The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JANUARY 4, 2024
Addressing post-pandemic learning loss should include far greater support for programs that involve parents and caregivers in their kids’ educations. By Ambika Kapur and Stephanie Sharp Addressing post-pandemic learning loss should include far greater support for programs that involve parents and caregivers in their kids’ educations.
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 4, 2024
Here are three practices that all boards of trustees should consider to create an innovative and maximally impactful philanthropic strategy.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JANUARY 4, 2024
Among the forces that will shape development this year: artificial intelligence, the explosion of DAFs, and the culture wars. By Rasheeda Childress Getty Images Among the forces that will shape development this year: artificial intelligence, the explosion of DAFs, and the culture wars.
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
JANUARY 4, 2024
Would you like to guess what percentage of nonprofit communications teams will grow in 2024? Or how many grew in 2023? We are working on the 2024 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report for release later this month, which will explore this question further. But we have some early data to share with you now. Communications Team Growth in 2023 According to our data, 36% of nonprofit communications teams added staff in 2023; 64% did not.
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.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
JANUARY 4, 2024
Donors seem to appreciate the chance to gather in-person again; 44 percent of respondents to a survey said their supporters attended only in-person fundraising events. By Emily Haynes Donors seem to appreciate the chance to gather in-person again; 44 percent of respondents to a survey said their supporters attended only in-person fundraising events.
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 4, 2024
DonorPerfect's Fundraising Calendar empowers nonprofit heroes! Get 12 months of tailored inspiration, with practical tips, key dates, self-care, and customizable stickers. Each month, receive expert advice on securing the second gift, retaining donors, reimagining events, making successful asks, and more. Download the digital version or order your printed calendar now!
Nonprofit Leadership Zone brings together the best content for advertising professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 4, 2024
As the nonprofit sector tackles the volunteer shortage, here are ways you can engage and retain volunteers.
Ann Green
JANUARY 4, 2024
Happy New Year! I hope you had a nice holiday. My vacation went by way too quickly. I also hope 2023 was a successful year for your nonprofit organization. If it wasn’t, you can work to make 2024 a better year. As with personal New Year’s resolutions, you want your goals to be realistic and attainable. If you’re a small organization, you may not have much luck pulling off a huge gala.
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 4, 2024
Register Now and join us on Wednesday, January 24th, 2024, for, "Innovate to Elevate: Breakthroughs in Donor Acquisition with Matching Gifts, Personalized Touchpoints, and Advanced Fundraising Strategies." Explore easy strategies for implementing a successful matching gift program. Discover how matching gifts can be a key tool for acquiring new donors.
Clairification
JANUARY 4, 2024
Let’s begin with a question: What do you spend more time on? Asking or thanking? You’ve probably just completed a quarter hyper-focused on asking. I’ll bet you devoted a lot of time to this endeavor. Now… you should be devoting at least as much time to thanking the donors who responded to your appeals, with the goal of retaining and upgrading them over time.
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.
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 4, 2024
Roughly one-quarter of Indiana membership associations reported a drop in the number of members of their organizations, a recent study showed.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
JANUARY 4, 2024
By Steve Kaagan & John Hagan Like so many organizations, our environmental nonprofit was rocked by internal conflict. What happened and what did we learn?
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 4, 2024
GivingData launched a program to help grantmaking foundations optimize their use of the company's enterprise grants management platform.
NonProfit HR
JANUARY 4, 2024
We received a large number of questions from participants in our webinar, Three Things Your Organization’s HR Assessment Should Reveal, so our Strategy & Advisory experts are here to weigh in. This is Part 3 in the webinar recap series. In Part 2, Shelbie Webster, Senior Consultant, Strategy & Advisory, and Suana Watson, Consultant, Strategy … Read more The post Webinar Recap Part 3 — Q&A: Three Things Your Organization’s HR Assessment Should Reveal appeared first on Nonprofit
Advertisement
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.
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 4, 2024
Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? Reshaping the Way We Live in the Midst of Climate Crisis.” As we continue to find climate solutions, an important one often gets overlooked: investment in youth and young adults.
