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5 Nonprofit Digital Content Ideas to Build Your Community

NonProfit PRO

Effective online marketing can open up many opportunities to engage with your supporters. Optimize your nonprofit digital content with these five ideas.

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Ford Foundation Creates First-of-Its-Kind Fund to Tackle Disability Bias in Technology

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Drew Lindsay Expanding its work on disability rights and inclusion, the Ford Foundation Tuesday announced a first-of-its-kind national fund targeting discrimination in technology against people with disabilities.

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Beyond Employee Training: How to Create a Learning Culture in Nonprofit Organizations

NonProfit Leadership Center

Have you ever wondered why some organizations succeed and others struggle? From for-profit companies to nonprofits of every size, one of the best indicators of high-performing organizations is a dedicated focus on creating a learning culture. Over the years, I’ve witnessed a deep correlation between an organization’s commitment to talent development and continuous learning and their employees’ connection to one another.

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Nonprofit Social Media and Newsletter Ideas for March 2023

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

It’s hard coming up with things to talk about on social media or in your newsletter. We can help though! Every month we share blog, social media, and newsletter ideas your nonprofit can use to produce new content. These ideas come from our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts email newsletter. Fill out the form below to get April’s prompts emailed to you next week.

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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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How to Create Nonprofit Video Stories Using Your iPhone

NonProfit PRO

This year, 87% of online traffic is expected to be 100% video, Matt Carpenter, story architect at Beard & Bowler, said. But a video doesn’t need to be extremely polished and professional to get attention and make an impact. Here's how you can do it right from your phone.

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Tips for Creating a Successful Young Professionals Program

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Alex Counts, Sejal Desai, and Jay Sehgal Young professionals may not have a lot of money to donate, but they can offer their time, energy, and ideas. Here's how several nonprofits in India get young people involved in their work.

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Kivi and Farra Talking Trends

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Farra Trompter and I recently spoke about the 2023 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report. Take a listen on the Big Duck podcast: You can read the transcript here. Let us know what you think! And here we are cracking ourselves up before we hit record. The post Kivi and Farra Talking Trends appeared first on Nonprofit Marketing Guide.

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Nonprofit Leaders Cite Workforce Shortages and Hiring Difficulties As Top Challenge in New Study

NonProfit PRO

To help nonprofits set their priorities for the year ahead, NonProfit PRO, powered by NAPCO Research, conducted the “2023 Nonprofit Leadership Impact Study." Here are some of the key takeaways from the study, which was conducted in November 2022.

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Rest Can Help Fundraisers Get off the Road to Burnout

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Emily Haynes Getty Images Unfamiliarity with the physical signs of stress and burnout can prevent fundraisers from taking the breaks they need to recover.

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12 Tips for Managing a Successful eCommerce Store.

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

12 Tips for Managing a Successful eCommerce Store. Competing in e-commerce is not easy today due to the competitive market situation globally. Luckily, there are many ways to improve your website to increase traffic and sales. Have you recently created an e-commerce site? The creation process may be easy, but to get traffic, promote more products, and encourage customers to buy your products, you must maintain and manage your website.

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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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Mixed Links: News and Tips for Nonprofit Marketers – March 3, 2023

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Let’s kick off the month of March with the most helpful articles, posts, and tips for nonprofit marketers. This week we have a web design glossary, free nonprofit webinars, some do’s and don’ts for AI, top challenges for nonprofit leaders, and more. It’s time for Mixed Links… Wired Impacts shares 6 Nonprofit Website Conversion Rate Killers (and How to Fix Them).

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7 Things Every Nonprofit Should Do Before Implementing New Software

NonProfit PRO

As exciting as new software can be, making the move to new technology can also seem intimidating. It requires change, and change can often bring anxiety. Here are seven things you can do to help ensure your new software implementation goes more smoothly and stays on track.

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Disaster Survivors Need Help Remaining Connected With Friends and Families — and Access to Mental-Health Care

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Daniel P. Aldrich and Yunus Emre Tapan Omer Alven, Anadolu Agency, Getty Images The earthquakes that struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria in early February 2023 have killed at least 47,000 people and disrupted everyday life for some 26 million more.

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5 Things You Should Never Write in a Thank You Letter

Get Fully Funded

Writing a thank you letter should be the easiest task on your to-do list. There are just two simple words: thank you. And these two simple words are so powerful, showing gratitude and making the donor feel valued. Yet, it can feel hard sometimes to write a good thank you letter. Maybe you don’t know what to write. Or where to start. You want your letter to sound sincere, not like a form letter.

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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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How Nonprofits Can Grow Their Following on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Heather Mansfield , founder and editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good The average growth rate for social media ranges from.64% to 3% per month , depending upon the platform. In other words, the era of organic growth on social media is over. To grow your nonprofit’s following on social media, you need to make a concerted effort to let your supporters and donors know how to find your nonprofit on social media. 1) Feature social media icons on your website.

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Next-Gen Donors want to Donate Now, Pay Later

NonProfit PRO

Millennial and Gen Z donors want to give (or give more), but are often constrained by finances and other economic realities. The solution? Allow them to Donate Now, Pay Later (DNPL). Your nonprofit gets all of the money upfront, but your next-gen donors get to pay over time (interest and fee free). Our CEO gave an excellent presentation recently on the realities of next-gen giving and DNPL.

