Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Know what they fund and what matters most to them and know who you are as a nonprofit and what your funding priorities are. Alice Rossignol, Nonprofit Consultant Avoid AI Shortcuts and Put Yourself in the Donor’s Shoes Some suggest grant writing can be done by AI. Know your prospective funder in depth! Your Voice Matters!

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 17, 2025

Image credit: Dall-E by OpenAI Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? 7 The lack of robust data systems to track and manage the allocation and utilization of funds across healthcare centers led to inefficiencies and poor accountability.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Launching a new nonprofit is an exhilarating feeling. With 501(c)(3) status, you have the beginnings of the framework to improve your community, change lives, help others, and realize your bold vision. Here’s something to keep in mind, starting now: self-funding a nonprofit is not sustainable. But big goals cost big money.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Welcome to the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators, where we ask you to describe your day in your own words. Don’t be shy – tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro. We’d love to feature YOU in this series! to 2:00 p.m.

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Selfish Giving

JANUARY 21, 2009

Most of them come from marketing, advertising and public relations. Very few nonprofits in Boston have staff dedicated to cause marketing. In addition to my own nonprofit, I can really only think of two other full-fledged cause marketing shops: The Jimmy Fund and Children’s Hospital. Some are changing careers.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 23, 2024

How can nonprofits convince stakeholders to invest in capacity building? Capacity building is whatever is needed to bring a nonprofit to the next level of operational, programmatic, financial, or organizational maturity, so it may more effectively and efficiently advance its mission into the future. What is the Overhead Myth?

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Blue Avocado

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The Gold Avocado series showcases some of the very best content that Blue Avocado has for nonprofit leaders, based on overall popularity, reader response, and quality. This Gold Avocado article highlights eight essential responsibilities of a nonprofit’s treasurer — with a focus on treasurers of all-volunteer organizations.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 24, 2025

Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? 5 Americas communities and people pay the price in suffering and ill healthbut the distress generated is not equally distributed. Practitioners follow the precept that community is therapy.

Health 88

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Affnetz

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Nonprofit Board Give, Get or Get Off? Nonprofit management software / By Mike Crum. Some Nonprofit boards have a give, get, or get off policy and their Nonprofits are suffering because of it. But does that board represent the community? Recruit authentic voices from the community to the board of directors.

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Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Is your nonprofit hiring summer interns for its communications or media team? She's a junior at the George Washington University majoring in journalism and mass communication and minoring in public health. Jude Children's Research Hospital to send one lucky donor into outer space. ?? Interested? Don't embed them!

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 17, 2016

It’s more difficult than ever for nonprofits to get media coverage. As the communications manager for a small education nonprofit in Bethesda, Md., As the communications manager for a small education nonprofit in Bethesda, Md., In 2015, her nonprofit, College Directions Inc.,

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Public and Nonprofit Management Universities Foundations Nonprofits 140

Getting Attention

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Please post YOUR nonprofit marketing job here. Assistant Vice President, Public Relations & Communications Easter Seals (Chicago, IL). Associate, Knowledge & Communications Northern California Grantmakers (San Francisco, CA). Bilingual Communications Manager KIPP Austin. Austin, TX).

Communication 69

Communication Public and Nonprofit Management Associations Nonprofits 69

Getting Attention

MAY 18, 2015

Post YOUR comms job here —nonprofits, grantmakers, B Corps & vendors serving nonprofits. Associate VP for News, Communications and Media Duke University (Durham, NC). Chief Marketing Officer Jewish Board for Family and Children Services (New York, NY). Director of Marketing and Communications MENTOR (Boston, MA).

Communication 67

Communication Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Poverty 67

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 14, 2013

In the next few weeks I’ll be making recommendations of which tools and trends in technology nonprofits should prioritize in 2013, but for this year’s post on New Year’s resolutions I wanted to get back to basics. It is clearly not a fad, and yet the vast majority of nonprofits have zero budgets for social media.

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Getting Attention

JANUARY 26, 2015

Please post YOUR nonprofit marketing job here. Communication and Digital Content Manager Global Green USA (Santa Monica, CA). Communications Director Americans for Tax Fairness (Washington, D.C.). Communications Director In Defense of Animals. Communications Manager Community Power Network (Washington, D.C.).

Communication 68

Communication Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits Culture 68

Getting Attention

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Please post your open nonprofit marketing positions here. Change Communications Specialist and Employee Communications Specialist Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Chevy Chase, MD). Chief Communications Director Nurse-Family Partnership (Denver, CO). Communications Coordinator Bright Focus Foundation.

Communication 67

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Bloomerang

JULY 17, 2021

We are here to talk about how to lead and manage in our new work reality. But if you’ve never heard of us beyond the webinars, Bloomerang is a provider of donor management software. First of all, these children have taught themselves. Steven: All right. Well, good afternoon, everybody. Thanks for being here.

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Management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits Children 115

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2012

Large nonprofits usually have the expertise and resources necessary to launch and maintain successful online communications and fundraising campaigns. They’ve been able to hire some of the most well-trained and experienced staff, consultants, and designers that work in the nonprofit sector.

