NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This article was adapted from “Activating Loving Awareness through Contemplative Technology” by Sará King, published in Can AI Heal Us? , Love as an act, a presence, a skill, a relational orientation, and an intention to be actively cultivated is not a phenomenon that we can measure holistically in any quantitative sense.

Activism 124

Activism Health Psychology Political Science 124

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

They bring energy, fresh ideas, and an eagerness to make a difference. Nonprofit activities shape the students, teaching them valuable skills, helping them foster empathy, and connecting them to causes that matter. Why student involvement matters Engaging students in nonprofit activities isnt just beneficialits transformative.

Energy 75

Energy Food Leadership Activism 75

Candid

JANUARY 23, 2025

Trust is the cornerstone herean active, vocal community builds credibility for your nonprofits mission. Heres how you can get started on building community: Start with a clear vision Your purpose has to be crystal clear if you want people to invest their time, energy, and/or money in your community.

Fundraising 102

Fundraising Fundraising Homelessness Retention 102

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

DECEMBER 8, 2016

They exist to solve problems and make the world a better place — and their resources are best spent on actively working on solve those problems. But it might actually save you time and energy in the long run. Build Your Calendar Around Existing Activities. Nor should it be. And it will likely yield much better results.

Energy 227

Energy Nonprofits Activism Fundraising 227

Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2025

This stress can spill over into the session itself, affecting the energy and focus of board and staff members. Organize all activities outside of the retreat: hotel reservations, transportation, off-site dinners, entertainment activities. Conduct interviews with select board and staff members. Select a top-notch facilitator.

Collaborations 115

Collaborations Energy Activism Culture 115

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2025

PBEB has recruited a board of directors (subject to regulatory approval) of banking experts, elected officials from participating jurisdictions, and subject matter experts on issues like clean energy and affordable housing. In California, public banks are barred from competing with local financial institutions.

Nonprofit governance and management 128

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance Finance 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 3, 2025

When enough mutualist networks and organizations are active, you may even wind up with an ecosysteman abundance of shared resources, experience, social capital, and financing, both centralized and grassroots, all sustaining projects serving a wide variety of community needs. It isnt charity, it isnt selfishness.

Nonprofit governance and management 125

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Insurance Social Enterprise 125

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Let them know how much you appreciate their support and energy. Let’s say you have an ambassador who is active in the running community. Activating these waiting-in-the-wings fundraisers is a step toward spreading the fundraising responsibility around so it doesn’t all fall on you! This class does not have to be large.

Activism 126

Activism Fundraising Fundraising Food 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 23, 2025

Arts & Culture Cities Civic Engagement Economic Development Education Energy Environment Food Health Human Rights Security Social Services Water & Sanitation Sectors Government, Nonprofit, Business, etc. You might choose to do all three questions in a row, focus on the one that your team needs right now, or spread the activity over time.

Participation and motivation 103

Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Health Public and Social Policy 103

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Your past experiences with waivers might be signing one before taking part in a risky or adventurous activity like bungee jumping. Unlike printed waivers, you can easily share your digital waiver online ahead of the event or activity. Prioritize energy efficiency. How can you get started with digital waivers?

Energy 263

Energy Environmental Nonprofit Leadership Leadership 263

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

APRIL 20, 2020

One of my coaches helped me realize that it’s often about energy. I like getting my energy from active involvement in events and having a lot of different activities. I sometimes jump too quickly into an activity and don’t allow enough time to think it over. For extroverts, that means being around people.

