Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

. — Gary McGeough from Bristol Organizations Committed Team Players, Capable of Collaborating Effectively I seek individuals who are genuinely passionate about our mission and show a strong belief in our values and goals. We serve children with disabilities and developmental delays, children that many don’t realize are in our community.

Ethics 106

Ethics Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Children 106

Selfish Giving

JANUARY 8, 2025

Below is a pie chart highlighting how I collaborated with clients last year and provided value through my work. Big Lots Big Lots conducts annual in-store fundraising campaigns to support On Our Sleeves , a movement focused on children's mental health. How Gillette Children's Hospital in St. Let's go through each one.

Retail 130

Retail Children Food Public and Nonprofit Management 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

One of the grandmothers was holding and cooing to the baby, while the grandfather played a game with pre-teen children, freeing the granddaughter to make the fire and cook the meal. Children grow up and leave their parents behind, starting new “nuclear” family units. Multigenerational households are rare. It s estimated that 2.6

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Children Poverty Health 116

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Marketing is all about communicating what’s called the “value exchange.” But it always has some kind of value that has been communicated through marketing and to get that value, you exchange money for it. In nonprofits, we also have value exchanges, but what we are exchanging with people is a bit more complicated.

Marketing 228

Marketing Marketing Recruitment Nonprofits 228

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Image Credit: itsnnnoa on unsplash.com Nonprofit facilities communicate, and we need to be more conscious, thoughtful, and vocal about what they say about who and what our organizations value. Community Inspiration Finally, at the top-most level, a nonprofit facility can signal both the value of its mission and the people it serves.

Values 121

Values Community Development Psychology Healthcare 121

NonProfit Leadership Center

MARCH 20, 2023

This person is valued by their peers and supervisors. A nonprofit organization hires a talented professional. They consistently meet or exceed job expectations. They are one of the most talented team members to come through the organization in the past few years. Naturally, they are promoted into a management role.

Leadership 246

Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Homelessness 246

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

AUGUST 4, 2021

Are we willing to update and transform our purpose, vision, mission and values to align with what we hear from our mission stakeholders? What are your core values and guiding principles? Do your organization’s values support and amplify the development practice you seek to undertake? Donor Engagement. Advocacy + Storytelling.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 317

Nonprofit Administration and Development Fundraising Fundraising Leadership 317

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The intention wont just be to raise a few extra dollars, but to cultivate values that are at risk of being lost amid our hyper-digital, attention-fragmented culture. Families will experience philanthropy as a shared pursuit where volunteering, service projects, and hands-on experiences become natural extensions of daily life.

Philanthropy 97

Philanthropy Children Foundations Values 97

Candid

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Define your value propositionwhy your organization is the best positioned to solve this problem. Heres a closer look at each step: Step 1: Clearly define what problem youre trying to solve Too many nonprofits operate based on a mission, vision, or values that are vague.

Organizational Development 69

Organizational Development Construction Values Nonprofits 69

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 14, 2025

In 2024, when Global Fund for Children (GFC) announced that I would transition from global managing director to co-CEO alongside John Hecklinger (who had been sole CEO and president for over six years) it was the next step in a co-leadership journey that began several years earlier with co-leaders at other levels.

Leadership 105

Leadership Civil Society Culture Children 105

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

“Still, I must prepare for the children’s kobake ”—the ceremonial forging of the link in the chain that would bind them to the Kwakw a k a ‘wakw Nation, to its people, to its land, to its history. she pondered, “these children, who are not of our blood. They have played with our children, learned from our adults.

Children 63

Children Culture Values Food 63

Tony Martignetti

JANUARY 26, 2025

Sarah Wood: Storytelling Sarah Wood reminds us of the value in telling good stories to your stakeholders. We pull some lessons from her childrens favorite stories, the Continue reading Nonprofit Radio for January 27, 2025: Storytelling Also, how do you tell them? Where do you tell them? Which ones are worth telling?

Ethics 69

Ethics Children Nonprofits Values 69

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Marketing is all about communicating what’s called the “value exchange.” But it always has some kind of value that has been communicated through marketing and to get that value, you exchange money for it. In nonprofits, we also have value exchanges, but what we are exchanging with people is a bit more complicated.

