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Time To Celebrate: Nov. 15th Is National Philanthropy Day

Bloomerang

National Philanthropy Day, Wednesday Nov. See hashtag #NationalPhilanthropyDay National Philanthropy Day in the United States dates back to the 1980s when it was conceived by Douglas Freeman, a professional fundraiser. National Philanthropy Day (NPD) was first officially recognized in the U.S. In the U.S.,

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The End of Expertise and How Associations Must Adapt

The MatrixFiles

Americans today question the value of a college degree and mistrust the so-called “ivory tower” experts. They also distrust the media, calling bias and questioning facts. This translates into the negative national narrative that college isn’t worth it. Higher education and the media have been hard hit with trust issues.

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How Public Speaking Skills Can Help You Run Your Nonprofit

Achieve

Public speaking and presentation skills can help you craft better written and verbal communications, whether you’re engaging with your team internally or connecting with an external audience. . Take the time to craft better public speaking skills, so you can connect with each of these internal audiences on a deeper level. According to.

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5 Key Software Compliance Questions to Strengthen Your Approach

sgEngage

You have a patchwork of national, state or provincial, and international standards to follow. Trust: Damaging publicity or negative stakeholder experiences that result from noncompliance can undermine relationships you’ve spent years building. Here are 5 key questions to get you started.

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Preparing Your Association for AI

Association Analytics

AI has garnered a lot of global and national attention across most industries in recent months. Types of AI Tools To start, it’s important to know about some of the models already available to the public. It’s also crucial to remember that by using a public AI tool, your organization’s data can become part of the training dataset.

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How can nonprofits implement a strategic public policy agenda to achieve greater impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

Public policy and the nonprofit sector. Public policy at all levels of government has the ability to threaten the work of all nonprofits (National Council of Nonprofits, 2019). Despite the importance of public policy to the nonprofit sector, there is a severe lack of engagement among nonprofits. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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Community Engagement and Social Media for Public Media

Amy Sample Ward

I recently had the opportunity to present a webinar for the National Center for Media Engagement , focused on community-driven engagement, and present a session at the Public Media Development and Marketing Conference , talking about building a social media strategy. The questions he raised include: ??is Defining Community.