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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Lauren Lawson-Zilai

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Here is a typical day: Before 8:00 am: Shower, dress, pack my one-year old daughter’s bag for the day, make her food and dress her. I work with our public policy team to discuss any PR initiatives they should be aware of. She tweets from @LaurenLLawson. She attends a Montessori daycare, which is 15 minutes from our home.

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Reimagining the Role of Business in Protecting Biodiversity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Biodiversity Loss and Global Corporations The imminent loss of one million species presents a grave threat, impacting human health, food security, rural communities worldwide, and over half of the global GDP. While signing on is an important first step, following through with concrete and impactful action will be what truly matters.

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2023 Legislative Session: A Recap

MNA Association

These nonprofits” are the very organizations government and communities count on for quality of life: kid’s summer food programs, houses of worship, 4-H, shelters and sanctuary, and more. Specific issues addressed by MNA Following is a recap of specific issues MNA addressed in the context of our Public Policy Agenda.

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Jury Is Out On Philanthropy And Medical Debt

The NonProfit Times

Medical debt relief has become a growing public policy priority for philanthropists and lawmakers worried about the toll on Americans’ financial, mental, and physical health. Experts queried at the time researchers began their study almost universally predicted both groups would benefit from having this debt wiped clean.

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The Promise of Impact Science

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As a result, the best that policy makers can do is to rely on lists of previously evaluated model programs that are considered “evidence-based.” ” This approach constrains the universe of choice for policy makers and doesn’t advance our understanding of why some programs work and others do not.

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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

Blue Avocado

2 Say you’re a nonprofit working in the area of houselessness and want to put together an advisory committee of people with legislative and policy development experience to advance systemic changes in your community. Alternately, you might be thinking about building an advisory committee around advocacy.

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The Robin Hood Interviews: Selling Soap and Good Causes

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

I was marketing laundry detergent, cat food, dog food, kids’ cereals, whatever,” he recalls. Then they gave me another account, which was public broadcasting. This was the first time public broadcasting had hired an advertising agency to build audience.