Top 5 Ways to Personalize Nonprofit Direct Mail
NonProfit PRO
DECEMBER 14, 2023
With direct mail, we can create individually personalized pieces that interest each recipient. Here are the top five personalization options.
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House Panel Digs Into Nonprofit Political Influence
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
DECEMBER 14, 2023
A congressional oversight committee called on nonprofit experts to testify Wednesday at a hearing on the role of tax-exempt organizations in American politics. By Alex Daniels A congressional oversight committee called on nonprofit experts to testify Wednesday at a hearing on the role of tax-exempt organizations in American politics. Divisions were predictably partisan.
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Nonprofit Career Tips for Success
NonProfit PRO
DECEMBER 14, 2023
In the face of challenges in employee recruitment and retention in the nonprofit sector, here are ways you can attain career success.
4 Practical Ways Nonprofits Can Use A.I. to Drive Innovation and Increase Impact
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
DECEMBER 14, 2023
By Brandolon Barnett Jon Krause for The Chronicle When used properly, generative A.I. can help organizations of any size or mission expand their capabilities. Here's how.
How To Cultivate Community Affinity Throughout The Generosity Journey
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
This session will dive into how to create rich generosity experiences that foster long-lasting relationships. You’ll walk away with actionable insights to redefine how you engage with your supporters—emphasizing trust, engagement, and community over transactional giving models. 🤝 Industry expert Tim Sarrantonio will explore data-backed strategies to engage supporters as active participants in a community that values their contributions and shared ideals.
4 Nonprofit Technology Tips for 2024
NonProfit PRO
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Software supports everything from fundraising to programs. Here are some technology tips for your nonprofit as we move into 2024.
Becoming Advocates for Equity
Stanford Social Innovation Review
DECEMBER 14, 2023
By Akilah Watkins The Supreme Court’s June decision on affirmative action at US colleges and universities has raised profound concerns for the nonprofit sector. As the leader of Independent Sector, a national membership organization for nonprofits, foundations, and corporate giving programs, I’ve heard questions from changemakers across the country about how this decision affects their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, and whether it’s a precursor to other challenges to nonprofit and phi
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Turning the comms toolkit upside down
Candid
DECEMBER 14, 2023
There’s a sentence that every communications professional at a nonprofit has heard (and if you’re like me, dreads): “We need a toolkit for that launch.” This typically means creating an exhaustive, robust library of materials, pre-launch, to get the word out on social media, email, and your website to drum up interest and support for your organization’s upcoming, exciting initiative.
UNCF Philanthropy Institute Trains Fundraising Professionals to Support HBCUs, Other Nonprofits
NonProfit PRO
DECEMBER 14, 2023
UNCF’s Philanthropy Institute will begin offering courses for fundraising professionals at Black and other underserved organizations in 2024.
Kids for a Cause: Getting Children Behind Nonprofit Missions
Top Nonprofits
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Most children’s ministry leaders, parents, and teachers would agree that practical application is an effective tool for learning. Nonprofit organizations offer a unique way for the kids in your children’s ministry to practice life application. Getting behind a nonprofit cause can actually support their faith when they serve others and work to better their community.
Changing Underwriting Rules…for Racial Justice
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Image credit: Prostock-Studio on istock.com Underwriting for Racial Justice (URJ) is a group beginning a new pilot program that seeks to redesign lending rules to advance racial justice. Participants share and learn with fellow lenders and gather concrete data to determine how to get more capital to people of color in their communities. A cohort of 20 lending institutions from across the country and varying widely in size and scope came together for the pilot launch in February 2023, hosted by
How to Design a Seamless & Personalized Digital Donor Journey
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio
The average nonprofit uses five or more different software platforms to create their donor’s journey, making the experience clunky and disjointed. If you want to design a magical online giving experience for donors, making their journey as seamless as possible is key. In this webinar with expert Tim Sarrantonio, you’ll learn the fundamental steps to create an immersive and personalized online giving experience for your donors.
Three Ways Nonprofits Are Improving Their Editorial Calendars
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
DECEMBER 14, 2023
During our recent webinar on nonprofit editorial calendars , we discussed several ways to improve your current work. Here are three tips for improving your nonprofit editorial calendar and how the webinar participants responded to our questions on each of these tips. Know Which Content Drives the Rest of the Editorial Calendar Finding and building patterns in your work is an important way to save time and be more strategic.
