Candid

AUGUST 23, 2023

It sounds straightforward, yet many nonprofit organizations struggle with the strategic planning process, especially when not knowing why, where, or how to start. What level and what type of funding will be required? This is why it’s helpful to understand the frequent ways strategic planning can go wrong upfront.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

When my business partner, Kevin Ordonez, and I wrote two books about the impact of the digital revolution on associations, we interviewed entrepreneurs both inside and outside our community. Similar to the funds in an investment portfolio, lines of business can be weighted differently. Having a sound business continuity plan helps.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

I don’t like the way I sound or look on camera.” Interview: In an interview video, someone from your organization interviews someone who has received services or has expertise in your cause. The interview video establishes your credibility as an authority on the type of work your organization does.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 31, 2011

Check out the interview below to learn more about how My Colorado Project is empowering local change! I like to think of some of them as “nonprofit mutual funds.”. Wow – that doesn’t sound like fun! How did My Colorado Project come about, how did it get started? But it will be!

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Neon CRM

JULY 20, 2023

Whether you’re trying to construct a new building, complete upgrades, or expand your organization, a capital campaign will allow you to raise the funds to do that. While you may be thinking, “That just sounds like fundraising,” what differentiates it is its intensity and specific goal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

We [ myself , @MeganSoffe r , and @PIRDave from OnGood ] streamed an interview and a short 20-minute session, but with creativity and time for planning, Periscope streaming as a storytelling tool is untapped and a future fundraising success story yet to be told. Have a two-person team for streaming interviews, site visits, and events.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This may sound counterintuitive, but you must narrow your focus to reach more prospects likely to convert. Giving once funds a new water project. Interview someone who has received your services about the difference a donor made in their lives — a donor , not your nonprofit. Use storytelling to bring the UVP to life.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

United Way has repurposed images of their volunteers and video interviews of their staff to create several TikToks that raise awareness of their work. unitedway The app you are on right now is helping fund this work! original sound – charity: water. original sound – GivingTuesday. Check out the examples below!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

is a nonprofit project pioneering “community funded reporting.” On July 9, 2009 I interviewed David about Spot.us Below is an edited transcript of the interview which you also can listen to online , or subscribe to via iTunes. We also did an interview with the reporter to get a feel for what went into the reporting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

This week I was honored to facilitate a mini-workshop, “ The Happy Healthy Woman Leader, at the Women Funded 2019 conference in San Francisco. As he explains in this NPR interview you should focus on building the habit itself, rather than worrying about how big the impact is. While it might sound silly, but it works.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Their founders cover the overhead cost to keep the Forever Free Pledge going, and as such they’ve been able to share the wealth with the Malala Fund, Girl Scouts, StoryCorps, and March for Our Lives. And they give it all aways for free (except standard credit card fees or 3rd party costs like Stripe). Platform Fee: 4.9%

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CauseVox

AUGUST 18, 2022

Watch the interview on demand here. It may sound strange but Cylinda and many other nonprofit professionals swear by it: the #1 fundraising hack is to grow your email list. By providing regular updates, CSI was accountable for the funds raised. About Compassion Services International. Grow Your Email List. Donation Tiers.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 24, 2022

Don’t worry, this is easier than it sounds if you follow the next six tips… 2. The best way to dominate your donor visits, get more funds and create real, lasting connections with your nonprofit … is to PRACTICE every aspect of your ask. Your funding for next year will die a thousand painful deaths. Don’t do this!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Note from Beth : This is an ongoing series from the Organizational Effectiveness Program team at the Packard Foundation about developing their program funding strategy in an open way or what has been dubbed “Learning In Public.” Interviews with 9 other foundations that conduct OE grantmaking (April-May 2012).

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Unfortunately, this cart-before-the-horse process rarely accounts for what the organization actually needs because committee members don’t know current digital strategies well enough to ask the right questions for building a sound technology and marketing plan. After all, they’re the experts. Let them do the heavy lifting. Bush, Ph.D.,

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 13, 2021

As Fiver pivoted to offer digital services in the wake of COVID-19, the fundraising team took the opportunity to craft a narrative around how donated funds directly impacted things like Camp WiFiver , a live-streamed camp experience. 80K is fairly lofty so set a goal that sounds reasonable to you and your organization.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

The more they tell you about what matters to them, the better job you can do of customizing an Ask for them that is an exact fit between your funding needs and their philanthropic desires. Try to make the conversation a conversation, not an interview. Be personable and authentic and genuinely interested in them as a person.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

I sat down with Kristen Denner, Director of Membership and Annual Fund, to learn more about the program's development and the museum's goals for its future. It sounds like this will make lobby membership sales a lot more complicated to pitch. Funding a research project that was serious. Projects interview membership.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 24, 2011

