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February Cause Awareness: Black History Month

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February is Black History Month in many countries in the United States and Canada, an annual observance dedicated to honoring and acknowledging the valuable contributions of Black people in both nations. Keep reading to learn more about Black History Month and how you can get involved!

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August Awareness: National Back to School Month

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For students, teachers, parents, and guardians across the nation, the arrival of August signals the end of summer vacation and the arrival of back-to-school season. National Back to School Month History. Charities to donate to. Founded in 1919, Junior Achievement (JA) is one of the nation’s largest educational charities.

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Sectorness: What does "nonprofit" do for us?

ASU Lodestar Center

In a recent chapter on the history of the U.S. However, a student this summer pointed out another meaning of the term: in psychiatry , a neologism is a unique term coined and used by someone with a mental illness, evidence of a thought disorder. As an industry, legal service charities are small. That certainly fits here.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. This event continues and builds on the legacy of the COOL National Conference and the Idealist Campus Conference, spanning an incredible 32+ year history. Alliance Management Institute (AMI).

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[VIDEO] The Science of Philanthropic Psychology

Bloomerang

Now, in the charity context, the most straightforward way to think about this is how can we love the people who need our help? All my students are my favorite. I’m just going to share my students,” because they do these things better than I could do them. . How did your students overcome that?

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And the Twitterville Book Winners Are.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Even though it says "businesses" in the title, there is an entire chapter devoted to nonprofits and fundraising on Twitter in the book. Like a sociologist digging up the remains of an ancient civilization or someone researching their family history, he went to great lengths to uncover the beginning of fundraising on Twitter.

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With #IceBucketChallenge in the Rear View, Where Does Fundraising Go from Here?

Connection Cafe

It was faster and greater than any such social fundraising campaign in the number of donors, from all walks of life—from President Bush, Bill Gates, media personalities and CEOs to teachers, students and more. More than any other event in the history, this campaign gave food for thought to many who were critics of slacktivism and clicktivism.