective and the courage to innovate should also characterize your attitude to digital initiatives. Adaptation and resilience were watch-words during the pandemic. Don’t abandon those qualities now that the crisis is over.

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Consumer Attitudes Toward Mobile Giving

NTEN

Despite the continued growth of the medium and tens of millions of dollars raised for North American nonprofit organizations, very little research has been performed on consumer attitudes toward mobile giving.

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What will your attitude help you see?

Get Fully Funded

I believe that our attitudes about our work have a direct impact on the bottom line of our fundraising. Your positive attitude can help you see things in new and different ways. And that willingness stems from a positive attitude about your work. . Tags: General Fundraising Inspiration attitude fundraising.

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DonorPerfect CommUNITY Conference recap: The Future of Community Fundraising

DonorPerfect

Community usually centers around shared attitudes, interests, and goals. A fresh look at community fundraising for 2022 I don’t know about you, but I think the language we use in our personal and professional lives is very powerful. Read More ».

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What the Vietnam War and the Stockdale Paradox Can Teach Us About How to Face 2022

The MatrixFiles

Keeping my team and my family focused on what we CAN control : our work, our attitudes, our routines. Reminding myself and my team that we will come out stronger as a company and as a community. Not romanticizing the olden days , the “normal” days.

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Your New Leader 100-Day Action Plan

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Values -- Believes and moral principles that guide attitudes, decisions, and actions. By Day 30 share with your team: Mission -- Why here, why exist, what business are we in? Vision -- Future picture - what we want to become; where we are going. Objectives -- Broadly defined, qualitative performance requirements.

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Board Meeting Breakouts, Member Feedback and More

Wild Apricot

This week''s link round-up offers insight and ideas on: board meeting breakout sessions, tools for capturing and acting on member feedback, reinventing your events, and developing an "attitude of gratitude". membership Apricot Jam'

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How To Harness Your Experiential Intelligence

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Digging deeper: Mindsets : Your attitudes and beliefs about yourself, other people and the world. Your XQ includes the beliefs and attitudes you hold about yourself, other people, and the world in general, along with the unique abilities that you’ve developed that make you, you.

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Digital Storytelling to Access, Attract and Activate U.S. Donors

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Shifting attitudes in the U.S. When engaging with donors online, organizations will encounter various challenges inherent in geographic distance from those donors, including: Prevalence of fraud. Worldwide competition. Lack of visibility online (limited digital presence). Physical distance from donors. towards international organizations.

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RIP John Haydon

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

” He kept us updated and constantly inspired with his positive attitude. When he was diagnosed with a very rare and deadly form of cancer in 2017, he created a private Facebook Group called “Watch John Beat Cancer.” The community provided support, love, and fun.

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How To Lead Using Good Power

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Change takes time; the right relationships and attitude help us persevere. Drive trust and inclusion in our digital age by doing what’s right for the long term, speaking out, and advocating for others. Be Resilient.

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How To Be Indispensable At Work

Eric Jacobsen Blog

They promote “go-to-ism” – finding other indispensable people throughout the organization and building new go-to people whenever there’s a chance to do so.

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First-Time Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The term reflects an acronym that stands for behaviors, relationships, attitudes, values and environment. Attitudes – Encompassing strategic, posture, and culture choices around how to win. Attitude : encompassing strategic, posture, and culture choices around how to win Relationships : the heart of leadership.

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Steal My Idea, Please! Why An Open Source Attitude Can Make Apps Go Viral

Care2

Last week I got ripped off, but for the first time, I’m happy about it. They didn’t just steal my wallet and phone—they took something that me and a team of people spent months to create. Earlier this week, the world turned 7 billion. Yes, 7 billion people.

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

ASU Lodestar Center

A sector-wide solution must be pursued, creating a shift in attitude toward SHRM within small organizations. These changes among individual small organizations are important to creating the necessary shift in the overall attitude toward SHRM within the nonprofit sector. Solutions.

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How To Be Indispensable At Work

Eric Jacobsen Blog

They promote “go-to-ism” – finding other indispensable people throughout the organization and building new go-to people whenever there’s a chance to do so.

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Is it a movement or a moment?

Candid

The champions transform local attitudes and behaviors related to nutrition, help foster collaboration, and engage decision-makers. For example, across East Africa, our teams work with Youth Champions to elevate awareness of the drivers of hunger, including the climate crisis, conflict, and chronic inequality.

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Feeling Thankful at Forum One

Forum One

Once expressed, it changes attitude, brightens outlook, and broadens our perspective.” ~ Germany Kent , American print and broadcast journalist, HR guru, author, speaker, visionary. Gratitude is one of the most powerful human emotions. I love working with this talented group of people! It makes working at Forum One a pleasure every day.”

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Guest Post: Transcending the middle with a metrics mindset

Twenty Hats

Your attitude predicts your outcome. Be humbled by the sheer volume you see there and then shift your attitude to match it. It’s to prove your worth to yourself in order to transform your attitude! Regardless of your professional circumstances, you and only you control your attitude and mindset.

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7 Ways To Stay Motivated

Eric Jacobsen Blog

These might be people in the office and friends who have bad attitudes. Today, I share one of my favorite sections of the book where Hunter describes his seven things motivated people do to stay motivated : Motivated people ignore voices in their lives. They're out there, and if you're not careful, they'll control you, too.

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The New Method Of Leadership Thinking

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Be prepared to transform your attitude, mindset and habits to break against the status quo. Practicing the Phoenix Attitude enables leaders over time to see, think, and act very differently from the ways they were before. These are the leaders with the Phoenix Attitude.

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5 Persuasive Posts

Wild Apricot

From Mindfully Building Networks to Attitudes of Gratitude, Repelling Attendees and more…. Here are 5 of the posts we've bookmarked on Apricot Jam this week.

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Report Finds Church Membership Active Technology Users

Wild Apricot

A new Pew Research report offers fresh insight into the attitudes and technology use of spiritually active Americans.

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The Phoenix Encounter Method For Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Be prepared to transform your attitude, mindset and habits to break against the status quo. Practicing the Phoenix Attitude enables leaders over time to see, think, and act very differently from the ways they were before. These are the leaders with the Phoenix Attitude.

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