NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 5, 2022

These four I’ve learned over the years might help boost your work and your organizations. In no small way, good behaviors permeate all aspects of our lives. Behaviors like kindness, gratitude, and patience. These human practices are good in life and equally good in our nonprofits.

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Candid

AUGUST 2, 2022

Whether you’re a new nonprofit or an existing one, understanding how to apply these three lessons from the pandemic can greatly benefit your organization: . Lesson #1: Be resilient and plan ahead. Lesson #2: Adapt your fundraising strategies. Lesson #3: Make your communications personal.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

At the heart of her vivid stories of triumphs, hardships, and never letting the word “no” dictate her destiny are essential lessons such as: The importance of caring deeply for people and putting others first. I’ve learned that failure is a very important experience in your journey toward success,” adds Lutoff-Perlo.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 18, 2023

As we collectively take stock of what we’ve learned from the pandemic so far, we need to take a look at the ways parents and teachers evolved school fundraising to meet today’s needs. Ready to learn how to use these lessons from the pandemic to raise more for your school? Make the most of each donation.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 27, 2022

So far, I’ve shared four things I’ve learned. Some I had to learn the hard way but certainly they can benefit any and all fundraisers. Here are lessons five and six. . I hope you’re enjoying this list of things to focus on when it comes to sustainer giving.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In a previous article, I shared the first two things I learned during my 30 years of working on sustainer programs. Here are my next two lessons. Most of this is not rocket science, but it’s important to keep in mind when you’re looking to grow or retain your sustainers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2023

There’s a lot to learn from them about text marketing. Want to learn more about effective text message marketing? Many of the text messages we get are personal messages between friends and loved ones, but there are also many major brands that capitalize on this communication medium to help reach their customers.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 26, 2022

Titled 'Next Gen Donor Learning: Lessons for Effective Programs from Houston and the Field,' the report identifies core questions facing any next gen donor learning effort and offers practical guidance for tackling each question.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 19, 2023

Project retrospec tives play a pivotal role to capture lessons learned. However, without thorough retrospectives, these opportunities or lessons to be learned may go unnoticed. Retrospectives also encourage creative thinking and ideation, fostering a culture of continuous learning, and innovation within the organization.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 6, 2022

Right now, frontline fundraisers (but really all workers) have the advantage. In today’s business and nonprofit climate, the rank-and-file workforce has the advantage for demanding better pay, benefits and working conditions. And, for many workers, they are getting it.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 10, 2021

As we emerge from an extended period of social distancing, it’s important to reexamine how giving experiences and expectations have changed and what lessons we can learn from virtual fundraising. Social giving experiences were some of the most drastically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

I’ve shared six of my top sustainer giving lessons so far. Today, I’ll get to the heart of sustainer giving, and probably the hardest lessons for nonprofit leadership.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2023

What I like most about Miguel Leal ’s memoir, aside from its overall compelling and inspiring information, are the business and life lessons he shares. Those lessons are found throughout his recently released memoir, The House That Cheese Built. Here are his business and life lessons : Passion can find you when you least expect it.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Toward the beginning of Joseph Lalonde ’s book, Reel Leadership , he shares, “We’re going to delve into the leaderships lessons we can find in movies. We’re going to discover that movies are a fantastic way to learn, grow, and engross yourself in leadership. What leadership lessons have you learned from running?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Each year at this time, I reflect on the valuable lessons my father taught me that have served me well in business and in life - including lessons I learned when I didn't at the time necessarily realize I was learning from him. Music lessons. He loved to learn. He lived to help other people learn.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Keyes recaps his learned business lessons for top management and CEOs at companies of all sizes. Plus, Keyes states that Education Is Freedom provides the “what,” “why,” and “how” of learning. The C-Suite Learning is: What to Learn Change : embracing change and growing from adversity.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

If you're interested in learning about a particular funder’s grantmaking activities, our search tool includes a filter for that as well. . Through this service we aim to support continued learning in the field by supplying a publicly accessible full-text collection long after spend/phase down. .

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The Sponsorship Collective

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

As we gear up to leave another year behind, there is no better time than now to assess what we learned this year and how we can continue applying those lessons to […] The Sponsorship Collective continues growing by leaps and bounds, as does the sponsorship market as a whole.

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Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

To do this, I need to trace both the history of the organization as well as the transformational changes it underwent in order to illustrate the lessons I learned throughout this process. However, along the way we learned several lessons that proved integral to maintaining an effective—and accountable—board.

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Double the Donation

MARCH 15, 2024

In major election years, political campaigns are at the top of everyone’s minds. Your organization’s supporters receive political advertisements and donation appeals alongside those from your nonprofit, and donors may even wonder where your organization stands on key election issues.