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Public and Nonprofit Management Ethics Healthcare Nonprofits 109

Ann Green

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Low-cost fundraising isn’t just about saving your nonprofit some extra cash. T-shirts are one of the most effective products, but there are plenty of options that can suit your organization’s needs, whether it be a school, church, or traditional nonprofit. Promote your nonprofit by wearing the shirt and spreading the word.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 31, 2025

Most nonprofits know how to capitalize on periods of elevated giving throughout the year, such as cause months, Giving Tuesday , and the year-end season. When nonprofits want to grow their capacity or take on large projects, they need consistent, reliable revenue. Receive a shoe recycling kit. Collect gently worn, new and used shoes.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2024

Nonprofits of all sizes have one need in common: funding. Without it, your nonprofit can’t operate and do the important work that fuels your cause. As donor behavior continues to change, nonprofits of all sizes must increasingly rely on the generosity of many instead of the consistent support from a few.

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Culture Public and Nonprofit Management Fundraising Fundraising 102

Selfish Giving

JULY 22, 2020

Scott Westcott at Turn Two Communications has six great suggestions on what to do with a press release after it's published. Development Officer, Corporations & Foundations, Italian Home for Children (Jamaica Plain, MA) 2. Development Officer, Corporations & Foundations, Italian Home for Children (Jamaica Plain, MA) 2.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 23, 2023

By Kyle Behrend — a seasoned not-for-profit professional dedicated to educating and empowering nonprofits with AI through NFPs.AI. The nonprofit sector, often stretched for resources and expertise, is uniquely positioned to benefit from the efficiencies and opportunities offered by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

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Non-Profits Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits Culture 135

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JANUARY 3, 2023

Collaborate with nonprofit influencers. One of the best ways to get your content in front of new audiences is by collaborating with nonprofit influencers with significant viewership. According to NXUnite, there are hundreds of nonprofit panels featuring thought leaders in the sector. Apply for the Google Ad Grant.

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Marketing Marketing Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 207

Getting Attention

APRIL 1, 2013

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. Campaign Manager , Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (San Francisco, CA). Colorado Online Organizer , Stand for Children (Denver, CO). Communications Director , New Profit (Cambridge, MA).

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Public and Nonprofit Management Marketing Marketing Children 68

Getting Attention

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. Communication Coordinator , City Life (Boston, MA). Communications and Operations Coordinator , The Micah Project (New Orleans, LA). Communications Associate , Sightline Institute (Seattle, WA).

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Getting Attention

JULY 29, 2014

Please post your open nonprofit marketing positions here. Communications Manager , Central Asia Institute (Bozeman, MT). Communications Manager , Grace Place for Children and Families (Naples, FL). Communications Manager , Out & Equal Workplace Advocates (San Francisco, CA).

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Getting Attention

APRIL 20, 2015

Post YOUR comms job here —nonprofits, grantmakers, B Corps & vendors serving nonprofits. Chief Communications Officer , Lift Alliance Austin Children Services (Austin, TX). Communications & Marketing Coordinator , Tuesday’s Children (Manhasset, NY). Media Manager , St. Scottsdale, AZ).

Marketing 68

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

AUGUST 10, 2022

Before I worked in the nonprofit sector– of which more than half of my tenure here has been remote– I was a bartender. My current colleagues and clients know my children by name-and I know theirs. So supervisors, middle managers, directors, team leads… I’m talking to you! This was very different from my “before-times.”.

Children 143

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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?

Nonprofit governance and management 122

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofits Nonprofit Administration and Development 122

Getting Attention

JANUARY 11, 2013

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. Communications Associate , Communications Manager , Online Organizing Intern , Ella Baker Center (San Francisco, CA). Communications Associate , Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Woodacre, CA).

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Curriculum and Teaching Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Marketing 70

Selfish Giving

APRIL 13, 2022

Most nonprofits have enough happening at the top of the funnel - the awareness stage - for the initial attraction. I'm helping more of my nonprofit clients become more case study-centric. Interested in having me write case studies for your your nonprofit? Jude Children's Research Hospital , is down to just three stores.?? ??

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Getting Attention

JANUARY 4, 2013

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. Affiliate Email Marketing Manager , ACLU (New York, NY). Communications and Development Intern , Common Market (Philadelphia, PA). Communications and Office Coordinator , Theatre Offensive (Boston, MA).

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Getting Attention

AUGUST 26, 2011

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here — FT or PT staff, consulting or internship opportunities. 1) Communications Specialist , Democracy North Carolina , (Durham, NC). 2) Communications Specialist and Editorial/Social Media Intern , Pennsylvania Horticultural Society , (Philadelphia, PA). NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

Public and Nonprofit Management 67

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Getting Attention

MARCH 25, 2013

Please post your nonprofit marketing position here for full-time or part-time staff, consulting or internship opportunities. Communications Assistant , Red Rover (Sacramento, CA). Communications Associate , Ohio Council of Community Schools (Columbus, OH). Communications Coordinator , Food Trust (Philadelphia, PA).

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Candid

AUGUST 5, 2024

Many nonprofit organizations believe market research is beyond their reach due to lack of staff, budget, and time. But without the solid data market research can provide, nonprofits may make decisions based on assumptions that lead to misaligned strategies and missed opportunities for retaining donors and volunteers and attracting new ones.

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Getting Attention

JUNE 2, 2014

Please post your open nonprofit marketing positions here. Associate Video Producer , Marketing Graphic Designer, Online Campaign Strategist , Online Campaign Strategist-Latin America , Public Relations Specialist-Bilingual and Web Designer, The Human Society (Gaithersburg, MD). Communications Manager , 350.org

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