We need to talk about the relentless machine that is higher-education fundraising
Nonprofit AF
MARCH 13, 2023
Every month or so, I get an appeal letter from my alma mater, Washington University in St. Louis (Go Bears!),
5 Lessons Learned from Donating to 25 Nonprofits
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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11 Inspiring Nonprofit Facebook Timelines
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MARCH 4, 2012
To help inspire your creativity and encourage you to be an early adopter, below are eleven nonprofits that have upgraded to Facebook Timeline. You can also view the new Timeline design on the Nonprofit Organizations Facebook Page. Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis :: facebook.com/contemporaryartmuseumstl.
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On a Blog Break Until August 1!
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JUNE 18, 2018
My family and I are in the process of moving from St. Louis, Missouri to Tucson, AZ. Hi everyone! I need to take a break from blogging until August 1. To write the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. There’s not much new to write about social media and fundraising these days. Hope you are enjoying your summer!
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6 Reasons SEO Is Important to Nonprofits and Why
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 12, 2019
She is also the author of Courageous Communication: How Codependence Is Making Your Nonprofit Brand Boring and What to Do About It. Many nonprofits don’t put time and energy into SEO because they don’t understand the benefits. How to Boost Your Nonprofit’s SEO. Louis,” and rank without an area mention, like “dog rescue.”
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Gateway Pet Guardians Create a Unique Points-Based Reward Program Using VolunteerHub’s Gamification Module
Volunteer Hub
MARCH 3, 2021
Gateway Pet Guardians , a nonprofit organization located in East St. Louis, IL, is working hard to create a thriving pet welfare community in the east side pet district. The pet resource center provides many offerings to the East St. To better understand Gateway Pet Guardians impact , you must understand the East St.
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New Webinar Series for Nonprofits in Australia & Oceania
Nonprofit Tech for Good
DECEMBER 9, 2015
Nonprofit Tech for Good is based in St. Louis, Missouri and the vast majority of our webinars are scheduled to accommodate nonprofits on the East Coast of the United States and Canada and Western Europe. As far as nonprofits in Asia, you are on the calendar for 2017.
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‘Tweet Me in St. Louis’ Is This Web Site’s Goal - NYTimes.com
AFP Blog
NOVEMBER 28, 2012
‘Tweet Me in St. Louis’ Is This Web Site’s Goal - NYTimes.com : The effort is being made through a new nonprofit organization, Rally St. Louis, that was introduced this month by Aaron Perlut and Brian Cross, two managing partners at a public relations agency in St. Louis named Elasticity.
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Candid Data for Academics: Go back to school with better data
Candid
AUGUST 9, 2023
For example, Sarah Wiley, a DBA candidate at the University of Missouri, St. Louis recently used Candid’s data to explore the link between nonprofit mission statements and fundraising efforts. Brad uses Candid data to better understand the scope and scale of religious organizations in the nonprofit sector. nonprofits.
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The 5 Hottest Nonprofit Conferences of Summer '16
EveryAction
JULY 11, 2016
School may be out for the summer, but the educational, professional, and networking offerings for nonprofits are just getting started. From our 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar , here are five hot summer events that are sure to bring the heat. 2016 Nonprofit Marketing Conference. Louis at the end of this week.
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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On The Environment And Conservation Efforts
Kindful
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
Today’s funder list focuses on nonprofits supporting the environment and conservation efforts. PADI AWARE Foundation is a publicly funded nonprofit whose mission is to drive local action for global ocean conservation. See if any of these funders serve your community and if you qualify for funding. Areas served: Worldwide.
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How You Can Help Haiti Relief Efforts
Qgiv
AUGUST 19, 2021
Some major nonprofits are already on the ground offering their help, and many others are preparing to offer relief. Supporting nonprofits in their hurricane relief efforts helps tremendously with the relief effort. If you want to support a smaller nonprofit, here are some great options. Louis d’Ayiti.
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8 Museum Apps Doing Good
Care2
JULY 13, 2012
With so many apps coming out all the time it’s easy to miss the ones built for social good and hard to keep up on useful apps that nonprofits and causes can use to do their work. Historic St. Louis apps by Missouri History Museum. Louis’ storied past. Historic St. Louis - iTunes App Store.
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HOW TO: Add Your Nonprofit to FourSquare
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JANUARY 10, 2010
Thus, now all nonprofits worldwide have a good reason to get FourSquare on their radar screen. Cafes, bars, and live music venues are its primary focus, but nonprofits can and are already starting to add their physical location as “Venues&# to FourSquare in order to show up in “Check-in&# searches. It is Different.
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77 Quotes from VolunteerHub Clients
Volunteer Hub
AUGUST 1, 2021
Our volunteer program production is equivalent to 24 full-time employees…the value add is huge,” said Mary Cooper, Office Service Coordinator, St. Louis Area Foodbank. This method wasn’t an effective use of our time,” said Mary Cooper, Office Service Coordinator, St. Louis Area Foodbank. Louis Area Foodbank.