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Funding for Small Nonprofits: State Surpluses Lead to Creative Thinking and Advocacy

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Alex Daniels In Maryland, nonprofits want to create a $100 million fund designed to give priority to small organizations led by people of color. Across the nation, nonprofits are watching to see if they can promote a similar idea.

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4 Steps To Create A Giving Guide That Will Increase Your Fundraising Success

Bloomerang

“Fundraising is the gentle art of teaching the joy of giving.” – Hank Rosso Many times, as fundraisers, the role we’re really playing is that of an educator. Don’t worry: You don’t have to explain everything there is to know about how your nonprofit operates. For example, there are internal matters that, if shared, likely won’t do anything to win a donor’s support.

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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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Get Rid of Your Giving Club

Veritus Group

When you look at the data, your giving club may be doing more harm than good. How can you break out of that transactional mindset? The post Get Rid of Your Giving Club appeared first on Veritus Group.

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Leverage 100% of Your Wealth Screening Results

NonProfit PRO

It’s a fact: the more information you have about donors and prospects, the more strategic your fundraising campaigns can be. And, the most efficient way to uncover this information is through wealth screening. Get the Wealth Screening Playbook to learn how to leverage all of your wealth screening results.

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How Leaders Can Help Fundraisers Avoid Burnout

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Emily Haynes Getty Images Nonprofit managers should check in with fundraisers early and often and show appreciation for their achievements.

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Announcing the Mid-South Nonprofit Conference Speakers!

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

The Mid-South Nonprofit Conference + Catalyst Awards will offer a keynote address + 12 breakout sessions The Mid-South Nonprofit Conference returns for its 5th year and aims to address barriers, solutions, and best practices within the nonprofit sector. We are excited to announce that the conference will return to in-person attendance at the University of Memphis, Thursday, April 20th.

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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

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8 Tips for Managing Your Nonprofit’s Memorial Donations

Bloomerang

Contributing memorial donations is a meaningful way to honor someone’s life after they’ve passed away. Memorial contributions help foster positive change in the wake of loss. Your nonprofit should have a clear strategy for managing memorial donations and building relationships with donors and the family of the deceased. When you can build relationships with families, friends, and donors, you can strengthen your nonprofit’s community and foster more legacy giving in the future.

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5 Key Strategies for Sustainable Fundraising Success to Really Smile About!

NonProfit PRO

No need to worry about the shutdown of Amazon Smile? There are actually way better, sustainable fundraising success strategies to really smile about, whether or not your nonprofit organization participated in the program. Join Barbara O’Reilly, CFRE, and guest fundraising expert panelists, including Mackenzie Burckbuchler from Double the Donation, for a highly interactive, panel conversation webinar, on Thursday, March 30th at 2pm ET, to learn how to not only easily replace this revenue stream,

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Lilly Endowment Will Give $300 Million for Collaborations Between Indiana Colleges and Community Leaders

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By M.J. Prest Lee Klafczynski, The New York Times, Redux Among the eligible institutions for the Lilly Endowment’s College and Community Collaboration is Indiana University. Also, the Citi Foundation has committed $25 million to improve food security worldwide, and Salesforce gave $1 million in unrestricted grants to 10 nonprofit groups with Black leaders.

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Gumbo for the Struggle: Recipes of Liberation from the Cultural Kitchen

NonProfit Quarterly

The cultural sector is actively seeking alternatives to business-as-usual. This article concludes the series, “ Remember the Future: Culture and Systems Change ,” which is co-produced by Art.coop and NPQ. In this series, queer, trans, and BIPOC artists and cultural bearers reflect upon the unique role that culture has played and can play in activating and enacting structural change—and in building a solidarity economy.

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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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Where Can Nonprofits Find Hidden Treasure In A Request For Proposal?

Bloomerang

For those familiar with the process, developing an application for any type of financial support (grants, corporate sponsorship , contract, etc.) requires preparation, strategic thinking, technical writing, and research skills. For some, it might seem more like an art than a science, as there is confusion about the process. Since many nonprofits are entering this space due to increased opportunities for federal funding , they can be overwhelmed with the requirements needed to prepare a thorough

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Endaoment and The Giving Block Join Forces to Empower Nonprofits with Crypto Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

Endaoment and The Giving Block announced a partnership to connect thousands of nonprofit organizations across the globe with crypto donors. The partnership will create new fundraising opportunities for nonprofits and simplify the process for crypto holders to support organizations in need.

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Advancing Health Equity Should Include Supporting Those Living With Rare Diseases

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Peter L. Saltonstall Rich Fury, Getty Images The actor Bruce Willis was recently diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, a rare neurodegenerative disease. More than 25 million Americans suffer from rare diseases, yet research and advocacy to combat these illnesses receive limited philanthropic support. Grant makers have an obligation to make addressing rare diseases part of their efforts to ensure that everyone has access to care.

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Donor Research: 7 Tools for Creating a Prospect Profile

Fundraising Coach

Originally posted in March 2014, updated in March 2023 One of the most enjoyable aspects of major gift fundraising is getting to build relationships with donors—relationships that last beyond one donation and remain strong even when it’s challenging for donors to give. But often nonprofits squander the relationship-building opportunities given to them by not doing any research.

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How to Scale Recurring Giving for Sustainable Growth

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!