November, 2023

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I Spent 3 Years in Solitary Confinement. Why Isn’t Philanthropy Doing More to End this Torture?

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

A movement to end solitary confinement is gaining momentum, but criminal justice donors feel their money is better spent elsewhere. That’s a mistake. By Johnny Perez Getty Images A movement to end solitary confinement is gaining momentum, but criminal justice donors feel their money is better spent elsewhere. That’s a mistake.

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The Case for Direct Mail in the Digital Age

NonProfit PRO

As digital marketing grew from its nascency to sheer dominance over the past quarter century in relation to overall marketing spend, its century-old cousin, direct mail, was all but declared dead and supposedly relegated to the annals of history.

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7 Blogging Mistakes You Need to Avoid

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Last week I shared some tips on making your blog a success. Today we look at what NOT to do when blogging… 1. Ignoring your readers. Who do you want reading and commenting on your blog? Your posts should be written for those people, not your staff, ED or board. 2. Having too many voices. While you can have more than one person writing your blog, switching from a corporate sounding tone to a friendly personal one (and vice versa) will confuse your readers.

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2023 Nonprofit Holiday Gift Guide

NonProfit Leadership Center

The Nonprofit Leadership Center’s Nonprofit Holiday Gift Guide highlights gifts for everyone on your list, with some or all of the proceeds benefiting nonprofits. Gifts in this 2023 guide were curated by the Nonprofit Leadership Center’s nonprofit community through a submission process in November. As you celebrate the holidays this season, thank you for supporting nonprofits that strengthen our communities.

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How To Cultivate Community Affinity Throughout The Generosity Journey

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

This session will dive into how to create rich generosity experiences that foster long-lasting relationships. You’ll walk away with actionable insights to redefine how you engage with your supporters—emphasizing trust, engagement, and community over transactional giving models. 🤝 Industry expert Tim Sarrantonio will explore data-backed strategies to engage supporters as active participants in a community that values their contributions and shared ideals.

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Comment on How to Fire Utterly Toxic Nonprofit Board Members by Leslie

Amy Eisenstein

Our HOA Board consist of five. Every election in the past whoever has the most votes chooses their position first. This time around they want to follow the by laws and the board wants to vote amongst themselves to assign positions. I have been the President for the last 5 years. This time around I received the most votes but a huge amount. They want to vote me out and step down from my position.

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Military Service to Nonprofit Excellence: Erika Manuel, CNP’s Journey

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Meet Erika Manuel, CNP , a Navy and Coast Guard veteran who earned her CNP ( Certified Nonprofit Professional ) in 2012 from Tennessee State University. In a recent interview, Erika shared her incredible story, highlighting the importance of personal passion, dedication to mission-driven work, and the power of education in the social impact and nonprofit sector s.

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5 Ways the Nonprofit Sector Has Changed Over the Past 20 Years

NonProfit PRO

Over the past 20 years, a lot has changed in the nonprofit sector, and with major giving in particular. Here are five ways major giving and the sector in general have changed, and what nonprofit professionals should keep in mind as they work toward their organizations’ missions.

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Creating a Nonprofit Style Guide: Templates and Examples

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Editorial style guide or brand book, whatever you call it, your nonprofit will benefit from written documentation about how the content you create should look and sound. The Types of Nonprofit Style Guides Cheat Sheets: Maybe you just need a simple one- or two-pager summarizing the most important points you want everyone to implement. Style Guide: This is a middle-of-the-road option that most nonprofits follow.

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Gratitude is the Greatest Gift

NonProfit Leadership Center

At the Nonprofit Leadership Center, we believe gratitude is one of the secret ingredients to success. During this season of giving, our team has been reflecting on the moments, memories and people we’re most grateful for in 2023. Our deep gratitude extends to you, our nonprofit partners, supporters, trainers and community leaders, who help strengthen nonprofit organizations and our communities alongside us every day.

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Comment on Women in Fundraising: 3 Keys to be More Successful by Holly

Amy Eisenstein

I feel like fundraising has changed a lot in the 15 years I’ve been in it, in the beginning it was a career that highlighted skills like thoughtfulness, graciousness, elegant communication. It was a beautiful career for women. Now I feel like I need to become a dude to do this job. I don’t like how it feels. Could you write an article on how to vibe in your feminine energy in order to attract what your organization needs?

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How to Design a Seamless & Personalized Digital Donor Journey

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio

The average nonprofit uses five or more different software platforms to create their donor’s journey, making the experience clunky and disjointed. If you want to design a magical online giving experience for donors, making their journey as seamless as possible is key. In this webinar with expert Tim Sarrantonio, you’ll learn the fundamental steps to create an immersive and personalized online giving experience for your donors.

