The NonProfit Times

MAY 23, 2024

They’re dictatorships and they alone decide what criteria they use, and they almost never publish this information,” said Jamie McClelland, technology systems director for the Progressive Technology Project in Austin, Texas. Email deliverability continues to be top of mind for digital marketers for these reasons.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 29, 2020

So, organizations need to be aware of major donors when planning a new project. Organizations that keep this in mind are highlighting their contributors unmistakably on their sites, planning to persuade other funders, and showcasing their significant accomplishments inside the organization. Highlighting Influential Donors.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

I bet a few different things just popped in your mind, didn’t they?) There are grants out there for programs, general operations, projects, and capital – but not all funders award all of these. Some focus only on program and project support, while others may offer general operating support (these are not as common, though).

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Seattle, Washington: Project Management for Nonprofits. Houston, Texas: Monthly Meet-Up with Awesome and Never Before Heard of Topics/Speakers to BE! North Richland Hills, Texas: NTEN Monthly Meetup. Portland, Oregon: Being Mindful on the Web: Protecting Yourself and Your Organization. Friday, October 10, 2014.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

With those statistics in mind, let’s take a look at what this reveals about donors. According to data from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project , retention rates for new donors and donors who give small gifts are some of the most important trends for nonprofits to prioritize during campaigns both during year-end and in the next year.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Since 2003, the nonprofit has saved more than 6,000 animals, and the project is growing fast. It's undertaken 16 conservation projects to date with just three staff people. The organization's project on Last Polar Bear reached 26.5 " Inward Bound Mindfulness Education. HART for Animals.

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

The great news is you can use your body language to intentionally project confidence. Quiet your mind to become more present, sensitive and in the moment. Mind your voice inflections, speed of your speech, volume and tone. Chat with them about their kids, vacations, or work projects. Practice truly makes perfect.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

If a capital campaign is on the horizon for your organization, Aaron Bishop and Brian O’Neil will share strategies and resources available to confidently predict your project costs and resources needed. We were talking before the session started, they’ve got a lot of really interesting projects. Aaron, Brian, I got 2:00 Eastern.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 27, 2011

McKinney , Project Specialist. Keep in mind: having a bull whip in your Social Media Survival Kit doesn't mean you should go around cracking it at whatever crosses your path. Kayla is a Project Specialist at the ASU Lodestar Center, and you can catch her regularly updating the Center's social media accounts and managing this blog.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2015

Facilitator for Learning Network: Most of my work is designing and delivering capacity building projects for nonprofits literally all over the world and here in the US. I also gave a plenary talk at AFP in San Antonio, Texas. Most of work projects are capacity building and training other trainers. Year in Review.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 7, 2016

At bbcon 2015 , some of the top minds in the nonprofit industry came together to present Big Idea sessions. From a demographic perspective, census data projects that the United States will become a more diverse country by 2044 with Hispanic and Asian-American populations doubling by 2060. percent in 2012 to 14.7 percent in 2060.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 24, 2010

This was because last week Convio sponsored our annual Convio Cares Week when each employee is encouraged to participate in a service project in our local communities. The project that I volunteered at with fifteen other Convio employees was a classroom makeover for a local Austin school, Gus Garcia Middle School.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 12, 2010

Kickstarter is a website for creative folks to find funding for their dream projects. Currently, the site supports US-based projects only. A Kickstarter project has three parts: Project description. This is typically a video plus text, although some projects just use a simple image instead of a video. Funding goal.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 13, 2008

Not just why did I do it in a fun, interesting way, but what mechanism is going on inside of my heart, and my body, and my mind such that I would choose to engage in something so disciplined, and stick to it so impeccably for an entire year? BB: You started a blog with this project. Does that make sense? So, why did you do it?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2008

His tweets reveal him as a renaissance thinker, not just a narrow-minded tech geek. . You'll want to identify easy, simple first projects that flow from your organization’s internet marketing plan. The nonprofit story I'm using is from the Capital Area Foodbank in Austin, Texas. The important thing is having the conversation.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 18, 2022

Also, even though you want to limit the number of choices, it’s good practice to include an “Other” option for donors who have a specific gift amount in mind. For one of their campaigns, Communities in Schools of Central Texas set up a single recurring gift option of $12.50 Looking at the gala as one big project is daunting.

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Kindful

MARCH 4, 2021

Especially with COVID in the mix, you’re looking for fundraising ideas that will work well virtually in 2021, keeping in mind that later in the year it may be possible to host them in person. Fundraise for a specific project. Fundraise for a specific project. Host a social media challenge. Create a recurring gift campaign.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2016

At each event, we're helping to build and sustain a self-supporting community of practice for tech-minded nonprofit staffers. Arlington, Texas: Bi-Weekly Developers Call For the Joseph Storehouse Project. Las Vegas, Nevada: Project Management Basics. Austin, Texas: How to Make Infographics That Change the World.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2007

This summer I've been interviewing the innovators behind the 21 Projects that went to the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) this year (I'm the Community Builder for NetSquared). There's one woman who -- I think it was in Austin, Texas -- she collected an entire container load full of things for an orphanage in Haiti, using Freecycle.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2021

With that in mind, consider planning your Doctors’ Day campaign around different audience segments, with different messages and “calls to action” for each group. When you sit down to plan your campaign, keep in mind your goals and think about the different calls-to-action that will motivate different types of supporters.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Most of our nonprofits have a human or community interest in mind, that purpose, and they exist to create impact, positive impact on the communities that we serve. But when you give context like this, you know, mind-blowing statistic, then it makes people stop. That purpose might be to grow financial well for a for-profit business.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 9, 2007

This was an initiative that began in the city of Austin, Texas with the municipally owned utility company, Austin Energy. We're also working with those cities on generating some demonstration projects. Jodie Van Horn: Plug-In Bay Area is a national grassroots effort to try to commercialize plug-in hybrid vehicles.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

You want to keep your goal in mind. Well, your excitement about your projects and programs, they resonate with the donor. So, on here, you see mission and vision, that’s one thing that you want to have in the forefront of your mind. You may change your entire ask in your mind just after talking with them for 10 minutes.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

At least wait an hour because we’ve got some good year-end tips for you from my good buddy, Rachel Muir, joining us from beautiful Austin, Texas. So kudos to those 28% of you, and like mind blown on the 2% of you that have already done it. It depends on your project. But don’t do that right now. Are you doing okay?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

And then another program is Reclaim the Future, which is one our newest projects, that is addressing green-color jobs and building opportunities for low-income people, formerly convicted people, and communities of color in this new green economy. I was a ski bum for a winter, and landed one week in Austin, Texas and got a job waiting tables.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2006

So I actually moved home to Texas and started to work on a local initiative to do some water resource protection and did everything right. And finally, if you want more information about Big Vision Career and Project Consulting, you can check out my website at brittbravo.com. Britt Bravo: How did you come to this work?

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