NonProfit Leadership Center

JUNE 3, 2024

According to research from the Project Management Institute, the biggest predictor of a project’s success — or failure — is communication. Their report found that project managers should spend 90% of their time on communications to ensure a project’s success, and up to 56% of revenue could be lost due to poor communication.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MARCH 19, 2025

They arent actively participating or taking initiative. New ideas and perspectives allow your nonprofit to hone its strategies and improve how it meets community needs. Next Steps To reinspire employees and improve active participation, consider implementing these strategies: Build a safe space for sharing ideas.

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Participation and motivation Health Volunteerism Volunteerism 148

Ann Green

APRIL 28, 2025

A robust donor database or constituent relationship management (CRM) system is one of the best tools you have at your disposal to boost engagement at your nonprofit. Basic details: Tracks contact information and other general personal data (full and preferred name, pronouns, birthday, preferred communication method, etc.).

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 20, 2025

Ensure activities are operated consistent with all applicable laws , including Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code and any licensing, registration, zoning, and contractual requirements. Public charities can engage in many pro-democracy activities , including get-out-the-vote drives and voter registration drives.

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Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Race and Ethnicity 122

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The best way to do this is to maintain open lines of communication with them. . But your organization shouldn’t stop there when planning your communication strategy. Instead, make sure you’re segmenting your donor base when planning how to communicate with them. Why Donor Segmentation Matters for Communication.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

APRIL 10, 2024

Getting on the Same Page In the nonprofit realm, communicators often juggle the tricky task of keeping everyone on the same page. Incorporating fun activities and team-building exercises can enhance camaraderie and make collaborative efforts more enjoyable and successful. Mix Work with Play. Establish Effective Systems and Processes.

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Collaborations Communication Public and Nonprofit Management Marketing 236

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 10, 2023

New Me” stuff, January is a perfect time to evaluate how you manage your time. But try to avoid doing the audit when you are covering for a co-worker, about to go on vacation, working on a major one-off project or other times with unusual activity. Is Time Management the Key to Happiness? The post Stop Overcommitting!

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Affnetz

JUNE 9, 2025

Use a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system to manage donor data and interactions across these platforms. Share updates about your organization’s activities, impact stories, and opportunities for involvement. Personalized communication can make donors feel valued and more connected to your cause.

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Affnetz

JUNE 9, 2025

By tailoring communications to individual preferences and interests, nonprofits can create a more meaningful connection with donors. Identifying a donor’s motivational triggers and then segmenting your communications to donors based on their deepest interest is essential to keeping a donor’s attention.

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Retention Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Management 130

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

DECEMBER 8, 2021

While the position poses some challenges, it’s also incredibly rewarding and with some clear boundaries and reasonable expectations, the workload can be more manageable. . With marketing, I begin by first building a calendar for all the activities happening throughout the year and from there build a rolling 90-day content calendar. .

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Affnetz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Exploring Donor Management Software: A Go-To Guide for Small Nonprofits / By Mike Crum The best software for fundraising activities include a range of impressive features that help with the different stages of a fundraising cycle. This major pitfall can be avoided by investing in the best software for fundraising activities.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

APRIL 14, 2022

It’s one of the most common complaints we hear from nonprofit communicators: I don’t have enough time to do all this work. . But we also know that if you work in nonprofit communications, 99% of the time, you’ve been asked to do too much (or have agreed to do too much or have too many great ideas on your own).

Communication 176

Communication Production Management Collaborations 176

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Jaime Gloshay , based in New Mexico, is a cofounder of Native Women Lead and is managing director of impact investments for Common Future. lópez is director of capital activation at Justice Funders based between Oaxaca and Los Angeles. Onyx Ramirez is senior communications director at Black Farmer Fund based in New York City.

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Finance Foundations Activism Values 133

NonProfit Leadership Center

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A good volunteer manager should help your organization recognize this and build a team approach. Outcomes-based evaluations measure a significant change that has occurred to an activity. Did the activities performed lead to the outcome(s) that your nonprofit believes your clients and/or community needs?

Management 162

Management Recruitment Nonprofit Leadership Leadership 162

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 18, 2025

A proactive approach to reputation management helps safeguard trust and ensure long-term credibility. Prioritize Transparent Communication Open and honest communication fosters trust, especially during challenges. Manage Social Media Responsibly Social media can amplify your missionor jeopardize your reputation.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Ethics Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Leadership 130

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

AUGUST 26, 2020

No matter where you are in the process of creating more effective communications and marketing for your nonprofit, you can always do more. These five levels are from our Five Levels of Nonprofit Communications Effectiveness based on years of research for the annual Nonprofit Communications Trends Reports. Level 1: Beginner.

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Marketing Marketing Public and Nonprofit Management Activism 293

Donorbox Nonprofit

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Between donor communication, engagement activities, and organizational needs, your income needs to stretch quite far. Defining your goals is an essential step in managing your organizational expenses. The costs of running a nonprofit quickly add up.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2025

Nonprofit organizations thrive when their operations are efficient, their teams are aligned, and their communities are engaged. This article explores how nonprofits can leverage tools like organizational chart software and donor databases to streamline workflows, manage teams effectively, and enhance donor relationships.

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Affnetz

JUNE 10, 2024

Summer Camp Management Software | Streamline STEAM Lessons / By Affnetz Over the years, I’ve developed innovative solutions that harness technology to solve real-world challenges. While camps provide incredible experiences for kids, integrating STEAM lessons effectively can be a headache for camp managers.

