The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Shared leadership helps organizations find the skills they need and can be an answer to candidates' demand for greater work-life balance. By Ben Gose Project for Public Spaces Kelly Verel and Nate Storring are co-executive directors at the Project for Public Spaces. Shared leadership helps organizations find the skills they need and can be an answer to candidates' demand for greater work-life balance.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Adam Selipsky, CEO of Amazon Web Services recently said, “there is no AI without the AWS cloud”. If you’re new to the cloud, you may wonder what he meant? Simply put, the cloud allows organizations to transfer, store and analyze data using AI models – making it essential. Yet estimates suggest that 96% of nonprofits specifically are at the beginning of their cloud journey.

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Nonprofits 243

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The Jewish philanthropic community is in pain. We need our friends and allies to stop equivocating. By Andrés Spokoiny Mark Peterson, Redux The Jewish philanthropic community is in pain. We need our friends and allies to stop equivocating.

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Philanthropy 323

NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 19, 2023

From startups to enterprises, organizations of all sizes are getting started with generative AI. So how can a nonprofit leader separate the hype from the helpful, to ensure responsible adoption of AI to their advance mission? One place to start is a simple online assessment of your organization’s cloud maturity. Invest 5min today, to guide the steps you should take tomorrow.

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Nonprofits 241

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.

Values

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Environmental advocates say philanthropy can help the drastically pared-down American Climate Corps succeed. By Kay Dervishi California Volunteers, Office of the Governor California Climate Action Corps Fellows and volunteers at a Community Climate Action Day learn how to remove invasive plants. Environmental advocates say philanthropy can help the drastically pared-down American Climate Corps succeed.

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Recruitment Environmental Philanthropy 292

NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 19, 2023

With so much attention being place on the external use cases of AI, and specifically generative AI, nonprofit leaders may be missing a hidden value of AI – internal use cases. AI solutions from AWS are powered by foundational models, models that get smart, faster and more accurate the more they are used – making them ideal to relieve the burden of repetitive internal tasks.

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Values Finance Foundations Marketing 235

NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 19, 2023

What do marketing and fundraising leaders need to know about the cloud? Simply put, a lot! The cloud powers many of today’s most vital fundraising and marketing tools and strategies, yet 96% of nonprofit leaders self-identify as being at the beginning of their cloud journey. Ready to find out where your organization falls? Take this 5min online assessment to assess your organization’s cloud maturity and find out if you’re embracing and embarking, launching and learning or innovating and accelera

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

It's important that leaders trust each other and that organizations plan carefully before they appoint joint chief executives. By Ben Gose Tim Aubry, Greenpeace For shared leadership to be successful, co-CEOs need to trust and respect each another, says Jakada Imani, Greenpeace’s board chair. It's important that co-CEOs trust each other and that organizations plan carefully before they appoint joint leaders.

Leadership 201

Leadership 201

NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The first obstacle in any quest for clean data is knowing what’s in it. Download this ebook to learn how data profiling can help you find, fix & monitor the bad data in your system to boost donor engagement, optimize fundraising efforts, and improve decision-making. Plus, learn how to overcome other common data obstacles to achieve a complete 360-degree customer view.

Fundraising 208

Fundraising Fundraising 208

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 19, 2023

By Logan McDonnell As a nonprofit professional with over a decade of experience working in homelessness programs and currently working in homelessness prevention, I’ve often heard coworkers describe how a person in one of these programs reminded them of a close relative or friend. Of course, there’s nothing necessarily wrong with these kinds of empathetic connections.

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Homelessness Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 120

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.

Nonprofits

NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Are you a nonprofit leader working to define your teams’ approach to digital innovation? Do you find yourself working to understand the distinctions between Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and then wondering how to leverage each to accelerate impact? You’re not alone, and the team at AWS for Nonprofits is here to help with this 5min online assessment designed to offer a starting point based on your organization’s cloud maturity.

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Nonprofits 205

Ann Green

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Year-end fundraising season is starting to get underway. I’m already seeing appeal letters in my mailbox and this is just the beginning. Speaking of appeal letters, you should plan to send one by mail. I know email is easier and less expensive, but people respond better to mail and it’s well worth the investment. However, if you just send one fundraising letter and wait for the donations to come in, prepare to be disappointed.

