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9 Essential Nonprofit Management Skills & Development Tips

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

As a nonprofit professional, you understand that investing in your staff is the best way to develop your organization. While some skills are innate, many nonprofit management skills can be taught. That makes it a critical investment for any nonprofit looking to achieve long-term success.

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From Novice To Champion: Empowering Board Members

Bloomerang

Conversely, a toxic, dysfunctional, or low-performing board can destroy your nonprofit. To successfully manage your board, you need to do three things: Determine exactly what you expect of them from the beginning. You can leverage trusted board members and donor networks to find great candidates who share your organization’s values.

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Top Fundraising Strategies to Appeal to a Millennial Audience

Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

Understanding the giving habits and motivations of your millennial audience will give you a leg up in the fundraising space. Nonprofits need to take an informed approach to appealing to them and beginning to cultivate a relationship toward a “lifetime donor.” Host a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign.

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Solving Social Media’s ‘Local Paradox’

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Our work studying local social networks, developing local social networking software, and experimenting with local social networks in partnership with local governments, nonprofits, and media has revealed a potential solution: networks that are values-driven, closely moderated, trusted, and local.

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3 Big Reasons Why An ‘Ask’ Is Mostly About Your Donor’s Hero Story (Not Your Organization’s)

iMarketSmart

These establish motivation from the main character’s original identity. Without this, even a catastrophic threat won’t motivate action. To motivate dramatic action, the problem must be disruptive. The effective ask presents: A crisis (threat or opportunity) for the donor’s people or values. The narrative arc.

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Donor Appreciation: 3 Virtual Strategies to Consider

Ann Green

During this period of social distancing, it’s been especially hard for nonprofits like yours to communicate and feel connected to your donors. Luckily, the pandemic brought about more effective technology, providing your nonprofit with new ways of doing things, and you can leverage these tools in your virtual donor appreciation efforts.

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What Dr. James means when he recommends you harness the power of storytelling in major gifts fundraising

iMarketSmart

Because they provide value. Big money comes by providing big value. Other professions provide value in different ways. A charity can provide value to many people in many ways. But fundraising provides value to the donor in just one way: identity enhancement. 2] It might be external, public, and commercial.