Public and Nonprofit Management 266

Public and Nonprofit Management Energy Activism Medical 266

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

She has spearheaded innovation in heart and stroke prevention with AHA active in more than 100 countries. Dillen has litigated precedent-setting cases that have held polluters accountable and cleared the way for clean energy projects. She has the roadmap for the nation’s clean energy future. AHA has invested more than $5.9

Civil Society 85

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Urban development Law 85

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2025

2) Neglecting Donor Retention Strategies The Mistake: Pouring all energy into acquiring new donors while neglecting existing supporters. Manual processes drain team time and energy, leaving less bandwidth for relationship building and strategic activities.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 102

Nonprofit Administration and Development Fundraising Fundraising Retention 102

The Charity CFO

MARCH 7, 2025

How do I keep my energy high? Physical Activity : Regular exercise, including weight training and daily walks, is non-negotiable. It keeps my energy levels high and my mind clear. Social interactions are often the first to go when our energy is low – however, it might be the exact thing you need.

Energy 81

Energy Finance Activism Food 81

Candid

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Remember, you’re not just seeking funds—you’re inviting donors to join a movement, to become active participants in creating meaningful impact. Shift to a mindset of shared purpose and abundance Successful fundraising requires shifting from a mindset of scarcity to one of shared purpose and abundance.

Social Enterprise 105

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Participation and motivation Children 105

Candid

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Refusing to sacrifice rest, reflection, and restoration In the nonprofit fundraising space, where personal identity intersects with professional responsibility, the need for rest, reflection, and restoration becomes vital—not only to preserve our energy but also to ensure career longevity.

Fundraising 21

Fundraising Fundraising Health Energy 21

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 19, 2025

But the South has also been a leading source for civil rights and social justice activism throughout US history. In Alabama and Tennessee, communities are banding together to ensure that funding for clean energy benefits workers and local residentsnot just corporate shareholders.

Collaborations 116

Collaborations Manufacturing Law Philanthropy 116

Bloomerang

MAY 12, 2025

When board members take part in mission-centered activities, whether its serving meals, shadowing frontline staff, or hearing directly from clients, they begin to internalize the mission on a visceral level. Importantly, these activities must be bookended by meaningful reflection. They see what staff see.

Nonprofit governance and management 92

Nonprofit governance and management Culture Collaborations Governance 92

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JULY 31, 2024

Jeanette Gass, Advanced Certified Nonprofit Professional (ACNP) , has been a reoccurring donor since 2021 after receiving her CNP credential in 2019, actively supporting the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance’s mission through both financial contributions and volunteer efforts on the Association of CNPs Executive Committee.

Nonprofit Leadership 246

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Associations Energy 246

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Well, think again, overworking will not only steal your clarity, but it will zap your creative energy and resilience. A bedtime ritual of bath, reading, a cup of herbal tea, meditation, or other calming activities, can bring your brain noise down a few notches and allow you to settle into a less agitated state to get some rest.

Marketing 193

Marketing Marketing Energy Participation and motivation 193

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 15, 2025

An investment portfolio that limits energy investments to renewables, for example, may well outperform a portfolio that includes fossil fuel firms; holding on to fossil fuel stocks is arguably riskier. Activating these funding streams will be challenging but not impossible.

Public and Social Policy 105

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

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 12, 2025

And the likely outcomes are different as well: renewed energy, stronger identity, new allies. Then, as the creative energy builds, I pose bold, imaginative questions: What would this look like if we didn’t lead from fear? Activities that emphasize storytelling and play aren’t fluff. Invest in storytelling.

Nonprofit Leadership 110

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Culture Nonprofits 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In contrast to systems like energy, transportation, or health care, where expertise is more well defined, food expertise tends to be irrefutable, requiring no advanced degree or professional experience. Our mission and vision have remained substantively the same over time, but our activities have changed considerably.

Public and Social Policy 94

Public and Social Policy Food Leadership Health 94

Clairification

MAY 14, 2025

This is the more resilient and likely idea that when others show up to participate in your craft, it brings energy, insight and activity to the field. (And AI should bebarredfrom doing what I do.) The truth is that books dont sell very well in the supermarket, where there are no other books.

Energy 73

Energy Collaborations Nonprofits Activism 73

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

We had some existing fundraising activities for me to build upon, fortunately. I tweaked those activities, and money started pouring in! It takes so much time, energy, and money to put on an event, that the money the event pulls in often is not worth all that effort. What types of volunteer activities do they like?

