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Using Psychology in Nonprofit Marketing

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

My college journey went on to start with a major in sociology – the study of human social behavior, a natural fit for someone intrigued by the mind and social society. As nonprofit marketers, we are constantly using the laws of psychology and sociology, sometimes without even realizing it.

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Safety First: CEO Grows Organization, Leads Communities By Doing The Right Thing

Fundraising Leadership

While she did later return to earn a bachelors in sociology from College of New Rochelle and a masters in nonprofit and organizational management from Maris College School of Management, Chan Shue joined the NYPD in 1993. Women in law enforcement in the U.S. “ Women in #law #enforcement in the U.S.

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Excessive Wealth Has Run Amok—This Must Stop

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Malik Cıl on pexels.com I’ve been a student of inequality for a long time—as a curious child and later as a sociology professor. The rules governing the attraction of wealth to wealth are not laws of nature, nor are they immutable. billion paid to more than 123,000 Indigenous people.

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In This Together: The Power of a Movement

Fundraising Leadership

Dukes’ contentions were seconded by her co-panelist, Northwestern University sociology professor Aldon Morris, who observed that Coretta Scott King was “more militant than MLK — not just a chandelier hanging on his arm.” Organizing is in our DNA,” she said. So very true.

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How to Lower the ‘Cost’ of Philanthropy So Your Supporters Donate Major Gifts of Assets

iMarketSmart

I was fresh out of law school. This distinction arises in anthropology and sociology theories.[14] Visual planned giving in color: An introduction to the law & taxation of charitable gift planning. The Sociological Review, 35 (1), 150–169. [14] Sociological Forum, 6 (1), 119-136. Money is anti-social.

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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Stacy Harbaugh

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

Stacy Harbaugh is the Communications Director for Midwest Environmental Advocates, a Madison, WI-based public interest environmental law center. It is Midwest Environmental Advocates’ mission to support citizens’ efforts to protect public health and the environment using sound science and the law.

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3 Powerful Virtual Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Commonly given as grants for scientific or sociological research, free-of-charge in most cases. Interest paid to the crediting party or to a security holder in a form of interest income implies being not free-of-charge; Public (budgetary) funds. Target financing. It may need to be paid for if it comes from membership dues or sponsor funds.