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Using Psychology in Nonprofit Marketing

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

My college journey went on to start with a major in sociology – the study of human social behavior, a natural fit for someone intrigued by the mind and social society. As nonprofit marketers, we are constantly using the laws of psychology and sociology, sometimes without even realizing it.

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For the Love of Humankind: End of Year Fundraising for Community impact

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

She moved to Chicago after high school to study Political Science and Sociology at DePaul University. Director of Development and Disruption, Gladiator Consulting. Gabi was born, raised and currently resides in North St. Louis City, Missouri. work at Capella University.

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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Stacy Harbaugh

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Stacy has a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Ball State University and studied Women’s Studies at Mankato State University. It is Midwest Environmental Advocates’ mission to support citizens’ efforts to protect public health and the environment using sound science and the law.

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Is Climate Change Making Loneliness Worse?

NonProfit Quarterly

We talk a lot about the emerging climate crisis, but far less about the social infrastructure crisis,” Eric Klinenberg, a sociology professor at New York University, said to Grist. Those most impacted by a lack of or failing infrastructure, including the elderly and people living in poverty, are at high risk for loneliness.

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What is the Secret to Successful Grant Writing?

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D in sociology: He had added language and statistics that we wouldn’t have thought to use in the sections covering our need for the grant, what populations would be served, and how we planned to measure outcomes. David Patt from the National Assn. For this, we had the writing and research of a Ph.

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What’s Your Start Agenda?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Jim Bildner In 2017, sociology professor Kenneth Andrews, in an o p- e d in the New York Times , argued social movements that succeeded in creating lasting change needed to do three things well—create cultural awareness and draw attention to a problem (what I refer to as “stop energy”); disrupt things by socializing the change they seek to create (..)

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Is There An Inequality Tipping Point for Nonprofits?

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But as climate change is manmade, it may have not just ecological but also sociological tipping points. As the planet heats up, the tundra thaws and oceans warm, ice floes will melt and forests will wither — leading to even hotter temperatures and ever more dramatic weather shifts, in a vicious cycle of catastrophe.