The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

we recognize the contributions made by and the important presence of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the United States, and celebrate their heritage and culture. Here are just a few of our favorite organizations, which deserve your support this month and all year-round! During National Hispanic Heritage Month in the U.S.,

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

One of a board member’s main roles—while rarely discussed—is to support the executive director (ED). Is Your Board Properly Supporting Your Executive Director. One of a board member’s main roles—while rarely discussed—is to support the executive director (ED). The board cannot achieve those things alone.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

All Parent Centers have the same mission: to help families of children with disabilities succeed in life, find tools and resources, and develop advocacy strategies despite the many barriers including segregated classrooms, inaccessible communities, and old cultural belief systems about disability. What Holly said in a recent tweet!)

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Nonprofit leaders have heard the call but are struggling to meet expectations due to a lack of basic resources, expertise and support. Does the environment support change, accountability, and communication? Staff who know the program, the people, and the culture well. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

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sgEngage

APRIL 10, 2023

Intentionally target your audience The first step to engaging with your supporters is to define exactly who your audience is. Based on all of this information, determine what kinds of events your supporters would want to participate in. Think about the people who make up your community of donors. Is it mostly parents or neighbors?

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MARCH 1, 2023

To help students prepare for life outside of the classroom, Junior Achievement provides proven lessons that promote financial capability, work and career readiness, and business ownership. Adding a calendar widget to your event form helps remind supporters of your event to increase attendance. Don’t stress too much over social media.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 30, 2023

To help students prepare for life outside of the classroom, Junior Achievement provides proven lessons that promote financial capability, work and career readiness, and business ownership. Adding a calendar widget to your event form helps remind supporters of your event to increase attendance. Don’t stress too much over social media.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 21, 2021

Whether we like it or not, many traditional fundraising practices create an inner circle of supporters. The best way to start prioritizing DEI initiatives is by taking steps to ingrain these concepts into your organization’s culture. Watch the Culture Start Shifting. Guide Your Staff. Set Milestones for Improvement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

These workshops will be held at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center in state-of-the-art classrooms. But, if your internal culture is not a social one how can you possibly expect to be successful? The workshop will share tips and techniques for culture change, training, and adoption.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

This particular bench resides in a classroom in a small school in Moshi. Parents would often appear near the door of this classroom. I tried to picture a bench like this in a “Western” classroom. Matthews makes the point that despite slight westernization, Africa remains rooted in indigenous languages and cultural norms.

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NTEN

MARCH 22, 2011

One of the most important social skills they work on in my daughter's classroom? Sharing is important because a) it's just the nice thing to do and b) sharing helps build the classroom community. Sharing the book or toy gives both children the common experience that forms the classroom culture. Start with data.

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MAY 31, 2022

Students move ahead by mastering content, not by spending a prescribed number of hours in a classroom. Counselors, tutors, and faculty are also on Slack to help support students directly and in larger groups, and together with students are creating a sense of community within the digital commons. . Removing Barriers of Entry.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Bob’s job is to set up and support “wired” schools and school districts. To many of these folks, Bob's wired classrooms seem threatening. All of these have gone through a series of movements in the last 30 years reflecting cultural shifts and expectations. Consider other family-oriented products: toys, media, schools.

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Classy

JULY 20, 2021

We are supporting nonprofits and helping them achieve their goals. There’s a general camaraderie with the team and it’s a culture of building one another up. I wanted a highly competitive group of people who were supportive of each other. It starts with a mix of classroom trainings led by subject matter experts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Donors Choose ([link] for example, allows people to pool small donations to help enterprising teachers get funding for classroom projects. And they’re certainly far from the only non-profits trying to take advantage of online networks and the access they provide to reach new supporters and constituents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

Emerging Leaders Playbook: With the generous support of the Packard Foundation and in collaboration with Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, we wrote and published the Emerging Leaders Playbook last year, along with facilitating a peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2007

Last year, Sarah Bunting, who writes the blog Tomato Nation , a culture and humor blog, offered to shave her head if her blog readers donated to DonorsChoose.org , a site that allows donors to purchase school supplies for needy classrooms. She launched the month-long campaign with a goal of $40,000, again to support DonorsChoose.org.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 18, 2016

These organizations often use mobile giving to fund specific projects and widen their support networks. #2. Many times, they’ll send out informational mobile emails that include a call-to-action to donate or support their cause through volunteering. #3. Arts and culture. Health and wellness. Animal rights.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 24, 2010

It’s a great chance for us to get out into the community, support organizations we care about, and get to work with one another in a context outside of our daily jobs. The event makes me more proud to work for Convio because I think it reflects our culture to support the nonprofit community.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

As sports shows, some of the onboarding might come from the culture overall, or might just need a 15-minute conversation, but with that knowledge you become an engaged viewer. We also love the school tours, when we’re doing the annual reports and pitching program support to bankers.

