A Call to Action: The Power of Thoughtful Nonprofits and Citizens
NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Issues like AI and changing donor ideas may be important, but don't lose sight of the idea of community and shared responsibility.
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Association Analytics
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
More importantly, why are they taking the actions they are, why aren’t they taking advantage of affinity programs or new benefits we rolled out this year, and what can we do to call them to act? The real issue lies in that while most associations serve a very specific niche, industry, profession, or need, the membership base isn’t a monolith.
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Nonprofit Tech for Good
JULY 30, 2023
Campaign Monitor reports that emails with storytelling content have a 26% higher click-through rate than those without, indicating that storytelling captures readers’ attention and prompts action. 8) Humanizing the Organization: Nonprofits often work on complex issues that might seem distant or abstract.
EveryAction
MAY 2, 2023
No matter how your nonprofit organization is making change in the world, it’s impacted by others’ decisions, whether those decisions come from local and national legislators, corporations, institutions, or others who hold power and shape the way we live our lives. Either way, we think activating your supporters should be easy and effective.
Forum One
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
For their 50th anniversary, we designed an immersive digital storytelling experience that illustrated NRDC’s 50 years of environmental impact by taking audiences on a visually compelling, interactive journey, inspiring support and future action. How Does Your Digital Strategy Support Climate Action?
Candid
AUGUST 26, 2024
You can download over 35,000 such resources at Candid’s Issue Lab , an open-access library dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing that knowledge. So far in 2024, more than 123,000 users have accessed this rich body of shared knowledge through Issue Lab. Know of a report, case study, survey, or toolkit Issue Lab is missing?
sgEngage
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our time, impacting both the planet and our health. Eight years ago, 196 countries signed the Paris Agreement , a major step in global cooperation to fight climate change by reducing emissions and pollution. Which has a bigger carbon footprint: the airline industry or healthcare?
sgEngage
OCTOBER 15, 2024
To address this pressing issue, The Generosity Commission recently released its capstone report, “Everyday Actions, Extraordinary Potential: The Power of Giving and Volunteering.” The Generosity Commission’s report highlights the importance of making research more accessible and actionable.
Candid
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Collecting demographic data can lead to meaningful change. Instead, it’s a tool for informing actions that advance funders’ institutional goals around diversity, equity, and inclusion—and thereby reducing funding disparities. Read this blog to learn more about TCE’s analysis and how these changes benefit the majority of their grantees.
Candid
JANUARY 6, 2023
Candid’s Issue Lab provides access to more than 33,000 philanthropic resources, which include reports, studies, surveys, and toolkits that cover a variety of issue areas and are contributed by social sector organizations from around the world.
Candid
JANUARY 17, 2024
Nonprofit knowledge base : Browse through short, actionable articles that address immediate questions on key nonprofit concepts and topics. Daily RFP alerts: Receive automatic updates on grantmakers issuing Requests for Proposals (RFPs) related to your nonprofit’s area of expertise. foundations have websites.
EveryAction
JUNE 21, 2023
While there’s often increased attention on issues affecting the community during Pride month, meaningful and lasting change happens when advocacy happens year-round. Key types of advocacy Issue awareness Before organizations can create advocates for their cause, they need to make people aware of the issues they’re trying to solve.
.orgSource
JULY 22, 2024
Understand the Imperative To keep pace with member expectations, acknowledging that disruption and change are business as usual is critical. A dip in numbers is an opportunity for teams to respond quickly to rising issues or challenges. This post is Part Two. Self-evaluation isn’t easy.
Candid
AUGUST 6, 2024
MacArthur Foundation and I established Lever for Change five years ago, we didn’t use any complex formula in setting our goal of mobilizing $1 billion by 2023. We also aim to transform the philanthropic sector so that it is more nimble, courageous, and action-oriented and can disburse grant dollars more quickly. and Catherine T.
Candid
DECEMBER 3, 2024
Fundraisers must pay attention to what fuels NextGen donors to give, and adapt engagement strategies to effectively capture their time, talent, and treasure to create meaningful change. This preference implies that they don’t want to merely be viewed as passive donors but as active participants in creating change.