Nonprofits 98

Nonprofits Public and Nonprofit Management Homelessness Foundations 98

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JULY 16, 2021

For example, you could promote your climate change activism through press releases, blog posts, email newsletters, and reports. . By actively participating in green events, you will position your B2B company as a sustainable brand. They teamed with Energy Star, a program run by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Marketing 140

Marketing Marketing Environmental Participation and motivation 140

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 27, 2025

He believes continuously applying takes energy and time that many people simply do not have. He cites stories of people who were denied FEMA resources six or seven times but were finally able to access the resource after applying the final time. After being denied resources several times, some people simply do not go back.

Governance 111

Governance Urban development Food Medical 111

Bloomerang

JULY 4, 2025

This enables you to maintain continuity and board memory, while also ensuring people with new ideas, perspectives and energy are regularly joining the board. You should always actively promote board development. This means dividing members into classes, with each class staggered to end their terms at different times.

Recruitment 88

Recruitment Governance Values Law 88

NonProfit PRO

MARCH 3, 2022

Manage your nonprofit’s core activities—fundraising, CRM, and accounting—in one software solution. With all your data in one intuitive, easy-to-use system, you’ll have more time to focus your energy on stewarding and retaining donors.

Energy 130

Energy Fundraising Fundraising Activism 130

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Scalable solutions Smaller organizations may be unable to afford the large solutions that bigger nonprofits use to raise money, store donor data, and conduct marketing activities. Automating these activities helps you save and leverage more accurate information about your donors for the future. Saving staff members time and energy.

Retention 66

Retention Nonprofits Volunteerism Volunteerism 66

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 15, 2020

In their 2018 year-end analysis , they found that nonprofits who saw their list size drop year-over-year (because they actively managed their lists, dropping the unengaged) also saw better returns: a 26% improvement in response rate and a 2% improvement in email revenue. If you are already experiencing problems, you can repair the damage.

Nonprofits 264

Nonprofits Management Energy Communication 264

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 10, 2023

If one of your issues is saying “yes” to too many things whether at work or otherwise, Tiffany Toombs’ article 15 Ways To Stop Overcommitting Your Time And Energy is for you! Here are the top five things you should do to help you take control of your time. Do a Time Audit. At the end of your audit, categorize each note.

Management 234

Management Production Health Energy 234

The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Yet what is concerning is the inordinate amount of time and energy spend without the results and successes you hoped to achieve. The commitment to your respective mission and determination to succeed despite the ever-increasing challenges and obstacles is inspiring.

Energy 71

Energy Associations Leadership Communication 71

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

AUGUST 15, 2017

Before social media, nonprofit communicators needed mostly text, and convincing non-communications staff to devote time and energy into writing was (and still is) a challenge. Now, communicators need visuals as much as they need text. Two nonprofits recently shared with me how they made this work for them.

Communication 159

Communication Energy Activism Marketing 159

iMarketSmart

MAY 19, 2025

In fact, research from Dr. Russell James shows that when donors make major gifts, their brains activate the same areas involved in emotional empathy and self-identity. Match the pace and energy of a supporter without manipulation. Too many leaders reward activity metrics, not emotional mastery. Theyre looking for meaning.

Fundraising 59

Fundraising Fundraising Energy Production 59

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

“The CNP program really helped me channel my energy and passion into effective leadership,” she emphasizes. The Power of the CNP Credential Rebecca Cantrell’s story is a shining example of the value of the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential.

Nonprofit Leadership 246

Nonprofit Leadership Nonprofit Administration and Development Leadership Universities 246

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 2, 2025

Goodmon and community groups quickly realized that the plans, while increasing housing availability, were also actively undermining housing affordability; they needed to organize a response.

Culture 70

Culture Law Energy Associations 70