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9 Nonprofit Leadership Skills Every Founder & Director Must Master

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It’s like a band with no director – everyone is playing their own song and together it’s just noise instead of beautiful chords of music. Usually, if a nonprofit is struggling in any way, there’s a leadership issue at the top. What nonprofit leadership skills does a Founder or Executive Director need to steer the ship?

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How Fundraisers Can Reconcile the Competition that Exists Between Your Donors’ & Administrators’ Hero Stories

iMarketSmart

They are charged with the opposite responsibility – to make as much profit as possible.”[3]. Story conflict. Advance the donor’s hero story. In major gifts fundraising, this works. It works for the donor. The donor is the hero. It works for the fundraiser. The fundraiser is the guiding sage. It’s also an operational organization.

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Nonprofit executives: fundraising advice, tips, and exhortations

Fundraising Coach

So I dedicate this month''s Nonprofit Blog Carnival to these leaders. An open call to support nonprofit CEO''s and Executive Directors. When I made the call to nonprofit bloggers a few weeks ago, I gave them pretty free reign in how they want to communicate with nonprofit executives. The results are quite interesting!

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8 Tried-and-True (Secret) Individual Donor Fundraising Action Tips

Bloomerang

I know of no other strategy that lifts response as remarkably as this one. ACTION: Get board members to review your donor list. Thank you from Claire, member of the board.”). ACTION: Get your executive director to add notes for all gifts above a certain amount; you add notes for the rest.

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Five Reasons Why Your Nonprofit Should Hire a Social Media Manager

Nonprofit Tech for Good

My last full-time, Monday-through-Friday job was as an outreach director for a small international development organization in San Francisco. It was also my duty to organize four fundraising events each year and manage an average six volunteers in any given week. Here are five reasons why: 1.

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10 Tips for Getting Your Op-Ed Placed

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

Traditionally, they appear opposite the editorial page (hence the name, op-ed), which is where the newspaper’s editorial board expresses its opinion on important issues. Here are 10 tips that can help you get your op-ed to the top of the pile: 1. In fact, one could argue that op-eds have more influence than ever. Be Targeted.

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The Importance of Asking Permission to Ask More Questions

iMarketSmart

The missing piece in the story. A novel can have a perfect story. But it will still fail without one thing. The reader must turn the page. It’s easy to miss this small act of permission. But without it, the story stops. Traditional “interruption marketing” overlooks this step. Instead, the view is, “We’ve got a great story. How long can we do that?