Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

They are professional. Your donation receipt should be all these things: friendly, professional, engendering trust, helpful. When you send a prompt, well-written, moving, and informative receipt, you demonstrate to the donor that you are a well-organized organization that values professionalism. What makes a good ambassador?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The timeless essence of managing numbers and leading people can be learned in less time and at a lower cost than in a traditional two-year MBA, where much of the curriculum may become obsolete by the time students graduate. In addition, the book provides an excellent glossary of most used terms within business.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Reach out to Asian American student groups on college campuses as well. They can speak about their career journeys and professional accomplishments. If budget allows, run ads both in Asian language publications and general market newspapers/websites. Engage AAPI leaders and elders to gain their support and input.

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Candid

JUNE 7, 2023

Prefers language that is both relatable and easy to understand (with some experts saying it’s important to use their slang ). We received 38 total responses from university students, young professionals, high school seniors, and members of the military, ranging in age from 18 to 25 years old.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Incentivize your students to read more with a fun peer-to-peer read-a-thon. Have your students team up with their friends and go head-to-head for some friendly competition. Student art show. Give your artistic students the opportunity to show off their skills by hosting a virtual art show. Gaming fundraiser.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

As event professionals, you should put together a lineup that is as diverse as the audience you hope to reach. Use Inclusive Language. This means that you should avoid language that is sexist, racist, homophobic or transphobic, and ableist. Inclusive practices start with your team, but they do not end there.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Ditch the industry jargon and formal language when writing or speaking with your supporters. You’ll want to stay professional as you interact with your donors, of course. For example, imagine you host an “ask me anything” session and learn that your supporters are deeply interested in your new summertime lunch program for students.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

AUGUST 8, 2020

And YET… one of the things I’ve encountered so many times is organizations thinking that they have to be “professional” in order to be seen as a “serious” non-profit. I used to strive to be much more “professional.” Learning about my Fascination language is how and why I write emails the way I do.

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AccelEvents

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

As event professionals, you should put together a lineup that is as diverse as the audience you hope to reach. Use Inclusive Language. This means that you should avoid language that is sexist, racist, homophobic or transphobic, and ableist. Inclusive practices start with your team, but they do not end there.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Something in the photos and the language on the page pulled me in and made me care. Maybe you have a professional photographer among your volunteers who can help with this. Mary fell in love with Nancy Drew books as a child and is excited to see her students improve their reading skills. Get the best quality photo you can.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

What began as a small online library, with a collection built in large part by its users, is now the primary national supplier of electronic accessible educational materials for students with print disabilities. At the close of 2012, we are five years into our work in education and are serving over 230,000 students.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Professional References/Testimonials (others who can speak on the organization’s behalf). Provide the following information about the organization and staff. Where contact information is requested, provide (if applicable) Name, Title, Address, Email Address, Phone Number. Figure 2 Participation by annual grantmaking budget.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

If this isn’t practical for you, you can also suggest language callers can use in an email–especially if this is your donor’s preferred method of communication. Assume in your tone and language your donor simply has forgotten or has just not got around to it due to the busyness of daily life. Personal handwriting packs a punch!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 12, 2009

Why shouldn’t visually impaired and disabled students in the United States have easy access to the study of the languages? Why shouldn’t students in Puerto Rico benefit from our technology and services? Within these regions there are nine Service Centers for Special Education that train and service teachers and students.

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Bloomerang

MAY 26, 2022

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you’re always thinking of ways to encourage your donors to increase their donation amounts. For example, you might explain that a $100 gift can purchase five new coding workbooks for your after-school program, and a $500 gift can buy a new laptop for a student.

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BoardAssist

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Most Executive Directors in the nonprofit community are smart, committed and highly professional. Most Executive Directors in the nonprofit community are smart, committed and highly professional. We had that situation with a charter school board where the founder and Executive Director wanted to buy all new books for the students.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

Working with Wake is also a wonderful professional development experience to hone training and facilitation trade craft. Milk the Cow is one example and while it might have been fun to do different handshakes when you were summer camp in Junior High, it is awkward and a little creepy to do this type of opener with professionals.

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Pamela Grow

JUNE 28, 2023

I’ve seen too many nonprofit students spend more time on “making their emails pretty,” than is warranted. Make Your Opt-In Language Clear and Direct You only want to email people who have explicitly opted into receiving emails from you. Your header image: This is the graphic that appears at the top of your message. How important is it?

