NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 6, 2024

That’s about how many nonprofits have no members of color on their boards (BoardSource). Yet, diverse boards are essential to strengthen nonprofits and communities. So, what can be done to solve for such a significant gap between what is and what should be in the nonprofit sector?

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NonProfit Leadership Center

MARCH 20, 2023

A nonprofit organization hires a talented professional. In fact, it’s one of the most significant challenges new managers and nonprofit leaders tell us about. That’s why the Nonprofit Leadership Center created the Certificate in Leadership program. This person is valued by their peers and supervisors.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

AUGUST 16, 2021

Our mission at Nonprofit Marketing Guide is to help you: Learn Your Job. Our past research shows that 75% of nonprofit communications teams are organized in one of four ways based on how the workload for the team is created. Understand your team’s motivations by knowing their personal goals. Be a participant.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The Chronicle of Philanthropy has been running a great series of articles by Paul VanDeCarr on storytelling the past few months called “Storytelling Summer: Advice about Motivating Your Audience.” How do you tell an engaging story that protects participants’ privacy? Nonprofit Communications Storytelling'

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 24, 2012

As I’ve been writing my new book on content marketing for nonprofits, I’ve tried to keep in mind the different stages that nonprofits go through as their communications and marketing programs mature. We all grow and change as people and as professionals, and so do our organizations. Stage I: Doing.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JUNE 4, 2015

You don’t always have to produce the content yourself to participate in these fun hashtags. And some hashtags don’t mean what you think they mean. For Instagram, keep a note on your phone with groups of hashtags that you can cut and paste quickly. Search the hashtag, find a post you like, and retweet it, share it or re-gram it.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 27, 2025

For the nonprofit sector in particular, this can be key to resolving issues and creating more inclusive, fair, and effective systems through transparent decision-making. The perception of what is fair depends upon transparency, primarily about the interests and motivations of the supposedly impartial organization.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

We’ve talked to lots of nonprofits about how their editorial calendars develop over time, and we’ve identified three major drivers behind them. These drivers are not actual people, but rather how your nonprofit approaches its mission and, in turn, how that affects your communications. The Doing Driver. The Thinking Driver.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 6, 2024

Understanding what flips the switch for your members to transform them from participants to passionate donors is the key to boosting your fundraising efforts. Personalized engagement: Explore each member’s preferences with a nonprofit CRM like Bloomerang. Here’s a straightforward look at what stirs the heart and opens the wallet.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 27, 2021

Last week, we shared that we found in the 2021 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report that a majority of nonprofits said they did more communications planning (63%) and that the level of internal collaboration on the communications workload went up (57%) as a result of the pandemic. We refer to this spectrum as CALM not BUSY.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 8, 2019

Most nonprofit communicators consider themselves to be good writers. But what really sets apart the great writers in the nonprofit world is mastery of seven distinct types of copywriting. Conversion Copywriting Conversion copywriting is persuasive writing that motivates immediate action, including clicking, donating, registering, etc.

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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 Marketing Guide

MARCH 9, 2015

I hear it all the time from nonprofits: Our e-newsletter doesn’t work. When I probe a little deeper, what people often mean is that their communications don’t seem to be motivating people to do what the nonprofit wants, whether that’s donating money, signing up to volunteer, or registering for an event.

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Candid

DECEMBER 3, 2024

It’s important that nonprofits put themselves in the shoes of NextGen, understanding that, as younger individuals who are still finding their financial footing, there’s a tension between their desire to contribute to charitable causes and their discomfort with giving money at this stage in their lives.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

If you couldn’t make it to this year’s Leading Change Summit, Joleen Ong shares some great key takeaways in Nonprofit Technology Served and Underserved: Recap from #14LCS. Beth Kanter asks Does Rigorous Data Analysis Thwart Effective Storytelling by Nonprofits? Another reminder about TechSoup’s Storymakers contest.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 24, 2025

If your nonprofit has been running the same fundraisers on repeat, you might notice a lull in results. To acquire new donors , your nonprofit must monitor and adapt to new fundraising trends. Encourage participants to share their stories. Give your peer-to-peer participants some extra motivation by gamifying your fundraiser.

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Ann Green

APRIL 14, 2022

Donor engagement is vital to nonprofit success. By donating, volunteering, and spreading the word about your organization, donors fuel your nonprofit mission. . Additionally, nonprofits retain about 52% of their engaged repeat donors. Increasing donor engagement can motivate a donor to give a second gift and keep them donating.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 28, 2024

As a nonprofit professional, you understand that investing in your staff is the best way to develop your organization. While some skills are innate, many nonprofit management skills can be taught. Getting certified in the nonprofit sector makes nonprofit professionals seven times more likely to reach the director level or higher.

