Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2023

Nonprofit organizations depend on dedicated and effective board members to fulfill their mission and drive positive change in their communities. In this discussion, we will explore the essential qualities and responsibilities that make someone a successful nonprofit board member.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2024

For example, if you’re talking with someone who tells you they want to make a pledge, that’s an opening to discuss ways they can give that will offer them personal and financial benefits. Let your community foundation know you exist and you’d love to work with them to further their DAF donors’ interests.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 20, 2024

A rough “case for support” is drafted, articulating the need for the campaign and its benefits to potential donors and the community at large. Leaders also engage in preliminary discussions to secure internal buy-in, ensuring that key members of the organization are on board and committed to the campaign’s objectives.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Spring fundraisers are a great way to bring your community together while gaining support for your cause. You can recruit volunteers from your community to bring in different homemade goods and sell them. Offer tickets for your community to come watch the event and bring in a judging panel to determine the prize winners.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2020

Attitudes towards corporate social responsibility have evolved over recent years with more leaders recognizing giving back to their communities as an imperative aspect of their business. Over 1000 CEOs across a multitude of industries have signed this pledge to commit to addressing and advancing their D&I strategies.

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CauseVox

JULY 14, 2022

You’ll want to put together a list of questions to help you determine if your community is on board, and then interview all the stakeholders. That includes: Board members Community leaders Staff members Major gift donors. What is our organization’s reputation in the community? What is your relationship with our organization?

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sgEngage

APRIL 21, 2021

While the approach isn’t necessarily new, it was catapulted into the national spotlight early last year, when the onset of a global pandemic pushed many in philanthropy to recognize the importance of trusting the leadership of nonprofits and communities. So what can we do about this?

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 27, 2023

No” quite often does not mean NO, period, end of discussion. Flatter them by calling them a “community leader” or “loyal supporter.” Let them know others have already given, and more are prepared to pledge. If you don’t know what’s making your prospect say “no,” it’s difficult to move on to Plan B. “No” That’s okay. Who are you?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

billion from private and community foundations and public charities, 96% of dollars addressed disease outbreaks (mainly COVID-19). Emergency community shelters, typically located in tents or large indoor spaces, were deemed unsafe, and responders had to arrange for other solutions, like hotels or university dorm rooms. Be flexible.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 3, 2021

In a recent webinar, How to Adapt to the Changing Landscape of Workplace Giving , Salesforce.org Philanthropy Cloud team members discussed their observations of how their customers managed the unique challenges that 2020 brought, and provide guidance on how other corporate social responsibility (CSR) and HR professionals can follow suit.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Grab a coffee with a development director and you’ll likely have a conversation about ways to better connect with major donors or cultivate new donors through online fundraising before ever discussing an organization’s mid-level donors. What, or rather who, are mid-level donors?

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Achieve

JUNE 8, 2023

You’re ready to take your nonprofit to the next level, scale up its capacity, and make an even bigger impact in your community. You start discussing your goals with donors, but they don’t understand why you’re asking for such large gifts. It might be time for a capital campaign. What should you do instead?

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

Volunteers appointed to Advisory Boards can share their professional and personal expertise on everything from programming to the organization’s role in the community. Involving members of the affected community in Advisory Boards is becoming more and more common. Advisory members submit a pledge for what they can commit to do.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Groupon Case Study: Jolkona’s Groupon Experiment | Community Organizer 2.0 – Check out this great interview by Debra Askanase with Laura Kimball, discussing their experiment using Groupon! "Jolkona "Jolkona ran a Groupon deal as an experiment to try to raise money for a specific campaign using Groupon.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2023

You should include some call to action at the end of the tour, like signing a pledge to get involved or scan a barcode to take people to a specific accomplishments page on the website. Board members can start by joining online communities where people discuss fundraising best practices and share successes.

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M+R

MAY 10, 2021

Maybe you’ve pledged to work with more LGBTQ creators or feature more BIPOC faces in your stock imagery. It is possible to do better and make sure the content you create is as ethical as it is effective. . Many organizations have come to understand this responsibility more and more in the wake of last summer’s uprisings for racial justice.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 24, 2010

Sign the pledge, add your post to the list, and get connected: [link]. Here are a couple great ways to join the community: Women Who Tech Telesummit – “brings together talented and renowned women breaking new ground in technology who use their tech savvy skills to transform the world and inspire change. Want to join in?

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Now is also a good time to present them with a pledge card for their charitable gift. Discuss what you do today. Whether you only have one program or a complex web of offerings to your mission recipients (clients, patients, students…) put your organization in the context of your community among others like it (why are you different?)