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Fundraising Fundraising Food Communication 117

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Image credit: Photo by Ahmed lotfi on Unsplash Carbon capture, also known as carbon capture and storage (CCS) or carbon sequestration, is a process that captures carbon emissions from industrial processes or power plants and permanently stores it underground. 1 The Global CCS Institute, a think tank dedicated to researching and developing the technology behind CCS, calls the technology a “game-changer” that can build a path to a “zero-carbon economy.” 2 But it is not without risks.

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Environmental Energy Technology Public Policy 109

Amy Eisenstein

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Supporting other women in leadership roles matters at nonprofits and throughout the fundraising sector. Learn why it's so important and how you can help.

Leadership 98

Leadership Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits 98

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Image credit: Photo by Chris LeBoutillier on Unsplash Maya Etienne is co-executive director of Calumet Collaborative , a sustainable economic development organization based in Gary, IN, her home and the city where many of her family and friends still live. Gary is also home to the country’s largest steel mill: US Steel’s Gary Works. And according to a September report from the Sierra Club, Gary, a relatively small city with a population of about 68,000, is one of the nation’s largest polluter

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Manufacturing Environmental Health Production 102

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

My third book urges you to be CALM not BUSY if you want more communications success. Let’s explore what I mean by that. Being CALM (Not BUSY) Means Being Collaborative, Agile, Logical, and Methodical. It’s all about how your nonprofit communications team and your organizational as a whole work together. C is for Collaborative. Build listening into your ongoing routine.

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Collaborations Activism Communication Production 83

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Image Credit: Photo by Sean Bernstein on Unsplash While Maui is burning, all people care about are their vacations. When Puerto Rico had no electricity after being decimated by a hurricane, all people cared about were their vacations. This is how tourism and the framing of occupied land as “paradise” dehumanizes native populations. devilette 17 , commentator on X, August 11, 2023 On Wednesday, August 9, satellites first detected the Maui wildfires.

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Culture Construction Environmental Law 101

Clairification

OCTOBER 19, 2023

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. Turning on lights helps everyone. — Seth Godin You are on a meaning-seeking journey. Through your work, you create positive change and make lives easier and better.

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Energy Nonprofits Values 75

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Click here to learn more about this series from Edge Studios , and follow @npquarterly and @offthehookshorts on social to see episodes of “Off the Hook” as they are released. (Saphia walks down a NYC street.) SAPHIA: Good afternoon! Thank you for being here. Thank you for engaging kindly and critically in the comments. And thank you for inspiring the question of this week’s episode, which is: what are we talking about when we talk about cancel culture?

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Culture Ethics Universities 97

Amy Eisenstein

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Supporting other women in leadership roles matters at nonprofits and throughout the fundraising sector. Learn why it's so important and how you can help.

Leadership 75

Leadership Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits 75

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Image credit: Photo by Ricardo Gomez Angel on Unsplash Back in 2015, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston released a report, The Color of Wealth in Boston , that shed an unflattering light on a city that has boasted racial progress on at least some fronts. The report found, among other things, a stark racial divide on not just income but overall household wealth—the latter figure factoring in metrics like household assets and mortgage debt.

Foundations 90

Foundations Public Policy Leadership Governance 90

Amy Eisenstein

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Supporting other women in leadership roles matters at nonprofits and throughout the fundraising sector. Learn why it's so important and how you can help.

Leadership 75

Leadership Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits 75

Donorbox Nonprofit

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Financial management may not be your first thought when starting a nonprofit, but it’s crucial for your organization’s long-term health. Financial management doesn’t just apply to fundraising. Instead, it covers your organization’s net income, expenses, potential threats, and more. In this article, we’ll share exactly what nonprofit financial management means, why you need it, what […] The post The Beginner’s Guide to Nonprofit Financial Management appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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Management Health Nonprofits Fundraising 52

Amy Eisenstein

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Supporting other women in leadership roles matters at nonprofits and throughout the fundraising sector. Learn why it's so important and how you can help.

Leadership 75

Leadership Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits 75

Mission Minded

OCTOBER 19, 2023

It’s the end of the year. Your nonprofit is hard at work crafting messaging for the giving season, weaving stories. The post Webinar: Messaging Must-Haves to End Your Year Strong appeared first on Mission Minded.

Nonprofits 52

Nonprofits 52

Amy Eisenstein

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Supporting other women in leadership roles matters at nonprofits and throughout the fundraising sector. Learn why it's so important and how you can help.

Leadership 75

Leadership Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits 75