Jeff Brooks

APRIL 16, 2024

The idea of plain language is too vague to be useful. Plain language has more than enough vocabulary and range of expression to be precise and useful. Using plain language requires you to look carefully at text. Plain language uses just simple words and short sentences. Plain language can be any of those things.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 25, 2024

After producing a hot cup of masala chai, she gave us a QR code to make our payment. It was easy enough to use it that she preferred it to cash. These payments, in terms of volume, have increased from less than a billion transactions in FY 2018 to over 83 billion in FY 2023. By 2022, around 1.3

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Governance Agriculture Activism 115

Prosper Strategies

APRIL 19, 2024

Stewardship entails upholding relationships with donors beyond the transactions of their gifts, leading to more engaged, passionate supporters long-term. Donor stewardship is one of the most important priorities nonprofits include in their strategic plans.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 25, 2024

We also discussed use cases, benefits, limitations, adoptions, and lots of practical tips. If you want to continue learning about AI for nonprofits, register for the Global Nonprofit Leaders Summit , using the code VIRTUAL. 65% are using it to clean-up their Monday morning inboxes. Below is my fully human-generated reflection.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Whether it’s very technical terms or phrases that permeate a specific genre or culture, if you aren’t a part of that group, you have no idea what anyone is talking about. ” (Curling) “I can’t believe he used a 9-iron.” Every workplace has it. Every fandom has it. ” ( Ted Lasso ) “Jar! .”

Food 112

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

Her team at Cause Fokus uses empathy-based marketing to turn passive audiences into loyal advocates. While paid ads and steeply-priced lead lists may deliver short-term results, long-term donor relationships are built on trust and community. The landscape of nonprofit fundraising has changed dramatically in 2024.

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MNA Association

APRIL 24, 2024

In this guide, we’ll explore how your nonprofit can use its books to project future finances and create an actionable plan for the future. For example, nonprofit revenue typically comes from: Donor contributions: Use fundraising and donor data to understand how much, how often, and why supporters give.

Finance 52

Finance Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofits Retention 52

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JUNE 10, 2023

How can Non-Profit organizations gain long-term success with customer service? Customer service excellence is a critical factor in the long-term success of non-profit organizations. Non-profit organizations play a vital role in our communities, and their long-term success relies on many factors, including effective customer service.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 21, 2024

Chances are, your nonprofit uses its website as a central information hub. They may even use your website to donate, sign up to volunteer, or register for an event. Use these tips to create your keyword strategy: Make your keywords relevant to your target audience. Increased visibility and exposure. Avoid generic keywords.

Healthcare 70

Healthcare Nonprofits Charitable Organizations Recruitment 70

Candid

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Perhaps the question we should be asking instead is: How can we use these tools to create efficiencies and enhance our work? Through machine learning, it uses pattern recognition to interpret user prompts and generate content matching these prompts. The use of generative AI in your grantwriting involves two main principles: 1.

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NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Use it as an explainer for navigating the features, implementation process, and ways to get the most out of fund accounting software long-term. Download this fund accounting software guide to understand key core functionality; like GL, budgeting, fund tracking, grant administration, AP, AR, reporting, etc.,

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Ghandnoosh also shares the type of policies The Sentencing Project would like to see enacted and how she hopes advocates and policymakers will use the research to uplift the need for reform. In terms of racial disparities, the title of the report really tries to emphasize the most relevant statistic.

Public and Social Policy 114

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

That’s often because our organizations’ values call on us to address people’s problems and situations rather than condemning the person experiencing the problem or situation with an unflattering label. Nonprofit language influences the language that others use. White Programs v. White Programs v.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

So, how can you be sure that the funds you receive are used most effectively? Financial management is possibly the most important aspect of your nonprofit’s operation. The services and programs your organization delivers are vital, but improper or ineffective fund management is a disservice to your donors and the people and cause you serve.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 9, 2023

A fundraising event can bring in a surge of revenue, but how can you use that momentum to sustain giving for the long-term?

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

MARCH 18, 2024

This is an example of how many of us in nonprofit public policy work have to get things done. Focus on Long-Term Costs: Don't just highlight immediate costs borne by individuals. Show how the current situation leads to long-term expenses for government programs. Yet, it languished in subcommittee for years.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Healthcare Governance 52

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JANUARY 15, 2024

What is the uniqueness of the term paper in economics? A term pаper is a form of assignment that students are responsible for writing. Crafting a term paper cаn be quite challenging as it involves selecting a subject thoroughly examining theories and adhering to the guidelines set forth by educational or scientific institutions.

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Marketing Marketing Foundations Education 52

Candid

JANUARY 24, 2022

With that in mind, we’d like to kick off 2022 by actively questioning the use of certain words—and what is meant—so that we can continue to improve by phasing out terms that might be overused, harmful, or inaccurate. In keeping with tradition, we used our network to crowdsource possible entries for 2022.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Organizations must tailor their communication, offer flexible giving options, and provide regular updates on how donations are used. Building trust and transparency is crucial to fostering long-term engagement. The key lies in using AI responsibly, prioritizing human connection, and ensuring ethical data practices.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 19, 2023

Lean startup”, “bootstrapped startup”, “pre-seed startup”… Silicon Valley uses these terms all the time, but what is the nonprofit equivalent? Lean startup”, “bootstrapped startup”, “pre-seed startup”… Silicon Valley uses these terms all the time, but what is the nonprofit equivalent? According to the U.S.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A nonprofit CEO reader writes: “My inbox and mailbox are flooded with fundraising appeals from causes using the words ‘terrifying,’ ‘alarming,’ ‘emergency.’ “Yes, Fundraisers use danger messages because marketing data often—though not always—shows they’re highly effective compared with positive messages.

