Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

Small to mid-sized nonprofits: rather than hiring your fifth development director in three years, consider outsourcing your creative and/or grants, freeing up your fundraiser’s time for growing relationships. Your emotional case for support drives all donor communications, from grant proposals to web copy to fundraising appeals.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Or maybe your Executive Director or Board wants you to focus on certain ones? You need a “yes” to each one before adding that funding prospect to your final prospect list and your grant calendar – thus, meeting the 3-Way Fit Test. Prioritize your list. Perhaps there are a few items that rise to the top of the list?

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Everyaction

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

While creating a Request for Proposals can be labor-intensive, time consuming, and stressful, we've put together some tips to make the whole process go a little smoother. Are you hoping to report on progress at your next board of directors meeting? So your nonprofit needs a new vendor or consultant. You know what that means!

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

In the past year, thousands of nonprofit pros took advantage of our definitive Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar, and we're so excited to share our brand new 2016 list! The 2015 - 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar is ready for upload right into your Google or Outlook Calendar with a single click. Drop us a line!

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2015

The grant lifecycle involves researching and finding new grant opportunities, cultivating relationships with potential funders, writing compelling grant proposals to targeted grantmakers, and more. Many nonprofits will track deadlines in a grants spreadsheet, then copy those deadlines to Outlook or Google Calendar as well.

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Blue Fox

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Can you shift program calendars for more consistent week to week staffing needs? Check this out: A few years ago when the overtime rules were first proposed, our friends at NonprofitAF published this article. (And they will thank you for it). Ask yourself if all of your employees need to attend every after-hours event.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Maybe you need to create an appeal for an email campaign, a proposal, or a new set of thank you letters and you’re at your desk just wishing that coherent sentences would magically start appearing? I have used it to help me write appeals, emails, thank you letters, and draft some 1 and 2-page proposals. Fundwriter.ai Fundwriter.ai

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 17, 2018

When your nonprofit needs a new vendor or consultant, the standard course of action is to send out a Request for Proposal (RFP) - indicating that your organization is interested in receiving information from vendors. Are you hoping to report on progress at your next board of directors meeting?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Recently, I received an urgent call from the director of a small nonprofit organization. She was specifically interested in Salesforce as a tool to manage their members, track donations, and send mass newsletters and Google Apps for emails and joint calendars.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events. The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar is ready for upload right into your Google or Outlook Calendar with a single click. What are you waiting for?

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AccelEvents

APRIL 21, 2021

According to the Director of Sustainability at MeetGreen, Eric Wallinger, “Large convention center-based events are reporting waste volumes well above 500,000 pounds over a 5-6 day period on a regular basis.” Consider proposing these ideas with your venue or sourcing outside vendors to help in making this a reality.

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AccelEvents

APRIL 21, 2021

According to the Director of Sustainability at MeetGreen, Eric Wallinger, “Large convention center-based events are reporting waste volumes well above 500,000 pounds over a 5-6 day period on a regular basis.” Consider proposing these ideas with your venue or sourcing outside vendors to help in making this a reality.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 2, 2019

Look at the conference website to see if they are accepting session proposals – since you are already planning to attend, you won’t have extra costs if your session is accepted. If it’s a conference you attend annually, make sure to mark down on your calendar when the call for sessions for the next conference will open.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2017

I think we have all come to realize that just adding a minority seat to your board of directors, or consciously making an attempt to fill that open position with someone from a different cultural background, simply isn’t enough. Encourage the board of directors to articulate an inclusivity statement for your organization.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 9, 2016

In 2004, the Independent Sector’s board of directors inspired a glimmer of hope when it unanimously endorsed a statement to “opt for general operating support over project support when feasible and when the goals of the two organizations are substantially aligned.”. And I do mean slowly. As in, “Wow, it sure is taking its sweet time!”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2009

Matt Sharp , Director of Operations and Technology, Packard Foundation Last week, when I started as Scholar in Residence at the Packard Foundation, I sat down to use the computer in my office to write a blog post. She offered me a helpful list of tips and Outlook 2007 cheat sheets, the Foundation's email/calendar or productivity system.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

With 100+ sessions to choose from, a packed social event calendar, and long attendee list, how do you make the most of your conference experience? NTEN Education Director, Ash Shepherd recommends connecting with folks you may have heard of or interacted with online, but never met in person.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Not only that, but with the move to more and more online giving (there was a 32% increase in online revenue in 2020), events like #GivingTuesday have become an even more important part of your fundraising calendar. To get the details behind their successes, we spoke to Melissa Benjamin, Fiver’s Director of Development.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Develop a strong and experienced board of directors. Build a board of directors. Meet with the organization’s board of directors regularly to review and discuss the financial reports and make any necessary adjustments to the budget. Follow up with potential funding sources after submitting applications or proposals.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

And if you can develop those relationships with funders, if you can develop great core content, if you can leverage materials for different kinds of proposals, then that is really going to set you up for success. . So when you put together your grants calendar, it’s really based on the prospect research. Is it phone, e-mail?

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NTEN

JULY 19, 2022

They work with leadership (usually a marketing or communications director) to develop and publish content for their target audiences. Web content managers oversee the planning, organization, creation, and publishing of content for an organization or company website and, sometimes, social media and email. What does a web content manager do?

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

As a final note, distribute each agenda in advance so that attendees have plenty of time to propose adjustments and come prepared with valuable insights and questions. At the very least, it should integrate with helpful third-party tools like Dropbox and Google Calendar. Take comprehensive minutes.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

My supervisor, the Director of Operations, had some ideas on what technology changes/improvements he wanted to see in the future. The first step was to create and present a proposal for the management team and get an approval. When the analysis was done, I created a proposal with my recommendations, which was approved by October 2009.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

I’ve seen organizations rather take two months to get a donor a proposal to make sure that every T is crossed that every I is dotted rather than turning something around a little more quickly, right? . But I signed up for a weekend-long virtual meditation retreat, and I blocked that out into my calendar. Wish me luck, everybody.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

And that means that your organization’s communications are not dependent on your executive director, on your founder, or on that really smart person in the communications team who seems to know how to do all the things. And with that in mind, you can start to turn your plan into a calendar with clear accountabilities and clear actions.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In my work, I’m constantly fielding questions about grants from busy executive directors without formal grants training. Development directors who wear many hats, entry-level grant staff who don’t have much experience, and even program staff who get thrown into grant-writing roles. We’ve got development staff.

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