Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 17, 2014

World Wildlife Fund. National Brain Tumor Society. Alexandra Bezdikian, Interactive Events and Video Producer. Liz Ragland, Content Writer & Non-Profit Marketing. Network for Good. Jessica Sotelo, Deputy Director of Online Marketing. Megan Soffer, Marketing Coordinator. Public Interest Registry. Caravan Studios. Feeding America.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Level up your annual fund appeals Are you sending an annual fundraising appeal at the end of the year? To So Funded! Story or Die: How to Use Brain Science to Engage, Persuade, and Change Minds in Business and in Life by Lisa Cron. So is almost every other nonprofit. From So What?

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VQ Strategies

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Like many nonprofit supporting organizations, the NH Center for Nonprofits organizes the state’s nonprofit “Gives” day, helping to raise and distribute funds to support New Hampshire’s nonprofits. Meanwhile, the contact from the Charitable Foundation secured $250,000 in matching funds and provided event planning expertise.

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M+R

MAY 17, 2022

Donald was a deeply committed colleague, a lifelong and tireless advocate, the brains behind many movements that exist today, and an inspiration and friend to many of us in the social change universe. He led the effort to restore public broadcasting funding from Newt Gingrich. Read time: 3 min. And, yes, also the reason M+R exists. .

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Global Giving

MARCH 12, 2021

Thanks to these models, Kiva can now predict which loans are unlikely to be funded each day. The UCSF Brain and Spinal Injury Center improves treatment guidelines using insights from machine learning. The UCSF Brain and Spinal Injury Center improves treatment guidelines using insights from machine learning.

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Candid

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Launched in 2019 as a joint project of the Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy and the Sergey Brin Family Foundation , ASAP supports collaboration, open science, and early data sharing at scale, with a focus on three areas: PD functional genomics , neuro-immune interactions , and circuitry and brain-body interactions.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

But it is a good task to schedule after blocking off time to work on a complex grant or other task that requires a lot of brain power. I can do it even when my brain feels fried. Try managing your hardest work days by plotting out what you will do when in a way that keeps your brain going for the long haul.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

But the potential for donor engagement and fund generation is immense. Pattern recognition: A storytelling superpower Our brains are wired to recognize patterns. This event wasn’t just about raising funds; it was about bringing a child’s dream to life. The answer lies in the power of storytelling.

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Kindful

MAY 1, 2021

Mission: Under the Laughs for the Troops umbrella, you will find many other great programs to help our veterans, increase awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), raise funds, and recruit volunteers. Impacting: Mental health. Headquarters in: Riverview, FL. The Speedy Foundation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

For veterans with visual impairments, traumatic brain injuries or other disabilities, reading standard print is difficult, if not impossible. The funds contributed through our Bookshare for Veterans Challenge will be used to enable our Bookshare team to expand its services and outreach to veterans who need access to books and information.

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sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2022

Sharla Donohue , database manager, American Brain Foundation. Prakash Thapaliya , fund development systems administrator at Closer to Home. Once a week, I join my colleagues for a brief guided meditation and some discussion. It’s a refreshing break in the work week that allows me to focus on my well-being. Leave work at work!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Or sign off on a proof for a print newsletter or funding appeal where your logo was cropped or shrunk so small it was made completely unreadable? In many cases, supporters will recognize your avatar on social media sites long before their brains even begin to register the name of your nonprofit. Of course not!

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Let’s say you’ve been tasked with researching potential nonprofits to partner with on an upcoming funding initiative by doing some online research, using Google, Candid’s nonprofit profiles , or the like. Picture yourself in a donor’s shoes.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Check out the 124 NTEN Members participating in Giving Tuesday below. Find them all at GivingTuesday.org 2-1-1 Tampa Bay Cares, Inc.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 10, 2020

But brains aren’t the most stable place to keep important information. A specific goal like, “Raise 10% more funds than last year” will help you out more in the long run. Let’s talk about some common mistakes that might be holding you back. Not having your plan in writing. Having a starting point is essential.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

A good fundraising email subject line can make or break your request for funds. You might want to write three urgent subject lines, three intrigue subject lines, two that combine intrigue and urgency, and two that don’t fall into either category but still pop into your brain. Big mistake. Read that again. Then pick your favorite!

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

There are two parts to thanking donors: Connecting with the donor’s brain by providing a gift receipt and more importantly, touching the donor’s heart by letting them know they are heroes for giving to your organization’s cause. You make the brain connection when you give them the data they need for their records.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 23, 2009

The $15 million in funding for this new cancer research program was included at the request of Representatives Kay Granger (R-TX) and Jim Moran (D-VA). When C3 started coming together in late 2004, folks were talking about the fact that the Department of Defense funded cancer research and colorectal cancer wasn't included.

