Bloomerang

MAY 1, 2021

Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D., Claire runs “Clairification School” online, teaches the CFRE course that certifies professional fundraisers, and is a regular contributor to Guidestar, NonProfit PRO and Maximize Social Business. So help your colleagues by asking away.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 24, 2021

Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D., Claire runs “Clairification School” online, teaches the CFRE course that certifies professional fundraisers, and is a regular contributor to Guidestar, NonProfit PRO and Maximize Social Business. So help your colleagues by asking away.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

Teach your staff to fish: People aren’t born knowing how to build a major donor pipeline and expertly move folks through this pipeline. Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D., You have the wrong person in this job; their strengths lie elsewhere. Provide training and/or coaching.

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Develop Gift Charity Teach 123

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 25, 2012

This Memorial Day, as you select the books you plan to read for pleasure this summer, how about adding to the list at least one business book. Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership.

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Bloomerang

MAY 8, 2021

First carefully assess if: (1) this meshes with your college’s goals and objectives, and (2) you have a reasonable business plan suggesting you have a good chance of sustaining this new venture over time. If there’s a market, would your new business have competition? How would you promote the center’s services to the community?

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Gift Proposal Law Charity 97

NTEN

JUNE 6, 2023

Here are three tools I created or co-authored that can help you match skills to roles: Nonprofit Data & Tech Skill-Building Checklist — a worksheet that provides an inventory of technology and data-related skills and a way to rate your skills or those of a team member or job candidate. Everyone is already so busy.

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Bloomerang

MAY 8, 2021

First carefully assess if: (1) this meshes with your college’s goals and objectives, and (2) you have a reasonable business plan suggesting you have a good chance of sustaining this new venture over time. If there’s a market, would your new business have competition? How would you promote the center’s services to the community?

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Gift Proposal Law Charity 87

Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2021

Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D., Claire runs “Clairification School” online, teaches the CFRE course that certifies professional fundraisers, and is a regular contributor to Guidestar, NonProfit PRO and Maximize Social Business. So help your colleagues by asking away.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 18, 2021

What do you want to teach your children and grandchildren? . Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D., Twitter | LinkedIn | The post [ASK AN EXPERT] How to Engage Major Donor Prospects Who Blow Hot, then Cold appeared first on Bloomerang. So help your colleagues by asking away.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

Faced with existential crises thanks to the pandemic and the social upheaval of the past year, businesses of all stripes (nonprofits included) went into survival mode. To adapt and thrive, says Solis, businesses and organizations must take a more profound and humanistic approach to transformation. Stay tuned for part 2 and part 3. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

International Training Work: Most of my work is designing and delivering capacity building projects for nonprofits literally all over the world. This past year I had the honor of facilitating an intense training in Tunisia in January for Women Entrepreneurs that included leadership, entrepreneurship, business planning, and communications.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 3, 2021

Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D., Claire runs “Clairification School” online, teaches the CFRE course that certifies professional fundraisers, and is a regular contributor to Guidestar, NonProfit PRO and Maximize Social Business. So help your colleagues by asking away.

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Bloomerang

MAY 29, 2021

These things especially matter with in-kind donations that save you money you would otherwise have spent in the normal course of business. This will assure you don’t get into the business of valuing the donations. Alternatively, you can list these donors in your general individual or business donor categories with an asterisk.

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Donor Gift Professional Advice 110

Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

And why forecasting for “going back to normal” is not a good business plan. You may have focused more on individual major giving since foundations and businesses were cutting back. . How does your business model incorporate today’s constituent perspectives? And the difference between “iteration” and “innovation.” Be the light.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

Published Book Three: In 2016, I published “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout ,” with co-author Aliza Sherman. Stay tuned for more information in 2017, but I will be very busy writing facilitator process guides based on my decades of experience as a trainer and sharing that on this blog.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

People’s desire for instant gratification today is real, and folks are used to businesses responding to them more or less immediately. Keep in mind that you’ve got about 7 seconds to get them to open your message; if they’re busy at the time and don’t click on it, they probably won’t come back.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

Or as my mentor and teacher Hank Rosso said years ago: “ Fundraising is the gentle art of teaching the joy of giving.”. to raise $1), business and/or foundation grants ($0.20 Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D., People Yearn to Express their Love . Philanthropically.

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Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2021

Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D., Claire runs “Clairification School” online, teaches the CFRE course that certifies professional fundraisers, and is a regular contributor to Guidestar, NonProfit PRO and Maximize Social Business. So help your colleagues by asking away.