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

O ver 6,000 professionals?representing?departments Whether it’s rethinking how they contact their donors, the language they use on donor calls, where they ’ re direct ing their funds, or even how they ’ re partnering with students to drive donor engagement. bbcon 2020. and we’re proud to say higher ed?was in attendance.

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Tech Soup

JULY 27, 2011

A competition that challenges students from all corners of the globe to develop technological solutions to social problems. Translating software to help indigenous peoples connect with others while preserving their language and culture. They are all initiatives of Microsoft Citizenship. and Facebook.

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NTEN

JULY 1, 2011

The Educational Development Center is helping nearly 150,000 students in Sudan receive a better education, using a relatively old technology: the radio. After providing more than 600 schools with solar-paneled radios, students are able to tune into courses on subjects such as math and language.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

El Museo Reimaginado is a collaborative effort of museum professionals in North and South America to explore museums' potential as community catalysts. Families playing, vendors hawking, students kissing, old ladies kibitzing. Each room was a diverse mix of voices, perspectives, and language.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Your major gifts office is a fundraising professional who specializes in major gift cultivation and stewardship. clients, members, subscribers, students, patients, program attendees, ticket purchasers) Families of beneficiaries Once you’ve identified these prospects in your donor database, move them through your major gifts pipeline.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 9, 2011

Is that really a reason to study , talk about , and define a professional identity of a "nonprofit sector?" Better maybe, for the different pieces to keep to themselves, with their own methods, language, and professional development programs? So, these things are all defined under one section of a messy tax code.

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Gyrus

JULY 12, 2016

Professional Drive. ELearnings offer the flexibility to start a training whenever a student would like, as well as awards the opportunity to pace the information in which one is digesting. Elearnings as a package can be one of your greatest allies in the world of professional development. But you cannot just stop there.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

As a presenter, advocate, or fundraiser, your job is to ensure that your colleagues, followers, or students want to soak up your message — a tall order, especially in a digital environment. Experiment with your body language and speaking volume, and try these: A natural energy level. A slightly elevated energy level.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

However, this is where we often find ourselves as mission-driven employees — called to perform tasks that stretch our skills and plunge us headlong into new areas of professional development. Students from the age of 4 to 104 have learned about code using hands-on tutorials offered in more than 40 languages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

As a presenter, advocate, or fundraiser, your job is to ensure that your colleagues, followers, or students want to soak up your message — a tall order, especially in a digital environment. Experiment with your body language and speaking volume, and try these: A natural energy level. A slightly elevated energy level.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2019

As a professional communicator, you face a smorgasbord of challenges online. But marketers and development professionals stray from this idea constantly. I’m going to give you all the same facts, and I want each of you to write the ‘lede’ of the story if it was going to appear in the student paper.”. What You’re Up Against.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Fiver casts a wide net with a “mix of their Fiver community” consisting of their young professionals’ committee, mid-career advocates, program alumni, and board members. Let’s look at an example from Fiver: Once upon a time, there were students in New York. Because of that, students know it’s ok to be different.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 12, 2013

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. Yet there seemed no concern for the dire condition of a dangerous bench, threatening to injure a student at any time. Yet there are nine students on a broken bench; and for my money, that’s a paradigm issue. As part of a.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

But most donors are drawn to several cause areas, so they may donate to a homeless shelter, a chess program for middle school students, a dog rescue, and an organization that supports women with breast cancer. Most professional fundraisers who work with major donors have dozens of questions in their repertoire that they can use as needed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2006

I immediately saw the potential of being able to connect to my friends and family across distances and being able to read news and research in my other languages and from different perspectives than the media in the US provided. I wanted to combine my two passions in teaching: Foreign Languages and Technology. The tools of Web 2.0

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Online courses from easyLearning by Serebra provide busy nonprofiters with access to more than 1,500 technical and professional courses. The National Commission on writing stated that 80 percent of grade school students are not proficient at writing. Enroll in Online Courses from easyLearning.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 1, 2013

As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Patsy Kraeger, Ph.D. Welcome to Research Friday ! This is exciting!

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Care2

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

How to use language to represent your organization’s style and mission. A life-long activist, she had volunteered with the Progressive Student Alliance, Amnesty International and Sierra Club. Dane is a seasoned online communications and fundraising professional with more than 18 years of experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2014

I’ll be sharing my best tips and secrets for designing and delivering training for nonprofit professionals that get results. It is really important to pay attention to body language (discomfort, confusion, boredom, etc.) Join me for a FREE Webinar: Training Tips that Work for Nonprofits on Jan.29th 29th at 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST.

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