NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Terri thought of this as her version of the Library of Alexandria—a repository of a dying culture that would, hopefully, last many centuries into the future as a resource, as a story, as a warning. She asked the fishers and anyone else daring to head south to bring back more books and artifacts that she could conserve in her archive.

Children 57

Children Culture Values Food 57

Nonprofit Fixer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In this post, I’ll share my best quick and dirty tips for simple and free donor prospect research – including what you can do before a donor meeting and what you can even do during the meeting! My favorite Google tool is to set up a Google Alert. All of this information helped inform my pitch. What Is Donor Prospect Research?

Environmental 52

Environmental Energy Fundraising Fundraising 52

Joe Garecht

JANUARY 10, 2022

Here they are, in no particular order: #1: Systemize Your Grant Fundraising Program. In order to have a steady stream of prospective foundations in place, you need to do grant research on a regular basis. Yet there are ways you can stack the deck in your favor and have more success with winning grant funding for your organization.

Foundations 52

Foundations Nonprofits Non-Profits Fundraising 52

iMarketSmart

OCTOBER 9, 2015

I’ve been this way all my life. Therefore, I simply won’t apologize for my disruptive nature. Google replaced researchers and libraries. But I’m not the only one breaking things and reassembling them in proper order. I’m proud to be a disruptor. I can’t help it. Netflix replaced video stores.

Manufacturing 73

Manufacturing Production Technology Marketing 73

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Wouldn’t life be easier if you didn’t have to read through pages and pages of blog posts in order to figure what works best on what social networks? Get an Annual Pass to our Webinar Series, Download Library and more for $365 – that’s $100 off. Your 2013 professional development is worth $1 per day!

Marketing 72

Marketing Marketing Nonprofits Communication 72

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I share my story here as an unfolding of these energies, followed by an inquiry into how we might use this ancestral knowledge to build healthier organizational and movement cultures. In my family, I was known as the quiet one, the one who never spoke, the invisible person in the corner. Fire was my secret life. I’m a hothead.

Energy 109

Energy Culture Leadership Public and Social Policy 109

Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MARCH 19, 2018

– When my alarm goes off a little after six, I fight the urge to hit snooze. I start my work day at 7:30am, and am usually the first person in the office. My commute isn’t long–only about 15 minutes. By 8:00, I’m back at my cubicle, which I fondly refer to as Czaplewski Cove. to 12:00 p.m.

Communication 81

Communication Children Nonprofits Finance 81

Fundraising Leadership

OCTOBER 7, 2022

It changed the way I saw how I did my job.” diversity ” Brown, who is now at the helm of the largest news non-profit organization in the country said, “I want us to do better, but in order to do that, we have to be better. It is also a contentious time when the journalism industry is shifting, shrinking and responding to attacks.

Race and Ethnicity 52

Race and Ethnicity Leadership Non-Profits Management 52

The Agitator

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

In fact, some of the tamer times of my misspent youth were devoted to listening to Neville Marriner and the chamber orchestra of the Academy of St. This Trafalgar Square beauty, built in the early 18th century, is one of my favorite places. My Personal Pantheon of Great Fundraising Creative Curmudgeons is limited to three.

Fundraising 81

Fundraising Fundraising Universities Activism 81

The Agitator

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

In fact, some of the tamer times of my misspent youth were devoted to listening to Neville Marriner and the chamber orchestra of the Academy of St. This Trafalgar Square beauty, built in the early 18th century, is one of my favorite places. My Personal Pantheon of Great Fundraising Creative Curmudgeons is limited to three.

Fundraising 77

Fundraising Fundraising Universities Activism 77

iMarketSmart

JULY 31, 2023

1] I give if My Cost < (Their Benefit X Our Similarity). My choice is this. Now suppose my gift helps the other player more than it costs me. Suppose my neighborhood is raising money to refurbish its park. The game models my modern donation tradeoffs. Why would natural selection lead to this behavior?

Altruism and Helping 52

Altruism and Helping Psychology Law Values 52

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Joining us from beautiful Los Angeles is my pal, Julie Ordonez. So let me share my slides with you all. And when I started my development career, I honestly just needed a job. I get training, my employer pays for me to go to these conferences, webinars, but I prioritize that, but I really could use a mentor. Hi, Steven.