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The Killoe Group

AUGUST 2, 2023

Peer-to-peer fundraising offers big benefits for your nonprofit. It helps to get the word out about your mission, attract new donors to your nonprofit, and deepen relationships with your existing supporters. So, let’s look at some proven tips to help your nonprofit recruit and retain more peer-to-peer participants.

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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. . In order to make your team motivated and productive, accommodate your plans to fit how they work best.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 17, 2025

Beckman For many in the nonprofit sector, the dizzying pace of rollbacks and new policies in the United States has been nothing short of stunning. Social sector actors are hardly alone in this regard, of course, but they have both the opportunity and a mission-driven motivation to respond. By David S.

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Candid

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Nonprofits may need to reimagine their donor engagement strategies to go beyond occasional outreach or standard fundraising appeals and forge relationships that resonate with their values and inspire continued support. Rethinking donor relationships When I started Imani Collective, it was a small nonprofit training program in Mombasa, Kenya.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 23, 2019

The 2019 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report found that the most successful nonprofit communicators were putting significantly more emphasis on content marketing than less effective organizations. For the most effective nonprofits, 24% consider content marketing an essential strategy, with only 5% saying it’s a low priority.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MARCH 11, 2025

Effectively deploying these strategies can turn routine tasks into motivating challenges. They are used in various areas, including customer loyalty programs, employee training, and sales performance, enhancing productivity and participation through playful elements. Challenges : Tasks or objectives that motivate.

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Candid

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This new vision has led nonprofit organizations to reconsider how to best leverage talent in a changing landscape. Olanike Mensah, founder of Mosaic Consulting, says, “Despite success in white-dominant workplaces, leading in national nonprofits and becoming an SVP at a Fortune 50 global company, I was unfulfilled.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 7, 2025

Scenario 1: The Interim Leader Provides Damage Control and a Path Forward Take the extreme case of a nonprofit board who was caught completely unaware of serious and potentially harmful actions by an ED, ones that may involve negligence and legal implications.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 22, 2023

With a reported 24 million hours wasted each year due to unproductive meetings, how do you conduct more productive meetings at your nonprofit that matter to your colleagues and motivate your team members? Use Margarita’s five top tips for conducting effective meetings at your nonprofit. Set the stage as a meeting leader.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

We are really excited about this new training as it brings everything I have been teaching about nonprofit marketing for the last 15 years together in one program. Part 2: Messages That Motivate. Option 2: Register for both Part 1 and Part 2 to get the sample calendars and learn how to craft messages that motivate action.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 12, 2024

Nonprofit organizations play a pivotal role in addressing societal issues, providing essential services, advocacy, and support to those in need, and fostering community development. The problem: Self-serving motivations and apathy Board members are supposed to be the guiding force behind a nonprofit, providing oversight and support.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Nonprofit Recruiting Tips to Attract Top Talents in 2025 Having the right people on board means the world. See how your nonprofit can attract top talent and grow together. alone participated in some kind of volunteering job making it a 25% of the country’s population. In fact, between 2014 and 2015, 62.8

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Ann Green

AUGUST 16, 2017

If your organization is looking for ways to amp up your donor stewardship and build better relationships with supporters, look no further than your nonprofit Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Unfortunately, many of these features go unnoticed by nonprofits or aren’t used to their full potential. That’s right!

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 14, 2025

As Gen Z’s oldest members enter adulthood, nonprofits must pivot and add to existing strategies to gain their support. Unsurprisingly, Gen Z members prefer to connect with nonprofits on social media over other platforms. Adding elements like your nonprofits EIN also helps donors verify your organizations legitimacy.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 14, 2023

What is the secret to nonprofit success? According to Ernest Hooper, renowned storyteller and nonprofit leader in Tampa Bay, it’s collaboration and shared knowledge. As nonprofits continue to emerge from a challenging few years, the Nonprofit Leadership Conference is like a charging station for the nonprofit sector.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 8, 2025

For example, if youre launching a year-round fundraising campaign, set clear benchmarks for securing champions, completing toolkits, and tracking participation levels. Be sure to acknowledge their contributions, keep your team motivated, and reinforce the value of the work. Create a shared dashboard. Celebrate the successes.

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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. But did you know it’s also a great way to acquire new donors for your nonprofit? That’s right!

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Ann Green

JULY 19, 2023

Recurring donors can provide valuable sustainable revenue for your nonprofit. By Philip Schmitz Acquiring recurring donors for your nonprofit can revolutionize your fundraising progress, helping you efficiently and effectively achieve your goals. Make it easy and convenient for them to participate.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Shower Strike’s campaign focused around asking participants to go without showering for a week in order to raise funds to provide clean water to people in African communities. Make use of both nonprofit and individual resources to spread the word. Show Gratitude To Participants. Stay In Contact With Participants.

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