Fri.Oct 11, 2024

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How Philanthropy Can Help Ensure A.I. Is Built Ethically

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Artificial intelligence can help tackle intractable social problems and create a more just and equitable world, says the head of the McGovern Foundation Artificial intelligence can help tackle intractable social problems and create a more just and equitable world, says the head of the McGovern Foundation

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Are You a Nonprofit COO?

NonProfit PRO

Nonprofit COOs are the operational glue that hold our teams together. You foster collaboration, implement robust systems, and ensure regulatory compliance. Your leadership is essential and your impact is changing lives. Yet, many COOs are underutilizing a powerful resource – the nonprofit team at Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS for nonprofits offers tailored solutions to help you streamline operations, enhance collaboration, strengthen data security, and scale your impact without increasing costs

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The Growing Pains of America's Nonprofit Sector

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

As tax-exempt organizations expand rapidly, lawmakers and experts debate policies that could reshape the charitable landscape — from small local nonprofits to multibillion-dollar institutions. By Sara Herschander Getty Images As tax-exempt organizations expand rapidly, lawmakers and experts debate policies that could reshape the charitable landscape — from small local nonprofits to multibillion-dollar institutions.

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Nonprofit Generative AI Week (On Demand)

NonProfit PRO

Missed AWS Nonprofit Generative AI Week? No problem. You can now access these sessions on-demand. Discover how generative AI can revolutionize your organization's operations, from enhancing donor engagement to streamlining program delivery. Learn from industry experts and peers who have begun their journey to leverage AI in amplifying their impact on mission.

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Recognition Powers High-Performance — If You Do it Right

Speaker: Debra Squyres 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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Former Congresswoman Takes Helm of Oklahoma City Public Schools Foundation

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By M.J. Prest House Creative Services Former Congresswoman Kendra Horn becomes president and CEO of Oklahoma City Public Schools Foundation. Also, Junior Achievement of Greater Washington names its first Black woman leader, and the Stonewall Community Foundation has tapped a new executive director.

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Calling all CFOs!

NonProfit PRO

As a nonprofit CFO, you navigate a complex landscape of return-to-office plans, compensation pressures, and expanding responsibilities—with the added pressure to deliver on mission without increasing costs. While you know the challenges, you may not know that Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers a dedicated team to help nonprofit leaders optimize costs and streamline operations.

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What CEOs need to know about Generative AI

NonProfit PRO

As a nonprofit CEO, you're navigating complex challenges while striving to maximize mission impact—and now, Generative AI adds a new dimension. This transformative technology presents opportunities and questions unique to the nonprofit sector. The AWS for Nonprofits team understands these needs and can provide tailored guidance on leveraging AI responsibly, optimizing program expense ratios, and enhancing impact reporting.

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Insurance in a Climate-Changed World

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Getty Images for Unsplash+ Climate change is no longer a future concern; we’re seeing its effects all around us today. Less visible are the financial impacts of the climate crisis—but they too are significant, and intensifying. Individuals, communities, and organizations need to prepare for this escalating financial burden. The first place that most of us will experience the direct costs of climate change is in the insurance market, and the problem has already emerged.

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A New Way to Optimize Your P&L

NonProfit PRO

As a nonprofit c-suite leader, you understand that managing your organization's P&L goes beyond numbers. It's about balancing complex expectations and challenges while maximizing impact. At AWS for Nonprofits, we offer innovative solutions to optimize your financial management, streamline operations, and enhance mission delivery. Our tailored approach helps you navigate program expense ratios, impact reporting, and system integrations, ensuring your organization is future-ready.

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Be The Best Leader Following Disasters: Strategies To Rebuild Workplaces For Recovery

Fundraising Leadership

Leaders need to manage information and messaging in the recovery process for employees in the aftermath of disasters. Hurricane Helene last month and Hurricane Milton this month serve as tragic reminders to every American just how much climate change and natural disasters affect lives—work lives as well as home lives. In many cases, everything must be rebuilt.

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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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Is Your Agency Partner Raising Red Flags?

NonProfit PRO

Trusting an agency partner with your marketing or fundraising is a big decision. Here are some red flags to watch for in a partner.

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Build a marketing plan for your nonprofit

Big Duck

Related Content Brands Blog1 min ReadBuild a marketing plan for your nonprofitDuring this four-part online workshop series, you’ll learn how to prioritize and plan your nonprofit’s approach to marketing for the year ahead.

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Strategies for Nonprofit Leaders in an Era of Declining Confidence

iMarketSmart

What must nonprofit leaders do to counter the public’s declining trust in institutions? First, the decline is real and pervasive, as can be seen through several studies, including the Edelman Trust Barometer. Second, evidence of the decline can be seen in the loss of individual giving and in the ebbing of broad institutional support, as noted in many analyses, including the 2016 US Trust study of high-net-worth individuals , and the parallel trend of philanthropists increasingly targeting their

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Fifteen years of Blueprints in 8:48

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Thanks to Google's NotebookLM , here are two fake voices discussing 15 years of Blueprints. Let me know what you think. I'm playing around with this for #Blueprint25.

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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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Year-end campaigns as an experience of your brand

Big Duck

Learn how to create a branded year-end giving campaign that builds lasting connections with donors. Explore themes, visuals, and messaging for year-round engagement.

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How to Plan an Event with AI

The Killoe Group

Learn how to leverage Artificial Intelligence to maximize your nonprofit's resources and time during your next event planning.

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Build a marketing plan for your nonprofit – part 4

Big Duck

Join us for build a marketing for your nonprofit session 4: Open session — sharing plans and general Q+A

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Using Data-Driven Strategies To Take Your GivingTuesday Campaigns From Good To Great

Bloomerang

Data—it’s one of those buzzwords that seems to promise everything. We all know it’s important, but when GivingTuesday rolls around, many nonprofits find themselves either swimming in too much of it or unsure how to make sense of what they’ve got. If that sounds familiar, don’t worry. The real magic isn’t just in collecting data—it’s in putting it to work strategically.

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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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Build a marketing plan for your nonprofit – part 2

Big Duck

Join us for build a marketing for your nonprofit session 2: Knowing your audience and setting strategies and tactics to engage them

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7 Ways to Grow Your Nonprofit Donor Base With Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Julia Campbell, host of the Nonprofit Nation podcast and founder of the Nonprofit Social Media Summit , a free all-virtual event created to help nonprofits navigate the fast-changing social media landscape to drive more donations. There is no doubt that social media, no matter the platform, remains a powerful way for people to build communities and connect with the causes and nonprofits they care about. 29% of online donors say that social media is the communication tool that most inspires t

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Build a marketing plan for your nonprofit – part 1

Big Duck

Join us for build a marketing for your nonprofit session 1: Understanding your context and setting goals and objectives

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Build a marketing plan for your nonprofit – part 3

Big Duck

Join us for build a marketing for your nonprofit session 3: Engaging your team and evaluating your activities

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Pricing for Profit: How to Set, Negotiate, and Succeed

Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

In today’s competitive market, pricing is more than just a number — it’s the cornerstone of profitability. The right pricing strategy ensures that you capture the true value of your offering, paving the way for sustainable growth and long-term success. Join Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader, in this exclusive session where he will explore how a well-crafted pricing approach balances customer perception with business objectives, creating a powerful tool for securing both competitive advantage a