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Bloomerang

MAY 3, 2021

Here’s what one reader of my Clairification blog recently wrote in response to a post I authored on The Real Skinny on Nonprofit Donor Thank You’s : One day in conversation with a donor, the subject of my notes came up. Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D.,

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

You may know I love applying lessons from other disciplines to nonprofit fundraising and marketing; recently an article from Merkle inspired me to consider how the social benefit sector might use commercial business insights to increase donor loyalty. You may not think of it this way yet, but you’re in the happiness delivery business.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D., Claire runs “Clairification School” online, teaches the CFRE course that certifies professional fundraisers, and is a regular contributor to Guidestar, NonProfit PRO and Maximize Social Business. Looking for more guidance?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Candidly and step-by-step, with a book chapter devoted to each of the 11 strategies, Barnett teaches you how to: Regain confidence and optimism after a job loss. Brand and market yourself with a unique resume and strategic LinkedIn profile. Ask a thoughtful question about the business as well.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 5, 2021

Candidly and step-by-step, with a book chapter devoted to each of the 11 strategies, Barnett teaches you how to: Regain confidence and optimism after a job loss. Brand and market yourself with a unique resume and strategic LinkedIn profile. Ask a thoughtful question about the business as well.

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Strategy Interview Job Chapter 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Or maybe you have a board member who works in the business world and is or has connections to people who work in finance, market research, or analytics. Recruit Through LinkedIn: On LinkedIn profiles, members can “signal” their interest in skilled volunteering for a nonprofit.

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Data Help Measure Analysis 107

Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2021

Today I want to help you avoid my mistake by teaching you what I’ve learned. Yet the bigger organizations tend to know this stuff because they have a system in place where staff teach other staff and train their replacements. . Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2016

” Author Michael Michalko created the “ Think Pack ” to accompany his book on creativity techniques, Thinker Toys. In my own practice as a trainer, I have created several card games to teach social media and communication strategy. But I have not seen a card game linked to design thinking and a social problem.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

As you think about what business books you want to read next year, how about adding to the list at least one book from the list below. A couple years ago, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership.

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Leadership Law Arts Lesson 62

Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

Most donors are well-intentioned; they’re just busy. Identify potential foundation and business funders. . TIP: Make it as easy as possible for leaders to review your business and foundation prospect lists. Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D.,

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Action Strategy Donor Calendar 137

Bloomerang

JUNE 21, 2021

Your audience probably sees you as an authority figure, so the information you share — or don’t share — can do a lot of good (or evil). Anything you begin to notice becoming mainstream for for-profit businesses is something to consider; they do what works for their bottom line. Can you help them with something?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2021

Many problems poison society, and that’s why you’re in the fundraising business. Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D., Twitter | LinkedIn | The post Beyond Survival: Post-Disruption Nonprofit Culture Strategy appeared first on Bloomerang. Seize the day! .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Or maybe you have a board member who works in the business world and is or has connections to people who work in finance, market research, or analytics. They are teaching digital measurement best practices by connecting great causes with experienced mentors and motivated students.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Now to tie things back to e-learning: we know that the purpose of an e-learning course is to teach staff members how to do their jobs better. While you can purchase a ready-made course on LinkedIn Learning or Udemy, we’re seeing a pivot away from pre-made courses and a move toward custom-created experiences instead.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

The Leader’s Guide to Corporate Culture , Harvard Business Review. Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D., Twitter | LinkedIn | The post Who’s Responsible for A Nonprofit’s Culture of Philanthropy? Inside-Out Fundraising , Sea Change Strategies .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

As you think about what business books you want to read next year, how about adding to the list at least one book from the list below. Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership.

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Leadership Law Arts Lesson 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

. __ This Memorial Day, as you select the books you plan to read for pleasure this summer, how about adding to the list at least one business book. Awhile back, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership.

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Leadership Law Arts Lesson 47

Tech Soup

AUGUST 3, 2011

This post was authored by Claire Sale and originally appeared on the NetSquared Blog. Accessibility is good for the business bottom line - "The benefits of accessibility would [.] from Palak Timbadiya via Linkedin. " - from Amanda Ward via Linkedin. suggested by Mike Gifford on Linkedin. Here's how.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Convening authority: If you convene coalitions or conferences or other thought leaders this can be a powerful asset that creates trust and reputation as being an essential player in your sector. You can create small posters for sponsor businesses to show off that they are giving back and sponsoring your org, team, project, or campaign.

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