Fundraising 112

Fundraising Fundraising Participation and motivation Recruitment 112

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

That is an important and essential piece of it, but what I’m hearing my colleagues speak to is that their relationships to the earth were severed, and we need to consider how to tend to those breaches. CS: It’s interesting that you could have rematriation without Land Back… DS: That’s my interpretation. MO: I would say so.

Nonprofit governance and management 90

Nonprofit governance and management Culture Governance Public and Social Policy 90

Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

They had at the tips of their fingers vast amounts of information and knowledge, so they no longer had to travel to libraries to obtain research and have access to information. Yet, at this point, you might be wondering, what does that mean for my nonprofit? Why should I care? .

Public and Social Policy 139

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Law 139

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

As I spent the Thanksgiving weekend pondering gratitude, MySpace made the top of my list of things to be grateful for. If it were not for MySpace, my professional life no doubt would be much less fulfilling. So, my Ode to MySpace: 1. I have to say, in my experience nothing changed when Fox News Corp. took over MySpace.

Nonprofits 76

Nonprofits Children Activism Energy 76

Care2

MARCH 13, 2009

Here are my top 10 picks in chronological order. My Boss Doesnt Get It: Championing Social Media to the Man When: Friday, March 13th from 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Room B Description: We all know that social media is the best thing since sliced bread, right? Whitehouse.gov 2.0: Panel presentation followed by brainstorming session.

Non-Profits 44

Non-Profits Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 44

Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

One of my go-tos is I always love seeing those emails come in because there’s always great advice from Chad. I’m wrapping up my week with this. These days I spend my time doing fundraising, teaching, training, and coaching with my own firm, Productive Fundraising. It’s my problem. Steven: Yeah.

Public and Nonprofit Management 117

Public and Nonprofit Management Foundations Fundraising Fundraising 117

NextAfter

OCTOBER 3, 2023

What if my result is less than a 95% level of confidence? If your experiment is based on quality research or you’ve seen many other examples in the NextAfter research library where a specific hypothesis has led to an increase, it may be worth running a re-test. OK, so you’ve taken the time to set up your A/B test.

Donor Motivation 88

Donor Motivation Children Fundraising Fundraising 88

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

It is here that my ancestors discovered how they could play a pivotal role in maintaining these bountiful , naturally productive gardens with one simple tool: fire. There is also industry incentive to “protect” forests from fire in order to preserve the harvestable timber.

Food 105

Food Culture Management Environmental 105

Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

At least wait an hour because if you want to know about grants, we’ve got Rachel Werner here joining us from beautiful Maryland, my go-to for grants over the last few years. Let me stop sharing my screen her and we can bring up your beautiful slides, and you can take it away. But don’t do that right now. Rachel: Will do.

Nonprofit governance and management 115

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Foundations 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Some of that work is performed by everyday people using the internet when we do things like fill out “CAPTCHA” puzzles in order to access a website. But most of it is performed by a globally dispersed army of data workers who are paid pennies and have little recourse when they’re mistreated. Workers in poorer countries fare even worse.

Non-Profits 118

Non-Profits Public and Social Policy Production Food 118

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Ideal for launching online fundraising and awareness campaigns, your nonprofit needs at least a month to prepare your campaign materials and craft your messaging in order to build a sense of anticipation among your fans and followers. Giving Library :: givinglibrary.org. For example, you can see my Re.vu Profile at: re.vu/heathermansfield.

Nonprofit governance and management 107

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Technology Nonprofits 107

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 27, 2023

Thus, those of us doing racial justice work have posed a question that is at the very least worth grappling with: Can we trust an organizational leadership paradigm forged over centuries of oppression to lead us toward liberation, or do we need to reconfigure that model in order to produce different outcomes?

Leadership 95

Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 95

Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

It’s my fault, not yours. And I appreciate the willingness to come back on and just tell us what’s going on with social media because you’re my go-to honestly for all things. . Steven: social media in Massachusetts, my homeland, and that’s another reason. . Julia: Let’s share my screen.

Marketing 79

Marketing Marketing Nonprofits Public and Nonprofit Management 79

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 26, 2023

Members of the New Haven Rising coalition reached out to me in 2021, including Edwin Camp and Barbara Vereen, who told me that Yale’s powerful hold on the city had made them feel sometimes isolated, but they finally saw their struggles reflected in my book, In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities.

Education 85

Education Education Universities Public and Nonprofit Management 85