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Management Public and Nonprofit Management Activism Technology 130

Bloomerang

JUNE 24, 2025

Their focus is outward—building donor pipelines, crafting campaigns, and managing engagement strategies. What alignment looks like at scale In high-capacity organizations, alignment means more than communication—it means shared data structures, governance frameworks, and cross-functional workflows. From donor to report—with confidence.

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Finance Management Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development 59

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 25, 2022

Need to improve your Active Listening Skills in the Workplace ? Bonnie Meyer shares 4 Communications Strategy Tips for Donor Retention. Nonprofit Communications Training for You… The Annual All-Access Training Pass. April 21: Social Media Trends for Nonprofit Communicators in 2022 with Kivi Leroux Miller.

Communication 184

Communication Nonprofits Production Retention 184

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 17, 2022

One of the reasons that measuring nonprofit marketing communications work is so hard is that we have a lot of different marketing and communications objectives to consider. Measurement Frameworks for Communications and Marketing. For example, having people attend an event or donate money are impacts of your communications.

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Marketing Marketing Nonprofits Activism 280

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Successful nonprofit fundraisers have always understood the power of personalization in effective communications. Salesforce, the world’s leading CRM, is now revolutionizing the non-profit sector with its innovative approach to donor management. Theres good news. Then, explore how Salesforce addresses these challenges.

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Fundraising Fundraising Public and Nonprofit Management Non-Profits 119

Bloomerang

MAY 20, 2024

In the dynamic world of nonprofits, managing supporters effectively often feels like juggling too many tasks at once. Enter Bloomerang Membership Management , a feature-rich add-on that merges donor and membership data seamlessly, helping you create a holistic engagement strategy. But what if you could simplify this?

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Management Retention Activism Technology 116

Top Nonprofits

JANUARY 8, 2025

To continue fulfilling your mission, you must stay on top of shifting community needs, donor preferences, regulatory requirements, and technology trends. TopClass defines a learning management system (LMS) as an online platform that makes it easy for organizations to design, manage, and track educational, training, and certification programs.

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Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Education Education 52

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MARCH 26, 2025

In your stores description, communicate where supporters contributions will go. You might communicate how much of each purchase directly supports your organization and the specific impact their contribution will make (e.g., 50% of all sales goes toward new equipment for our team).

Participation and motivation 148

Participation and motivation Fundraising Fundraising Non-Profits 148

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 15, 2020

For the last several years, we’ve blogged and trained nonprofit communicators about the importance of monitoring email engagement – not just open and click-through rates on individual emails, but how many people on your email list have opened at least one email within a set period time, such as the last three months. .

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Affnetz

AUGUST 22, 2023

Exploring Donor Management Software: A Go-To Guide for Small Nonprofits Exploring Donor Management Software: A Go-To Guide for Small Nonprofits / By Mike Crum In today’s digital age, technology has transformed the way Nonprofit organizations operate and connect with their supporters.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

When board members blur the lines between governance and management, they inadvertently sabotage the organization. The nonprofit sector is already a high-pressure environment, and when boards meddle in daily operations, it creates chaos, demoralizes leadership, erodes culture, and derails mission-critical activities.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Bloomerang Volunteer offers a volunteer management solution that can be used for both day-to-day programs and events, which offers nonprofits the ability to manage all their volunteers in one place. Provide the volunteer with an event day app for real-time communication, shift check-in, and access to event documents.

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Recruitment Nonprofits Management Food 105

Nonprofit Fixer

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

If one organization anticipates a leadership change they can consider managing succession through a merger. Meger activities took place. Audited financial statement and management letter - 3 years, all assets, all liabilities, all grant agreements. Managing fears and figuring out the final organizational chart are big hurdles.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

MARCH 4, 2024

Please join us in welcoming Isabella Perello Khalili as our new program operations manager. In this role, Isabella will help manage many of our learning experiences, including classes , custom solutions , cohorts and our annual conference. There is a new face at the Nonprofit Leadership Center!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2025

This approach, where communication is limited to donation requests, makes donors feel undervalued and disconnected from the organization’s work. Successful nonprofits personalize their communications by acknowledging donors’ contributions and sharing updates that demonstrate impact.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 105

Nonprofit Administration and Development Fundraising Fundraising Retention 105

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Despite the growth of online fundraising and other nonprofit software solutions that allow you to execute your tasks from anywhere, communicating with different team members virtually can be more difficult than gathering in a central office space and meeting in person. Encouraging everyone to take a communications course.

Communication 130

Communication Public and Nonprofit Management Leadership Nonprofit Leadership 130

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Their biggest selling point is the convenience: Most nonprofit communicators have to manage Facebook Pages as part of their jobs, so they are already in there anyway. I’m still an active participant in several Facebook Groups centered on hobbies of mine. People know how Facebook works, so there is no learning curve.

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Management Activism Communication Marketing 348

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 15, 2025

billion) in assets under management and a 30-year track record, isnt wrong per se. Five years ago, BII launched a cohort-based approach to help organizations in other communities set up similar funds. Activating these funding streams will be challenging but not impossible. Each fund is unique.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Public Policy 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 27, 2025

In other situations, the honest brokerage approach relates more to managing social relationships and divergent interests in evolving discussions. Trustful relationships increase the perceived credibility of the brokers and encourage more honest two-way communication. Theyre usually not part of the organizational team.

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Health Technology Healthcare Nonprofit governance and management 110