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Judi Sohn

DECEMBER 23, 2009

The $15 million in funding for this new cancer research program was included at the request of Representatives Kay Granger (R-TX) and Jim Moran (D-VA). When C3 started coming together in late 2004, folks were talking about the fact that the Department of Defense funded cancer research and colorectal cancer wasn’t included.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

But if you want to fully fund your nonprofit, you simply must have a plan. If you depend on only one source for funding, you will put your organization’s future at risk. Use the tools you need, just don’t try to keep everything stored in your brain. In other words, you have no format, no template, and no idea where to start.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

After all, this is their idea, their brain-child, their life. Almost every nonprofit experiences this, whether they’re applying for grant funding, asking for donations or recruiting board members. and how will it be funded in future? Members of the panel can then choose to invest or not invest in the proposed business.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2022

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals 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. (In This year we hiked by the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur. Pictured above).

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

ICA Fund Good Jobs. There are two fundamental things we love about ICA Fund Good Job’s annual report : The table of contents and the graphics. NPR emphasizes how its “Muslims in America: A New Generation” series explores the multifaceted experiences of muslims living in a post-9/11 America, while its Hidden Brain episode “Why Now?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2022

Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals 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. (In This year we hiked by the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur. Pictured above).

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

Studies have repeatedly shown that the human brain responds positively to altruism and people are hard-wired to give because it produces feel-good emotions. There are many reasons people choose to donate to certain causes, and these motivations can be heightened during the giving season: Donating makes them feel good. Set S.M.A.R.T.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Eventually, I realized that if development professionals really want to make a difference in their organization’s ability to raise money, they not only need to think about their donors, they need to understand how the donor brain works. Our brain, meanwhile, is telling us that it feels good to. help others.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Working with nonprofits for over 25 years has made it very clear (to me at least) that the "right brain" is dominant in most nonprofit organizations. Not who funds us - but what service or product do we provide or produce - what do we do ?). How is the labor distributed to each account, program, and funding source?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

He spoke about creativity and what psychologists and brain scientists are learning about it. I wont’t try to summarize the entire talk here, but the most important takeaways for me as a funded were: 1. We have joked internally that Durfee’s tagline should be: Funding Failure Since 1960. Seek outsider knowledge.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

He estimated that half the developers were hobbyists, and half were people with start-up ventures who came to San Francisco looking for seed funding. He is an expert in the cognitive neuroscience field of ‘brain computer interface’ or thought controlled computing. How Stuff Works: How Brain-computer Interfaces Work.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Maybe a new funding source has caused a drastic change in organizational direction. The rebrand] helped uncover the heart, soul and brain of Turnaround by connecting with people inside of our organization, outside of it, our champions and even our hesitant champions.’”. Does your brand strategy reflect who your organization is now?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 9, 2010

Different brains – visual vs words. friending to funding. This session will take a look about these trends and how nonprofits can equipment themselves to be networked nonprofits. —— [link]. The writing process for the book: Expository vs storytelling. Helpful guide tone vs colorful and wordy. BE: understand networks.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Screens can overstimulate your brain and keep you from sleeping. The post How to Prevent Fundraising Burnout in a Small, Growing Nonprofit appeared first on Get Fully Funded. Here are some really simple ideas to keep you grounded and balanced: Treating yourself to 30 quiet minutes each morning before facing the challenges of your day.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Army Traumatic Brain Injury Program, developing the Army’s brain injury prevention and treatment strategies for soldiers . Currently serves on various funding and advisory boards, including World Benchmarking Alliance, and has recently been elected president of the American Evaluation Association for 2022 . Bernard Mauricia.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The name comes from the “dura” matter in the brain, which is where spinal leaks happen. ” Andrea also noted that the funds raised came from both online and offline sources, and it was easy for her to add offline donations on the admin side and her fundraisers and donors loved it. and share via email and social media.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

The National Brain Tumor Society has a guest blog post from a cancer survivor with an unselfie, encouraging people to take part in the campaign. Other companies are offering special deals or matching funds. They also offer supporters unselfie templates and other tools to make it easy for donors to show their support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Rituals are also used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals 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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

That’s the kind of ‘new’ funders like to fund. I overheard comments like: “my brain is in overdrive,” “I can’t wait to try this in my work,” and “I wish the conference were longer.” The Network Funders meeting this week crackled with excitement. Funders were fired up.

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