Candid

MAY 23, 2024

The Bob Woodruff Foundation ’s (BWF) Got Your 6 Network organizations provide targeted services to over 20.6 million veterans and military families across the United States. Yet BWF’s 2023 survey of partner organizations showed that numerous individuals and families struggled to meet basic needs.

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Kindful

MAY 1, 2021

On this page, you’ll find their missions and ways to support their important work, as well as some resources for nonprofit professionals. The Speedy Foundation. The Speedy Foundation. Mission: The Speedy Foundation’s mission is to prevent suicide, support mental health education, and promote conversations to end stigma.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2021

Using rituals as part of our professional work is one strategy that can help. Rituals leverage our brains’ ability to run on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted by other things, such as potentially contracting a deadly disease. Rituals are routine and intentional activities that carry meaning.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Spinal CSF Leak Foundation was among those numbers when they ran their first peer-to-peer fundraising campaign on CauseVox. Let’s take a look at how they raised 6x more with their event: Background On Spinal CSF Leak Foundation. Spinal CSF Leak Foundation generally keeps their fundraising virtual. What Made it Work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 31, 2018

13th, I’ll be doing a FREE Webinar for nonprofits hosted by Salesforce Foundation on “ Combatting Digital Distraction and Technology Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace.” Worst, there is trouble at the top: brain fog. Come join me for this FREE webinar hosted by Salesforce Foundation on February 13th.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Our Leadership Council incorporates a diverse array of expertise and cause affiliations with representation from nonprofit organizations, corporations, foundations, academic institutions, and many more. 43 years of experience as a development professional, nonprofit leader, and LGBTQ+ community activist . Lewis Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2013

They capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. Year in Review. My Three Words.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

As nonprofit professionals, we’re constantly seeking effective ways to enhance our fundraising events. Pattern recognition: A storytelling superpower Our brains are wired to recognize patterns. This synchronization isn’t just fascinating; it’s the foundation of community-building.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

In the Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout , we looked the important of technology wellness as part of a self-care strategy for nonprofit professionals and to activate a culture of wellbeing in the nonprofit workplace. What’s your best tip for avoiding mobile phone addiction?

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Fundraising is a HUGE field and there are many great oranizations that help improve the quality of the sector like the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). AS works with nonprofits across a wide range of industries, including arts and culture, the environment, foundations, and government. Website: [link]. Website: [link].

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Whole Whale

MAY 20, 2021

Fundraising is a HUGE field and there are many great oranizations that help improve the quality of the sector like the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). AS works with nonprofits across a wide range of industries, including arts and culture, the environment, foundations, and government. Website: [link]. Website: [link].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2016

I was an early adopter of using the Internet in 1992 where I had a virtual job working online for a program of the New York Foundation for the Arts called ArtsWire. I’ve found that it lights up different parts of my brain and helps think more creatively than starring at a screen or typing. Zentangle Pens and Pencils.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

They capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things. I also throughout the month of January review my work routines and systems and redesign or tweak to improve productivity. Year in Review.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

After all, this is their idea, their brain-child, their life. Nonprofit professionals may not be asking for million-dollar investments from the likes of Mark Cuban, but they’re still on a mission to convince the community that their cause is worth something. Or, at the least, how can they convince them that it’s potentially lucrative?

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

The NTEN Editorial Committee is a group of committed professionals that meet monthly to discuss content and strategy for the NTEN: Change Journal , our quarterly digital publication for nonprofit leaders. David Krumlauf, Chief Technologist, Pierce Family Charitable Foundation. Annie Lynsen, Marketing Director, Small Act.

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

Understanding the foundation of what makes the instructional design so effective, can go a long way in transitioning some of your organizational learnings over to a digital medium. Professional Drive. Elearnings as a package can be one of your greatest allies in the world of professional development. Adaptability.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2019

I suspect my experience is not unique to lawyers, and can be extrapolated to other professional service industries. Accountants, marketers, and consultants across industries focus on relationships, not pure transactions, to build fruitful professional relationships. Treating Donors Like Customers (But Not in a Bad Way).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

I am here in Romania for a conference hosted by the Soros Foundation as part of their pilot advocacy through blogging program. Wiki: Collective brain of humanity. Difference between amatuer and professional videographer. . Gabriela Tanasan – Executive Director, Orizonturi Foundation, Campulung Moldovenesc.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Permal Shah of Kiva.Org talked about the importance of linking with stories and building bridge between the donor and the results. Permal’s comment made me think about some of my first experiments in social fundraising, where I raised money for the Sharing Foundation to send a young Cambodian woman, Leng S. Healthy Mind Platter.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

One that I like was created by Kristina Halvorson and her team at Brain Traffic , called the Content Strategy Quad: A simple way to look at this is by dividing the top and bottom quadrants. Messaging platforms get internal teams on the same page regarding key foundational messaging and how it’s tailored to different audiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. This is something that nonprofit professionals are just beginning to explore.

