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Podcast: How to Take a Positive Approach to Fighting Climate Change

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Instead of apocalyptic imagery, consider what feels good about a world with a healthy climate. Instead of apocalyptic imagery, consider what feels good about a world with a healthy climate, what makes people want to roll up their sleeves and work for that outcome, says climate scientist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson.

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7 Ways to Combat Imposter Syndrome

NonProfit PRO

Think you’re a phony? You aren’t — you just have imposter syndrome! Here are just a few ways to combat imposter syndrome.

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National Park Foundation Names Next CEO

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By M.J. Prest National Park Foundation Jeff Reinbold will become president and CEO of the National Park Foundation next year. Reinbold has worked with the National Park Service for more than 30 years, most recently as superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, D.C. Also, the Carnegie Corporation of New York has appointed a new vice president of its international program, and Karen Knudsen will step down as CEO of the American Cancer Society next year.

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Report Reveals Nonprofits Are Adopting AI in CPaaS Faster Than Private Sector

NonProfit PRO

Twilio released its "State of Nonprofit Digital Engagement Report," revealing how nonprofits are embracing new tech to engage end users.

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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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Pivot to Purpose: Kathleen Turner Defines A Career of Risk and Service at Power Up

Fundraising Leadership

Kathleen Turner (L to R), Emily Dickens and Angilee Shah discuss career pivots at Take the Lead’s Power Up event. Kathleen Turner did this on purpose. There’s a reason you can’t limit her to memory for just one role. “If you look over my history of film, my stage history, every role I have done is done in direct contrast to another,” Turner said to a rapt audience at Take The Lead’s Power Up Conference on Women’s Equality Day in Washington, D.C.

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Question of the Month: How do you overcome the fear of asking donors to give?

Veritus Group

In this Question of the Month video, Jeff shares one fundraiser’s story about moving past the fear of asking and how you can do this too. The post Question of the Month: How do you overcome the fear of asking donors to give? appeared first on Veritus Group.

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4 Quick Tips to Remember When Planning an Advocacy Campaign

Top Nonprofits

If your nonprofit is planning an advocacy campaign , congratulations. You’re on the right track to engaging donors, supporters, and other community members in new, inspiring ways as you work to make meaningful change. Now more than ever, audiences want the organizations they support to take a stand on relevant issues and take clear steps to address them.

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Don’t Squander Your Philanthropic Potential

iMarketSmart

Do you want to know the secret to being a better fundraiser? Segment and tailor your funding requests to your donors’ level of receptivity. Here’s what that can look like: The most receptive: Living donors who have made estate commitments Multiple major gift givers Loyal annual givers of 15 years or more Volunteers long-engaged in substantive activities (e.g., board membership) Highly engaged in events and activities Moderately receptive: Single major gift givers Annual donors who ha

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God’s Armor: The Helmet of Salvation

Women's Non Profit Alliance

In similar fashion to the breastplate of righteousness, I’ve been confused by this piece of armor in the past as well. If I’m already saved through faith in Jesus, then why would I need to daily put on the helmet of salvation? Wouldn’t it always just be on my head? Perhaps you have pondered that very same question! And the answer is also similar to what we learned in the lesson about the breastplate of righteousness.

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Remaking the Economy: Escaping Corporate Capture

NonProfit Quarterly

What is “corporate capture” and how can people escape its effects—in our politics, our culture, our daily life, and in the nonprofit sector? How do people, in short, build an actual everyday politics and economics of liberation? This was the organizing question for the summer 2024 issue of Nonprofit Quarterly. To addresses this question and expand upon their contributions, four authors from NPQ ’s summer economic justice magazine explore the concept of corporate capture and how movement-based g

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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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Senators Urged To Protect NGOs Via Systems, Staffing, Sanctions

The NonProfit Times

International nonprofits and other non-government organizations (NGOs) need American support to function, or even exist, a trio of witnesses told U.S. senators during a hearing. Repressive regimes around the world have realized they can use legislation to give oppressing nonprofits and other NGOs the veneer of legality, the witnesses attested. Without protections, which can include sanctions, adjustments to vias policies and increasing personnel in key government agencies that support NGOs, nonp