Wed.Mar 27, 2024

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Foundation Compensation: When Are CEO Salaries Too High?

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Without checks and balances, scrutinizing and challenging foundation leaders’ million-dollar paychecks is nearly impossible. By Craig Kennedy Without checks and balances, scrutinizing and challenging foundation leaders’ million-dollar paychecks is nearly impossible.

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Fire Your Meetings, Refuel Your Leadership

Joan Garry

Back-to-back meetings are a drain. Yet, meeting overload is a common source of stress for nonprofit leaders. I call for a rethink on your meeting schedule. Here is one tool that can powerfully change your calendar and create meaningful space for you to reclaim power to refuel your mojo. The post Fire Your Meetings, Refuel Your Leadership appeared first on Joan Garry Consulting.

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A Dozen Ways to Create Events Donors Love — Without Spending a Fortune

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Lisa Schohl Add a live peer-to-peer fundraising element to boost results while engaging guests in a fun way, and more tips from three event-planning experts.

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The Art of Nonprofit Campaign Testing and Predictions for Future Success

NonProfit PRO

It’s critical to run campaigns that acquire and upgrade donors, but it has to be done right. That’s where campaign testing comes in.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Barr Foundation Awards $34.9 Million to New England Nonprofit Groups

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By M.J. Prest Also, Price Philanthropies gave $10 million to accelerate training for mental-health professionals in California, and Girls Who Invest received $2 million to recruit more women and nonbinary people for careers in the investment-management industry.

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The Immersive Guide to GenAI: Top 12 Nonprofit Uses

NonProfit PRO

Embark on this one-of-a-kind journey designed to empower you with the knowledge and confidence needed to leverage generative AI for greater impact and success. You'll discover the top 12 applications for nonprofits – from admin, to fundraising, and beyond – through a truly immersive learning experience that blends human wisdom and AI-generated insights to help you navigate generative AI’s potential for your nonprofit.

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McGuffin Creative Group Announces 2024 Marketing Grant for Nonprofits

NonProfit PRO

Applications are now open for the 2024 McGuffin Grant to help a nonprofit further its mission with $30,000 in creative services.

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Measure Something Meaningful

Veritus Group

Here are some questions to help you measure how effectively your organization is moving donors through the major gift pipeline. The post Measure Something Meaningful appeared first on Veritus Group.

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3 Reasons to Register for the Nonprofit Storytelling Conference this week

Fundraising Coach

If you’re a bit like me, registering for a conference is not something you look forward to. I hem and haw. I procrastinate. And I get more and more stressed as the deadline draw closer. But once I’ve registered, all that stress leaves. Because I’m not longer wondering “if” I’ll go but I start planning for “when” I go.

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How Can Philanthropy Support the Solidarity Economy?

NonProfit Quarterly

The following is a transcript of the video above, from our webinar “Remaking the Economy: Building Regional Solidarity Economies.” View the full webinar here. Something that came up earlier is the patience involved in this work, and how slow the development of these projects [can be]. [It takes] five years to get a business nearly self-sufficient. These are not the kind of fast-paced—you make an investment, [and] a thousand people have received something within a year or two of the grants being

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Recognition Powers High-Performance — If You Do it Right

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg

Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards. While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. In today’s workplace, the true ROI of recognition lies in its ability to regenerate tangible, business-driven results.

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Why A Women’s Philanthropy Strategy Is Important For Your Annual Fundraising Plan

Bloomerang

Did you know that each year, millions of dollars by women donors may be left unclaimed, due to the lack of understanding around the way that women give ? Millions. Right at the fingertips of so many organizations moving the good work forward, and yet there is still not a greater prioritization of engaging women donors. Add to this, that during the Great Migration of Wealth, which is currently underway, it is women who will lead the way with inheriting extraordinary sums of philanthropic resource

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Ecosystem Building Needs Radically Different Strategy

NonProfit Quarterly

The following is a transcript of the video above, from our webinar “Remaking the Economy: Building Regional Solidarity Economies.” View the full webinar here. What’s the basic difference between campaigning and ecosystem building? It’s just radically different, and I don’t think we can explain that enough. When we say slow money, that’s what we mean.

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2 lousy stories and a great one

Jeff Brooks

Stories sometimes seem like magic. But there’s no magic involved. When you tell the right story, you unlock the generosity of more people. When you tell the wrong one, not much happens. So what stories are right or wrong? Here’s a great answer to that question from the Better Fundraising Blog, at Which story are you telling? Wrong story: The story of one beneficiary who has already been helped.

