Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Harold led an exercise that challenged us to find ways to be more intentional with our storytelling. Harold’s presentation and exercise set the tone (if you’ll forgive the pun) for a vibrant and insightful discussion among participants. Here are my top five insights from that discussion. Let people tell their own stories.

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Storytelling Tips Music Exercise 73

Bloomerang

JUNE 24, 2021

Remember though that although making a will is a practical and logical exercise, the drive to leave charitable gifts is an emotional one. We are also a local charity befitting a distinct city population. We use local media advertising (newspaper, magazines and local radio) to drive uptake. Our marketing spend is limited.

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Guide Gift Nonprofit Charity 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

In 90 minutes, we did two exercises that helped participants identify their target audience and then build out a persona, a fictionalized character that described motivations, barriers and identifies the right content and channels to use. Then it was time for a simple exercise. Write a target audience definition.

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Learning Exercise San Francisco Instruction 87

sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

When smaller, place-based foundations collaborate and align their work, they provide unique value to local communities and nonprofits. Their donors, staff, and board members have extensive knowledge of local needs and organizations, and they also have relationships with local leaders in business, government, and education.

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Collaboration Foundation Local Philanthropy 92

Bloomerang

JUNE 10, 2021

This figure will vary widely depending on locality and personal circumstances, but either way, the square footage of the office accounts for a mammoth chunk of a nonprofit’s overhead. You may not need a permanent office space for this, and you could also focus on it being more of a team-building exercise.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 1, 2021

treating chronic diseases, many of which are mostly preventable by diet and moderate exercise. V4V is good for the community, driving money into the local economy. is contributed to the local economy — an estimated $3.15 is contributed to the local economy — an estimated $3.15 Over $500 billion a year is spent in the U.S.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 9, 2014

If you''re like many leaders, you''re "too busy" to exercise on a regular basis. Truth is, there are ways to fit exercise and healthful habits into your busy day that will pay off in dividends. Include exercise times, even if they are just in 10-minute increments, on your calendar. Find time to exercise and build on that time.

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Exercise Calendar Leadership Rate 67

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Deciding how to handle donor recognition on social media is a complex exercise. In doing so, they relieved local food banks of high transportation costs and offered nourishment to hungry families. And a plan for if, when and how you’ll thank donors on your social channels is an important part of that strategy.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 24, 2023

This challenge can focus on breathing exercises, yoga classes, or other self-care activities meant to create a positive cycle of well-being while fundraising for an important cause.  Constituents participate by tracking their success in helping the planet by recycling, reducing food waste, purchasing local produce, and reusing containers.

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Candid

JULY 19, 2023

Program staff exercised flexibility to increase grant amounts because of inflation.” “We We opened our application process to any local nonprofit serving children and families.” “We We added 8% to each grant award.” Inflation not only impacted giving dollars but also foundations’ giving strategies.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 2, 2017

If you're like many leaders, you're "too busy" to exercise on a regular basis. Truth is, there are ways to fit exercise and healthful habits into your busy day that will pay off in dividends. Include exercise times, even if they are just in 10-minute increments, on your calendar. Find time to exercise and build on that time.

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Exercise Calendar Rate Business 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2017

If you're like many leaders, you're "too busy" to exercise on a regular basis. Truth is, there are ways to fit exercise and healthful habits into your busy day that will pay off in dividends. Include exercise times, even if they are just in 10-minute increments, on your calendar. Find time to exercise and build on that time.

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Exercise Tips Calendar Rate 49

DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

An art festival where local artists can show off their pieces, explain their work to attendees, and donate a portion or all of the proceeds to your nonprofit. If you have a good relationship with a local vineyard, coffee roaster, or brewery, you might even propose a special vintage, roast, or brew just for your nonprofit or event.

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Ideas Fundraising Artist Nebraska 52

EveryAction

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Its purpose is to activate the voters that support your campaign (or your cause), and get them down to their local polling place to cast a ballot on Election Day. GOTV stands for Get Out The Vote, which is the final phase of a field campaign. Basically, it’s the process of turning abstract support into real, tangible votes.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2014

If you''re like many leaders, you''re "too busy" to exercise on a regular basis. Truth is, there are ways to fit exercise and healthful habits into your busy day that will pay off in dividends. Include exercise times, even if they are just in 10-minute increments, on your calendar. Find time to exercise and build on that time.

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Exercise Calendar Rate Leadership 70

Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 11, 2022

In fact, it’s just as critical as nutrition, sleep, and exercise. Reach out to a friend you can be silly with, watch a TikTok of a funny dog , or even go out to a local comedy show. For you, it might be doing a 5-minute breathing exercise. Connect With Others. As humans, we’re built for social connection. Make Time For Rest.

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Cleveland Exercise Meme Module 59

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

If an issue relevant to your mission and programs (local, national, or international) is in the news, write up a summary of the issue, add your commentary with a call-to-action (CTA), and then share your post to your online communities and in your e-newsletter. Well-Formatted content on the Oceana Blog : Blog Content Best Practices.

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Practice Nonprofit Newsletter News 352

Qgiv

MAY 11, 2021

Encourage Employee Matched Giving Campaigns as a Remote Team Building Exercise. Seek Out and Promote Local Partnerships. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of supporting local businesses. To take advantage of this pro-local sentiment, reach out to new local businesses to fill out your bench.

