NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
When a nonprofit is young, it may have few to no full-time employees. In that case, the board may have to be involved in operations. However, that’s not ideal as the organization grows. Here are 10 ways to ensure that your board is properly educated and empowered in its role and that it stays out of daily operations.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
By William H. Neukom Getty Images Addressing myriad societal problems depends on a strong rule of law. Unfortunately, developing, promoting, and enforcing this fundamental component of healthy democracies isn’t on most donor radars.
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Joan Garry
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Dealing with difficult board members? Before you throw in the towel, take a deep breath and read on. In this post, I reveal how to deal with dead weight on your board so you can focus your energy on loving up your Grade A leaders! The post Transforming Your Board from Difficult to Dynamic: A Step-by-Step Guide appeared first on Joan Garry Consulting.
Ann Green
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Everyone likes to feel appreciated and that includes your donors. In fact, thanking your donors should be a priority for your nonprofit organization. Is that the case? Often the answer is no. Thanking your donors is not just something you do after you receive a donation and then do nothing for a while. Gratitude is something you need to show all year round and with Valentine’s Day coming up, that’s a great opportunity to thank your donors and show them how much you appreciate their support.
Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA
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NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Oftentimes, donors are not giving what they could because you are not presenting them with a donor offer that motivates them to give more. Here’s the reason why.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
By Glenn Gamboa, AP Business Writer Nam Y. Huh/AP Corporations and foundations pledged billions for racial equity after the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. But statistics show that philanthropic money flows unequally to nonprofits with white leaders versus leaders of color. The goal is to create a straightforward, accessible survey so nonprofits would no longer have to provide specialized diversity information for each of their donors.
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Amy Eisenstein
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
This is SO true. When I was trained as a field canvasser, we typically only took the third no, but that was cold-calling for much smaller gifts than I ask for today. I recently got a no for our major donor program and after probing a bit found out there were other similar groups this donor was already invested in, but that they truly appreciated what we were doing and how our work was different.
NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
It's always a good thing to be as transparent as possible to your donors. So here are my top five best practices when it comes to recurring gift receipts.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
By Eden Stiffman San Francisco The effort hasn’t reached its goal to reduce the city’s chronically homeless population by half, but it helped galvanize new ways of working and expand the set of solutions to address a seemingly intractable problem.
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
Is that love you’re feeling or just a response to the most helpful articles, posts, and tips for nonprofit marketers? Could go either way! This week we have probably too many articles on AI (but that’s what everyone is talking about!), a new report on nonprofit technology, Instagram quotes you can use, Valentine’s Day memes and more.
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.
Selfish Giving
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Last week, my wife and I stopped by a local restaurant to pick up some takeout. Like most places we visit now, the cashier asked us to pay via a slick payment screen on the counter. After tapping the screen with her credit card, she was prompted to leave a tip, which she did. As we walked back to the car with our food, I asked why she had left a tip.
NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
When a potential donor, volunteer, supporter, board member, employee, executive and others with an interest in a nonprofit seek information about that nonprofit, they typically look for an annual report first.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
By Sara Herschander A new study finds that half of nonprofit leaders say they can't find enough volunteers, a sharp contrast from two decades ago. At the same time, far more chief executives say volunteers help them become more efficient than felt that way in the past.
NonProfit Leadership Center
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Starting a nonprofit organization is a huge undertaking. Just like creating a business, it requires much more than compassion and commitment. Serious research, planning, strategy and identifying a deep community need are all necessary. With more than 1.5 million nonprofits in the United States all competing for the same attention, volunteers and resources, it’s important to ask yourself critical questions before embarking on the journey to start a new nonprofit.