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The Concord Leadership Group welcomes Emily J. Pitman as COO

Concord Leadership

We are thrilled to announce that Emily J. Pitman has been promoted to a forward-facing formal role with The Concord Leadership Group. Emily has played an active role with CLG’s CEO Marc A. Pitman in the development and work of FundraisingCoach, The Nonprofit Academy, the Quadrant 3 Leadership Coach Certification, and The Concord Leadership Group. […] The post The Concord Leadership Group welcomes Emily J.

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Revolutionizing Marketing: How AI is Transforming Customer Insights and Engagement

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Revolutionizing Marketing: How AI is Transforming Customer Insights and Engagement Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a game-changer in the constantly changing world of digital marketing. It has changed how businesses understand their customers and connect with them more deeply. But how exactly is AI changing how we understand and interact with customers?

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What’s trending? Top subject searches in Candid nonprofit profiles 

Candid

Have you ever wondered what the funders, donor advisors, and other industry professionals who use Candid nonprofit profiles are searching for? It’s one way to get inside the minds of people who use Candid’s GuideStar to discover organizations aligned with their values. Candid users conduct more than 100,000 searches of nonprofit profiles on average each month, most commonly by keyword, subject area, and geography.

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The Benefits of Outsourcing Key Business Aspects

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

The Benefits of Outsourcing Key Business Aspects Companies are constantly seeking strategies to streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and stay competitive. One approach that has gained significant traction in recent years is outsourcing key business aspects. Outsourcing involves delegating specific tasks or functions to third-party service providers, whether domestically or internationally.

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How to generate referrals for major gifts

iMarketSmart

A well-placed referral can be the bridge to new partnerships, financial support, and resources. It can elevate your nonprofit from merely surviving to thriving. But the journey toward harnessing this potential isn’t solely about asking for referrals. What’s getting in the way? Do you have a process for generating referrals? If so, please share your wisdom so others can benefit.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Best iPhone Apps for Digital Marketers

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Best iPhone Apps for Digital Marketers The marketing world is so competitive that even simple hacks matter a lot in deciding who’s ahead of whom. Staying ahead of your competitors and at the same time, creating a brand that speaks for itself is every digital marketer’s priority. Every marketer aims to be connected seamlessly to everyone else in the team and ensure uninterrupted work.

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Can Nonprofits Use QuickBooks?

The Charity CFO

QuickBooks is a popular accounting software used by businesses and individuals nationwide. As a nonprofit leader, you’ve probably heard of QuickBooks or may have even used it before. And you might be wondering if you can use QuickBooks for your nonprofit accounting. The answer is yes, QuickBooks Online can be configured for nonprofit use. Let’s dive into the benefits of using QuickBooks Online for your nonprofit and explore how to get the most out of the program.

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How to Improve Business Content: a Startup Guide for Entrepreneurs

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

How to Improve Business Content: a Startup Guide for Entrepreneurs Hey there, businessmen. Have you just launched your business & feeling overwhelmed with content creation stuff? Honestly speaking, all have been there. Writing an IMPRESSIVE website copy, an informative blog post , or an engaging social media post can be a hard nut to crack. But you don’t need to worry anymore because this guide has your back.

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Should We Put Out a Statement?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Seth Chalmer “Should we put out a statement?” If you’re a nonprofit communications professional, you’ve heard that question many times, often the day after some major news event. Since the October 7 massacres in Israel and subsequent war in Gaza, many nonprofits have struggled to decide whether and how to respond publicly. That decision is more difficult if there are passionate disagreements about the issue among professional teams, boards, funders, and community partners.

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Engage, Empower, Excel: Transforming Performance in the New Era of Work

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

The world of work has fundamentally changed. The series of waves that the pandemic began have rippled through the Great Resignation, quiet quitting, the Great Regret, and other eloquent phrases that boil down to the same thing: people aren’t engaged at work or enabled to perform at their best. The truth is that engagement and enablement is more important than ever, but how we do it is the critical differentiator for many organizations.

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The Small Business Blueprint for Digital Marketing Success

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

The Small Business Blueprint for Digital Marketing Success Today’s market presents a challenging environment for small businesses, which must distinguish themselves in a crowded field where many competitors have larger budgets and more resources. However, the digital age has leveled the playing field in many respects, offering nimble and savvy businesses the opportunity to punch above their weight through strategic use of digital marketing channels.

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How to Build a Circular Economy: Eleven Steps to Creating a Successful Swap

NonProfit Quarterly

How do we build infrastructure for a people-driven, democratic economy? The work may sound complicated, but it starts with accessible small steps that build community relationships at the local level. An example of this is the Free Market of Detroit, a do-it-yourself community market where not only goods are exchanged, but stories, ideas, and laughter.

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