NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Including labor , faith , and racial equity groups can help increase homeowner participation in housing justice coalitions, and several are reaching out to homeowners facing housing precarity and involuntary displacement. The District of Columbia has a tenant majority of 60.3 Building the coalition is not easy, but it can be done.

Public and Social Policy 131

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 131

Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

That would not have been possible without dedicated, active board members. Valuable board members have a true sense of fiduciary responsibility — making the organization stronger being the primary motivation — while keeping mission-focused to deliver quality services to its “customers.” Your Voice Matters!

Ethics 116

Ethics Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Children 116

Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 13, 2009

You can also share tips and comments with your friends, check to see if any are close by, give them a shout-out via text or phone and broadcast your Foursquare activities on Facebook and Twitter. And businesses are working with Foursquare to reward members with everything from special discounts to free products.

Marketing 229

Marketing Marketing Participation and motivation Production 229

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 6, 2025

Games like Freerice (noted above), Sea Hero Quest (over 4 million players whose activities contribute to Alzheimers research), and Foldit (over 600,000 players who solve protein-folding puzzles to contribute to disease research) have all accomplished this. Such deep collaboration during adversity can yield effectiveness, solace, and even joy.

Nonprofit governance and management 94

Nonprofit governance and management Civil Society Collaborations Public and Social Policy 94

Ann Green

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The goal here isn’t that you should immediately start participating in every activity we’ve listed. If your nonprofit has a monthly giving or membership program , you can recruit current participants to promote the opportunity to their family members and friends. Participate in cross-blogging.

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Participation and motivation Education Education Activism 179

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MARCH 15, 2025

During an a-thon fundraising event, participants engage in a specific activity or challenge while collecting funds from friends and family who want to show their support. The process typically involves these basic steps: Participants sign up for your event. Participants collect donations. How Do A-Thon Events Work?

Participation and motivation 130

Participation and motivation Fundraising Fundraising Healthcare 130

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 7, 2023

Tina James​ Senior Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility, Florida Blue Tina James, the senior manager of corporate social responsibility at Florida Blue, is one of 20 outstanding professionals of color selected to participate in the Nonprofit Leadership Center’s 2023 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship.

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Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Race and Ethnicity 244

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Below are ten fundraising ideas using customized products. By aligning these products with the organization’s mission, supporters become walking ambassadors for the cause. Limited-Edition Merchandise Drops Limited edition items take advantage of urgency and exclusivity, two powerful motivators of donor engagement.

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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. . For example, start by participating in the Earth Hour initiative. Additionally, choose team members devoted to participating in Earth Hour and promoting eco-friendliness across the organization.

Marketing 140

Marketing Marketing Environmental Participation and motivation 140

Anedot

APRIL 8, 2025

Top priorities for the ED in their first year: Community outreach and integration, through active listening and in person meetings, to understand West Marins unique community. Enhance board expansion, participation and training. They are a collaborative leader with the ability to motivate staff and diverse constituencies.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 52

Fundraising Leadership

JUNE 6, 2025

Participants at a recent Chicago PrideFest parade. The Pew Research Center reports 66% of LGBTQ adults say they have participated in LGBTQ-related events during Pride Month at least once in their lives. This includes 49% who say they’ve participated more than once. Unfortunately U.S.

Leadership 52

Leadership Participation and motivation Culture Universities 52

Fundraising Leadership

AUGUST 20, 2024

Read more in Take The Lead from Kelly Lowe For women in leadership, stress can impact health and productivity in different ways than men, hindering progress toward gender parity. “ For women in leadership, stress can impact #health and #productivity in different ways than men, hindering progress toward #genderparity. ”

Construction 104

Construction Health Leadership Entrepreneurship 104

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

We’ll also look at how popular fundraising activities can be adapted to these different galas and what online platforms you can use to help build a better fundraising strategy. And they motivate people to give more — either through monetary contributions or volunteering. Advantages of In-Person, Virtual, and Hybrid Fundraising.

