Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

I pulled out this book, The Politics of Design this week, and it details the way in which global narratives around the color of people’s skin have long upheld the idea that lighter skin is more pure and darker skin is more evil. And I had two very specific ideas in mind when I was thinking about the soundtrack to accompany this poem.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 22, 2012

Imagine you've just been tasked with developing an innovative, future-thinking national museum for your country's history. Blueprint is the story of a group of people who tried to create a Dutch Museum of National History (INNL). In three years, INNL created a series of fresh, exciting approaches to engaging communities with history.

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Neon CRM

MAY 16, 2024

Next, if your CRM allows it, create smaller lists based on details around their history with you. Sharing real-life stories and examples will reinforce the idea that their money made a tangible difference in the world. Sound interesting? Use your donor management software to identify donors that haven’t donated in the last year.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This guide is a great place to start to generate ideas for items and packages that will captivate your audience at your next auction event. Classic live auction item ideas When you think of a live auction, there are probably several classic items that come to mind. Here are a few creative packages and basket ideas to wow attendees.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 20, 2023

Creating these guidelines will help ensure your content sounds the same across all avenues. Or maybe you work with women and want to amplify your programs or efforts during Women’s History Month. Now that you’ve got your content ideas, and you know when they need to be ready, it’s time to start writing. Start writing.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

Most nonprofit’s have no idea that they likely have a Facebook Community Page. Launched in 2010, the purpose of community pages are still mostly unknown although a sound hypothesis would be that their existence is now connected to the recently launched Facebook Graph Search. March of Dimes Redirect Page.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The strategy was designed to create a ‘surround sound’ across social media and news websites. . The LCV Victory Fund found that mid-level donors in their digital surround sound program gave on average twice the amount that the control group did—an enormous lift. . These ads focused on brand validation and impact. Related Links.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

As the speed at which new ideas can step out on the stage continues to increase, it is less about finding a great idea and pitching it for support. Supporting analysis and evaluation may not sound as exciting to your board as funding a new tool, but it can be at least as important! “History is Enough&#.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 10, 2021

If you can’t wait and just want to jump to ideas for how nonprofits can leverage NFTs, skip to the bottom. For a little history here, the game CryptoKitties was the first major use case for NFTs and has been a huge success. Considerations: Create a list of ideas for types of art or moments that might have value as a NFT.

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

But first, a brief history of “the office” as a concept. The idea of an office, or a physical place in which a person sits down to work, isn’t new. If you can get people invested in your idea , then they’ll carry that into their work all the way through to your external communications – which means your customers will see it too.

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Qgiv

JUNE 15, 2022

After some sleuthing we came across Qgiv, got a demo and the rest has been history. That’s a fun side of the work because it sometimes lets us encounter new ideas in the for-profit world that we can apply to our nonprofit clients. Q: What makes Oneicity different? O: Great question. Q: Why should nonprofits consider working with you?

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

So many wonderful ideas, and I shared a few below. A few offered solid concrete suggestions that take the big idea of "advocacy" and make it concrete, like list wages on hiring requests and refusing to use unpaid interns. Circling back to the idea of the power of the manager, you have the power to say yes or no to all sorts of things.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

Try reading your letter aloud and see if it sounds like you are chatting with your donor. Hero languages reinforces the idea that they made the right choice and increases the possibility that they will give again. This tone helps build a connection between you and your donor. Say things like, We couldn’t do this without you! ,

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

A brand story relays the history, character, motivations, and other defining qualities of your nonprofit, from conception until today. Images, action, word choice, and background music and sounds must carry a cohesive message in order to provoke the same feelings in the viewer. The Brand Story.

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BoardAssist

APRIL 10, 2018

And many have the business expertise that’s useful in developing a sound plan for your nonprofit. I know this sounds like a no-brainer, but too many nonprofit leaders get into the habit of addressing “the board” as opposed to interacting with board members as individuals who have unique interests, needs, desires and resources.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2013

Over the past two years, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History has undergone a significant transformation of program, audience, and resources. Our revolution is predicated on three big ideas: Art and history are something you do, not just something you learn about. Sounds great. You can download all the slides here.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. Ruth Cohen – American Museum of natural History. For years we have been producing digital media to fulfill our mission of educating the public about science and history. When we first started babycastles, we had no idea there was any kind of community in NY for it.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 10, 2011

It's my second week as the Executive Director at The Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz, CA, and boy is my everything tired. I even have a couple ideas that you could work on without being here in Santa Cruz. It could be a tag-team art/history lecture series. It could be an urban history scavenger hunt.

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Top Nonprofits

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

This includes characters that look and sound like the coworkers, volunteers, and constituents learners will encounter— if your entire team isn’t blonde-haired and blue-eyed, your characters shouldn’t be. This isn’t the time to take a deep-dive into your nonprofit’s history. Creating engaging e-learning is the same idea!

