Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 9, 2025

4) Get Fundraisers on Board Next, its time to reach out to your supporters who will participate! On behalf of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, supporters raised money for the organizations Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend. Remember to be clear about what theyll need to do and what youll provide to help them fundraise effectively.

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Participation and motivation Nonprofits Technology Recruitment 109

Candid

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Remember, you’re not just seeking funds—you’re inviting donors to join a movement, to become active participants in creating meaningful impact. Get to know your donor beyond the basics Truly understanding your donors requires going beyond demographics and giving history—and into their motivations, values, and personal stories.

Social Enterprise 106

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Participation and motivation Children 106

NonProfit Hub

JULY 30, 2020

But one of the most prevalent has been staying motivated at work. We’re going to have to teach ourselves and our teams how to stay productive and motivated , even when we can’t be there face-to-face. . I had the opportunity to talk to Wendy Van DeLaCastro, the president of the Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Participation and motivation 91

Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Production Collaborations 91

Pam Moore

MAY 9, 2016

It helps you build a foundation built on human feelings, emotions, understanding and desire that drives action that engages the customer or audience member even deeper with your brand. I share with you 8 foundations for integrating emotion into your branding strategies. Foundations of emotional branding. Are You Ready ?”

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Foundations Participation and motivation Advertising Marketing 113

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 7, 2023

Tina James​ Senior Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility, Florida Blue Tina James, the senior manager of corporate social responsibility at Florida Blue, is one of 20 outstanding professionals of color selected to participate in the Nonprofit Leadership Center’s 2023 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship.

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Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Race and Ethnicity 244

Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Martin Lowenstein from Friends of China Camp Passion is the Foundation for Everything A passion for the mission, vision, and values of our organization! This person should be committed to establishing a solid foundation for the organization and providing strategic direction. Everything else can be taught. Your Voice Matters!

Ethics 107

Ethics Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Children 107

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Delegation also fosters more participation, collaboration, and teamwork, allowing marketing teams to harness the diverse talents across the team. Onboarding is the Foundation for Success Effective onboarding is critical for the success of new hires. But that’s not all!

Marketing 205

Marketing Marketing Participation and motivation Construction 205

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 17, 2025

Together, these forces exposed and exacerbated foundational flaws in a system meant to protect our most vulnerable citizensand the path forward requires acknowledging how those forces have undermined the fundamental mission of nursing homes. Participate in the regulatory process. Amplify participant voice.

Healthcare 72

Healthcare Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development Participation and motivation 72

iMarketSmart

JANUARY 29, 2025

The fear of missing out is a powerful motivator. However, your entire strategy should not reflect the organizations perspective rather than the donors unique motivations or preferences. That drives messaging that feels out of sync with their motivations for giving. But donors arent passive participants. Why do they care?

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Participation and motivation Values Donor Motivation Technology 59

Candid

JANUARY 8, 2025

As founder of AtlasDaughters, director of the Marks Family Foundation, and mother to a daughter, I know firsthand the importance of educating and empowering young women in philanthropy to accelerate their giving to maximize impact. The vast majority of these giving circles are led and participated in by women.

Philanthropy 52

Philanthropy Participation and motivation Children Collaborations 52

NonProfit Hub

MAY 30, 2014

To tap into that power, it’s crucial that we answer the question, “What motivates millennials to give?” According to the CEO of Achieve and researcher for The Millennial Impact Derrick Feldmann, “What motivates millennials is a desire to affect THEIR cause through YOUR organization with their friends.”. Stay tuned!

Participation and motivation 78

Participation and motivation Communication Philanthropy Fundraising 78

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The main problem is that many people view this as playing politics and refuse to participate. However, the foundation of influence always begins with a good relationship and trust. A more useful alternative is to view your role as customer service. The social capital you build can then be used to move initiatives forward.

Leadership 211

Leadership Participation and motivation Collaborations Culture 211

Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 14, 2020

Let’s break down an example to highlight a few best practices when it comes to making these recap communications stellar: “Thank you for participating in our annual holiday gift drive. Celebrate the new year of fundraising with an extravagant fundraising event, similar to how the Walker’s Legacy Foundation did earlier this year.

