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Learning That Changes Lives: Local Leader Shares Journey to Nonprofit Success

NonProfit Leadership Center

But we walked away understanding the behavioral science behind marketing. Research, strategic planning and market segmentation all go into marketing. While she learned the most in marketing, her favorite semester focus was the first on strategic planning. “It It’s such an integral part of a nonprofit’s success.”

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Messaging Matters: Common Grant Writing Mistakes and How to Fix Them

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

The buzzword blazing through marketers’ social media right now is messaging. We have gotten so used to writing emotional stories and poverty-stricken narratives to try and get funders to support us. Consider the term homeless person. An experience-first term that can replace homeless person is person experiencing homelessness.

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Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

CNN recently reported that “California has spent billions to fight homelessness. Massive investments in climate solutions such as carbon markets, CO2 sequestration, and energy alternatives had no material effect on slowing global warming. Real progress seems elusive. The problem has gotten worse.”

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2023 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Cause awareness and giving days are powerful themes upon which to launch digital marketing and fundraising campaigns. Those who register and attend all three webinars in the series will earn a Certificate in Digital Marketing & Fundraising from Nonprofit Tech for Good. 10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay.

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2024 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Cause awareness and giving days are powerful themes upon which to launch digital marketing and fundraising campaigns. Participants will learn how to create a social media strategy, how to craft a content marketing plan, and current best practices for using social media for community engagement and fundraising.

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How to Advance Housing Affordability—The Ongoing Struggle

NonProfit Quarterly

Housing markets may be local, but the crisis in housing affordability extends far beyond Washington, DC. Throughout the United States, the housing crisis is more evident than ever, indicated by record homelessness numbers and the sky-high cost of rent. In the housing context, the consequences include eviction and homelessness.

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2022 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

101 Digital Marketing & Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits is a blog and webinar series on website design, email marketing, online fundraising, and social media best practices for nonprofits, NGOs, and charities worldwide. 10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay. 10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay.