sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. How the sector understands and engages in knowledge work is crucial to the success of philanthropic efforts.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2024

— Opportunity about to be missed Dear Opportunity about to be missed, You’ve actually named the problem in the way you’ve framed your question. EXAMPLE: If you work at a food bank, you may believe the fact that you distribute food via pantries located in neighborhood schools, churches, and community centers is super important.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

She has worked with Candid, Cornell University, the United Nations, and Vital Voices Global Partnerships, among others. From a very young age, it is through stories that we learn about ourselves, those around us, and the world in which we live. Storytelling is core to how we as human beings communicate.

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Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2024

Few things are more critical to your nonprofit’s success than your board of directors. So, building a thriving, successful board of directors is one of the most challenging things an Executive Director (ED) must do. Your donors are already invested in your success and may want to be more involved as board members.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Abilities rooted in a deep understanding of human behavior remain essential for success in business and life. Summit makes short work of analyzing plenty of tough problems. Leaders who promote professional development and education of all kinds also encourage teams to bring an expansive perspective to their work.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. The good news is that great stories are all around you. EVERY nonprofit has stories to tell! What Makes a Good Story? What is happening in your hero’s life?

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.orgSource

MAY 29, 2023

Based on my anecdotal experience, most associations support the idea that a diverse leadership and workforce contributes to their success. Develop Competence Collegiality and good intentions are ingredients for success, but attitude isn’t enough to go the distance. Assign Responsibility Don’t take an ad hoc approach to success.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

“Very few of us ever learned how to be present with another person, to ignore internal and external noise and distractions, and to connect and converse with others in useful or collaborative ways,” affirm the authors of the new book, Bridge The Gap: Breakthrough Communication Tools To Transform Work Relationships From Challenging To Collaborative.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

APRIL 18, 2022

When writing a story to raise money, an essential part of the story is a conflict. A problem or conflict in a story naturally builds a case for giving. Conflict demonstrates a clear problem that donors can solve by making a donation. Having a need is absolutely essential to fundraising success.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2021

By Audrey Phillips , a customer success manager at Classy – a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. If possible, include data to show the full extent of the problem you’re addressing. Ask for feedback.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In Dream Big and Win , author Liz Elting shares the lessons she learned ― both the successes and failures ― while building a billion-dollar company from scratch. Why the key to motivating employees is in taking a personal stake in your people’s success. How an effective leader pivots to accommodate each of their employees’ work styles.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Successful year-end fundraising campaigns don’t happen by accident. But year-end fundraising campaigns that exceed their goals happen because there is a compelling story behind them. The problem with them is that they are very surface level and they don’t speak the heart of your non-profit’s impact or mission.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 5, 2021

Since 1969, UAB has utilized its union of a university extension center and pioneering academic medical center to save lives, solve problems, expand knowledge, and open doors. . The entire Cloud for Good team has been fantastic to work with. ?All Success Story: Creating Engaging Student Journeys With St.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Like climbing a mountain, it helps to have a path to follow to reach its summit, or in this case, a map of sorts to guide you to your desired destination—a compelling proposal that unlocks funding to advance your mission-driven work. Information about your organization and its experience addressing your proposal’s key need or problem.

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Candid

MAY 10, 2023

To spread the word about a new initiative or build awareness around your mission-driven work, effective communication with your audiences is key. To set your next campaign up for success, we are breaking up the process of building a campaign into five simple steps. Define the problem. Outline the solution.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Prepare to be inspired by and to learn from the stories of more than 60 highly-successful female CEOs and leaders who are featured in Julia Boorstin ’s book, When Women Lead: What They Achieve, Why They Succeed, How We Can Learn From Them. The second section primarily includes: How women tackle complex problems.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

Remote work was the pandemic’s big gift to employees. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. walk, remote work came with some not-so-fun trade-offs. Although technology problems were urgent and frequently mission critical. The most challenging problems centered around culture.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

But what we’ve found is that when you implement what works, your donors will always come through for you. Eroding Trust The loss of trust is now a global problem. And it’s one of the biggest problems nonprofits face. In other words: you have to do the work. We are, as a species, addicted to story.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2022

So, you get to work and land on one text-heavy website and another website with a prominent video that describes a nonprofit’s work, mission, and impact. These short films, which take viewers on a journey into the specifics of your work in 90 seconds or less, have many benefits. That’s one in every eight kids.”