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Kindful

JUNE 22, 2021

To begin the process of donor acquisition, complete a sphere of influence exercise with your Board of Directors. This exercise will give them the opportunity to document their network of folks so you can begin to build relationships with donors. Starting the donor cultivation process . Please don’t just jump straight to the ask!

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Relationship Donor Build Exercise 62

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Their space is designed for local nonprofits to connect, share ideas and develop solutions together. The workshop had seating in a U-shape, so people did not have a desk to write on and I had some worksheet exercises for people to do. Just added these to my trainer kit). My audience included many people who were blind.

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Detroit Instruction Instructional PPT 77

Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Bringing skilled volunteers together in person with passionate and integrated local organisations around the world was how V2I worked towards their mission of helping global communities break the cycle of poverty.

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Philanthropy Impact Support Gambia 98

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

If you're like many leaders, you're "too busy" to exercise on a regular basis. Truth is, there are ways to fit exercise and healthful habits into your busy day that will pay off in dividends. Include exercise times, even if they are just in 10-minute increments, on your calendar. Find time to exercise and build on that time.

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Exercise Calendar Rate Business 40

Get Fully Funded

JULY 11, 2022

Where to Find Corporate Sponsors Don’t get a list from the local chamber or business association and send everyone a letter asking for a sponsorship. Ask your staff, volunteers, and Board who they know at local businesses. A “sphere of influence” exercise can be really helpful here. Get media sponsors.

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Sponsor Fundraising Info Business 75

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The need for local pest control, insurance, copier lease, or related services may change, therefore you should re-evaluate annually. Buy in Bulk – How many of us buy small quantities of office supplies at the local dollar store to “get us through until the next donation?” Many of these strategies might sound like common sense.

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Money Nonprofit United States Fund 98

ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Layer one, internal assessment, is an exercise in rigorous self-reflection. For a steady and reliable collaboration among nonprofit relationships, Geofunders suggests that, “Staff and Board should study local ecosystems to see who is doing what and where there are opportunities for aligned actions.”. Clarity of purpose.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 9, 2015

If you're like many leaders, you're "too busy" to exercise on a regular basis. Truth is, there are ways to fit exercise and healthful habits into your busy day that will pay off in dividends. Include exercise times, even if they are just in 10-minute increments, on your calendar. Find time to exercise and build on that time.

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Exercise Calendar Rate Life 40

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

As part of the face-to-face training, we spent a day introducing participants to the different platforms and because we had wifi at the training, integrated using it as part of the exercise report outs. We are also using a Facebook group for daily communication. There is also an self-assessment exercise. We did this on Day 1.

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Pakistan NGO Network Exercise 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

The project kicked off a year ago with a seven-day Train the Trainers intensive in Beirut, Lebanon for the in-country teams who would localize and implement the curriculum for five 3-day workshops that I designed. Chema Gargouri, In Country Director, Tunisia being interviewed by the local radio station in Fez, Morocco.

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Morocco Tunisia Reflection Conference 100

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 20, 2013

If you''re like many leaders, you''re "too busy" to exercise on a regular basis. Truth is, there are ways to fit exercise and healthful habits into your busy day that will pay off in dividends. Include exercise times, even if they are just in 10-minute increments, on your calendar. Find time to exercise and build on that time.

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Exercise Calendar Rate Leadership 52

CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Get local businesses involved for prize sponsorships, and make it a public, fun event that everyone can come and watch. For this fundraising event, you’ll need to team up with a local paint and sip store like Pinot’s Palette or Painting with a Twist that’s willing to donate a percentage of the night’s proceeds to your cause.

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Ideas Online Fundraising Charity 98

Get Fully Funded

MARCH 20, 2023

Mark off a couple of blocks of time on your calendar to research things like supplies, materials, and equipment online or call local vendors to find out what things cost. Repeat this exercise for every line item in your nonprofit’s first budget. Then get estimates from at least 3 vendors so you can see what the going price is.

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Create Track Program Money 98

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

. —– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. Nearly 18,000 people participated in the 24-hour, online fundraising event, raising more than $2 million to benefit 1,200 local nonprofits.

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Community Giving Washington Arlington 158

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Faithforce , Salesforce’s interfaith employee resource group, has partnered with Salesforce Philanthropy and Salesforce.org for the past four years to educate, spread awareness, and support refugees around the world by observing World Refugee Day, where we come together each year to learn, share, and give back to help refugees locally and globally.

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Education Change Philanthropy Global 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2012

My experience so far has been to develop curriculum – mostly focused on technology that is adapted in different countries by local organizations. The second exercise was done in small groups and a report the whole group answering the questions, “What are your hopes and fears for the program?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 20, 2013

One thing I have learned working mostly outside of the US is to start a training by honoring a local tradition. New Zealand: Tables for Small Group Exercises. This is an exercise I used in Tunisia. Closing exercises that inspire learns to apply what they learned. I have written about this in great detail here.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 22, 2021

To ensure this, the team works to create a weekly newsletter featuring new events and sends it to CSR ambassadors to tailor and communicate the opportunities through locally. Since the summer, exercise classes during lunch have been held virtually in the comfort of the employees’ homes.

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Global Program Classes Exercise 49

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 25, 2012

If you're like many leaders, you're "too busy" to exercise on a regular basis. Truth is, there are ways to fit exercise and healthful habits into your busy day that will pay off in dividends. Include exercise times, even if they are just in 10-minute increments, on your calendar. Find time to exercise and build on that time.

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Exercise Tips Calendar Rate 55