Marketing 198

Marketing Marketing Recruitment Nonprofits 198

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Review and revise your solutions’ outputs to ensure they align with your nonprofit’s messaging standards and maintain the personal touch your donors value. Onge’s Passion for Fundraising is Transforming Children’s Healthcare in Montana milesnla 2024-11-20T10:23:15-06:00 November 20, 2024 | 0 Comments Carly St.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofit Leadership 130

Selfish Giving

MAY 19, 2021

Director, Programs, Children's Miracle Network , Remote 2. Nonprofits want to welcome these donors but need to figure out how to handle assets that can tank in value overnight. Remember: "There is no gold at the end of somebody else's rainbow." ?? How to get to know your email subscribers. I've used all seven of these strategies.

Children 227

Children Food Associations Management 227

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 17, 2024

As a teenager, her first role at the Youth Volunteer Corps exposed her to one of her first passions, working with children, but it also exposed her to the challenges nonprofits face, motivating her to seek a more comprehensive understanding of the sector. “ Educate yourself and become a well-rounded professional.

Public and Nonprofit Management 246

Public and Nonprofit Management Medical Nonprofit Leadership Universities 246

Candid

JANUARY 8, 2025

Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Colmena Consulting, in partnership with Philanthropy Together, collective giving through giving circlesinformal convenings of people with aligned values, identifying and collectively deciding where to direct pooled fundstotaled more than $3.1 Integrate your children. billion between 2017 and 2023.

Philanthropy 52

Philanthropy Participation and motivation Children Collaborations 52

Candid

JANUARY 2, 2025

This review highlights some of the most popular resources published in the past yearon topics ranging from data and AI in philanthropy to building a brighter future for children and youth. Lighting Up the Future for Children: Balancing urgent needs and future opportunities by the Institute for the Future. nonprofit sector by Candid.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Children Philanthropy Energy 52

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The advisory group, in its early days, spent a lot of time on values clarification and team-building exercises. If not, what purpose does it serve, and do we value that purpose?” There are leaders, at all levels, who are trying to heal the wounds of their past experiences. What would their influence be? What was the purpose?

Altruism and Helping 209

Altruism and Helping Leadership Children Nonprofit Leadership 209

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Sharing stories is arguably the most ancient and long-lasting way of engaging and influencing emotions, values, judgments, and imaginations. But what remains constant underneath all the change in this digital age is the steady pulse of community storytelling. But how can stories touch hearts and minds if they go unnoticed and unheard?

Nonprofits 224

Nonprofits Children Communication Health 224

Selfish Giving

MAY 6, 2020

Did you miss last week's webinar on How to Value Virtual Assets ? If you’re interested in new virtual asset options, their value to corporate donors, and how to identify the right virtual event, WATCH THIS WEBINAR. So I'm totally bummed I missed the #CookieWithACause challenge last month on TikTok that benefited Save the Children.

Healthcare 191

Healthcare Food Children Values 191

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 16, 2024

per share during the recent 52-week period. ** Feed The Children Selects RKD Group RKD Group in Dallas is the new direct response fundraising agency of record for Feed The Children in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Millions of children are experiencing hunger here in the U.S. Its public support was $496.7 million, up from $387.7

Children 52

Children Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty Food 52

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 19, 2024

By being rooted in ubuntu values, we exist in balance with our earth systems in a way that still makes space for our differences and generates an abundance of biodiversity. I connected with Mitchell, who emphasized the value of elders roles in teaching more sustainable ways of being. I would always listen to my elders.

Culture 126

Culture Collaborations Values Construction 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Three years into this effort, more than 50 schools have joined the movement, all aligned around a commitment to living the values of active citizenship, social justice, and good governance. The integration of these values has led to transformative changes in many nafda schools. far below the previous level of 10.2

Education 75

Education Education Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 75

Blue Avocado

OCTOBER 22, 2024

AVOs are among the most important and most invisible building blocks of our communities: Members of all-volunteer organizations read to children, care for the dying, get clean water legislation passed, serve as volunteer fire departments, help people overcome alcoholism, bring music into prisons, and help refugees get settled.

