Tue.Nov 08, 2022

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To Tackle the Climate Crisis, Philanthropy Needs to Get Religion

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Fletcher Harper , Yonatan Neril , and Susan Hendershot. Peter Dejong, AP Demonstrators calling for climate action on the African continent. Religious groups are taking a leading role in fighting climate change but have gone largely unnoticed by grant makers. As the U.N Climate Conference gets underway this week, now is a good time for donors to recognize the power of religious institutions to mobilize communities to protect the planet.

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How to Make Giving Tuesday Less Transactional

Ann Green

What’s the difference between Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday? Unfortunately, it seems like not a whole lot. According to the Giving Tuesday website, “Giving Tuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity.” In theory, that sounds nice, but in reality, it’s a day when nonprofit organizations unleash an onslaught of transactional fundraising appeals by email and social media.

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8 Tips Every Major Gift Officer Needs to End 2022 Strong

NonProfit PRO

As year-end approaches, it's even more important that you’re focusing your energy in the most impactful places. So, here are eight more tips that will help you prioritize, focus, and create space to make sure you’re taken care of and end your year strong.

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Nonprofits and Foundations Work to Curb Plastic Use, Moving Away From a Focus on Recycling

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Kay Dervishi. Jasmin Rostamnezhad Volunteers from Driftwood Recovery and Active Recovery Coaching picked up a lot of plastic during TrashBlitz Austin. New research prompted more funding and advocacy.

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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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Can Numerology Help You Design the Best Nonprofit Board?

NonProfit PRO

Numbers are a dominant question when it comes to designing an effective board. How many are too many or too few? This list highlights the numerical challenges, or at least questions that come to mind, when considering the design and maintenance of a nonprofit board.

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Many Colleges Had a Banner Fundraising Year Thanks to In-Person Events, Honing In on Donor Passions

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Rasheeda Childress. Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania State University fundraising had strong results in the 2022 fiscal year. (Courtesy of Pennsylvania State University). Colleges and universities benefited from a strong stock market at the beginning of the 2022 fiscal year as fundraisers asked donors for 'big gifts that really move the needle.

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Elevate 2023: A Virtual Conference for Social Sector Leaders

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Elevate 2023: A Virtual Conference for Social Sector Leaders. Kansas City, Mo. – Social sector leaders are invited to take part in Elevate 2023. ELEVATE inspires new thinking and action around how individuals and organizations can embrace change, find wellness, and cultivate the connected communities needed to lead the social sector’s charge into the future. .

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Does your nonprofit mission statement drive donations?

Candid

Does a nonprofit’s mission statement influence its fundraising efforts? New research conducted using data from Candid suggests that understanding this relationship can boost your nonprofit’s fundraising success. An effective nonprofit mission statement draws supporters and donors to an organization. It gets them excited about helping to achieve that mission.

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NEWS: Schedule Instagram Posts Directly in the App

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Instagram announced yesterday that professional accounts will be able to schedule posts including Reels and Carousels up to 75 days in advance directly from the Instagram mobile app. Previously you had to use a third-party tool or the Meta Business Suite. View this post on Instagram. A post shared by Instagram’s @Creators (@creators). Our account still didn’t have this option yet so I can’t share the process from experience, but the post above makes it seem like it will be very simpl

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Online Learning: Key Takeaways from Nonprofit Leadership Alliance’s Educational Panel with NXUnite

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

eLearning provides nonprofit employees with educational resources and informative content, allowing them to continually develop in their roles. On NXUnite’s ”Our Remote World: How eLearning Can Benefit Nonprofits” panel, speakers discussed the value of Online Learning and strategies for implementing educational tools. . Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Interim President and Chief Learning Officer Dorothy Norris-Tirrell, Ph.D., CNP was joined by Dan Streeter of Blue Sky eLearn , Vanessa Douthe

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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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Microfinance and the Backlash

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Alex Counts. An excerpt from the new edition of Small Loans, Big Dreams on microfinance since the Nobel.

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The case of the irrelevant fundraising envelope that really works

Jeff Brooks

Here's an interesting outer envelope for a direct-mail acquisition piece mailed by Doctors Without Borders : Does that strike you as odd that it leads with the idea of the donors' emotional state? Doctors Without Borders' mission is not to help people deal with our anxiety about the way the world is. Off point? I'm pretty confident this is a control, meaning it's working.

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Top Insights: Our Donor Communications Panel with NXUnite

The Killoe Group

Everybody is familiar with the phrase, “Communication is key,” and this is especially true in the realm of fundraising. Without proper communication, nonprofits can’t share their missions with the world. Donor communications in particular are an integral part of nonprofit communication because donors provide the funds and resources through which nonprofits ultimately are able to make changes in their communities.

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How to Create Silent Auction Bid Sheets (+ Free Templates)

Donorbox Nonprofit

Are you including a silent auction in your next event? Every in-person or online silent auction needs bid sheets to collect and track how the auction is progressing. Historically, silent auctions were held during an in-person event, and it wasn’t easy to collect contact information from attendees that didn’t win. Thanks to new technology, some […].

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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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The fat envelope with a tote bag inside (Part 2)

Jeff Brooks

Yesterday we looked at the front of this outer envelope for a direct-mail acquisition piece mailed by Doctors Without Borders. Here's the back of the envelope: To state the obvious, every envelope has two sides. Both are likely to be seen. If the recipient has even a vague inclination to open it, they'll spend more time seeing the back than the front.

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How Can We Support Youth Mental Health?

NonProfit Quarterly

In Michigan, a 15-year-old girl was sentenced to juvenile detention for violating her probation because she did not complete her online homework during the pandemic. This young person required special education services while coping with ADHD and—like many young people when schools abruptly closed—struggled with the transition to online learning. Despite these factors, a judge deemed her a “threat to community” and stripped her of the foundational support she received from her school and communi

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Writing New Narratives for Health

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Ella Jardim on unsplash.com. As a longtime science-fiction fan and health justice practitioner, I’m drawn to works that imagine the future of our healthcare system. These worlds bustle with technological marvels: life-saving science that makes immortality attainable, artificial intelligence-controlled diagnostics and treatments, cloned organs (and sometimes cloned humans).

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