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Thursday Thoughts: engaging advocates all year round

EveryAction

The challenge for nonprofits lies in their ability to adapt and operate during times of crisis and transitions. When organizations have down time during their year, meaning time when policy and advocacy work is not happening, our clients have found that holding in-person events tends to elicit greater engagement with their audience.

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Board diversity strategies to help nonprofits achieve success

ASU Lodestar Center

A board diversity policy amplifies what is expected of board members and describes how people who have been historically marginalized can participate effectively as board members, as mentioned by Kathleen Buse, Ruth Sessler Bernstein and Diana Bilimoria in their article " The Influence of Board Diversity."

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Mindful News Consumption Tips for Nonprofit Professionals

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The photo was my classroom. The next stage is passion waning, then onto passion challenged, and finally passion depleted where you are completely burned out. Usually, in my workshops, I see participants falling more in the second and third stages, passion waning and challenged.

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Top 2021 Fundraising Strategies: Mastering Relevant Content Marketing

Bloomerang

Music Lessons and Activities for Your Digital Classroom. Top 10 Ways to Help Your Child Readjust to Classroom Learning. The challenge ahead will be developing enough relevant experiences to keep your brand top of mind and your supporters deeply satisfied so they want to stick with you for the long term. Arts and culture.

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Strengthening program evaluation in your nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

Evaluation Capacity = ability to do and use evaluations The key to achieving more effective evaluation and overcoming these challenges is evaluation capacity building (ECB). Has the organization embraced policies, resources and a culture that supports evaluation? The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

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How Malala Fund’s Innovative Grantmaking is Revolutionizing Education for Girls

Saleforce Nonprofit

From creating digital learning opportunities and initiatives to protect girls’ mental well-being to securing national funding for education — the Champions we support are driving solutions to girls’ education challenges in their communities. . The initiative currently supports 57 Education Champions in eight countries with the greatest need.

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Pride is a Protest, Not a Parade: How Education Can Help Fight Hate Against the LGBTQ+ Community

Saleforce Nonprofit

To understand more about how we can tackle the challenges and issues facing the LGBTQ+ community, we spoke with Aifric Ní Chríodáin, executive director at ShoutOut. Read about the history of the LGBTQ+ community and understand the challenges the community is facing today. Have a zero-tolerance policy for homophobia and hate speech.