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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

Image credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash The decades-long decimation of local news—and the dangers that the trend poses for public oversight, an informed citizenry, and democracy itself—remains very much underway. The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

.orgSource

The Leadership ColLAB conference was an opportunity to bring professionals together around what we believe is a critical question. This metric is created by asking your constituents one simple question: “On a scale from 0 to 10, how likely are you to recommend this product/company to a friend or colleague?”

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How to Respond to Donors’ Resistance to Your Ask

NonProfit PRO

Preparing for a solicitation means being ready for a variety of questions, concerns, and other forms of pushback. The good news is that most types of pushback are anticipated. Let's discuss some responses that will leave you well-equipped to communicate with donors.

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Resilient Communities Fund application questions

Charity Village

Nonprofit organizations that are interested in applying for a Resilient Communities Fund grant are encouraged to review all of the application questions and take note of the required file uploads prior to starting the online application. The post Resilient Communities Fund application questions appeared first on CharityVillage.

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The Best Question to Ask a Sponsor

The Sponsorship Collective

The post The Best Question to Ask a Sponsor appeared first on The Sponsorship Collective. I bet you would say it’s early in the sponsorship program, right? Like right after the discovery session or a follow-up meeting or two? Actually, it isn’t. The most valuable sponsorship opportunity is after […].

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Sponsorship Discovery Questions – Finding the Right Ones to Ask 

The Sponsorship Collective

Sponsorship seekers can squander this golden opportunity if they treat the discovery session as a sales meeting (which it is not) or if they ask the wrong kinds of questions or don’t ask […]. The post Sponsorship Discovery Questions – Finding the Right Ones to Ask appeared first on The Sponsorship Collective.

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HOW TO: Use Facebook Questions for Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Unlike the Q&A site Quora, Facebook Questions allows brands to ask and answer questions. On Quora you have to be a person, but Facebook Questions uses your nonprofit’s Page and avatar as your Facebook Questions identity. Step One :: Add Questions to Your Nonprofit’s Facebook Page. Very smart.

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