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

iMarketSmart

But a nonprofit is not just a fundraising organization. In the donor-hero story, charity administrators are minions. The administrator’s role is only to dutifully obey donor orders. What works for this group is the administrator-hero story.[1] Example: Nonprofit allows a broad range of donor-created gift restrictions.

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How to Build a Truly Inclusive Nonprofit Volunteer Program

NonProfit Quarterly

Such logic often applies to nonprofit recruitment of volunteers. That is, nonprofits tend to draw in a particular slice of the community. If that slice is elderly, White, male, and English-speaking, we ought not to be surprised when a young Latina immigrant opts not to participate. What Do Volunteer Administrators Say?

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Taking Steps Toward Disability Inclusion in China

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The UN Disability and Development Report 2018 reveals that individuals with disabilities face fundamental challenges in nearly all aspects of life, including employment, health care, and education. Almost everyone will temporarily or permanently experience disability at some point in their lives, and currently, an estimated 1.3

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

If you loved our 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2019 calendar! We've searched far and wide for the best and brightest nonprofit conferences from all around the country! Nonprofit Management. Marketing & Communications. Marketing & Communications.

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The Importance of Asking Permission to Ask More Questions

iMarketSmart

The donor must participate. Monomyth motives. The motives can be different for each of the three steps. The first uses a social motive. The second uses an impact motive. The third uses an honor motive. This uses a value motive. Using these same motives can work. It uses a social motive.

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Debunked Fundraising Myth: The #1 Reason People Don’t Give Is Because They Weren’t Asked

iMarketSmart

Here’s why: “High performers ask with confidence because they understand the donor’s connection and motivations. They don’t like to be bombarded and hassled with nonstop generic communications. But this is what happens when nonprofits run with the ‘Ask! It’s important that you and your nonprofit’s Administrators understand that.

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5 Tips And Tactics To Become A Master Nonprofit Wordsmith

Bloomerang

Good writing, and I mean good writing, should be a top priority at your nonprofit because good writing is a tool of tremendous power, influence, and leverage. A motivating flyer could inspire dozens of people to volunteer for your new program, and a per­suasive letter to a senator might inspire new legislation.