Nonprofit Fixer

JANUARY 24, 2023

The Complete Guide to Implementing the Four-Day Workweek If you want to create the kind of workplace no one wants to leave, while still pushing for excellence and work-life balance, consider this long overdue, and much-misunderstood management tool. I have been an executive director for five organizations.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

If you’re a fundraiser bemoaning the lack of your nonprofit’s culture of philanthropy , you don’t get off that easily. . In fact, you may BE the problem. Because you are the one person, or one department, actually charged with living and breathing philanthropy on a daily basis. You are the philanthropy facilitator. .

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Julie Ordoñez will outline a proven strategy, messaging and action steps you can implement right away to close major gifts faster, ethically. Good morning, if you’re on the West Coast, I guess by two minutes, it’s still afternoon. But no matter when and where you are, I hope you’re having a good day.

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Fundraising Coach

APRIL 9, 2013

What if you gave up one lunch hour a week for learning to be better at your job? If you work 50 weeks, that’s over one full 40-hour work week solely focused on reading and learning to be your best! I already can hear you saying, “Lunch hour? I don’t know what you mean by ‘lunch hour.’

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Fundraising Coach

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

An executive coaching client recently asked me about my favorite 2 or 3 leadership books. In most of my coaching sessions and media interviews, I find myself quoting Cialdini''s work. This book shows you the way. Coaching for Performance, John Whitmore. Coaching for Performance, John Whitmore. And it worked.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

It’s a milestone when you decide to hold your nonprofit’s first special event for the sole purpose of raising money. But to make sure your first special event delivers on generating revenue, you need to choose, plan, and execute your event well. I don’t want that to happen to you! Yay, right?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

It is tempting to allow board members to skip fundraising, but this useful list is designed to give board members a wide range of tasks they can choose from to support the financial growth of your organization, and only a few involve directly asking for money. Give in-kind support to the organization in a way that actually helps.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

Every gardener—everyone who ever had a yard—knows that when you cut off a weed at its base, it grows back. Image credit: “Change with the seasons” by Martine Mooijenkind Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s winter 2023 issue, “Love as Social Order: How Do We Build a World Based in Love?”

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iMarketSmart

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Another questions, “If philanthropy is all about relationships, then why do metrics only measure money?”[3]. Would you like to buy a new wing for your local hospital? Fightin’ words. Want to start a fight in a fundraising comment section? That’s easy. Start talking metrics. Opinions are often passionate. And they often conflict.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

Email is a powerful marketing tool, but to get results you need to learn how to write fundraising emails that connect emotionally and inspire people to give. That means you can’t throw just anything in an email, push “send,” and expect thousands of dollars to pour in. That means you may need to leave out a few things.

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Pam Moore

MARCH 12, 2024

The Wisdom of Control Napoleon Hill was onto something when he said, “Control your own mind, and you may never be controlled by the mind of another.” The Wisdom of Control Napoleon Hill was onto something when he said, “Control your own mind, and you may never be controlled by the mind of another.” Is it true?

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Technology Energy Leadership Marketing 78

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 11, 2023

And it took a lot of courage for you to move NPQ in this direction. I just remember the earliest days, and I’m so excited to see you doing it. You are making such an impact in the field in ways that I just couldn’t even imagine. What are you seeing in the field? Now, you can kind of cheat, you know.

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Fundraising Coach

MAY 6, 2013

So I emailed some of the top authors and social media experts from around the world and asked them to quickly answer this question: What is 1 thing you wish nonprofits “got” about social media? I often see non-profits only when they have an event or a campaign they want you to be involved with. Here they are.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

He offers courses, consulting, and coaching to transform your organization and your leadership. If you are copying it to the letter, ask permission. If you are using another nonprofit’s program as an inspiration, there is no need to do so. But if you are using their language or really innovative elements, you should credit them.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

APRIL 24, 2021

How are you feeling today? What we ne e d is a Purpose ; a story that helps us make sense of ourselves, and our place in this world. That story is what this article is here to help you get clear. How this article will help you find your Purpose. How to Find Your Purpose. Hello, my fellow seeker.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

Mallory Erickson will help you start your 2022 off fundraising in the right way. Good afternoon, good morning if you’re on the west coast or somewhere in between. So excited that you’re all here. I hope you got some rest maybe in the last week or so. So we would love to hear from you.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

Mallory Erickson will help you start your 2022 off fundraising in the right way. I hope you got some rest maybe in the last week or so. I hope you got some rest maybe in the last week or so. So we would love to hear from you. You can even send us a tweet. Mallory: Do it. Steven: All right.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

And good morning, I should say if you’re out on the west coast. And if you’re watching this recording, I hope you’re having a good day, no matter when and where you are because we are here to talk about the four-step plan to get more donations and greater fundraising results. A lot of you already have.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

By Beth Singer , Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and the mission of their institutions through design solutions. There’s a new normal. Is this information truly useful to them? Go deeper — use empathy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

By Beth Singer , Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and the mission of their institutions through design solutions. There’s a new normal. Is this information truly useful to them? Go deeper — use empathy.

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Energy Nonprofits Education Education 80

Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2021

Do you feel like your ideas aren’t coming across, despite your expertise? Maryanne Dersch will show you how to pitch your ideas in a way that gets a yes, every time. So glad you’re here. Hope you’re having a good day. Good afternoon, good morning wherever you are. So we’d love to hear from you.

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Production Energy Public and Nonprofit Management Values 68

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 27, 2023

The Black Leader’s Burden In the past three years, many of us who have been advancing justice initiatives have either questioned or outright criticized traditional top-down leadership as one root cause of the perpetuation of structural racism. Click here to download this article as it appears in the magazine, with accompanying artwork.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Executives in professional social justice institutions, grassroots activists in local movements, and fiery young radicals on protest lines are all advancing urgent concerns about the internal workings of progressive spaces. History can help us understand why. Click here to listen to Maurice Mitchell read this article.

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