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
JANUARY 4, 2024
Top 5 Tips to Establish Your Brand’s Online Presence Digital marketing is a must for almost every brand. This is an obvious statement to anyone under the age of 35 or so, who has spent most or all of their lives in a world dominated by the internet. For people who have been running businesses or managing brands since phone book ads were a good investment, it bears repeating that digital marketing is no longer optional.
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 4, 2024
Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? Reshaping the Way We Live in the Midst of Climate Crisis.” The mayor scowled at the teenagers in her office. Heads hung low, they awaited the reprimand. She studied their postures, the flush of their cheeks.
Successful Nonprofits
JANUARY 4, 2024
In my work with nonprofit leaders, we almost always discuss issues they experience with the board at some point. This is true not just when I’m doing a board recruitment, board development, or annual retreat project. Board issues almost always comes up as in coaching nonprofit executive directors, strategic planning engagements, and executive transitions.
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.
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 4, 2024
Image credit: Santi Vedrí on Unsplash Across the United States, significant achievement gaps persist between White and non-White students, particularly Black and Latinx students. The goal of the program is to increase the educational performance of students of color. A relatively new—and, at least in some corners, highly controversial—model seeks to diminish that imbalance by allowing students of color to participate in what at least one district is calling “affinity classes,” specially compri
The Charity CFO
JANUARY 4, 2024
Imagine this: your nonprofit is busier than ever with fundraising events and field work to help make your community a better place. So busy, in fact, it’s time to hire a few new employees. But despite your job postings, you’re not recruiting as many candidates as you hoped. If this sounds like your organization, it might be time to analyze why your recruiting efforts aren’t paying off.
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
JANUARY 4, 2024
Essential Components of Effective Inventory Management Successful business operations hinge on the ability to manage inventory effectively, striking a delicate balance between meeting customer demands and optimizing operational efficiency. In the ever-evolving business landscape, where customer expectations are high, and market conditions are in constant flux, understanding and mastering the crucial elements of inventory management are paramount.
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 4, 2024
Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? Reshaping the Way We Live in the Midst of Climate Crisis.” I water you with tears even though I know better. How weak is the human spirit—my spirit—but not yours, dear Gaea, not yours.
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.
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
JANUARY 4, 2024
Excellence In HR: How to Get Better at Your Skills and Advance in Life The domain of Human Resources (HR) is ever-evolving, demanding professionals to adapt and grow continually. Excelling in HR is not just about managing workforce dynamics but also about enhancing one’s skill set and advancing one’s career. Chapters Deepening Understanding of Organisational Dynamics Success in HR hinges on a profound understanding of the complex interplay between organisational culture and employee
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 4, 2024
Image credit: Harrison Mitchell on unsplash.com On December 7, for the first time in at least 50 years , a woman had to petition a judge to be granted the right to terminate her pregnancy. Kate Cox, a 31-year-old Texas resident, wanted to have a baby. Still, after learning that her fetus had a chromosomal abnormality that is almost always fatal, she knew that she would have to seek an abortion to avoid risking her life and future fertility.
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
JANUARY 4, 2024
4 Things Nobody Tells You About Working Remotely For the vast majority of workers around the world, the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns of 2020 offered the first experience of remote working. It was a strange new world: Zoom calls from bed, the death of the daily commute and — ugh — virtual team bonding activities… Of course, this couldn’t last forever.
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 4, 2024
Image credit: Yannick Lowery / www.severepaper.com Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s fall 2023 issue, “How Do We Create Home in the Future? Reshaping the Way We Live in the Midst of Climate Crisis.” This speculative fiction work is drawn from Resonance: A Framework for Philanthropic Transformation. 1 A version of this story was previously presented as part of remarks made at CHANGE Philanthropy, in 2021. 2 It has been edited for publication here.
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
Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
JANUARY 4, 2024
Practical Steps for Implementing AI in E-Commerce Everyone’s talking about AI. You can’t even open a search engine without the page advertising all-new AI-powered features. AI is being leveraged by everyone from enterprise-level businesses, to comedians on Tiktok making Plankton from Spongebob sing popular songs. There’s so much being said about AI that AI-powered functionality can seem a far-off dream for small businesses.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
336 
Let's personalize your content