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From Gig Work to Good Work: How Workforce Policy Can Support Gig Workers

NonProfit Quarterly

I have been involved for many years, running a pioneering program for Great Britain’s government and then advising US agencies through a nonprofit. In the United States, the public workforce system has nearly 2,300 job centers competing with for-profit staffing agencies. This is an evolving field of research and experimentation.

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The 3 Worst Mistakes a Nonprofit Can Make When Trying to Acknowledge Online Donors

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Online fundraising may no longer be the wild west of the nonprofit community, but it still carries with it the aura of an unsettled frontier. With the rising popularity of online donors, there has been a coinciding increase in sector discussion of how to best manage online donor stewardship. Mistake #1: Taking Too Long. Expediency.

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How to Develop a Successful Nonprofit Fundraising Strategy

Bloomerang

You likely understand the general benefits of planning, but why is creating a fundraising plan so important for your nonprofit? Although every nonprofit is unique, there are several factors that every fundraising strategy should include to be successful. With that, let’s get started. Why you should create a fundraising strategy.

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Acquisition: Asking The Wrong Question

The Agitator

Our August post on Catch & Release Fishing focused — yet again — on the burning need to get serious about retention. Acquisition is just one part of a complex financial construct that enables charities most efficiently to raise the money they need. And they could get very much better at retention. But it isn’t.

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Taking Action: Fundraising Trends And Best Practices From Bloomerang’s ‘Fundraising Planning and Climate Report’

Bloomerang

1,071 fundraising professionals were surveyed at small and medium-sized nonprofits supporting a variety of causes. Craft personalized thank-you messages and updates to strengthen relationships with donors and enhance donor retention. The capital reserve stays in place after construction and is restricted to building maintenance.

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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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Fixing the Forests Problem in the US

NonProfit Quarterly

They create a suite of environmental problems: from high carbon emissions as trees and soils burn; to public health emergencies when wildfires hit towns and smoke affects distant cities; to water contamination compounding regional drought. Modern land management practices such as fire suppression and logging make forests likelier to burn.