Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Being up to date on fundraising trends for the year ahead is important so you can diversify and maximize your fundraising success! Planning for the year ahead, however, can bring on an array of reactions and emotions among fundraisers. 1) AI in fundraising Fundraisers’ opinions on using AI tools in their work vary.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Work Smarter, Live Better: The Power of Work-Life Flexibility You’re not the only one wanting an unshakable balance between work and life. The conventional notion of a rigid nine-to-five schedule is being redefined now, thanks to work-life flexibility. Outline your proposal comprehensively.

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Candid

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Once you’ve established a new nonprofit , one of your first considerations will likely be fundraising. After all, the only way you can fulfill your organization’s mission is if you can bring in the funding you need to support your programs and initiatives.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

DECEMBER 20, 2023

With a thoughtful donor prospecting strategy and well-crafted appeals, you’re already well on your way to generating the support your nonprofit needs for its beneficiaries. However, not all your supporters will be open to your fundraising asks. Let’s get started! What are in-kind donations?

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JANUARY 24, 2024

USA Bound: How eSIMs Simplify Your Travel Planning a trip to the United States can be thrilling but also stressful. You want to stay connected and avoid roaming charges, but dealing with physical SIM cards seems daunting. Fortunately, eSIMs have made travel to the USA incredibly convenient. With eSIMs expected to reach 2.4

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Candid

AUGUST 23, 2023

The strategic planning process is a rare chance for a nonprofit’s leaders to step back and look at their organization and its activities as a whole—to understand what success looks like and to allocate time, talent, and dollars to the activities that can help achieve it.

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Blue Avocado

MARCH 5, 2024

Over the years, I have worked with many founder-led (or until-recently-founder-led) organizations. For staff, working in a start-up nonprofit is often an exercise in mindreading. Stepping away is part of the nonprofit circle of life. But for those toiling away in young nonprofits, it is often grueling and sometimes even cruel.

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Top Nonprofits

JANUARY 22, 2024

Whether you’re looking for a platform to collect fundraising data, automate marketing messages, or simply streamline giving for donors, choosing the right fundraising software is critical to your nonprofit’s ability to raise support. If you’re not sure how to start your search or what to look for , this guide is for you!

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MAY 7, 2024

7 Ways to Maximize ROI in Your Digital Infrastructure Stable digital infrastructure lays the foundations for any business or organization’s online operations. Cloud computing services : Cloud computing has emerged as a straightforward solution that provides business access to storage without actually having physical servers.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 19, 2023

Pledge fundraising campaigns are an excellent way to encourage your donors to make gifts by engaging their competitive spirit. Because donations can be made at a later date, they offer more flexibility for donors. Let’s start by discussing how your organization can use a walk-a-thon to raise money for your cause.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

Advisory committees let your nonprofit work with others who want to see you succeed. As a nonprofit leader, you likely want to do your best to ensure that the voices and experiences of the communities you serve are represented in your work. What are advisory committees?

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

While there is no perfect marketing formula for a foreign country, there are several aspects that must be considered before you expand your commercial or any other endeavors. As you choose or, rather, build your marketing strategy , take one step at a time and evaluate things thoroughly! The choices are virtually unlimited!

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Ann Green

APRIL 29, 2024

Is your nonprofit poised for long-term growth? By Patrick Schmitt Achieving your mission takes time and resources. As a nonprofit professional, you know this all too well and likely implement all kinds of cost-saving and efficiency-boosting practices into your work. But can you be more proactive and go beyond mitigation?

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 28, 2023

In providing examples of indicators at each scale, based on efforts from the field, we draw both from our past experiences working in power-building organizations in California and Minnesota and also from our current work at university research centers studying efforts to build community power.

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The Volunteer Hub

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

What are your volunteers hoping to gain? Establishing your expectations for volunteers and understanding their expectations for your program early is key. You should consider these expectations and others that are unique to your volunteer workforce when creating a plan to exceed them.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

That’s just the start—nonprofit software tools come in many varieties, offering support for marketing, event planning, form building, and much more. According to a National Council of Nonprofits report , the vast majority of nonprofits operate at the grassroots level, and 88% have budgets less than $500,000.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Nonprofit strategic planning can help your organization meet challenges effectively and take advantage of new opportunities. Despite the many benefits that strategic planning can bring, 49 percent of nonprofits lack a strategic plan. Nonprofit strategic planning FAQs What is strategic planning for nonprofits?