Participation and motivation 80

Participation and motivation Philanthropy Energy Fundraising 80

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Can foundations escape [the extractive capitalist] box? But only if…foundations embrace community leaders and listen to their advice. Our culture tells us that those who fail to accumulate sufficient resources do so because of a lack of willpower and motivation, not because of systemic inequalities and broad cultural failings.

Philanthropy 138

Philanthropy Values Participation and motivation Culture 138

Candid

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

As foundation leaders testified, they learned the difficult lesson that if you don’t tell your story, others will tell it for you. As Russell Leffingwell, then Carnegie Corporation’s board chair, testified, “The foundation should have glass pockets.” When we started the effort in 2010, only 6-7% of foundations had a website.

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Participation and motivation Foundations Philanthropy Values 111

Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Be sure to talk about your event on social media and ask your peer-to-peer participants and supporters to share your event promotion posts on their social networks too. The idea of asking friends and family for money, even to support a cause that means the world to you, can be a scary proposition for your participants.

Participation and motivation 131

Participation and motivation Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits 131

Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Get clear on foundational principles. We talked about trust by defining it as series of conscious and unconscious assessments we make about someone’s motive, competence, and reliability. While broad participation was essential, sometimes clear, bold, and insightful thinking can only happen in smaller groups.

Culture 85

Culture Leadership Values Participation and motivation 85

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 19, 2023

By Elikem Tomety Archer & Jessica Harrington In 2017, as part of her participation in the youth leadership program Global Citizen Year , Dora—an 18-year-old from Huntington Beach, California—spent seven months in Thiadiaye, Senegal. But this often presumes that the participant has power that the community lacks.

Leadership 124

Leadership Participation and motivation Collaborations Health 124

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

DECEMBER 12, 2008

Creating Evangelists: How to Excite and Motivate Your Supporters Online (scheduled for February 17, featuring John Kenyon ). - I’ve randomly selected five survey participants to receive a free webinar pass (if your name is here, check your email box). Marilyn Minor, Community Service Foundation. The top five topics were.

Participation and motivation 100

Participation and motivation Food Education Education 100

Pam Moore

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

It's important to understand what motivates influencers, how they get paid and how you can best provide them value. – Influencer marketing foundations 101. Understanding what motivates influencers including how they get paid. When implemented poorly, influencer marketing programs can hurt your brand more than help it.

Marketing 160

Marketing Marketing Advertising Values 160

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 28, 2024

Continuously improve skills by reading educational nonprofit blogs and participating in fundraising workshops, webinars, and conferences. Working in the nonprofit sector requires you to band together with other motivated individuals excited to create change and adapt to unforeseen circumstances, like frequent changes in government policies.

Nonprofit Management 238

Nonprofit Management Management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy 238

Getting Attention

OCTOBER 17, 2013

We are pleased to welcome our new guest blogger, Julie Brown, Program Director at the Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation. Just a year ago, Ruykeyser’s words proved to be transformational for the Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation. The universe is made of stories, not of atoms,” said poet Muriel Rukeyser. Incredible!

Participation and motivation 92

Participation and motivation Children Universities Foundations 92

Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

In late 2020, we analyzed the organizations that participate in the Seals program. Private foundations also hold Seals of Transparency. As of late last year, 1,512 foundations had earned Seals, 369 of them at the Gold or Platinum level. The motivations and incentives for joining the Seal holder program vary.

Participation and motivation 98

Participation and motivation Foundations Activism Nonprofits 98

Candid

AUGUST 8, 2022

These donors had various motives for supporting abolition, however it rarely involved creating an equitable society that included Black people nor supported continual policy and societal change. One of the earliest philanthropic efforts for the Black community was the abolitionist movement.

Philanthropy 128

Philanthropy Non-Profits Participation and motivation Children 128

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2021

How do our attendees feel connected to our organization and how do we motivate them to give and participate? In order to bid on the silent auction and in order to view the live event, each participant buys a single virtual ticket. How do we auction off our live items through the website? 1) Make it easy to buy virtual tickets.

