Candid

AUGUST 20, 2024

Today, more than ever, grantees need greater capacity and more predictable long-term funding streams to ensure they have the infrastructure resources to sustain themselves and their work of advancing economic and social progress. Yet, many funders are hesitant to fund endowments.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Supporting these grassroots efforts is an investment in power building. What is power building? Power building aims to address systemic challenges by shifting power from historically oppressive systems toward authentic, community-led democracy, redistribution, and reparation.

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Greater Giving

JULY 5, 2024

Which Event Formats Work Best? In-person events have several advantages: Build lasting partnerships with event vendors. Better engage attendees in fundraising and other event activities. You’ll need to plan activities such as polls and breakout sessions to build a sense of community. Promote your nonprofit’s brand.

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EveryAction

JANUARY 25, 2023

When we flip the calendar to a new year, many of us become gripped by the desire to build some new habits. To kick off 2023, we asked our partners, what are some new habits nonprofit practitioners should build with their donors, volunteers, and other supporters to help them meet their long-term organizational goals? Drink more water!

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Nurturing nonprofit relationships Effective nonprofit management is anchored in building and nurturing relationships with board members. Action step: “Board Buzz” for more active participation To put this idea into action, think about using the “Board Buzz” email plan.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 15, 2024

In my more than 25 years doing knowledge work, I have often experienced technology platforms through a love/frustration lens. Where to Start First, I need to confirm that I am going beyond basic tracking and reporting and shifting to knowledge work. There are so many names and titles today that relate to knowledge work.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 19, 2024

Advocacy covers a range of activities for nonprofits and includes much more than just legislative lobbying. ” It includes public education, regulatory work, litigation, and work before administrative bodies, lobbying, nonpartisan voter registration, nonpartisan voter education, and more. Arrange informative presentations.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Finance plays a crucial role in building a sustainable and scalable funding strategy. By actively bringing together different departments and leading discussions around revenue diversification, you can set measurable goals, evaluate the ROI of each funding source, and make informed decisions about where to invest time and resources.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Let’s walk through four basic steps to building productive community partnerships to bolster your mission. Building a truly beneficial community partnership requires time and effort. Doing so keeps everyone committed and inspired to work toward shared goals. Identify your needs. Research potential partners.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

You can’t work in the social good sector without being very familiar with the concept of paying it forward. If you’re looking for fundraising ideas that really work, put our experts’ advice to good use. Best Fundraising Tips for Donor Engagement What works for one supporter does not necessarily resonate with another.

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Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

As engagement in DEI work deepens, it becomes clear that well-intentioned pledges of commitment to incorporate core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion are not enough. Your team may be thinking, “equity work is hard. Although I don’t have all the answers, I can share what has worked in my experience.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 12, 2024

When you center your way of working and your organizational practices on a well-integrated CRM system, your CRM can serve as the beating heart of your nonprofit’s culture, empowering every team, improving processes, informing strategy, and stimulating growth. It ensures that everyone is on the same page, working towards the same goals.

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Candid

JULY 5, 2023

As of March 2020, I had never worked from home—not for a single day. Employers, including Candid, pivoted by shipping equipment to staff, adjusting remote work policies, and reconsidering how work gets done. Three years later, we are finding better ways to work in remote environments. COVID-19 abruptly changed that.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

You probably have potential fundraising ambassadors who are already engaged in your work. And how do you get them busy, working on your behalf? Talk to them about ways to frame the organization’s work, especially if the work you do can be sensitive and complicated. Build your fundraising ambassadors into every campaign.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

As one of the first Rhodes Scholars to complete graduate work in Women’s Studies, Hunter Arscott has been named by Thinkers50 as “one of the top management thinkers likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led.” Try this simple trick to build a brilliant career: Forget about achieving “balance!” The work-around?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 24, 2023

Activity trackers, such as the Apple Watch and Fitbit, have revolutionized the way we approach physical fitness and they’re also dramatically changing the way we approach fundraising events. Peer-to-peer activity-tracking events have emerged as a game-changer for nonprofit organizations seeking to raise funds and promote a healthy lifestyle.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It’s a lot of due diligence and compliance work to handle. In this blog, I’ll share lessons learned from our SOC 2 audit to help you build a culture of nonprofit compliance. Each team played a role, whether big or small, in supporting this work. And that’s what building a culture of compliance is all about.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Faculty engaged her both inside and outside the classroom by providing feedback on assignments, encouraging her to step outside her comfort zone to acquire new skills, recommending extracurricular activities, and checking in on the progress she’s making towards her goals. What was the turning point?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2023

LinkedIn is a professional network that people use every day to build relationships and connect to opportunity. It has an active user base of over 930 million members, but many nonprofits do not use it to its fullest potential.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

From running ticket tables and emceeing raffles to providing snacks and water along a charity 5K, there are several activities involved where you would need volunteers. While nonprofits are constantly working to increase monetary donations, donations of time are equally important to moving a mission or a cause forward.

