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JANUARY 3, 2023

Hi everyone, I know today is a rough day, since many of us are getting back to work after, hopefully,

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Ann Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

Why does making a donation often feel like a transaction? Organizations get so caught up in the raising money part that they forget about building relationships with their donors. Giving Tuesday is the worst example of this, with Year End close behind. Generally, it happens way too often. Remember this – Building relationships is just as important as raising money.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 24, 2023

The future’s looking bright for fundraising, but the rapidly upcoming generational shift has a lot of nonprofits looking to the future. Focusing on the traditional donor profile isn’t going to work going forward — which is why future-proofing your fundraising should be No. 1 on your priority list.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 4, 2023

By Rasheeda Childress. Getty Images. To keep the money flowing, nonprofits will need to figure out how to attract much-needed fundraisers, respond to changing economic conditions, and learn how to talk to donors from different backgrounds.

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Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, 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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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 5, 2023

If you work in nonprofit communications, suddenly you are a professional photographer. Not only that but you are also expected to coach others on taking good photographs on their phones. And you are also supposed to know how to edit photos and then sort, manage, and store them all in some meaningful way. That’s a lot! Let’s start with taking photos on your own phone.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JANUARY 30, 2023

Written by Miles Bilka, CNP Reading Time: 3 minutes Like many other Kansas City residents, we are ecstatic to see the Kansas City Chiefs return to the Superbowl! But, this one hits a little closer to home for us at the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance. Why you might ask? Because of our founder, Harold Roe Bartle! Popularly referred to as “The Chief” ( and namesake of the Kansas City Chiefs ), Bartle was a former two-term Kansas City mayor and one of the region’s most impactful youth leaders and pu

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JANUARY 24, 2023

Today, the Nonprofit Leadership Center announced that Emily H. Benham, CFRE, FAHP , will retire as CEO on June 30, 2023. Emily joined the Nonprofit Leadership Center (NLC) in September 2014 after a long and successful fund development career with Bayfront Health System/Bayfront Health Foundation. Her career in the nonprofit sector spans four decades, with service in Tampa Bay, Miami, South Dakota and Indiana.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 31, 2023

As the demographics shift, younger generations require more personal and causal connections for their philanthropy. For this reason, Giving Tuesday has become ineffective. Here is how organizations can position themselves to encourage donors to give year-round.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 23, 2023

By Sono Motoyama Lee Klafczynski for The Chronicle With community organizing and savvy advocacy, grassroots nonprofits in Birmingham, Ala., Oakland, Calif., and other cities are gaining recognition and financing for the community-based programs to reduce shootings.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 17, 2023

Kivi and I are knee-deep in data getting ready to publish the 2023 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report. One of the questions we asked in the trends survey was what social network helped you achieve your objectives in 2022. With as much grief as we give Facebook, it appears that over half of nonprofit communicators think it is the best network to help you achieve your objectives.

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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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Ann Green

JANUARY 24, 2023

Monthly giving is continuing to gain momentum and that’s always good, especially in this time of financial uncertainty. Let’s keep this up! If your organization doesn’t have a monthly/recurring giving program or it’s fairly small, now is a great time to start or grow your monthly giving. In this post, I’ll tell you why monthly giving is so important for your nonprofit, how to start or grow your program, and how to nurture it going forward.

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Amy Eisenstein

JANUARY 11, 2023

In reply to Shelly. Shelley – I think these are two separate issues. First, you may need a strongly worded letter from a lawyer to encourage the board president step down. It’s clearly time to recruit more board members, although your friend may have a hard time getting them past the president. The second issue it sounds like you’re dealing with through the proper authorities.

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Joan Garry

JANUARY 12, 2023

Get off to a great start in 2023 with these 3 crucial leadership conversations. Don't get shot out of the cannon — take control of your year! The post 3 Critical Conversations to Have in January appeared first on Joan Garry Consulting.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 3, 2023

Whether your nonprofit is applying for a government grant or support from a private foundation, what reviewers are looking for in grant proposals can feel like a secret. So, to improve your grant applications and give funders what they want, here are five tips.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 17, 2023

By Sarah Webber. George Santos said he founded a charity that rescued 2,400 dogs and 280 cats. Santos says Friends of Pets United rescued 2,400 dogs and 280 cats and that it trapped, neutered, and released over 3,000 cats. But no evidence has been presented publicly showing the charity ever existed.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 10, 2023

It’s a new year and while I don’t really subscribe to the “New Year. New Me” stuff, January is a perfect time to evaluate how you manage your time. If one of your issues is saying “yes” to too many things whether at work or otherwise, Tiffany Toombs’ article 15 Ways To Stop Overcommitting Your Time And Energy is for you!