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Candid

APRIL 20, 2023

The problem is, this advice is often aimed at organizations with dedicated social media folks, or even teams of them. Here is how you can craft a road map to social media success. In a year, what will success look like? Do your research Now we need to figure out what content works for your audience. Run your experiment.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

The Strategy Behind Successful Fundraising Emails If you want to raise money by sending fundraising emails, you need to plan it carefully. That insecurity can lead to a variety of problems as these vulnerable girls make decisions that will impact the rest of their lives. Thank you so much for supporting us and believing in our work! .

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 22, 2022

Philanthropy facilitators don’t do the work for donors, but with them — standing by their side along the journey. ‘Fundraiser turnover solutions: Transforming the story character’ is a tour de force for what is often termed “donor-centered fundraising.” It’s not a story about giving money.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

Your success is found in the strength of your nonprofit storytelling. The way you tell your story and engage people in your message can make or break your fundraising efforts. And how do you tell a good story? Stories are interactive, bonding. Shared stories can tie whole cultures and groups together.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

While advocating for survivors in San Francisco, I witnessed first-hand how critical stories are in tapping into people’s empathy. However, it wasn’t until my career took a turn into strategic communications and marketing that I learned just how integral a winning story is to the success of an advocacy campaign. .

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

That means that you must work to make relevant content marketing more readily accessible to your constituents. . Specifically, you should create content around the “why” of your existence and share the stories that demonstrate your successes in fulfilling your mission. Take a look at how you’re telling your story. .

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Achieve

MARCH 18, 2024

Successful nonprofits know that humans respond to stories. The right story catches our attention and makes us more willing to listen to the hard numbers and details that ultimately convince us to take action. Storytelling matters in grant writing for two key reasons: Stories help you stand out. Stories make things real.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Prepare to be inspired by and to learn from the stories of more than 60 highly-successful female CEOs and leaders who are featured in Julia Boorstin ’s book, When Women Lead: What They Achieve, Why They Succeed, How We Can Learn From Them. The second section primarily includes: How women tackle complex problems.

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Bloomerang

MAY 4, 2021

Imagine a story where someone was born, everything went perfectly from beginning to end, and then the story was over. When it comes to a good nonprofit story, struggle and overcoming are at the center. Knowing what struggle your nonprofit helps solve will help you get good at identifying which stories you should be sharing.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Your e-newsletter matters more to the success of your campaign than you might think! The two working in conjunction can greatly increase the success of your fundraising efforts. According to many reports , email marketing is the best channel for return on investment. Provide quality content.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Spending some time planning your year-end fundraising activities will help you connect with donors, inspire them to support your work, and start building donor relationships that will carry over into the next year and beyond. Take a look at past fundraising campaigns and use your successes to inform your plan. How much did you raise?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Further explaining, Staats says that when it comes to learning, we are our own worst enemy and we often work against ourselves: Instead of doing the things that will help us learn, we often do just the opposite. We end up solving yesterday’s problems too late instead of tackling tomorrow’s problems before someone else does. “If

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Candid

JANUARY 11, 2024

This is key to living up to our nonprofit mission to provide data as a sustainable public good that supports the entire sector’s success. Our aim is to provide the most robust and current data possible to facilitate the social sector’s work on the vast problems we face as a society. We do this in three ways: Enhance 990s.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

Use a template for your ask and keep refining it: For example, if you’re working to build support for a bill, you might use a variation of this ask to gather petition signatures: “We have been fighting to stop [X] for 20 years. But the real test is whether or not they’ll do the work of volunteering time and effort.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 22, 2023

Kettl share compelling and instructive stories about some of today’s most successful bridgebuilders—federal state, and local government leaders who transcend boundaries and partner across sectors, to achieve success and meet their goals. Involve people closest to the problem. Eggers and Donald F. Knock down barriers.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Your nonprofit has worked diligently to build programs, events, and campaigns that help make the world a better place. No matter the details of your story, you can leverage that sense of empathy to solicit a response from your audience. Your story goes far beyond simply telling the tale of how you got started.

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sgEngage

MARCH 6, 2024

This is a story about acknowledging how there isn’t one piece of software that can solve all your problems, which is why the extensibility of your systems is so important. Naturally, it will take a lot of time, training, and labor to get it up and running, but once it is all configured, it will solve all your problems.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 21, 2023

Drawn from her own rags to riches story, Win when They Say You Won’t: Break Through Barriers and Keep Leveling Up Your Success , is Jones’ highly reflective, deeply personal, inspiring guide and playbook to help readers achieve the career of their dreams with a winning mindset. Work smarter, not harder. Listen and hear.

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