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Association TV

JULY 29, 2022

But today, many people think of a great workplace as not even one specific place at all, with many employers opting for a permanent remote work setup after a trial proved prosperous during the pandemic. Do you have a culture club that organizes team-building activities and social events? Work-life balance.

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Candid

MAY 1, 2024

As you may have heard, we’re building new Candid tools to help those working in the social sector to do good even more efficiently and effectively in a fast-changing world. It is critical to have a clear understanding of all phases of their work to create an effective solution. Does the solution work?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

And making too many personal sacrifices, wanting to leave your job, and having a bad or cynical attitude about your work. Fortunately, according to Dr. Kandi Wiens , author of the new book, Burnout Immunity , you can learn how to build immunity to burnout. Ask your manager for a change in your work conditions. Get proper sleep.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2024

The following is an excerpt from How to Thrive When Work Doesn’t Love You Back A Practical Guide for Taking Care of Yourself While Changing The World by Meico Marquette Whitlock and a foreword by Beth Kanter 3 Ways to Thrive When Your Work Doesn’t Love You Back You’re committed to making a positive difference in the world.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

To grow your donor file, add three easy upgrades to your current acquisition plan and watch how kickstarting a better content, promotion, and conversion strategy can work wonders for your donor pipeline. Step 1: Improve Your Content Strategy Acquiring new donors online requires you to build a better content plan.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2024

As one of the first Rhodes Scholars to complete graduate work in Women’s Studies, Hunter Arscott has been named by Thinkers50 as “one of the top management thinkers likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led.” Try this simple trick to build a brilliant career: Forget about achieving “balance!” The work-around?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The newest book from New York Times bestselling author Patrick Lencioni is, The 6 Types of Working Genius : A Better Way To Understand Your Gifts, Your Frustrations, And Your Team. The book provides a fast way to help people identify the type of work that brings them joy and energy and avoid work that leads to frustration and burnout.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 12, 2021

We are living in traumatic times, and we need to prioritize building resilience. But work from home (if we are lucky enough to have a job) will probably continue well into 2021. If we learned anything during 2020, work-life balance is much harder when working from home. Simulate Going To and Leaving From Work.

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Candid

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In this guide, we’ll walk through four essential steps to build an operating budget for your new nonprofit. Your strategic plan can also give you a sense of some of the expenses you’ll incur as you work toward achieving your priorities in the coming year. The three main types of functional expenses are: Program costs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 16, 2024

Let’s use Habitat for Humanity , a nonprofit dedicated to building homes and improving communities, as an example. Without clear, concise communication, potential supporters may not grasp the full impact of the nonprofit’s work. This leads to confusion, disengagement, and missed opportunities for support.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The warning signs included the ongoing toxic combination of low pay and overwhelming workloads endemic in nonprofit work that leads to exhaustion, mistakes, and ultimately burnout. When used well, we believe smart tech will be an antidote to the overwhelming amount of busy work nonprofit employees report.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Today brings a new book and step-by-step guide for specialists, professionals, managers and independent contracts who want to achieve success in their work. This new book describes six easy steps to measure and improve the success of any project, program, initiative, or work that you do. Patricia Pulliam Phillips and Jack J.

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Allegiance Group

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Components of an Omni-Channel Marketing Strategy Adopting an omni-channel strategy doesn’t mean you have to be active and present on every channel. Both components work toward the same goal but in ways that take advantage of each channel’s strengths. More importantly, it enables you to build deeper loyalty with your supporters.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Three recent examples from Forum One’s work with mission-driven organizations show how centering online community engagement allows direct service to key constituencies and builds upon what digital tools can deliver. These experiences offer lessons for organizations of any size to re-imagine what it means to build community online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Remote working policy with flexibility.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. How the sector understands and engages in knowledge work is crucial to the success of philanthropic efforts.

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Whether you’re working to end sexual violence or advocating for unhoused residents, the first building block of a successful digital advocacy campaign begins with telling an impactful story. #1. Are you trying to persuade ambivalent people or activate your base? Identify Your Own Story What ignites your passion for an issue?

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