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Ann Green

JANUARY 5, 2023

Happy New Year! I hope you had a nice holiday and weren’t affected by severe weather and flight cancellations. My family rented a house on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland that wasn’t well suited for temperatures in the teens, but fortunately our return flight on Southwest took place after they were “back to normal.”. Now that the New Year is here do you wonder what’s ahead for us?

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Amy Eisenstein

JANUARY 6, 2023

In reply to Shelly. Also this is an animal non profit and this is to rescue and remove animals. This person has become almost a horders situation. So there are precious lives involved. Animal control has been made aware and next step is police. Isn’t there any emergency laws to protect when animals are involved.?

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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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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JANUARY 8, 2023

Email Marketing Tips for 2023. From including compelling video content in emails to specifically tailoring everything you send out, there are a lot of powerful ways you can connect with your audience and customers through email. . Email marketing can be a way to not only promote your products or services but also retain customers and incentivize their loyalty. .

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 26, 2023

Any engagement other than donor engagement is meaningless — at least if your purpose is to drive contributions. Why care about clicks if they result in nothing more than likes and follows? When cobbling together your fundraising strategy, consider how to get from awareness to interest to engagement to investment.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 10, 2023

By Jim Rendon. Jenna Schoenefeld FOR THE CHRONICLE. Charity workers want better pay, benefits, and equity, but contract talks can be contentious. Is there another way? Plus: See the rest of our January issue , posted online today.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 27, 2023

Monarch. Kansas City, MO. Photo Credit: Deena Davis Happy Friday! It’s been a busy week here getting the 2023 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report out, but I still put together the most helpful articles, posts, and tips for nonprofit marketers. This week we have AI strategy, video creation tips, free TikTok templates, how to stop being a perfectionist and more.

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Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2023

Cause awareness and giving days are powerful themes upon which to launch digital marketing and fundraising campaigns. In addition to the international days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months. January. 16: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay. 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay.

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Amy Eisenstein

JANUARY 5, 2023

[…] they don’t have yet a robust major gift program? Sometimes we are able to use a campaign to grow their major gift fundraising and to engage key donors. But I think we do need to take a serious look and a campaign is much […].

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JANUARY 8, 2023

SEO Tips for Your Personal Brand. When someone looks for your name online , you want them to find only positive things, particularly in a professional sense. That’s why building a personal brand is so important. Your personal brand is going to allow you to curate and shape the perception people have about you. . We all have a personal brand, if we realize it or not, which is why it’s so important to make sure it’s something that you’re in control of. .

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 30, 2023

As we move forward in a new year, nonprofits that work hard and work smart can boost gift income to enjoy record resource development years. I want to highlight 10 pragmatic ways that nonprofit leaders can more effectively ask for and secure gifts that will fuel their missions.

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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 Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 5, 2023

By Lisa Pilar Cowan and Michele Flores. Getty Images. Too often, nonprofits force development officers to grovel for donations from the rich, rather than emphasizing how to connect people in a community to support an organization’s mission.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 3, 2023

We are still going through the data for our 2023 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report coming out later this month, but here is what I have found out from my other sources (aka the Internet) about what’s going to happen in the marketing world in 2023. General Marketing Trends. 80+ Content Marketing Trends for Success in 2023. The Future of Search in 2023: Google Goes Multi-Modal.

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2023

By now you’ve probably heard that short-form video on social media is an important tool for reaching new and younger audiences. This is not groundbreaking news, yet many nonprofit organizations (Candid included) have hesitated to jump in for a variety of reasons. Despite the real and perceived challenges of creating short-form video, there are compelling and research-backed reasons to consider incorporating it into your social media strategy: 88% of people say they’ve been convinced to buy a pr

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Amy Eisenstein

JANUARY 25, 2023

[…] other words, I was shouting for anyone who would listen that this was actually a good, and appropriate, time to be asking.

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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

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