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Nonprofit Fixer

APRIL 25, 2023

If you’re a nonprofit executive leader seeking or considering seeking a coach, you’ll want a coach with direct and relevant experience. Ideally, your coach should have 3-5+ years of experience as an executive or executive director of a nonprofit organization. But it doesn’t need to be. Let’s start with the basics.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2023

Here are practical tips on how to engage your aging donors and encourage planned gtiving. These tips include how to make a planned gift request without making it awkward. It is essential to adapt your fundraising strategies to engage and involve those age 50 and above effectively. What age group should you target?

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

These were funds restricted for staying afloat during a global pandemic.The grantee may have been able to use the funds for payroll, to cover programmatic losses, and other overhead costs, but once the pandemic was considered “over,” the funder did not renew the grant. In some ways, however, we did see growth.

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Fundraising Coach

APRIL 9, 2024

This guide will explore how your school or nonprofit can use pledge fundraising to boost its impact by breaking down some of the top frequently asked questions (FAQs). But how does this process work in practice? Encourage your participants to share the donation pages online. Track pledges using your fundraising software.

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The Charity CFO

MAY 23, 2024

As we may have heard on the The Modern Nonprofit Podcast before, stepping into a leadership role at a nonprofit organization can be analogous to stepping into a fortune 500 company and all of the expectations that come with it. If your thought pattern is constantly saying, “There isn’t enough time in the day.”

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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. Interest is only growing with each additional study that shows it works.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 19, 2023

Under-resourced and overworked, 45% of nonprofit professionals plan to leave their current job by 2025 according to the Society for Human Resource Management. If you are a nonprofit professional ready to move on from your current position, below are 14 of the top nonprofit job boards.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

They range from retirees looking to give back, to busy professionals seeking purpose, and to young students wanting to make a difference. Each has a unique reason to volunteer—whether it’s for personal growth, community engagement, or a heartfelt connection to your cause. A one-size-fits-all approach won’t work.

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iMarketSmart

AUGUST 9, 2023

Are the people working as major gift officers at your organization in the right role? Do they have the best skill set and mindset for this job? For your most successful MGOs, what makes them so good at their job? Donors want a return for their money. Donors want a return for their money.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 16, 2024

If fulfilling your mission and being identified as an employer of choice are priorities for your nonprofit, invest in employee professional development. By following them, your organization will experience greater employee satisfaction and an enhanced bottom line. Align individual and organizational goals.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MARCH 1, 2023

Be disciplined and flexible. Doing this will not only raise your standard before you know it, but you’ll be landing notable high-paying clients while also developing your personal skills and bank account. You’re now the boss of yourself, you set your work hours, and you pay yourself.

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The Charity CFO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Check out the rest of the article to learn more and help determine the right amount for your organization. Check out the rest of the article to learn more and help determine the right amount for your organization. They allow nonprofits the flexibility to deal with the unexpected in a stress-free, reliable way. Simplify this now!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

Many nonprofit organizations have made the transition to working remotely due to COVID-19 health concerns. Duplicate addresses, missing data, and outdated contact preferences can hinder your ability to connect with your donors. The bottom line: if you can’t reach your donors, you can’t solicit them.

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The Charity CFO

JANUARY 12, 2024

Financial forecasting is a term you’ll hear thrown around in the business world quite often—but in the world of nonprofits, it can be difficult (and even downright impossible) to plan your organization’s finances with any degree of certainty. It’s not set in stone like your budget.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to handle gift solicitation when more cultivation is needed first. . How do you slow a donor down to get them where you want them to go? They cut to the chase fast, and it’s not your job to slow them down. But, it should be a flexible plan.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 6, 2021

One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned from the COVID-19 pandemic is that it’s important to recognize when others are having a very different life experience than I am. As I write this, I’m evacuated from my home in New Orleans due to Hurricane Ida and have been for nearly two weeks. Thankfully, my dog and I are safe with family.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2023

The platform streamlines important processes like onboarding, voting, and creating agendas, so you’ll have more time to discuss the issues that really matter. Here’s how board portal software like BoardSite can help your nonprofit’s board be more productive and successful and follow good governance practices.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In vibrant and thriving communities, people have the power and resources to realize their vision of health and well-being. Residents, regardless of zip code or how much money they have, can breathe clean air, eat healthy and culturally appropriate food, and have a safe, affordable place to call home.

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Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

MARCH 1, 2022

This series lets you describe your workday in your own words. Shortly after, in January 2003, I began to work full-time as a reporter at Agencia EFE, where I covered the three branches of government, especially the Legislature, until 2006. In that last year, I started working at Primera Hora, until 2017.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Whether you’re a school sports coach, a member of a PTO or booster club, or the manager of a nonprofit sports organization, you understand just how vital fundraising is to keep your team going. On the other hand, if you’re just getting started, you’re probably looking for the perfect fundraising idea for your team. Increased reach.

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