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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
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NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Between the Great Resignation and many people reconsidering their career goals, your team members may be re-evaluating their commitment to your workplace. You can solidify priorities today to set you and your team up for a successful 2023, and, importantly, retain your best people.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
By M.J. Prest Also, the Pittsburgh Foundation will make $50 million in unrestricted grants for racial equity and justice in the region, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation committed $23 million to strengthen technology in the arts in Detroit.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
FEBRUARY 5, 2023
By Shay Lessman , Content Writer and Editor for Qgiv — an online fundraising platform empowering 20,000+ nonprofit fundraisers to raise money for their causes while keeping costs low. Peer-to-peer fundraising is a great way to engage your existing supporters and get them to fundraise on your behalf. But did you know it’s also a great way to acquire new donors for your nonprofit?
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 Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Seven Practical SEO Tips That Will Save You Time Do you want to boost your SEO rankings in a timely manner? Check out these 7 Practical SEO Tips That Will Save You Time. It might be challenging to determine how to complete tasks when you work with SEO strategy for a living. After all, search engine optimization demands concentration, organization, and strategy.
NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Many nonprofits make a serious error in thinking that the annual reporting of how the sector’s doing is predictive of the future. In reality, external factors such as changes in the economy, donor expectations, and leadership, have a much more significant impact on a nonprofit's future performance.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
By Holly Fogle When others doubted me, one man showed his faith in my ambition to become a business leader. Today, I’m putting that same trust in the grantees and low-income mothers my foundation supports.
Fundraising Coach
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
One of the biggest red-herrings I see nonprofit boards pursue is a pipe dream of “self sufficiency” for their nonprofit. Rather than pursuing their mission, the board directs the executive director to look at selling things and renting things in a quixotic attempt to be financially independent. It’s as though they see fundraising as a “stop gap” solution.
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
Caring Truth-Teller
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Whoa. That’s a question that feels complicated and even uncomfortable, right? Is our storytelling ethical? And what does it mean to tell stories that are ethical? This isn’t a topic for a single blog post. So, expect more from me in the weeks and months ahead. First, let’s define some terminology. Storytelling /ˈstôrēˌteliNG/ the activity of writing, telling, or reading stories Ethical /ˈeTHəkəl/ relating to beliefs about what is morally right and wrong As a self-titled master storyteller, I’ve
NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
One of the biggest challenges as a nonprofit leader is that fundraising goals are easy to set but challenging to meet. Here are three steps to ensure you’re setting realistic quarterly fundraising goals for the rest of 2023.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
By Susan Appe Brad Barket/Getty Images for Fast Company The Indian diaspora living in the United States includes many wealthy people, such as Microsoft CEO and chairman Satya Nadella. India’s first giving day, March 2, will raise money to improve education, health care, and gender equality and meet other important needs in a country with nearly 230 million people living in poverty.
Veritus Group
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The more we work collaboratively and lean on our collective skills, the better we can connect donors to our mission in meaningful ways. The post Why Fundraising Needs to Embrace a More Collective Culture appeared first on Veritus Group.
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.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
By Edgard Barki , Marcus Alexandre Yshikawa Salusse , José Guilherme F. De Campos , Thomas Novais Rocha & Ute Stephan DJ Bola is a social entrepreneur born in Jardim Ângela, a poor neighborhood in São Paulo, Brazil, considered in the 1990s to be one of the most dangerous places in the world. When he was 18 years old, he worked as a motorcycle courier during the day and at night he started a new endeavor: A BANCA, an organization that worked with hip-hop in order to improve the live
NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 8, 2023
The Initiative for Strategic Volunteer Engagement, together with The Do Good Institute, released new insights from more than 1,000 nonprofit CEOs and 100-plus funders about the state of U.S. volunteer engagement.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
By M.J. Prest Girl Scouts of the USA Bonnie Barczykowski, CEO of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri council, has been named CEO of the national organization. Also, Farm Sanctuary’s interim CEO will continue in the role permanently, and the Partnership for a Healthier America has picked its next chief executive.
Veritus Group
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
A donor relationship should feel like a partnership, but often, donors sense that they're only valued for how much they give. The post Why Your Donor May Be Confused About Their Relationship With You appeared first on Veritus Group.
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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