Mon.Feb 13, 2023

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Build a Community of Cause Champions

NonProfit PRO

Organizations that seek to find growth and success depend on a cause community to carry them. Jamie Bearse of ZERO — The End of Prostate Cancer shares how his organization developed the ZERO Flywheel method to build and keep a community engaged.

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Fundraisers for Syria and Turkey Earthquake Try to Deliver Aid

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press New York Tens of thousands of people have been left homeless in Turkey and Syria after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Humanitarian access to northern Syria is complicated by the civil war, while sending funds can be blocked or slowed by U.S. sanctions, despite an exemption for relief efforts. The political environment in Turkey also poses challenges.

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Women’s Philanthropy Institute to Convene Its 6th National Symposium

NonProfit PRO

All In, All Rise, a symposium organized by the Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, will examine how women’s involvement in philanthropy strengthens communities, encourages greater strategic giving, and builds a more diverse network of engaged citizens.

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Houston Grand Opera Receives $22 Million for Young Artists Program

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Maria Di Mento Plus, Temple University landed more than $10 million to help students with physical disabilities, and three other universities and a community foundation received big gifts.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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5 Cybersecurity Best Practices for Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Heather Mansfield , founder and editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good According to the 2023 Nonprofit Tech for Good Report , 27% of nonprofits worldwide have experienced a cyberattack (email phishing, website hacking, ransomware, social media attack, etc.). Cybersecurity cannot be ignored in 2023. Below are five simple best practices for your nonprofit to ensure that your staff and your digital marketing and fundraising campaigns are safe and protected. 1) Use a premium hosting service

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10 Proven Strategies To Help You Retain New Donors

Bloomerang

Community Brands recently shared donor retention data that reinforced alarming trends that the nonprofit sector has been monitoring for a while. In their survey, they asked nonprofits what their current donor retention rate was: about 60% said they didn’t know and the rest had an average donor retention rate of 45%. On average, donor retention rates increase based on the average gift amount.

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Walmart has a new way they are giving back to nonprofits

Nonprofit Leadership Podcast

We know that Walmart is a large, profitable corporation selling goods throughout the world, but that is not all they do. You may be surprised by the impact Walmart is making through their many philanthropic efforts, local and world-wide. Today’s guest, Julie Gehrki, explains the various ways Walmart is supporting nonprofits through their new social impact program, Spark Good.

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5 Essentials for Enhancing Your Nonprofit Volunteer Program

Foundation Group

The post 5 Essentials for Enhancing Your Nonprofit Volunteer Program appeared first on Foundation Group®.

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Hybrid Workplaces Are Here to Stay — How’s Your Organization Adjusting?

NonProfit HR

Whether your employees are remotely working across the country or local staff is sharing their time between their home office and your company site, your organization is now a hybrid workplace! Zoom and other virtual platforms have become your conference room(s). Without naming it, organizations implemented human-centered work by making decisions that equally balance employee Read more The post Hybrid Workplaces Are Here to Stay — How’s Your Organization Adjusting?

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ESG is Everywhere. Should It Matter to Nonprofits?

Blue Avocado

Article In Brief: The Problem: More and more corporations are developing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies. As we have seen from past regulatory and reporting changes in the for-profit sector, the increasing focus on ESG will inevitably impact the nonprofit sector as well. The time for preparation and action is now. The Context: Stakeholder […] The post ESG is Everywhere.

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A New Look At Running Grants & Programs: Why Use A System When You Have Excel?

Speaker: Gareth Webb & Phil Selley, Founding Partners at Intouch Business

For many nonprofit organizations and NGOs, managing grants and monitoring projects with spreadsheets and manual processes feels familiar—but is it holding your organization back? As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.

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Fuel Your Program Funding with Data-Driven Evaluation Reporting

Bloomerang

&nbsp This workshop will help you unlock and leverage the power of your program data. You’ll learn the steps to consolidate, analyze, and visualize your program information to create data-driven messaging that will fuel more program funding from grants, partners, and major gifts donors. &nbsp Best of all, this framework requires no budget and no technical resources from your team – just an open mind and a willingness to get curious about the data that’s under the hood o

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What Fishing Can Teach Us About Fundraising

Clairification

Are you in the right pond? Alas, nonprofits spend too much time thinking about the right way to ask people for donations, yet not enough time thinking about who the right people are to ask. It’s like buying a perfect fishing rod and reel, learning how to cast, and then casting off into empty waters. Folks, success — in fishing and fundraising — takes more than toiling, tackle, and time.

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7 Ways Show your Love on Valentine’s Day

Volunteer Match

Valentine’s Day is a great time to come together and celebrate love—and there are a lot more ways to do that than is typically associated with the holiday! Love is about expressing compassion, generosity, and kindness to others. That’s why we’re highlighting 7 ways to volunteer and put that love into action.

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25 Simple & Inspiring Church Bulletin Board Ideas

Donorbox Nonprofit

Many churches ignore their bulletin board, but it can be an excellent marketing and educational tool. Your church bulletin board can highlight your church’s mission, as well as adult and children’s activities. You can also have fun with images and phrases sharing God’s love each season, more so for your specific church fundraising campaigns. Therefore, […] The post 25 Simple & Inspiring Church Bulletin Board Ideas appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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When it's okay to lie to donors

Jeff Brooks

I got a telemarketing call from an arts organization. They wanted me to donate. I found the pitch compelling; the cause was good and so were the donor benefits. Let's pick up the conversation as it neared the "close": Me: That sounds interesting. Could you send me this information by mail so I can make my decision? Telemarketer: I can't do that. We want to sign people up by phone, because we can't afford to send letters.

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Frustrating Things Non-Profits Do that Hijack Major Gifts

Veritus Group

This is the first post in a series about the barriers that prevent non-profits from achieving success in major gifts. The post Frustrating Things Non-Profits Do that Hijack Major Gifts appeared first on Veritus Group.

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Dr. James’ 3-step formula for making a compelling major gifts ask

iMarketSmart

Making the ask can be the scariest part of fundraising. Setting up social events is great fun. Being friendly with others is enjoyable. Talking about their interests is comfortable. But asking for money? That’s hard! Many fail simply by avoiding this critical step. So how do we do this? What are the magic words? Let’s start at the beginning. Theory The “one big thing” in fundraising is always the same: Advance the donor’s hero story.

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Send Yourself Roses: Valentine’s Day and Every Day Advice from Kathleen Turner

Fundraising Leadership

Issue 221— February 13, 2023 February 14 is Valentine’s/Galentine’s/Palentine’s day. What are your plans? I first thought I’d see if any of my women friends wanted to celebrate together and then decided I’d follow my friend actor/activist Kathleen Turner’s advice and send myself roses. Kathleen was on my mind because she had emailed to tell me that she’ll be at the Mesa (AZ) Arts Center, February 18th, thinking I might be at my Arizona home.

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Forecasting Failures Are Costly: Heres How To Fix Them

Speaker: Dave Sackett

Traditional budgeting and forecasting methods can no longer keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving business environment. Static budgets, rigid annual forecasts, and outdated financial models limit an organization’s ability to adapt to market shifts and economic uncertainty. To stay ahead, finance leaders must leverage a future-forward approach—one that leverages real-time data, predictive analytics, and continuous planning to drive smarter financial decisions.