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98 10 Signs Your Small Nonprofit Excels at Social Media
Nonprofit Tech for Good
APRIL 2, 2016
Small (and medium-sized) nonprofits have a different experience on social media than large nonprofits. Small nonprofits have to work harder at growing their following and most often the work of social media management is added to an already full job description. Not even large, well-funded nonprofits are doing all ten.
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Practical Tips for Running the Best-Ever Online Fundraising Store
Qgiv
MAY 21, 2021
Check out this example from St. Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness! People who buy merchandise from St. Louis Ovarian Cancer Awareness know exactly how they’ll receive their merchandise before they even look through the items! If you’re shipping items, how much should you charge for shipping fees? Like what you see?
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NetSquared Events to Cure Your Social Media Ailments
Tech Soup
JUNE 1, 2015
The exact format isn't important, as long as we are consistently gathering the nonprofit and tech communities together so that they can learn from each other. Check out our newest groups: NetSquared St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri. Nonprofit Neighbors Tech Club in Kansas City, Missouri. Upcoming Events.
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TechSoup Global Launches Local Impact Map
Tech Soup
JULY 18, 2017
where donated Adobe Creative Suite software empowers homeless people in St. Louis through sales of a street newspaper, What’s Up Magazine. Visit the TechSoup Global Local Impact Map and traverse the globe by clicking on any of the highlighted spots. You can begin in the U.S.,
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Tales of faux donors scamming charities
Robert Weiner
AUGUST 8, 2012
The following is a compilation of online discussions of faux donors trying to scam colleges, schools, and nonprofits. These tales were provided by Barbara Esteve at Cedar Crest College, Roylene Gallas at the Little City Foundation, Don Martin at St. The husband portrayed themselves as major philanthropists from St.
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3 Nonprofit Conferences You Don’t Want to Miss This Summer (and How to Stand Out From the Crowd)
NonProfit Hub
JUNE 14, 2017
Summer convention season is just around the corner for nonprofit organizations, a good time for groups of all types to recruit and also promote their message. Conventions are also a great place for nonprofit workers to network and hear about the latest innovations and ideas. Nonprofit HRCon. Dates: July 26-29. Date: Aug.
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TechSoup Global Launches Local Impact Map
Tech Soup
AUGUST 28, 2012
where donated Adobe Creative Suite software empowers homeless people in St. Louis through sales of a street newspaper, What’s Up Magazine. Visit the TechSoup Global Local Impact Map and traverse the globe by clicking on any of the highlighted spots. You can begin in the U.S.,
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11 Creative Charity Fundraising Event Ideas
CauseVox
JUNE 28, 2021
Since 2012, thousands of nonprofits have run campaigns on CauseVox ’s fundraising platform. Catalogue for Philanthropy made use of Giving Tuesday Now (a national fundraising day to support nonprofits through COVID) to hype up their own one-day giving event online. Livestream Event.
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98 Live blogging from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit: Successfully Going Mobile
Amy Sample Ward
JUNE 22, 2011
Using a mobile app allows you as a nonprofit to have a tool where you can push messages out about how to volunteer/give, what the impact is, etc. Develop a mobile app to get people interacting with your organization and encourage, track and inspire volunteering. SmartOnline just wrapped up an Invent Your Mobile App contest.
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How a Fan of Nonprofits Teaches Tech and Fundraising
Tech Soup
FEBRUARY 29, 2016
From time to time, we like to shine the spotlight on nonprofit techies who go above and beyond to help out other organizations with their technology conundrums. NetSquared is TechSoup's volunteer-driven, global network of nonprofit technology workshops and networking events. Long-Time President of the Nonprofit Fan Club.
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College student's idea grows into electronics thrift store with a purpose
AFP Blog
NOVEMBER 10, 2011
College student's idea grows into electronics thrift store with a purpose : Angela Haas was a senior at St. Louis University when she got the idea to refurbish and resell old computers to other students. Now, a dozen years later, she's president of a nonprofit that last year recycled 7.5
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24 Paying Volunteers A Stipend: Does It Work?
ASU Lodestar Center
MAY 11, 2012
continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Center for Social Development, George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. ASU Lodestar Center. Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a. McBride, A.,
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Tech Soup
SEPTEMBER 27, 2011
From time to time we like to spotlight some of the great environmental nonprofit organizations that are involved with TechSoup Global. Missouri Botanical Garden Café in St. Louis was named the state's firest certified green restaurant. Longwood Gardens.
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The Nonprofit Weekly Roundup: Signature Sounds, Writing It Down, and Picking Up Tabs.
Connection Cafe
NOVEMBER 10, 2013
My cube-mate is moving to St. Louis for six months. Here are this week’s nonprofit highlights: What’s the sound of your nonprofit’s brand? Colleen Fahey’s article, How Audio Enhances Your Brand Content: Find Your Signature Sound , provides guidance for how your nonprofit can strengthen its voice.
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Tech Soup
JUNE 27, 2017
I will continue to work with Habitat organizations, as well as other nonprofits, to increase organizational and funding capacity through my consulting work, so while this is a farewell to my staff position, I look forward to remaining connected to the mission I care so deeply about. Many describe homelessness as being voiceless and invisible.