Pamela Grow
JANUARY 14, 2024
I recently stumbled across this captivating rendition of John Mayer’s Grammy-winning “Waiting on the World to Change” via Dan Rather’s newsletter. What sets this apart is the collaboration of 100 artists from diverse countries, orchestrated by the Playing For Change Foundation. Prepare to be inspired!
Media Cause
JUNE 10, 2022
This Pride Month, we’ve pulled together resources to help you take action, gain insights, and create change. While it may only feel like a small step, every action has an impact on creating a bigger, positive change. Join our rally and take action today here. Additional Resources for Change.
Saleforce Nonprofit
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
As the second week of COP26 — the UN’s global climate change conference — draws to a close, climate scientists are poring over the pledges made by world leaders, trying to determine whether their commitments to reduce carbon emissions will bring us within the agreed limit of a 1.5 degree global temperature increase.
NTEN
SEPTEMBER 30, 2014
The 15th issue of the NTEN: Change journal is out, focusing on Advocacy and Visual Communications: How to Rise Above the Noise. This issue is packed with actionable ideas, intriguing interviews, and impactful case examples that''ll help you show what your mission means, and why it''s important. >>Read
Saleforce Nonprofit
JANUARY 7, 2022
Climate change is everywhere in the news, and usually not because of positive developments. Climate change? Climate change — and climate action — are undoubtedly the defining issues of this decade. These stories are set in the future and accurately depict the current climate change predictions. Sign me up.
Bloomerang
AUGUST 21, 2023
This post describes actions you can take to implement the findings of Bloomerang’s 2023 Fundraising Planning and Climate Report. Multiple, practical action steps are presented below to advance your fundraising based on the survey results. Stay agile and flexible : The fundraising landscape is changing rapidly.
NTEN
JUNE 23, 2014
The 14th issue of the NTEN: Change journal is out, and this quarter is all about fundraising. This issue is packed with actionable ideas, inspiring interviews, and tips that your organization can use to get ready for the end of the year, if not sooner! >>Read >>Read the June 2014 issue!
Blue Avocado
JUNE 5, 2023
This is the call to action embraced by the author, to stand up and leverage our platform for change. The post Join the Movement: Activating Nonprofits for Lasting Change appeared first on Blue Avocado.
Bloomerang
AUGUST 5, 2021
The issue is more technical than that and won’t take effect until the fall. But what’s important to understand is that when this feature becomes available to users, your open rates will change. If people are opening your emails but not clicking your call to action (CTA), is that email helping you reach your goals?
Amy Sample Ward
OCTOBER 15, 2009
Today is Blog Action Day and this year’s theme is Climate Change. Earlier this week, I posted a summary from this month’s #4Change chat that focused on social media in the Climate Change movement. What’s Blog Action Day? Create Actions for Everyone. That’s huge! I said, “really?
Nimble AMS
OCTOBER 16, 2024
The Error and Warnings Pane will list any issues that prevent you from saving and activating your Flow as you work. Your association staff can also use Flow Extensions to create personalized member recommendations with Einstein Next Best Action and your new Member Portal.
EveryAction
MAY 11, 2023
When you have a goal to meet—like asking a governing body to sign a bill into law, telling a CEO or other stakeholder to change a behavior or policy, or meeting goals around educating decision-makers on your issue area—you know you can’t do it alone. Check out our last installment here !
Forum One
AUGUST 24, 2022
Changing the narrative is a significant piece in constructing and promoting narratives that challenge existing narratives and the stories to drive change for issue-based organizations, such as social justice organizations, like Color for Change, or non-profit organizations. Putting narrative change into action for impact.
Association Analytics
OCTOBER 21, 2024
This is the thought that should – and for the most part does – drive the actions, plan, and thoughts of what association professionals do in their day-to-day and their long-term planning. But they have several issues – first, they’re a static image of what has happened, at a moment in time.