Fundraising 132

Fundraising Fundraising Participation and motivation Energy 132

Pam Moore

APRIL 11, 2018

You too can create content that inspires, engages, empowers, ignites, educates, entertains, motivates, persuades and converts to real business. Key foundations for success in building your content marketing strategy and plan. Register for Webinar now->> How to Create Exciting Content for Unsexy Products, Services & Markets.

Non-Profits 152

Non-Profits Insurance Manufacturing Healthcare 152

Candid

OCTOBER 19, 2021

But what are funders’ own motivations for sharing data? The Arizona Foundation for Women , for example, decided to participate in direct reporting after getting the call to action from the Arizona Grantmakers Forum (AGM), one of Candid’s Get on the Map Campaign partners. This extends to data beyond that of the foundation.

Foundations 95

Foundations Participation and motivation Philanthropy Collaborations 95

The Charity CFO

MAY 20, 2022

Foundations want to know that your board is doing its job and doing it well. Here are three key takeaways from our conversation: #1: Leverage your committees to boost participation. But fundraising and development are something that all of your board members can and should participate in. Expect 100% board participation.

Nonprofit governance and management 105

Nonprofit governance and management Participation and motivation Recruitment Governance 105

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

MARCH 1, 2012

In Chapter 4 “How to Prepare”, Kawasaki outlines how to lay a foundation for enchantment. That’s what a stellar cause campaign does: it empowers participants to be a force for good, to have a deeper connection to the cause and to have a meaningful and enjoyable experience with the campaign. Here are the steps: 1. Make something great.

Participation and motivation 76

Participation and motivation Environmental Production Technology 76

Pam Moore

AUGUST 13, 2019

It helps you build a foundation built on human feelings, emotions, understanding and desire that drives action that engages the customer or audience member even deeper with your brand. I share with you 8 foundations for integrating emotion into your branding strategies. Foundations of emotional branding. Are You Ready ?”

Foundations 60

Foundations Production Advertising Marketing 60

Getting Attention

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

community foundations, United Ways, nonprofit support orgs and others that help nonprofits do their work better and more broadly) and really, for most organizations that don’t provide direct services. Your org’s focus story can be as compelling, moving and motivating as these two! Visuals are a great help. Do it today!

Participation and motivation 82

Participation and motivation Nonprofits Foundations Marketing 82

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 4, 2023

This prolonged stress often results in burnout—the exhaustion of physical or emotional strength, or motivation. In 2016, for example, the Women’s Foundation of Oregon and local volunteer teams conducted a 14-stop listening tour across the state. Launched by the W.

Leadership 128

Leadership Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation 128

Getting Attention

JULY 16, 2015

Guest blogger Mark Dessauer is Director of Communications at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation. Relevance rules, and is the only path to empathy: Believe it or not, effective change is being motivated by Hollywood. The Participant team believes a story well told can change the world. Read Part One Here.

Altruism and Helping 75

Altruism and Helping Participation and motivation Environmental Food 75

Getting Attention

JUNE 27, 2013

That’s what Surrender Your Say participants experienced via this imaginative campaign from Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada (TSFC). Make participation as active and energizing as possible —8,900 participants handed over control of their tweets (a.k.a. their online voice) to TSFC on June 24, 2013.

Participation and motivation 72

Participation and motivation Foundations Activism Marketing 72

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

I started Esperanza with the same three key ingredients as any social entrepreneur: a personal motivation to solve a tough problem where government and markets had failed, an entrepreneurial vision for how to do it, and a base from which to pursue my vision. Today, I keep in touch with many Esperanza graduates.

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Participation and motivation Construction Governance Nonprofits 130

Candid

JANUARY 31, 2024

For example, you can either attend a webinar or enroll in a self-paced online course on finding grants to learn about different types of foundations, what motivates them to give, and how you can start researching funders who are likely to be interested in your nonprofit’s mission and work.

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Participation and motivation Fundraising Fundraising Collaborations 98

Getting Attention

JUNE 23, 2011

Coutts, Vice President of Development at Glenbow Ranch Park Foundation was among the terrific group of energized workshop participants. had an “aha moment&# that will make all the difference in her ability to connect effectively with the very folks who can help move the Foundation’s mission forward.

Marketing 73

Marketing Marketing Participation and motivation Children 73