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Constructively Confronting Your Fears: A Strategy for Nonprofit Success

Bloomerang

This is especially useful for the nonprofit sector, where it’s more than just shareholders’ returns on the line. How nonprofit leaders deal with self sabotaging feelings of doubt, fear or anxiety , will make an impact on every operational level and even influence other members of staff or volunteers to act in the same way.

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15 Tips To Create An Effective 2023 Nonprofit Business Plan

Bloomerang

Creating a nonprofit business plan is an important step for any organization whether you’re about to launch or are well established in your community. . A nonprofit business plan is slightly different to the commercial sector. It’s like taking your nonprofit into the mechanic to get a check up. .

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We Cannot Fundraise Alone

The Agitator

Hopefully The Agitator has stirred the pot constructively with some of our recent rants ( here and here ) about fundraising atrocities, as they are found in the US. 2) Trustee, CEO and senior management engagement. (3) Once our organisations are proud of us, then we can expect the public to be proud of us, too.

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Fundraising on Film: What Hollywood Thinks of Fundraising?

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

When I first moved from the program side to the planned giving office of the charity at which I had my first professional experience in nonprofit fundraising, one of my co-workers made a not-funny joke over drinks about me being a “money whore.” Then, nonprofit fundraisers will be treated to what amounts to a tale of two donor visits.

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What To Do About Fundraising’s Dark Side

The Agitator

But frankly, we wish we were getting even more concerned and constructive response. As Craver points out, not only do the organizations topping CIR’s worst list engage in misleading fundraising, they do so by piggybacking the brands of ethical nonprofits. But reputations are already at stake. We have to take the long view on this.

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Verdict On Annual Reports

The Agitator

Lots of very constructive responses to our question of last week: Are Annual Reports Dinosaurs? And second, an AR should not be "over the top" in terms of being out of character with the overall style and means of the nonprofit. And it looks like we have a hung jury! Do it well, or don’t do it at all! Shannon McCracken.

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Acquisition: Asking The Wrong Question

The Agitator

Acquisition is just one part of a complex financial construct that enables charities most efficiently to raise the money they need. Of course charities have to be transparent, open and accountable and there is no excuse for anyone telling donors lies or in any way misleading the public about the commercial realities that charities face.