This post features an interview with Sarah Schultz, a museum staffer at one of the institutions Light profiled in the book (the Walker Art Center). How do you loosen up funds? It's always seemed challenging here to find funds for interpretative materials. But I know that funding and media often demand it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Over the next few years, we interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs, startups, and ecosystem builders. It sounds counterintuitive, but times of crisis are historically often the best point to create a disruptive new business. In the fall of 2017, we set off on the first of several lengthy expeditions to Europe. Storytelling is key.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2008

I interviewed Christina for the Big Vision Podcast last month. Have the programs that have been funded done enough to make a difference on this issue? Where is the research funding being given? After working for more than seven years, she hadn't even been able to save a fraction of that money that was needed to fund her dream.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 25, 2021

Over the next few years, we interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs, startups, and ecosystem builders. It sounds counterintuitive, but times of crisis are historically often the best point to create a disruptive new business. In the fall of 2017, we set off on the first of several lengthy expeditions to Europe. Storytelling is key.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Over the next few years, we interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs, startups, and ecosystem builders. It sounds counterintuitive, but times of crisis are historically often the best point to create a disruptive new business. In the fall of 2017, we set off on the first of several lengthy expeditions to Europe. Storytelling is key.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Whether it’s a fundraising campaign or a project funded by fundraising dollars, you need to stay organized. QuickBooks offers a fund accounting solution specifically for nonprofits. Plus, their app makes it easy to track your funding, whether incoming or outgoing, from anywhere. Bank synchronization.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

I recently interviewed her about Dining for Women's successes and challenges for the Big Vision Podcast. You can read a transcript of the interview below. Our mission is to empower women living in extreme poverty by funding programs that foster good health, education, and economic self sufficiency.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2009

I was thrilled when Zainab Salbi, Women for Women International's Founder and CEO, agreed to an interview with me for the Big Vision Podcast. Please note that there is a graphic description of what one women endured, but the rest of the interview is very uplifting--I promise! As goofy as it may sound, it is love. You know what?

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 20, 2008

Their story was one of the ones that stood out the most for me from the series, so I was thrilled when a woman named Houria Iderkou, who set up a Causes campaign for KickStart on Facebook, contacted me to see if I'd like to interview Fisher. It just doesn't sound like a good business, and frankly, it is not a good business.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 15, 2009

Note From Beth: A few weeks ago, I wrote a reflection on an article in CNET called " Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0 " based on an interview with Toby Daniels of Think Social and Scott Harrison of charity:water. Stay tuned to Acumen Fund's blog for more news on this soon!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

(You can review the slide deck to get the details of its growth in terms of global partners and software products). This first network was more formalized because of the risks involved in distributing software and also because of the funding investment. It required more structure, planning because of the risk associated with failure.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

I once interviewed for a job with an organization in Atlanta that sold coupon booklets door-to-door to support a children’s wheelchair basketball league. It sounded like a worthy cause, until I asked what percentage of sales actually went to the league. That sounds pretty terrible… but how can we know for sure?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

This category includes fundraising consortia, religious organizations, and, significantly, donor-advised funds (DAFs). . I also had the pleasure of interviewing James Wiley in t he # bbcon Lounge to discuss the latest tech trends in higher education and how digital transformation is changing the way universities operate.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 11, 2017

Blind interviews are becoming more popular as a need for diversity and unbiased hiring decisions is growing. An applicant can view all the projects and choose which one sounds like the best fit for them, all without having to see or speak to an interviewer. Image 1 : Rawpixel.com / Shutterstock. Register now.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 21, 2008

I know it sounds cliché, but as Martin Luther King said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.". One of them is actually Adam Sterling, the colleague who I spoke about earlier in this interview. When the Genocide Intervention Network was founded, it was originally called the Genocide Intervention Fund.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2020

Closures and social distancing measures have wiped out organizations that didn’t have a rainy day fund. In March we launched a dedicated Boys and Girls Clubs COVID-19 relief fund. That effort was concentrated around raising funds and awareness for the work that our national organization and local clubs are leading.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Studio microphones that are linked to the remote stream and not the house sound. Potentially a staged studio, depending on how the set up is and if an interview or live broadcast is happening. Tripods (the same number of cameras, most likely). Riser (to elevate the tripod, will depend on the camera angles). House microphones.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Studio microphones that are linked to the remote stream and not the house sound. Potentially a staged studio, depending on how the set up is and if an interview or live broadcast is happening. Tripods (the same number of cameras, most likely). Riser (to elevate the tripod, will depend on the camera angles). House microphones.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

A creative fundraiser can make any of these items sound attractive to the donor. They can be a video interview with the donor about the mission. If you are with a job training program, maybe you make a bookmark that is focused on job interview tips. Shout out to Get Fully Funded ! These need not look like a commercial.

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