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Nonprofit Content Creation: Back-To-The Basics of the Writing Process

Bloomerang

Just write whatever comes to mind. If you had just jotted down notes or concepts in the pre-writing phase, starting connecting them to form sentences. Madison Gonzalez is a National Public Speaker, Storyteller of the Year Award-Winner, Best-Selling Author of Dear Mirror, Events Manager, and Published Poet. Drafting. .

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12 Elements To Help Conduct Your Mid-Year Nonprofit Tune Up

Bloomerang

Sometimes the cultivation phase — forging a personal and emotional alignment between the nonprofit’s mission, vision, and values and the donor prospect’s philanthropic priorities — can be completed in months if there is enough quality interaction. Stewardship should be carefully designed with the donor’s personality in mind.

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Narrative Change Strategy

Forum One

Organizations, such as First Nations Development Institute, have their core values and belief about the potential of First Nations communities woven into their narrative that access to appropriate resources creates the environment for ingenuity to help ensure the well-being of First Nations communities.

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Words to Avoid—2022 Edition

Candid

With that in mind, we’d like to kick off 2022 by actively questioning the use of certain words—and what is meant—so that we can continue to improve by phasing out terms that might be overused, harmful, or inaccurate. Reprinted from Big Duck. A new year brings a commitment to change and improvement for many people. Disappointed?

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How Public Speaking Skills Can Help You Run Your Nonprofit

Achieve

Her unique combination of being analytically minded, extroverted, charismatic, and skilled in presenting and training has guided her career journey. Patti’s four-step process efficiently gets you from the brainstorming phase to completed, well-practiced slides that you’re proud of and a feeling of preparedness for your presentation.

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TechSoup to Host Mozilla Ignite Idea Jam

Tech Soup

These are the questions Mozilla and the National Science Foundation have teamed up to ask through the Mozilla Ignite Apps Challenge. Join the first phase of the program by submitting your proposed app in a public brainstorming session. Advanced manufacturing. Get Ignited.

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The Design Process Series: Creating a Logo

Media Cause

My favorite part of the research phase is looking for inspiration. Below is a look at sketches that I created when concepting the National Hispanic Medical Association’s new logo for their “Vaccinate For All” campaign. Additionally, I keep accessibility top of mind. I like to check out what’s been done in the past.

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