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CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

For example, if your total operating budget is $250,500 and you have $25,000 in government grants, $20,000 in foundation grants, and another $50,000 in pledges already committed, you must raise an additional $155,500 through other fundraisers. After all, fundraising professionals don’t simply rely on direct mail anymore.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Offering a class in AI fundamentals will provide a solid foundation for discovery. Offering employees who show interest an introductory class in AI fundamentals will provide a solid foundation for discovery. ANNs are inspired by the structure and function of the human brain. Make appropriate training available.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Fundwriter is a writing assistant for nonprofit professionals. Fundwriter is trained by veteran nonprofit professionals and fundraisers to follow proven writing models that work again and again. Grant Proposal Introduction Introduction to a grant proposal or Letter of Intent to a Foundation or Corporate funder. Fundwriter.ai

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Last year , I heard Jerry Michalski use the metaphor of the global brain in talk about the future. So, the folks at NMC who build objects on Hakone might be creating a big, huge, global brain that when clicked will open up web links of some of the best crowdsourcing on the future technologies and how they will impact the nonprofit sector.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2014

Prior to the start of FusionSpark Media, Kevin worked as a communications and public relations professional in the health care industry in the Philadelphia area. Guest post by Kevin Sparkman,V.P. Producer and co-founder of FusionSpark Media, Inc. Constituent Relationship Management tools), and you have the makings of a good content strategy.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2011

There was no way around it, though she later found there is NO actual requirement for donors to be anything in particular at all (it wasn’t a professional association). And coincidentally, so did the foundations. And if you want that old ED’s brain back, ask yourself if you are a hungry zombie?). Evil red asterisk.

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NTEN

MARCH 24, 2015

50 Fascinating Nonprofit Statistics , Douglas Gould Company Must-Know Insights from #15NTC , Kevin Martone, Harold Grinspoon Foundation via Getting Attention 15NTC: Tech Tools & Austin Tips , Roshani Kothari, Ginkgo Street Labs NTEN 2015 Wrap Up , Paul St. 15NTC Community NTC press'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level. His research shows that professional development learning experiences need to be as interactive as possible to boost retention and application.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2014

Prior to the start of FusionSpark Media, Kevin worked as a communications and public relations professional in the health care industry in the Philadelphia area. Guest post by Kevin Sparkman,V.P. Producer and co-founder of FusionSpark Media, Inc. Constituent Relationship Management tools), and you have the makings of a good content strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2008

Also (in the beginning) I enjoyed preparing proposals and grants for our foundation partners ??? Time to write AND the inconvenience of waking up in the middle of the night (almost EVERY night) with fully formed posts in my brain. Blogging has had a profound effect on me both professionally and personally. Professionally, it???s

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

We started by introducing Twitter as a networking and professional development tool and succeeded in getting all the senior staff (red dots) tweeting by the end of Day 1. At different points in the day, we took “Twitter breaks” for reflection or networking. Day 2: Certificates Awarded To Senior Staff Attendees. Discuss here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

Photo in flickr from Community Technology Foundation. Social Web and Altruism Nick Booth, high fibre podcasting blog, points us to some fascinating brain research that has discovered the part of the brain responsible for altruism and he links it to why nonprofits should be using the social web to advance their missions.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

But my first gift was to the World Wildlife Foundation, and I just … I still support them. So that’s how you sort of lay that foundation, you start activating it, and then you progress. And then you’re always coming back to this same foundation. It was a little bit more of what Steven has already said.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In June 2021 Giving USA Foundation and partnership with the Lilly Indiana Family School of Philanthropy released their annual Giving USA report. So A, corporations, B foundations, or C individuals. And foundations this 19% includes both, you know, national foundations and family foundations.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 8, 2023

Think in terms of local politicians, business professionals, media contacts, and other influential community members who can either connect you with resources or with others who can help you. This one is wayyyy more important than it seems because your brain and body don’t function well if they aren’t rested. Eat properly.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

Had SVAS written about the good work they were doing in a compel­ling, professional manner, it may have been able to raise more money, secure more media coverage, attract more volunteers, and establish more business partnerships. Use a professional. In this case, you need to out­source important writing tasks to a professional writer.

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