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NTEN

APRIL 25, 2012

Training on a hoard of ICT topics is available on-line and in the classroom. The GE Crotonville Center is the legendary example An easy "ask" for your local corporations is: can I get a donated seat in your classroom? We recommended creating a support consortium. They also support a community of practice, noted above.

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

Since most educational games struggle to find logical ways to be integrated into a classroom, Ovos took a different approach by creating a game based solely on curriculum-based material. The learning goals in the classroom directly mirror the game’s objectives, creating an experience where both are parallel to one another.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

I am fascinated by the possibilities of blogging in the foreign language classroom. I am pleased that students who were somewhat limited in their exposure to multiple points of view on issues and culture are now being introduced to them and like this are broadening their horizon. This Blog is an experiment. The tools of Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

Published the Emerging Leaders Playbook: With the generous support of the Packard Foundation and in collaboration with Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, we wrote and published the Emerging Leaders Playbook. Organizations must support staffs’ self-care efforts through clearly articulate values, policies, and programs.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 20, 2015

Be strategic in determining how you can best leverage your supporters to fundraise on your behalf. Launched in spring of 2014, Panda Nation was built to empower our supporters to make a difference for wildlife and wild places in whatever way is most meaningful for them. Coach your participants to fundraising success.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Council for Advancement & Support of Education (CASE) / Fort Meyers, FL/ $445. Attendees include approximately 200 Directors and senior staff from Service and Conservation Corps across the country; officials from federal agencies; representatives from philanthropic foundations; and friends and supporters of the Corps movement.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 2, 2006

So, I decided that I want to be a classroom teacher, and I've applied to school. So I think it's really important for teachers of color to be in the classroom, especially in middle school. Students will say that if they're speaking their home language in the classroom, a student or a teacher will say, "Speak English!

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

Growing a Strong Volunteer Culture Every year, thousands of new librarians and archivists graduate from MLS programs. You go online, and that’s why physical culture is at risk. CUL strives to preserve media, but it’s equally important to us that we encourage existing media cultures and create new access points.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Their work includes research, education for families and health professionals, support for families directly affected by the maternal health crisis, and advocacy. Compass is an app designed to support parents in their journey from pregnancy through postpartum by providing answers, resources, and compassion at every step.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 5, 2009

According to the Symphony's Education and Outreach Manager Christina Murray, “In the last few years, we’ve realized how critical it is for us to support music education and community music-making since music teachers and local conductors are overburdened and under-funded.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. I wondered whether or not those results would be replicable ?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 6, 2016

I firmly believe that all people have something meaningful to contribute to our communities, cultural work, and society at large--including youth. Doron supports them. Today, there are thirty kids fidgeting in a classroom, talking to their friends, messing with their phones. Doron believes in them. Stand out in some way.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Peer-to-Peer Events Arts & Culture Events Community Events Educational Events Events for Grown-Ups Events for Kids & Families Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Events Peer-to-peer events raise funds and generate buzz by having your supporters and participants get their networks involved in your event.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Their work includes research, education for families and health professionals, support for families directly affected by the maternal health crisis, and advocacy. Compass is an app designed to support parents in their journey from pregnancy through postpartum by providing answers, resources, and compassion at every step.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2022

If your organization loves peer-to-peer fundraising but needs a COVID-safe way to do it, take your peer-to-peer fundraisers virtual and make participation easier and safer for all of your supporters. Even during COVID, you can still hold a virtual or hybrid auction for your supporters. Virtual auction fundraisers. Game-a-thon.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

I’m here to support you. Will you consider giving $25,000 this year in supporting youth in San Francisco? And it’s not like you need to go tell people “Ah, we’re in a crisis,” but you need to tell them, “Hey, look, the support we need from you, we don’t need more advice. Here we go.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 8, 2010

It’s not indifferent to the culture that already exists there. Inside our walls, we could be a third place for self-supporting learning groups. Their research has shown that self-supporting learning groups are essential to the health and well being of the community. www.mla.gov.uk ) It may be a source of ideas.

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