Participation and motivation 118

Participation and motivation Fundraising Fundraising Activism 118

Top Nonprofits

MARCH 17, 2023

In this short guide, we’ll walk you through a few strategies that will help you boost participation at your next virtual event, and make it more memorable: Invest in the right tools for virtual events. Working with a well-connected event production company like CharityBids can help you get access to incredible talent.

Participation and motivation 52

Participation and motivation Marketing Marketing Production 52

Fundraising Coach

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

A strong management strategy can combat these issues and make your volunteer program a more positive and productive experience. These professional programs can help you better understand top volunteer management tools and how they can be used to recruit, motivate, and appreciate your volunteers. Participating in volunteer holidays.

Public and Nonprofit Management 52

Public and Nonprofit Management Volunteerism Volunteerism Participation and motivation 52

Candid

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

While GlassPockets has served to steadily motivate participating funders to share more information publicly, with only 112 participating foundations, the reality is that most funders opted not to participate. Today, 12 years later, that number has only grown to 10%. From pain to gain.

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Participation and motivation Foundations Philanthropy Values 111

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

alone participated in some kind of volunteering job making it a 25% of the country’s population. The main difference is that you’re leveraging your organization values and unique employee benefits to attract top talents and encourage them to work for you instead of promoting product values to encourage customers to buy it.

Recruitment 64

Recruitment Non-Profits Nonprofits Participation and motivation 64

Candid

JUNE 5, 2024

Digital storytelling, which combines narrative techniques with digital media such as video or images, can be particularly productive. For example, if you’re trying to onboard volunteers, you could create a YouTube series featuring short videos that follow a volunteer’s journey from application to active service. What’s resonating?

Participation and motivation 105

Participation and motivation Environmental Education Education 105

Pam Moore

JULY 29, 2024

From keeping up with platform changes to integrating the latest AI tools, and ensuring your team is aligned and motivated, the challenges can seem endless. Need to conduct new focus groups to gather customer feedback for new products and marketing launch. Need to reposition your product, business and /or entire brand in the market.

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Culture Technology Participation and motivation Leadership 133

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Megaplatforms that use apps to connect customers with products or services, such as Uber, have categorized workers as independent contractors and thus outside the legal protections won by organized labor. Inclusion and Ownership Written in Policies Co-ops reward dividends based on patronage activity.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation Non-Profits Manufacturing 133

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Universities, as Baldwin has detailed , turn their research into lucrative commercial goods and patents in a range of fields, from the pharmaceutical industries and software products to health services and military defense weaponry. In terms of concrete projects, conference participants offered many examples. Programs would come later.

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Universities Curriculum and Teaching Participation and motivation Culture 119

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

These developersengineers, data scientists, and tech leaderscan fall victim to the pressure to be the first and fastest, driven by profit motives and competitive market forces. Workers deserve to benefit from the productivity gains AI offers.

Public and Social Policy 83

Public and Social Policy Health Environmental Ethics 83

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

A successful peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising campaign requires thoughtful planning and a strong understanding of how to motivate your fundraisers to meet and exceed their goals. We purposely set a more conservative goal so that our staff could feel the motivating rush of achieving it, and then we could push to exceed the original goal.

Fundraising 126

Fundraising Fundraising Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 5, 2024

Each member company of B in Action commits to taking at least one actionable measure toward disability inclusion and assigning one individual to active involvement within the consortium. Wei Tong, the team’s leader and a wheelchair user, said, “Participating in the snow leopards protection programs has been both fun and enlightening.

Nonprofit governance and management 119

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Technology 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In that time, ESG integration has been enshrined in thousands of pension fund and asset manager ESG policies, while regulations such as the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) now require the practice of financial market participants. And can we really still call it “impact”? But by how much?