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Here's a recap of the lessons we've learned this year through stats. At NonProfit PRO, we strive to keep the pulse of the nonprofit sector.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 27, 2024

Brad Jacobs’ new book provides you a treasure-trove of leadership lessons from a man with more than four decades of CEO and serial entrepreneur experience. This book is about what I’ve learned from my blunders, and how you can replicate our successes,” says Jacobs. Building an outrageously talented team. Catalyzing electric meetings.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

While you may never find yourself in a crisis of this magnitude at your nonprofit, you can learn from Southwest’s mistakes and use those lessons to prepare for a potential disaster. Keep reading to learn more. Let’s look at the following lessons. Lesson One: You need the right software and processes in place.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 14, 2022

While many nonprofits remain on a curve of continual learning and adaptation, there have been some unanticipated lessons learned throughout this tumultuous time. The post 3 Unexpected Lessons Nonprofits Learned from the Pandemic appeared first on Salesforce.org. He is based in Vancouver, Canada.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

What can we learn from Caesar? What lessons can we take from the fall of Caeser and how can we apply those to our own organizations? The post Beware the Ides of March: A Lesson For All Leaders first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog. At IC Catholic Prep in Elmhurst, Illinois, March is a critical month.

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Forum One

MARCH 4, 2021

Things are still changing and 2021 will have its own lessons, but as we approach the year anniversary of the COVID-19 crisis beginning here in the U.S., we wanted to look back at how the last year has impacted how organizations think about communications and share a few communications lessons learned (or reinforced) in 2020.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 28, 2017

If you have donated to a nonprofit within the last 12 months, then please take the 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report ! This week Nonprofit Tech for Good donated $25 to 25 nonprofits in order to study how nonprofits are progressing in the design of their donation pages and in the efficacy of their online donation process.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Toward the beginning of Joseph Lalonde ’s new book, Reel Leadership , he shares, “We’re going to delve into the leaderships lessons we can find in movies. We’re going to discover that movies are a fantastic way to learn, grow, and engross yourself in leadership. What leadership lessons have you learned from running?

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Join Brian Saber, author of Fundraising for Introverts: Harnessing Our Powers for What Matters , to learn all the powerful attributes we introverts bring to fundraising, not only in individual giving programs, but in special events and across all fundraising. A very special MotivateMonday episode.

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Pamela Grow

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Shut down notifications, turn off your phone, and grab a cup of coffee to learn what you can still do to drastically improve the results of your next appeal. Subscribe to The Grow Report now to be notified of the next MotivateMonday flash training.

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OneCause

AUGUST 18, 2021

While it’s clear that it’s harder to create fun and engagement in a virtual event, it’s also clear that virtual events DO work ; donors DO tune in; they DO learn about the mission and the need; they DO contribute, and nonprofits DO raise critical funds. But COVID-19 changed that. They may be expecting their favorite charities to do the same!

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Nonprofit AF

JUNE 12, 2023

[Image description: The silhouette of an adult and a child, holding hands, walking toward the horizon, during sunrise or sunset. Image by Harika G on Unsplash] Hi everyone, this coming Sunday is Fa…

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

There are a lot of lessons to be learned about relationship building, strategy and the analytics critical to a successful program. One of those lessons is target ask amounts because if you don’t ask for a specific amount, you aren’t letting donors know what you need.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

I think there are many timeless lessons that still apply to current strategy that can be gleaned from looking backward. Decades before the dawn of digital ads and social media, advertising legend David Ogilvy penned his seminal book “Ogilvy on Advertising” sharing hard-won lessons on how to effectively persuade consumers.

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The MatrixFiles

JUNE 15, 2021

Heinan Landa (CEO of Optimal Networks ) asked me last week: As we’re slowly returning to the office and in-person meetings, what lessons from 15 months of virtual meetings should endure? Here are lessons that I hope will endure: Higher Quality Sessions. ALL of these lessons should endure past this pandemic!

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Candid

JULY 23, 2021

Improving Community Safety Through Public Health Strategies: Lessons From Atlanta And Milwaukee." Annie E. Engaging with local community leaders and residents early and often is key to implementing public health and racial justice approaches to preventing gun violence successfully, a report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation finds.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

If you’ve been part of the Salesforce community for a while, you’ve certainly heard of Trailhead — the fun way to learn about all things Salesforce. Road-Tested Tips for Designing a Learning Program. First, some tips for your learning program based on our experience. Thank you to everyone who turns to Trailhead to learn.

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