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sgEngage

APRIL 4, 2022

In this guide, we’ll cover nonprofit financial audits in-depth, discussing what you need to know on the subject as well as what to expect when you conduct one. Discuss the options with your team and bring it to a vote about whether or not an audit should be conducted on a regular or semi-regular basis. . Cast a wide net.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 23, 2017

At CORE, topics such as capacity building, oppression, inclusive spaces and vocabulary, leadership, and professionalism were all discussed. In Stage 1, the Journey to Self, our allies discuss humanity, culture, identity and beliefs at our bimonthly community space days. Stage 6: Collaboration and Breaking Barriers.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

We so often focus on learning from innovative online campaigns that we miss out on opportunities to integrate offline cause communities and grassroots advocacy. This is exactly the innovative campaign that nonprofits should be getting behind and partner more with creative community members to produces. Diverse Goals.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 28, 2016

posted by Brigitte Dayton Vice President of Operations, Catholic Community Foundation. I was selected as one of 50 network delegates from around the globe to convene in New York on April 4 and 5 to participate in a variety of workshops and panel discussions designed to enhance alumni relationships and vital leadership skills.

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Qgiv

MAY 5, 2022

Community art project. Create a community art project at your mental health nonprofit. Then open it up to the community and charge to take part in the community art project. Start by treating the project as a form of art therapy and ask those you serve to create their picture of good mental health.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 28, 2020

We’ve discussed that a Google for Nonprofits account has a whole host of benefits and one of those is access to the Youtube Nonprofit Program. Accessing the Youtube community this way can help you to increase your outreach, and Youtube studios allow you to make an incredible professional video for your channel.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Have you ever made an announcement at a board meeting and everyone is excited and pledges to be involved in this new plan or initiative? All that leads to more money, more people and more community awareness. posted by Cindi Phallen President, Create Possibility. Then, a little time goes by and it’s like crickets. Follow up right away.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2022

The tips that we’ll discuss next are applicable to both print and virtual communication. . In your communications, consider providing reports of how donations were used and real stories from the community members that you serve. It’s important to remember that we live in a hybrid landscape.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Through the Transforming Communities project, we've rounded up the best of election-related apps. The app encourages users to pledge to vote and to share that pledge across their social network. Bonus points are earned by pledging to vote and attending. Registering and Protecting Voters. There's an app for that.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 28, 2020

We’ve discussed that a Google for Nonprofits account has a whole host of benefits and one of those is access to the Youtube Nonprofit Program. Accessing the Youtube community this way can help you to increase your outreach, and Youtube studios allow you to make an incredible professional video for your channel.

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sgEngage

MARCH 29, 2021

We’re going to cover what your organization needs to know to truly make the most of the platform by discussing the following points: Overview of Facebook Fundraising. Whether you’re planning fully virtual, hybrid, or socially distanced in-person events , Facebook groups are powerful tools to create community between participants.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

The sorry state of donor retention has been a topic of discussion for at least the past decade, since the Fundraising Effectiveness Project Report began collecting data. They want to bask in your aura, be embraced as part of your community, and consider themselves members of your family. And only 43% of all donors remain loyal?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 23, 2020

A good fundraising platform will offer the ability to add an honor or memorial gift option to a nonprofit’s primary donation page, but as discussed in 10 Donation Page Best Practices for Nonprofits , a good fundraising platform will also allow nonprofits to create multiple donation pages. 3) Launch a Tribute Giving Program.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 27, 2008

So for the next few tools, I’ll be describing CRMs (Constituent/Contact/Community/Customer Relationship Management). It has three versions: Enterprise, Professional, and Community Edition. at 4:47 pm Michelle - Is there an online community of NP SugarCRM users that you know of? That’s the one I’ve been using.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2023

Capital campaigns are the perfect platform to snag well-known community leaders to help with raising money, raising awareness, and making connections. The public phase is when you make a big splash, announcing your project and your campaign to the community. Volunteer involvement. Increased awareness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The discussion about the recent changes on Facebook has focused mostly around what it means for individuals, particularly the tension between openness and privacy. Many people are wondering what it means for nonprofit brands using Facebook as one of their marketing channels. Flickr Photo by Lululemon.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Do you have board members who are members of the business community or are they from other disciplines that never have the need to understand a financial statement? Do your development partners count conditional pledges? How do you explain the discount rate on multi-year pledges? Educate, educate, educate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

As frequent readers of this blog know, many pitfalls of online contests have been discussed here. With the launch of public voting on the Pepsi Refresh Project , now is a good time to discuss the efforts we’re taking to set the new standard for transparency in online contests. Each month, Pepsi will award grants up to $1.3

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Here are the key takeaways from a discussion with Danielle Brigida (National Wildlife Federation), Carie Lewis (The Humane Society of the United States), Alison Carlman (Global Giving) and Alison McQuade (EMILY’s List). Do you need to raise $50,000 for a pledge drive? There’s a lot to learn from your online community,” said Carlman. “We

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