Bloomerang
JUNE 7, 2021
8 Fiscal Year-End Donor Retention Action Strategies + Practical Tips. Consider what’s in the news and how what you do may relate to issues that are top of mind for folks. . if missing from your address or change it if incorrect. It also adds or changes the directional (N, E, S, W, NE, etc.) 17% of the adult U.S.
NTEN
OCTOBER 14, 2013
Amidst the competition for donations, actions, and engagement, how can nonprofits with limited resources successfully amplify their mission and cut through the noise? The processes detailed in this issue can help your organization be responsive internally in order to be relevant externally. So get started!
Saleforce Nonprofit
OCTOBER 21, 2021
With the future of our planet at stake, there’s no greater urgency for innovative partnerships and creative solutions than around the topic for the final episode of season one: climate action. These are all sobering reminders that climate change isn’t just a distant threat anymore — it’s happening now.
EveryAction
APRIL 21, 2017
Earth Day is this Saturday and there's so much you can do to defend, fund, and educate yourself on the critical environmental issues we face as a global population - here are six to get you started. Tell us about the actions you're taking (big or small) on Twitter at @EveryActionHQ ! Show up for science. Need plans for the weekend?
sgEngage
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
If your organization was the recipient of rage gifts in the months leading up to the election, you might notice a change in giving levels in the aftermath, depending on your mission and how closely it’s associated with the winning or losing candidates or issues. Encourage action. They want to feel heard. Thank them properly.
Achieve
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
what issues do millennials care about? Another finds economic, gender issues or wage as their most important issues. In our work we learned that social issues are tied to the intersection of community, family, friends and where people live, work, and play. Social issue interests change.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JULY 13, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the way organizations execute their social media plans. However, we were mindful of the best practices that suggest brands and organizations not post about every issue or trending event so to avoid piggybacking via hollow, void content.
Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
How To Save The Planet: 10 Changes With The Biggest Impact. With the clock ticking, we’ve evaluated the impact of the biggest changes we can make for the planet. But are our ‘little changes’ actually making the big impact we’ve been promised – or should we do more? by Zoe Allen.
Saleforce Nonprofit
OCTOBER 27, 2021
We hear stories of courage and strength that inspire us to action and ultimately help change the narrative around who refugees truly are: they are people from around the world, from different walks of life; different backgrounds, races, religions, and cultures. To change the narrative, you need to empower us with higher education.
Candid
MAY 19, 2021
Although much has changed since I wrote my last article promoting May is Mental Health Awareness Month , the country is still dealing with many of the same issues that threaten the mental health of too many people. They may help you face a problem, take action, be flexible, and not easily give up in solving it. —U.S.
Amy Sample Ward
MARCH 14, 2011
Slacktivism, to me, comes down to two crucial points: 1) organizations play an important role in creating and endorsing the level to which people take action, and 2) “slacker activism” is really a gateway to more lasting change. It’s just a matter of shaping your call to action well. Call and Response.
Get Fully Funded
JANUARY 27, 2022
This is an example of an effective call to action (CTA) — a short statement or button that urges audience members to take a certain action. This might mean inspiring individuals to donate , volunteer, advocate, become a peer-to-peer fundraiser, or take any other action that supports your nonprofit’s mission. .
M+R
JANUARY 8, 2024
These moments in history hold opportunities for great change. We’re fueled by hope rather than despair because we’re in the business of building movements, building long-term power, and working with world changing clients to pass policies that make people’s lives better. Here’s how we’re getting it done (and how you can join us!):
Candid
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
This wasn’t just about having diverse faces in the room but about ensuring those with diverse perspectives had a voice in shaping solutions to the issues we sought to address. These changes helped us connect with a broader range of qualified candidates and bring in new perspectives and experiences.
Media Cause
AUGUST 25, 2022
As you begin planning for your year-end fundraising, we wanted to provide some action items and insights based on our findings from 2021. Meta’s changes in the way they allow advertisers to target different audiences are likely to have been the cause of this. Here’s what we found: Giving Tuesday. Donor Acquisition.
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