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Shared Leadership’s Role in Piloting the Plane

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

When did you last see a pilot? Except maybe a “ thanks for flying with us ” as you deplane, they are behind a locked door separate from the crew and passengers. It’s the crew that knows who is on board, what baggage they brought, their feelings about flying, and how to help people cope with turbulence.  When the Captain comes on the PA system to inform everyone about the flight plan, they often sound like ‘the adults’ in the Peanuts specials.

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After Year of Down Giving, Charities Make Push for Big GivingTuesday

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Matching gifts, social-media appeals, and collaborations with other groups are some of the strategies nonprofits are using to connect with donors. By Emily Haynes and Rasheeda Childress Matching gifts, social-media appeals, and collaborations with other groups are some of the strategies nonprofits are using to connect with donors.

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Year-End Fundraising Marketing Essentials

NonProfit PRO

In line with campaigns throughout the year, end-of-year marketing campaigns should focus on an organization’s mission and stay true to its branding. Here are some things to keep in mind as you develop your year-end fundraising marketing strategy.

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Are You Skipping Thanksgiving Too?

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Back off, Old Man. It ain’t your time yet. This year we didn’t even make it through Halloween before you could see decorations for sale, toys being stocked, and Christmas music playing…poor Thanksgiving doesn’t stand a chance. I get it. After all, Christmas time is make-or-break for retailers and, boy, are they ready to get your money.

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Feature Your Organization in the 2023 Nonprofit Holiday Gift Guide

NonProfit Leadership Center

The Nonprofit Leadership Center is currently accepting submissions for our 2023 Nonprofit Holiday Gift Guide. Started in 2019, this festive guide highlights holiday gifts that give back to nonprofit organizations to strengthen our communities. The deadline to submit a gift that benefits your nonprofit is Friday, November 24. The 2023 Nonprofit Holiday Gift Guide will launch on GivingTuesday, November 28.

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6 Ways to Create a Culture of Givers At Your Organization (a Tribute to Heidi Dressler)

Joan Garry

So many members of the Nonprofit Leadership Lab are pure, unadulterated Givers. But Heidi was the “Queen Giver”. The post 6 Ways to Create a Culture of Givers At Your Organization (a Tribute to Heidi Dressler) appeared first on Joan Garry Consulting.

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What Bagels Taught Me About Leadership

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

In 2011, I started a job as an Executive Director . No one thinks of their life as extraordinary — a tool for teaching and leading others. I have learned all of us are mistaken. For good or bad, our lives have an impact on others. We carry our experiences with us. Often, we don’t even know we are carrying them. We lug them into places they don’t belong and realities that don’t align, even if our minds and hearts think they do.

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Philanthropy’s Job in Polarized America: Make Partners of Enemies, a New Poll Says

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Drew Lindsay Scott G Winterton, The Deseret News, AP Protesters from Patriots Prepared and Black Lives Matter debate at a march in Salt Lake City, Utah, in July 2020. Many Americans see foundations as key to brokering peace and forging partnerships between opposing sides.

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Common Sense Activities to Fulfill Fiduciary Duty

NonProfit PRO

An annual board assessment can help a board identify and address structural and process challenges to fulfilling fiduciary duties. Here are five ways this process can fail, and how to avoid them.

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Use Project Management Techniques to Help Your Marketing Succeed

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Looking back, I recall a time when I was overwhelmed by the sheer number of projects and ideas that were coming my team’s way. The excitement of starting new projects was often dampened by the reality of what our team could realistically handle. Ideas and projects were dying in the implementation phase, executed poorly, or they didn’t get off the ground at all.

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How to Lead from Any Seat: 8 Steps to Thrive in a Constantly Changing World

NonProfit Leadership Center

Have you ever set audacious goals for yourself and then felt overwhelmed by not knowing how to reach them? Human development expert and Nonprofit Leadership Center trainer Dr. John Loblack says the key to achieving your goals is to first “identify your destination and work backwards.” Regardless of the position you hold or your desired destination, Dr.

