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Celebrate, Educate, and Fundraise: Planning Winning AAPI Heritage Month Events

The Modern Nonprofit

Embarking on Your AAPI Heritage Month Journey Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, celebrated every May in the United States, provides an important opportunity to honor the history, culture, and achievements of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Notable AAPI athletes, journalists, or other public figures.

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Leadership Lessons From A Serial Entrepreneur

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Give the speaker your full attention and keep an open, receptive mind. Finally, as an unexpected special treat, Appendix B provides a fascinating History of Technology Timeline , starting with the first technological milestone dating back to more than two million years ago. Only one person talks at a time. No side conversations.

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

Candid

Holding questions about power and privilege in mind, is it still justifiable that such waste is required of nonprofits? Organization’s Founding Date/History. Even a quick scan of the form fields above will reveal that much of this information is available from any public repository of 990 forms filed annually by US nonprofits.

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July Cause Awareness: Disability Pride Month

Qgiv

A disability is any condition of the mind or body that makes it more difficult for someone to partake in certain activities and may impair their ability to participate easily in normal daily pursuits. There is so much diversity in the world, but one type of diversity that often gets overlooked or forgotten is disability diversity.

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Pride is a Protest, Not a Parade: How Education Can Help Fight Hate Against the LGBTQ+ Community

Saleforce Nonprofit

This annual publication documents legal, political, and social developments in 54 countries and four European institutions over the past calendar year. are twice as likely to have been bullied, and 91% have heard negative language about being LGBTQ+ in the past year. Most importantly, be open-minded — no one person is the same.

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Storytelling for Grant Writers: 10 Tactical & Stylistic Tips

Achieve

As you lay out the context for your proposal, consider how you frame your nonprofit’s mission, history, community, and more. Just be mindful to not over-rely on the first person to the point of coming across as vague or unserious, and avoid using the third person so much that your stories become repetitive, long-winded, or cold.

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Mastering Major Gifts: The Ultimate Guide to Raise More

Bloomerang

Identification factors Generally, donors with a history of giving, high engagement with your organization , and a high generosity score (capacity for donating) will be the best major gift candidates. Look at each supporter’s giving history and identify trends. Keep in mind that donors give because they’re passionate about your mission.

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