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How the Indianapolis Zoo Preserved their Visitor Experience with Dynamic Pricing
Connection Cafe
NOVEMBER 10, 2014
Woerner met with representatives from sports teams, including the St Louis Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds, as well as Zoos from around the world to talk about their pricing models. Nonprofit Management Admissions arts and cultural Dynamic Pricing Indianapolis Zoo' They began to build a dynamic ticketing model.
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41 How Do You Make a Nonprofit Board Not Boring?
Have Fun - Do Good
MARCH 28, 2008
"On the importance of term limits for nonprofit board members: 'It's sad to think how many boards are just a couple of funerals away from greatness.'" -Kelly Kleiman of The Nonprofiteer, Things We Wish We'd Said (Board Development division) I've never been on a nonprofit board, but I've been in board meetings as a staff member.
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Here’s Your Chance – A Message to All New Graduates in Philanthropy
Achieve
MAY 22, 2016
One was going to work as a systems analyst for Anheuser Busch; one friend was going into a leadership program with SBC Global (now AT&T); and another was going into a manager training program at Enterprise – all prominent St. But I had no idea what I wanted to do. And this gave my parents some reservations.
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Four Easy Ways to Land Corporate Donations
Connection Cafe
DECEMBER 16, 2013
At Software Advice, he covers marketing, nonprofit and small business. . nonprofit donations in 2011. Habitat for Humanity St. Louis ’ CEO, Kimberly McKinney, stresses how participating in a volunteer event with visible results, such as building a home, can be a strong team-building activity for a company’s staff.
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38 Live blogging from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit: Successfully Going Mobile
NTEN
JUNE 22, 2011
Using a mobile app allows you as a nonprofit to have a tool where you can push messages out about how to volunteer/give, what the impact is, etc. Develop a mobile app to get people interacting with your organization and encourage, track and inspire volunteering. SmartOnline just wrapped up an Invent Your Mobile App contest.
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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar
EveryAction
APRIL 1, 2016
In the past year, thousands of nonprofit pros took advantage of our definitive Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar, and we're so excited to share our brand new 2016 list! Nonprofit technology, and more! 2015 - 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar. Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Houston, TX / $250. Fundraising.
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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar
Everyaction
OCTOBER 5, 2016
Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events. We've scoured the nonprofit-sphere for high-quality conferences, both large and small, broad and specialized, here in the U.S. Nonprofit Management.
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111 The Most Generous Online Giving Cities in the U.S.
Connection Cafe
JUNE 20, 2014
We also applied some additional statistical rigor used in The Blackbaud Index , which has become a trusted and valued source of nonprofit fundraising information since its launch four years ago. For the 2013 edition, we made the decision to significantly expand the amount of data in the analysis. million to more than $8.3 million. .
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Who Counts? Grappling with Attendance as a Proxy for Impact
Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 16, 2013
This summer, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published the kind of "how sausage is made" story that rarely gets written about the arts. It''s about museum attendance and how the five big, free museums in St. Louis count it. Louis Science Center''s mission is to "ignite and sustain lifelong science and technology learning."
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[VIDEO] First Steps to Nonprofit Strategic Planning, Now!
Bloomerang
MAY 21, 2021
You’re teaching grant writing and doing board development and super involved in the nonprofit community there. I do run the Cal State East Bay Nonprofit Management Certificate Program. So the challenge that I hear from a lot of clients or potential clients or nonprofit leaders is we don’t have a strategic plan.
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Get Involved with the 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance
Tech Soup
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
With the tenth anniversary of September 11 just ahead, many nonprofit organizations are looking for ways to continue the spirit of unity and service that began immediately after the events of that morning. Best of all, there's still time for nonprofits to get involved. Photo: United Way of Greater St.
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Cause Marketing or Cause Me To Puke Marketing? Interview with Scott Henderson
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MAY 12, 2009
She reached to her church, her family's Elks Lodge, her husband's Harley Davidson club, her parents' contacts, the local food pantry, and all her customers and distributors (she's the St. Louis sales manager for Kimball Office). How is social media changing the nonprofit world? Cause-marketing?
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[VIDEO] Be More Productive, Powerful & Persuasive with Board, Staff & Donors
Bloomerang
MAY 28, 2021
But don’t do that right now because my buddy Maryanne is here from beautiful St. I’ve been working in nonprofit space for many, many years, a lot of years. We live in St. Louis and my dad worked for Anheuser-Busch. We’re nonprofit. We’re a nonprofit. Maryanne, what’s going on?
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[VIDEO] Young Professionals and Junior Boards: Beyond the Kid’s Table to Meaningful Engagement
Bloomerang
JUNE 19, 2021
Sarah is someone that I’ve been getting to know over the past couple of years, and actually, she was on a great panel of ours a few weeks ago, talking about maybe what to do if you find yourself getting laid off from your nonprofit job. She’s got a master’s in nonprofit management. Louis area. I see fun.
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