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9 Essential Nonprofit Management Skills & Development Tips

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

As a nonprofit professional, you understand that investing in your staff is the best way to develop your organization. While some skills are innate, many nonprofit management skills can be taught. By investing your time and energy into gaining the necessary skills, you can set yourself up for success in your field.

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What Would a Gift Economy Approach to Running a Nonprofit Look Like?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Askar Abayev on pexels.com Leaders in the social sector hear it all the time: nonprofits should run like a business. The distinct purposes of businesses and nonprofits require unique approaches. Of course, nonprofits are businesses. The distinct purposes of businesses and nonprofits require unique approaches.

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How can your B2B Tech Marketing Strategy Go Green

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

For example, start by participating in the Earth Hour initiative. Additionally, choose team members devoted to participating in Earth Hour and promoting eco-friendliness across the organization. Once you start participating in Earth Day and similar global initiatives, communicate your efforts to your target audiences.

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How to Plan a Successful School Fundraising Auction: 5 Tips

Top Nonprofits

According to the OneCause guide to school auctions , these high-energy events are perfect for schools because they are: Highly engaging and flexible for all audiences. If you’re looking for an engaging event where participants take an active role in the fundraising, an auction is an excellent choice. Adaptable to the virtual world.

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[VIDEO] First Steps to Nonprofit Strategic Planning, Now!

Bloomerang

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang besides our webinars, Bloomerang is a provider of donor management software. You’re teaching grant writing and doing board development and super involved in the nonprofit community there. I do run the Cal State East Bay Nonprofit Management Certificate Program.

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Industry Founders Challenge CDFIs to Embrace a More Expansive Vision

NonProfit Quarterly

At this year’s sector conference, organized by the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), a sellout crowd of over 2,200 people participated and considered where CDFIs needed to go and what they needed to do. An overwhelming majority of CDFIs today, however, are nonprofits. Grzywinski added that government regulators, too, have a role.

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What Does It Mean to Dismantle Racial Capitalism Anyway?

NonProfit Quarterly

“UNABLE TO INTERVENE” by Yuet Lam-Tsang Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s summer 2023 issue, “Movement Economies: Making Our Vision a Collective Reality.” We are motivated to run the campaigns that we do because we want to live in a world where Black people and people of color can thrive.