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Newsletter: Why Companies Can't Aid Migrants at the Border ; ALDI Asks Shoppers to ‘Pay Your Quarter Forward’; Tito’s Vodka Gives Employees ‘Joy Budget’ to Support Causes

Selfish Giving

We got a great response to our new survey question on nonprofits that require or request a minimum revenue commitment from corporate partners. Some really interesting feedback, including the responses displayed above for the question: Why DON'T you require/request a minimum revenue commitment for specific fundraisers? Have you taken the survey yet? If not.

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What Nonprofit leaders need to know about the brain

Fundraising Coach

Nonprofit work is stressful. So often we go about our work without realizing the effects of that ongoing stress on our brains. But Jessica Sharp does. The founder of Sharp Brain Consulting , Jessica helps leaders and the people they serve. Here she gives insights into what we should know about the brain to help our clients and our staff. And ourselves.

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July 23 Free Webinar: Launch Team of Passionate Messengers

Getting Attention

Learn how to ask, train, and support your team in this free webinar on July 23. Register now. We all have an incredible resource right in front of us — our colleagues, board, donors, volunteers, and members. Just as you discuss your work and affiliations with your friends, family, and colleagues, these messengers share information on your organization’s focus and programs.

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Top 4 Ways to Increase Fundraising Page Conversions

Elevation

An effective online fundraising page is crucial to the success of your nonprofit’s fundraising campaign as a whole. It might be all too easy to focus all of your team’s efforts on planning fundraising events and email campaigns, but you can’t overlook the importance of an effective online fundraising page¹.

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What leaders need to know about the current state of charitable giving

Concord Leadership

The GivingUSA report is out. And you’ve likely read the headlines. But to get the full story, you need to go beyond the headlines. And whether you’re the CEO of a nonprofit, in senior leadership, or on a board of a nonprofit, you need to pay attention. 2018 was a tumultuous year Adjusted for inflation, […]. The post What leaders need to know about the current state of charitable giving appeared first on The Concord Leadership Group, LLC.

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Giving headlines should grab your attention, but not for the reasons you think

Fundraising Coach

Private coaching clients have been emailing me the doom and gloom articles on the latest Giving USA report. Giving was up about $3 billion but when adjusted for inflation, giving was down in 2018. This should grab our attention. But not for the reasons you think. In answering a coaching client today, I ended up writing a blog post and giving links to other people's analyses of the state of giving.

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Can 26 lead soldiers conquer the world?

Thunderhead Works

“Give me twenty-six lead soldiers and I will conquer the world.”. By Tom Peterson. What is the most powerful human force? Some say it’s reason, some say love, some say cooperation. They all depend on communication. So does your cause. Having a great message is not enough, you also need a way to get that message to your audience. “Give me twenty-six lead soldiers and I will conquer the world.

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Content Marketing: Are You Sharing Your BEST Stuff? Here’s How to Know.

Pam Moore

You have a blog. You have a website. You have a LinkedIn company page. You have a brand new YouTube channel. You have a Facebook business page. You have an Instagram business profile. You may even have a content marketing plan and marketing strategy being executed. My question for you today is this: Are you sharing your best stuff? Are you really, really sharing your best stuff?

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What Nonprofit leaders need to know about the brain

Fundraising Coach

Nonprofit work is stressful. So often we go about our work without realizing the effects of that ongoing stress on our brains. But Jessica Sharp does. The founder of Sharp Brain Consulting , Jessica helps leaders and the people they serve. Here she gives insights into what we should know about the brain to help our clients and our staff. And ourselves.

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Why your capital campaign feasibility study could be leaving a lot of money on the table.

iMarketSmart

I think most campaign feasibility studies leave a ton of money on the table. Here’s a hyper-simplified description of how it usually works. You hire a consultant. Together, you conduct the feasibility study and review the results. Then, you make a decision on whether or not to go forward with the campaign. So what then? What about the supporters who helped you come to that conclusion?

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A Nonprofit’s Guide to Risk Management

NonProfit Hub

It’s a big world out there. As a nonprofit, there are plenty of opportunities to take and tough decisions to make. But with everything you do, there’s some amount of risk that comes with it. It can be hard to know where you’re vulnerable and which bases you forgot to cover. That’s where we come in. Risk management is something that needs to be a priority for nonprofit and for-profit businesses alike?

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Entice Your Donors With Visual Stories

Ann Green

In these days of information overload, it can be hard to get your donors’ attention. In my last post, I wrote about the importance of telling stories. Written stories are great, but since donors get so many messages from different sources they may not want to read another word. . This is why you also need to use visual stories. Some people respond better to visual stimuli, anyway.

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Giving headlines should grab your attention, but not for the reasons you think

Fundraising Coach

Private coaching clients have been emailing me the doom and gloom articles on the latest Giving USA report. Giving was up about $3 billion but when adjusted for inflation, giving was down in 2018. This should grab our attention. But not for the reasons you think. In answering a coaching client today, I ended up writing a blog post and giving links to other people’s analyses of the state of giving.