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Finance Participation and motivation Governance 119

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

AUGUST 26, 2023

7 Omnichannel Customer Engagement Strategies for Nonprofit Organizations When it comes to nonprofits, engagement is the lifeblood that fuels volunteer participation, donations, and advocacy work. Enhancing your communication: you need to effectively communicate your mission, values, and impact to inspire and motivate your supporters.

Nonprofit Organizations 98

Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Organizations Non-Profits Participation and motivation 98

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Your staff is expected to be more efficient, your organization more productive, and your mission more manageable all while your piggy bank is light. These programs help your staff members develop skills that can be applied at your organization for more efficient processes and a productive work environment. .

Participation and motivation 81

Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Leadership Nonprofits 81

Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Product Fundraisers. Participate in Giving Tuesday without asking for money. Define Giving Tuesday for those supporters who may not have participated in this type of campaign before. . Activities most participated in. Social Media Support. Face Mask Fundraiser. Volunteer Opportunities. Volunteer Grants.

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Retention Participation and motivation Production Fundraising 122

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 30, 2024

Habitat for Humanity invites Board members to build houses and also invites them to be present at (and even participate in) the dedication ceremony where a new homeowner receives the keys to their new house. Above all else, remember: when people are inspired, they’re motivated to take action. They won’t do it. So teach them.

Fundraising 105

Fundraising Fundraising Participation and motivation Education 105

Blue Avocado

AUGUST 13, 2024

Making the story about themselves (the founder or ED’s passion or motivations) rather than the people they serve or plan to serve, or initiatives or results they want to bring about. Clarice Williams from WEBS Training Center Lack of succession planning Not having an active succession plan. Fundraising without strategy.

Non-Profits 105

Non-Profits Nonprofit Administration and Development Collaborations Nonprofits 105

Nonprofit Fixer

AUGUST 15, 2023

Public speaking and active listening are also fundamental to working with donors, both individuals and institutions. Finally, the act of donor solicitation requires bringing all these skills – storytelling, writing, public speaking, and active listening - together. Our motivations are for the common good and the public interest.

Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Public and Nonprofit Management Fundraising Fundraising Participation and motivation 98

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Plus, you have motivated and loyal supporters on your side helping raise even more money for your cause! . Asking them to participate and volunteer to raise money on your behalf is not only easier on their wallets, but it also provides a new and unique way for them to show their support. . Allowing supporters to get more involved.

Fundraising 111

Fundraising Fundraising Participation and motivation Recruitment 111

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MAY 16, 2024

Uses sales-driven content with a focus on products and services. This can lead to meaningful discussions and give you insights into your supporters’ motivations. You can also design fun and informative quizzes that not only educate but also inform your participants about the cause. Relies mode on organic reach.

Non-Profits 96

Non-Profits Marketing Marketing Participation and motivation 96

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2017

Productivity. For social media managers that are too often seated at desk all, it an easy tool to get motivated and on your feet. Internet Live Stats tracks in real-time stats about how the internet is used, such as the number of websites, emails sent, blog posts published, social media active users, smartphones and tablets sold, etc.

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Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofits Participation and motivation Management 111

NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Boost donations and attendance at your event by offering branded products to your registrants. Consider offering items such as t-shirts that are relevant to the activity in which they’ll be participating. Encourage participation in corporate matching gift programs. Hosting a fun run, walkathon, or another athletic event?

Fundraising 74

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation 74

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

In the last of this week’s three-part series on research into consumer attitudes toward cause-related marketing, I want to focus on the increasing number of cause-related marketing campaigns that are designed to let consumers actively choose which charities a company supports. Does choice in charity make campaigns more effective?

Participation and motivation 63

Participation and motivation Universities Environmental Production 63

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Corporate giveaways, which are often referred to as promotional products or corporate gifts, are items that companies distribute to clients, employees, or prospects as part of their marketing and branding efforts. Here’s a look at the key psychology principles that make promotional products an effective marketing and branding strategy.

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