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Free Download: 2024 Nonprofit Tech Trends Report

NonProfit PRO

Prepare for where nonprofit technology is headed with Sage’s 2024 Nonprofit Tech Trends report. While the industry’s landscape is evolving at a rapid pace and every nonprofit is distinct, there are shared challenges and aspirations among you and your peers. Stay ahead of the curve by leveraging the experiences and perspectives of hundreds of nonprofit industry leaders.

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Men Behind the Doomsday Seed Vault in the Arctic Win World Food Prize

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The awardees said they hope the prize will enable them to push for hundreds of millions of dollars in additional funding for seed bank endowments. By Scott McFetridge, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa Heiko Junge/AP Two men who were instrumental in creating the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, above, are set to be honored as 2024 World Food Prize laureates.

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Make A Difference with Great Entertainment

NonProfit PRO

DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS understands the drive of nonprofits. We’ve tailored an exclusive TV offer for you, ensuring you have access to the best in news, sports and entertainment. As you navigate your mission, let us elevate your experience. With DIRECTV, it’s more than entertainment—it’s about making a difference.

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How to Create Great Content: Be Personal, Useful, and Timely (PUT)

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

How do you create great content as a nonprofit communicator? Or, more specifically, what should you put on your website , in your emails or newsletter , and on social media? You should put content in those places that’s “ PUT” — Personal, Useful, and Timely. This has always been true — we first blogged about PUT as an email newsletter content strategy in 2016.

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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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3 Ways to Shield Your Nonprofit From Debanking

NonProfit PRO

Nonprofits face an uptick in debanking amid the current sociopolitical climate. Here's how to mitigate its impact on your mission.

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'Start With Culture Change': The Work Boards Must Do Before Launching Diversity Efforts

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Nonprofit leaders, trustees, and consultants discuss what can go wrong when organizations focus on board diversity without first creating an inclusive board culture. By Emily Haynes iStockphoto Nonprofit leaders, trustees, and consultants discuss what can go wrong when organizations focus on board diversity without first creating an inclusive board culture.

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What to know about U.S. nonprofit sector demographics 

Candid

What’s the demographic composition of the U.S. nonprofit sector—in terms of race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and disability status? Are staff, leaders, and board members equally diverse? How does leadership diversity vary by organization size, revenue, subsector, and state? How do majority BIPOC-led (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) nonprofits fare compared with majority white-led ones?

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How to Teach Your Major Gifts Officers to Close

NonProfit PRO

Here are some of my top tips for ensuring your major gift officers are prepared to ask for and close on a donation.

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Can Recoverable Grants Be Used to Address Racial Inequity in Funding?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Tim Gouw on pexels.com Early in his career, James Wahls was interested in learning about how capital flowed into communities—especially communities of color. This interest sprung out of his own experience navigating being a Black social entrepreneur in Detroit. To combat the bias he saw within the philanthropic industry, Wahls intentionally sought to use his work experiences to better understand how to uplift communities of color.

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Classy Unveils New Product Offerings for Nonprofit Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

Classy announced four new offerings for its fundraising platform to help nonprofits make smarter, more personalized asks.

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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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The Use of AI in Fundraising: Maximizing Donations with Data-Driven Asks

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Stasia Hural , Digital Marketing Lead at Keela – a complete software solution for nonprofits looking to grow revenue, centralize and manage data, and deepen donor engagement. In today’s fundraising sector, technology is vital. AI is becoming increasingly important in fundraising. Using AI isn’t just a passing trend; it’s essential for nonprofits looking to make a bigger impact.

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Nonprofit Social Media Marketing: How to Make an Impact

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Nonprofit Social Media Marketing: How to Make an Impact Are you constantly struggling to post on your nonprofit organization’s social media channels? You have probably been waiting for a big donation or event to happen to post on social media for your non-profit organization. If you are a non-profit social media manager facing this issue, you are not alone.

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Doing More About Less: A Targeted Approach to Workforce Readiness

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Kamanda Kamiri , Rogers Patrick Kamugisha & Boris Bulayev Education systems tend to be labyrinthine bureaucracies, comprising countless stakeholders and moving parts. Amid their complexity, pedagogical reforms often run out of steam before they can take root in the classroom. The most common pitfall is the disparity between ambitious educational policies and the practical capabilities of overburdened national education systems, particularly in lower-income countries.

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Merging SEO with Marketing Strategies

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Merging SEO with Marketing Strategies Today, modern businesses understand the crucial role played by digital marketing in expanding their reach and enhancing their visibility online. One significant aspect of digital marketing that is attracting much attention is SEO. When executed well, SEO can significantly impact your business’ online visibility, especially when merged with your marketing strategies.

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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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Forward Motion Clairity Click-it: Nonprofit Links + Free Resources

Clairification

I just can’t stop taking inspiration from the inimitable Seth Godin. This week I’m inspired by a piece talking about things we can, and cannot, do. If something about your work (or personal life, for that matter) is keeping you up at night, ask yourself if it’s a problem you can address or a situation you can’t change. This should help you shift priorities to things capable of being accomplished.

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Why they give

Jeff Brooks

It can be hard to remember why donors donate. It’s hard because their reasons are usually simpler and more internal than our reasons for valuing our cause. That’s why so much fundraising misses the mark. Because it basically says, “You should donate to this for these reasons” — backed up by facts, statistics, and high-flown branding statements.

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Paid Family Leave is Essential for Gender Equity and Employee Wellbeing

MNA Association

As we mark Mother’s Day, and as I am less than two weeks from my planned family leave to welcome a new baby into my family, it feels like a good time to talk about family leave policies and their importance in building a supportive and equitable workplace. I feel incredibly grateful that MNA has a paid leave policy that will allow me to take time away from work and care for my newborn without worrying about paying my bills.

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New Stuff: Updates From Data Axle, Moore and Classy

The NonProfit Times

Data Axle Nonprofit added audience indicators within its Apogee and DonorBase omnichannel cooperatives that identify donors poised to give following an emergency event. It builds on the firm’s suite of audience indicators that show donor behaviors, affinities, and gifting potential without time-intensive custom modeling. With the newest emergency and episodic giving indicators, users can quickly identify who is most likely to give after an emergency, according to an announcement from the firm.

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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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Intellectual Property Protection Best Practices

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Intellectual Property Protection Best Practices Registering your trademark, copyright, or patent is essential in protecting your intellectual property (IP). But did you know that you should follow other best practices to safeguard your IP further? Follow the tips below to ensure that your IP is well-protected. Chapters Monitor the Use of Your IP The first step in monitoring is to keep an eye out for unauthorized use of your IP.

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Socialbrite is shutting down

Socailbrite

We launched Socialbrite in July 2008, back in the heyday of social media, as an educational resource, guide and consultancy to help nonprofit and social good organizations learn how to use the power of the crowd to advance their goals. It’s hard to believe now, but in 2007-2008, most people had never heard of the term social media. Well, that changed fast.

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Data: More Dollars Available From CSR Budgets

The NonProfit Times

Corporate investment in social impact appears to show no signs of slowing down. However, corporate philanthropy leaders appear to be evolving their approach to place greater emphasis on tangible outcomes and less on inputs such as dollars given or number of employee hours volunteered. The trends suggest nonprofits would do well to offer a variety of program options to meet this evolving landscape of corporate giving, according to the 2024 State of Corporate Purpose report released recently by so