Advertising 90

Advertising Philanthropy Education Education 90

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

However, it’s an increasingly uphill battle to build long-term relationships with donors. Because pledge fulfillment rates are typically in the 80-90% range, multi-year giving provides a predictable revenue stream, allowing nonprofits to plan and implement long-term projects with greater confidence. Q3 itself saw a YOY drop of 7.6%.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 5, 2024

To ensure that everyone can access your content, take the following steps to improve your website accessibility: Use high-contrast colors. Confirm that users can navigate your website using only a keyboard. Boost readability by avoiding the use of all caps. The average internet user spends nearly seven hours online every day.

Non-Profits 59

Non-Profits Insurance Communication Food 59

The Charity CFO

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

When the right type of debt is taken on methodically, thoughtfully, and for the right reasons, it can be a useful tool that helps a nonprofit gain financial flexibility. The money could be used to hire staff, expand a service area, or launch new initiatives. Long-Term Loans Long-term loans usually have a term of one year or more.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 25, 2023

By Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson In November 2022, OpenAI grabbed headlines by releasing ChatGPT, and “generative AI” became a term used in households around the world. Artificial Intelligence is poised to upend work around the world over the coming decades. Whether this lessens or increases inequality remains to be seen.

Public and Social Policy 125

Public and Social Policy Technology Civil Society Production 125

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 24, 2024

Occupy Wall Street, through its rhetoric of the 99 percent and the 1 percent, popularized a class framework that shifted the terms of the political debate, even if the terms the movement offered were still a bit fuzzy. Class is not only about how much money you have in the bank.

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Finance Collaborations Production 108

Prosper Strategies

MARCH 13, 2024

These guides typically define the organization’s stance on the use of terms surrounding race, ethnicity, gender, ability, and other identity-based language. We’ve noticed a trend in the last couple years: more and more nonprofits are making the move to put together a DEI language guide or style guide.

Race and Ethnicity 52

Race and Ethnicity Communication Nonprofits 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 28, 2023

To be serious about closing the racial wealth gap and building an economy that loves Black people, we need to focus our attention on the US South. She talks about how being precise about power helps us be precise about strategy. Without a clear destination, the steps that are taken are going to be disordered.

Agriculture 144

Agriculture Finance Culture Collaborations 144

Bloomerang

MARCH 21, 2023

Keep reading to find out what they are, why you should use them, and how to create them. To get the most useful information, click “show options” next to the Create Alert button. Search terms to use When setting up your nonprofit Google Alerts, here are a few basic guidelines to follow so that you can select the right terms.

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Nonprofits Health Leadership Education 118

Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Sponsored by Network for Good – an easy-to-use all-in-one nonprofit fundraising platform. You can use that benchmark to determine how well your ad copy is performing. What Metrics to Review When Analyzing Your Campaign Your campaign(s) up and running, it’s time to assess whether your campaign is performing up to par. Pretty cool, huh?

Management 112

Management Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits 112

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The reality is, though, that scale is elusive for most of us. Those of us who lead nonprofit organizations and aspire to scale often turn to this literature so we can design our efforts in smart ways. By Elizabeth Cushing We love to talk about scaling solutions in the social sector. All of that is critical.

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NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Everyone on this call: even if you don’t rent, just get used to building community. Get used to talking to your neighbors, be weird and go ask for something that you would have to run out to the store for. The following is a transcript of the video above from our webinar “Remaking the Economy: Tenant Organizing in Unexpected Places.”

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

Strict abortion laws funnel people further into poverty by forcing many people to carry pregnancies to term but doing little to care for the children once they are born. Strict abortion laws funnel people further into poverty by forcing many people to carry pregnancies to term but doing little to care for the children once they are born.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In particular, I noted that despite subject matter experts’ general sentiment that the term “BIPOC-led” is about BIPOC individuals holding power in organizations, there are a number of nuances and circumstances that complicate this conceptualization. Unfortunately, like defining the term, this is easier said than done. Board members?

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Elevation

JANUARY 18, 2023

You could say that sweet talking, poetry writing, flower buying, fancy dinners, and romantic strolls all constitute “ content marketing strategies ” that people have been using for centuries to win over partners and pursue long-term relationships. Content marketing encompasses all of these.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

With reasonable rates and terms, you can strategically revolutionize your home workspace to maximize comfort and productivity. Before applying, you can see if you pre-qualify for a personal loan to estimate potential rates and terms, unlocking the flexibility and affordability needed for your home office redesign.

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Finance Construction Technology Production 52

Pam Moore

MAY 7, 2023

This information is later used to find tailored micro-influencers for your brand. One area of marketing that has gained significant traction in recent years is influencer marketing. The challenge of identifying and engaging with the right micro-influencers has never been more critical.

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