Expanding Consciousness
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Click here to learn more about this new series from Edge Studios , and follow @npquarterly and @offthehookshorts on social to see episodes of “Off the Hook” as they are released. (Saphia peers outside her window.) SAPHIA (VO): There has to be something beyond oppositional consciousness. Something in addition to. Something that keeps hope alive, that puts the nuances and minutiae of daily life into perspective.
Year-End Clairity Click-it: Nonprofit Links + Free Resources
Clairification
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Here’s a bit of wisdom that really spoke to me this week, especially as we navigate this particular season at this particular moment in our shared world… Throwing shade or throwing light? “One takes a little more effort than the other. While throwing shade might be more fun, it eventually runs out of energy. It’s designed to end conversations, not start them, to intimidate, not encourage.
In New York and Massachusetts, Right to Shelter Is Under Attack
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Image credit: Sheldon Kennedy on Unsplash Not long ago, advocates for those experiencing homelessness could point to two places in the United States that, for decades, have served as beacons of a more progressive and humane approach to homelessness: New York City and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. That’s because, at least until recently, both have recognized and practiced different yet similar forms of what is known in each locale as a “Right to Shelter.
Strength-Based Communication Examples in Practice
Prosper Strategies
DECEMBER 14, 2023
It’s nonprofit annual appeal time, and we commonly hear that concisely demonstrating need and asking for donations without falling into need and stereo-type based communication traps can be challenging for nonprofit fundraisers and communicators. We know this community loves to see practical examples, so today, we’re going to share some strength-based messaging re-writes with you. […] The post Strength-Based Communication Examples in Practice appeared first on Prosper Strategie
A Onda Antiga
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? Reshaping the Way We Live in the Midst of Climate Crisis.” At 3:30 a.m., a streetcar rings up on the corner of the Angola Cafe. That night, the tides swept farther up on land than they ever had before, but we were all at Jardim do Morro.
Essential Skills for Staying Competitive in the Global Job Market
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Essential Skills for Staying Competitive in the Global Job Market With more businesses expanding their operations abroad, the global job market has grown more competitive in recent years. This means that individuals seeking employment are now facing a much larger pool of candidates and must possess diverse skills and qualities to stand out. Almost everyone has experienced a slight expansion of boundaries; this difference is evident even when perusing job offers on LinkedIn.
Early Coralroot
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This story, originally titled “ Early Coralroot, Corallorhiza trifida, ” was excerpted with permission from Alison Stine’s novel Trashlands (MIRA Books, 2021). It appeared in Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? Reshaping the Way We Live in the Midst of Climate Crisis.
Honoring A Friend - The Joe Baker Fund
Care2
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Care2, Engaging Networks, and The Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) are honoring the legacy of Joe Baker, our respected colleague and friend, through the creation of the Joe Baker Fund.
Habitat Volunteers Are Heroes For Homeowners
Bloomerang
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Quick. When you hear the words “ Habitat for Humanity ,” what comes to mind? Is it the image of an ecstatic single mom being handed the keys to her new home as she holds her children close? Or the two most famous Habitat Heroes: Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter , who even into their 90s still volunteered at Habitat? Habitat for Humanity stands alone in having the world’s oldest living president and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Jimmy Carter as a longtime volunteer of over 30 years.
As the World Burns, Why Does Climate Fiction Matter?
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Image credit: Jose Antonio Gallego Vázquez on Unsplash It was a cold May when I had the thought: what if spring never came back? What they say about Ohio, my home state, is that if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes. But this felt different. Unrelenting. I felt the snow, which kept coming and coming, so keenly because my son was young, only just in elementary school.
Winning YMCA Fundraising Campaigns
Bloomerang
DECEMBER 14, 2023
A lot of fundraisers will tell you, “Fundraising is different for my organization.” Most of them are wrong. Unless you work for a YMCA , in which case you’re 100% right! 5 ways fundraising is different for YMCAs 1. YMCAs typically launch one annual appeal a year Many nonprofits send fundraising appeals every month, every other month, or at least once a quarter in addition to days of giving, GivingTuesday, and year end.
On Fiction and Environmental Advocacy: A Conversation with Alison Stine and Jeff VanderMeer
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? Reshaping the Way We Live in the Midst of Climate Crisis.” Florida became home for Jeff VanderMeer when he was young—the humid, subtropical climate reminding him of his early years in the Fiji Islands, where his parents worked for the Peace Corps.
To Build Narrative Power for Reparations, We Need Infrastructure
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Image credit: Image of Calle House by Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Composition by Devyn H. Taylor If the Government has the right to free us, she had a right to make some provision for us and since she did not make it soon after Emancipation, she ought to make it now. Callie House The call for reparations is, in many ways, a long part of the Black radical tradition.
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