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Museum 2.0

JULY 23, 2019

Both of these seem natural as we are in the business of ideas and we are adjacent to formal education systems. For some visitors, the feeling of engagement comes from being connected to ideas quickly. Sound is often a good surprise in spaces. The American Museum of Natural History had two wonderful moments happening this summer.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 29, 2018

They should be more detailed, including giving history, types of recent engagement, hobbies and interests and preferred methods of communication. Some ideas to get you started. While this may sound super complex, it’s actually an easy practice to implement. These shouldn’t just be segments based off of just age or demographic.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 26, 2019

In others, like the Community Issue Exhibition process, I was there as a fundraiser, networker, and sounding board for our brilliant team as they went deeper and further with community than I knew how to go. Generative leadership isn’t about the person in charge generating all the ideas. In all these projects, I had to take a risk.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I love alternative history novels. I was thinking I’d do a few alternative histories of museums for the first post of the last month of the decade. The idea of interactives in the galleries (alongside collections) are now not novel or very controversial. But what are your ideas? But I couldn’t get there.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

I realize that I may sound like a college freshman who just discovered Psych 101, but heck. Our theory of change posits that when we develop projects that bridge “unexpected connections” between diverse people and ideas, people build understanding and social capital with community members from different cultures, generations, and backgrounds.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

We've gotten a little more organized at The Museum of Art & History , and we've now released opportunities for summer internships. This internship is for the truly self-motivated person out there with a brilliant idea for making museums more participatory, welcoming, community spaces who just lacks an institution at which to try it out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2012

His chapter on “Data Literacy” describes what sounds a lot of good content curation skills minus the social sharing part. He is encouraging us to self-organize around this idea through his site, Information Diet to improve digital literacy in your community by organizing meet ups.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2024

Here are some ideas! You’d get the idea that they’re interested in nature education and in supporting students, at least—what other details could you glean from their donation? They probably reference past experiences you’ve had together, or they’ll talk to you as though they had a history with you. But they can feel similar!

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

GivingTuesday is one of the most successful year-end fundraising events in recent history. While this all sounds great, running a successful campaign doesn’t happen overnight. Online Fundraising Ideas (7 Strategies & 63% More Donations). Year-over-year we’ve seen the power of exponential growth at work.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 17, 2014

Be relaxed, personable, and warm – not institutional-sounding and formal. It should sound like you’re talking to the reader. Stewarding and growing a relationship is about knowing people: considering their interests, understanding their preferences, and acknowledging their history with you.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 9, 2022

While well-intentioned, this idea is very misleading. We’ll cover the following ideas: Who are your major donors? Review your donor files to evaluate the giving histories of your donors and identify your most loyal, faithful donors. When you send these regular communications, be sure they sound familiar.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 5, 2012

His goal is for people to have a new idea about a museum, or art, or the West. He doesn't care what kind of engagement has to happen for them to get the idea. It sounds unorthodox. It sounds wild. But it also sounds like a logically consistent reason NOT to focus on attendance. It makes sense.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 12, 2020

I'm thrilled that this co-conspirator is someone I know--and someone who is willing to share her ideas here. Sounds dramatic, I know. stomp* stomp*” idea go, or I’d drive myself insane. Beyond freely sharing your organization’s beauty, humor, and history with the world, you’ve also shared your learnings with one another.

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BoardAssist

MAY 13, 2014

Sound familiar? For example, if you want them to make a phone call – provide them with the name and contact information, but also with talking points, donors history, etc. Most board members are not professional fundraisers and many even hate the idea of fundraising. Have you trained them?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

This sounds like a boring tip, but there is nothing worse than the feeling of your stomach sinking when you’ve forgotten something. Check out these gift ideas: Appreciation Gifts Don’t Have to Break the Bank. Fall 2013 was the last time your organization’s event will go down in ho-hum history. Let’s Talk Facebook ® and Events.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2017

This is the fourth in a series of posts on the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH)'s development of Abbott Square , a new creative community plaza in downtown Santa Cruz. We had no idea what it would take to do a big campaign. Ask how much it’s worth. We’d have to find them, get them involved, and get them invested.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

At the risk of sounding like Captain Obvious, getting the help you need starts with something very simple. Would you like to know their full biographical history, demographics, and life story with their first gift? Here are some ideas to get you started: Giving terms. You educate, you inform, you advocate, you serve, you share.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Selected in 2009 as one of Puget Sound Business Journal’s Women of Influence and nominated in 2015 as one of Metro Vancouver’s YWCA Women of Distinction in the category of arts, culture, and design . Kelly Tweeddale. Executive Director. San Francisco Ballet. Kristin Bertell, m.a., Sharon Russell. Vice President, Finance and Donor Development.

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