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The State of Black Women Leadership Is In Danger

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: skyNext on istock.com “We have observed a disconcerting pattern where Black women leaders are vacating their roles, with some leaving the non-profit sector altogether, citing hostility toward their leadership, strain on their health and well-being, unfair job expectations, and limited opportunities for career progression” (3). “We have observed a disconcerting pattern where Black women leaders are vacating their roles.” This is the opening of a new report by the Washi

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Prioritizing Self-Care at Your Nonprofit: 3 Best Strategies

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

As a nonprofit leader, you know first-hand the value of your work and how necessary it is to help your beneficiaries. You work hard to fulfill your organization’s mission. However, the harder you work, the more likely you are to burn out. This principle applies to your nonprofit’s team members. To reduce burnout and boost employee performance , you need to prioritize self-care at your organization.

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Extra! Knight Taps News Veteran to Lead Its Plan to Revitalize Local News

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has named Maribel Perez Wadsworth to be its next president, making the Cuban-American news veteran the foundation's first woman leader. By Alex Daniels Gesi Schilling Longtime Gannett executive Maribel Perez Wadsworth will be the next president of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The John S. and James L.

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The Essential Year-End Fundraising Checklist

NonProfit PRO

Even if you’re behind on planning your year-end fundraising campaign, you can keep your efforts on track and raise critical funds when it counts the most. Here's a checklist to help you achieve your year-end goals.

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7 Tips for a Successful Nonprofit Blog

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

A blog should be an important component of any nonprofit content strategy even in today’s media environment. But creating a successful nonprofit blog requires planning and strategy. But it’s worth it… Why? Blogging gives you more freedom than other social networks like Facebook, Instagram, and X while also giving you a potentially bigger audience than email.

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How to Use Data & Segmentation to Raise More Money for Your Nonprofit

NonProfit Leadership Center

Want to raise more money for your nonprofit? The key to engaging more donors and prospects is having clean donor data that you can trust. With reliable data, you can segment and personalize your communications without having to craft each message individually. Data management and segmentation should go hand-in-hand in your fundraising strategy. During this free, on-demand video, learn how your nonprofit can manage and segment your data to raise more money!

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Design Thinking Misses the Mark

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Anne-Laure Fayard & Sarah Fathallah Design thinking has failed to deliver on its promise to solve the world’s thorniest social challenges. Adopting a critical design stance can help designers serve communities, rather than their own methodology.

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How to Elevate Your Fundraising Strategy with Matching Gifts

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

To be an effective nonprofit leader , you need to be well-versed in fundraising best practices and able to create a robust fundraising strategy for your organization. This process involves analyzing donor data, choosing the best fundraisers to host, and leveraging strategies that help you easily raise more for your mission. One way to bring in additional revenue and elevate your fundraising strategy long-term is to incorporate matching gifts.

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A Nonprofit Mentoring Crisis Threatens Future Leadership of the Field

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Nonprofit leaders have stopped giving advice and feedback to younger employees for fear of blowback. This is hurting the whole sector. By Eboo Patel Nonprofit leaders have stopped giving advice and feedback to younger employees for fear of blowback. This is hurting the whole sector.

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Don’t Engage in Desperate or Apologetic Year-End Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

Desperation is never a good look. It is especially ill-advised when fundraising to support a nonprofit mission. Here are several good reasons why nonprofits should ditch appeals that employ a piteous or apologetic tone and focus instead on storytelling and making a solid case for a mission-focused need.

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Nonprofit Social Media and Newsletter Ideas for December 2023

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Need writing ideas for newsletters, social media, blog posts, etc? These writing ideas for December come from our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts email newsletter. Fill out the form below to get January’s prompts emailed to you the end of next week. On the Calendar 12/4: Santa’s List Day. This is the day Santa makes his “Naughty or Nice” list.

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Black Women’s Advocacy Paved the Way for Policies on Missing Black Women and Girls

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Jennifer Marquez on Unsplash In America, there is an epidemic of missing Black women and girls. This year, as a result of long-term advocacy led by Black women, lawmakers in Minnesota and California passed groundbreaking legislation to combat this epidemic. Similar legislation has been introduced in several other states and on the federal level.

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Intermediary organizations are vital and funders need to increase funding going to them

Non Profit AF

[Image description: Beautiful bluish/purple mushrooms growing out of the ground, shiny and almost translucent, like jellyfish. They have gills, a ring halfway up a slender stem.

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Donorbox + Little Green Light: A Powerful Integration to Streamline Your Workflow

Donorbox Nonprofit

How much time does your fundraising team spend manually ensuring all your various tools are in sync? This time suck is not only burning out your employees. It’s also wasting valuable time you could spend sharpening your fundraising strategy – and raising more for your mission. That’s where the Donorbox + Little Green Light integration […] The post Donorbox + Little Green Light: A Powerful Integration to Streamline Your Workflow appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.