Public and Nonprofit Management 82

Public and Nonprofit Management Finance Public and Social Policy Management 82

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MARCH 10, 2023

Earning a CNP credential will be a game changer as more and more of our graduates move into leadership roles in their organizations that make a difference in the lives of the children, families, and communities they serve. This is just one more way CBU walks out our Lasallian values and strengthens our workforce and community.”

Universities 232

Universities Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Nonprofits 232

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Many donors wont say it outright, but deep down, some, not all, appreciate being valued publicly. Instead of vague statements like, Your support helps children in need, try something more concrete: Because of you, 300 at-risk students received free tutoring and meals this year. Recognition doesn’t have to be grandiose.

Participation and motivation 71

Participation and motivation Children Psychology Foundations 71

Selfish Giving

JANUARY 3, 2017

Promotion: Giving Big for Kids Partners: Big Lots, Nationwide Children's Hospital Why I Picked It: I have a saying that companies like "OPM." That's what makes Big Lots mind-blowing $50 million pledge to Nationwide Children's Hospital so incredible. That's short for Other People's Money.

Marketing 214

Marketing Marketing Retail Food 214

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 27, 2025

As advisors to donors and nonprofits, we know firsthand the impact this wealth can have, and were optimistic that much of it will be deployed through philanthropy or values-aligned investing to address our worlds most pressing problems. How much will they invest, spend, share with their heirs, or give back to society?

Philanthropy 126

Philanthropy Collaborations Management Environmental 126

Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

: FIRST does not accept gifts that are in conflict with its mission, jeopardize its IRS tax exempt status or are too difficult to administer in relation to their value. Jude Children's Research Hospital and 7-Eleven , when customers donate a dollar in-store they get a free small Slurpee all month long and have their name pinned on the wall.

Entrepreneurship 130

Entrepreneurship Children Ethics Values 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

When Nexleaf started in 2009, its co-founders aspired to bring the value of consistent sensor data to low-resource health systems. The challenges of ethical data collectionin terms of consent, ownership , and safety for vulnerable communitieshave made data collection in the social sector even harder to scale.

Social Enterprise 112

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Nonprofit governance and management Ethics 112

NonProfit Leadership Center

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Whether I am watching one of my children perform on stage, video chatting with a niece or nephew, or celebrating a milestone with family and friends, I find myself pausing to be present in the moment — in a more intentional way than I ever did before the pandemic. “I no longer take time with my loved ones for granted.

Nonprofit Leadership 229

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Energy Children 229

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MARCH 19, 2018

Jenna Czaplewski is the Director of Communications for the Coalition for Children, Youth & Families. Jenna believes in the power of family and uses her talents to provide a consistent, positive message of the mission, values, and every day work of the Coalition. and even pay for return postage.

Communication 209

Communication Children Nonprofits Finance 209

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

APRIL 14, 2015

They suspected that a self-mailer had, and I quote, “low perceived value.” As Tom shares during Donor Newsletters That Raise More Money , after working with Tom on one edition of their newsletter, Gillete Children’s Specialty Healthcare went from raising $5,000 with their donor newsletter to $50,000.

Healthcare 193

Healthcare Children Values Communication 193

Ann Green

APRIL 15, 2021

The way someone takes to cross-training speaks more to the culture of the workplace than the value of the practice. Creating a “how-to” manual for your job may seem like busywork, but it’s an effective way to learn your job in the best way possible while reflecting the brand and values of your nonprofit. Think of a funnel and a hose.

Education 210

Education Education Universities Nonprofits 210

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

There are 32 million elementary school-age children in the United States. We’ve been growing for more than 25 years and currently count approximately 700,000 children in 1,400 schools in our circle of direct influence. These partners represent the opportunity to support play at thousands more schools reaching millions more children.

Collaborations 134

Collaborations Children Philanthropy Values 134

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Sending a quick eCard to congratulate a team member on the project they just completed or applaud them on upholding company values can brighten that employee’s day and carry more meaning than informal recognition methods. Provide opportunities for advancement. People don’t often enter the workforce to stay in the same position forever.

Leadership 229

Leadership Retention Nonprofits Nonprofit Leadership 229