The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 5, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes How to Mobilize a Movement: 6 Tech Strategies for Supporter Advocacy We know your journey is sprinkled with dreams of making a huge difference, as well as the occasional sleepless night, wondering how you can mobilize a movement with the resources you have. Sounds like a dream?

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Nonprofit advocacy campaigns give your supporters a new way to get involved while furthering your mission through grassroots action. Plus, your nonprofit can attract new supporters interested in advocacy to your cause, growing your supporter network of donors and volunteers. Stay up to date with current advocacy trends.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 16, 2009

The creation and communication of this knowledge occurs in social networks of relationships, empowered by social media. Presenters: Emily Gertz - Change.org. Emergent, peer to peer conversations and sharing of knowledge. Examples: WorldChanging: knowledge prodution and sharing. 350: robust advocacy. Jon Lebkowsky.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

There are three paths to scaling organizational impact beyond the confines of one’s current organizational context (that will be familiar to most): advocacy, knowledge sharing or (an old funder standby) scaling services. Want to scale through advocacy? Want to scale through dissemination of knowledge?

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 28, 2011

One a general welcome, one highlighting our research work, one highlighting our advocacy work. Set up your email templates Okay, a little programming knowledge may be needed. We have services they may be interested in and not know about. Our strategy: We want to send new non-donor contacts a series of 3 short emails. Do it now.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 27, 2011

So, when the ICT-KM Program was tasked with organising the social reporting for the Share Fair on Agricultural and Rural Development Knowledge in Africa in Addis Ababa in October 2010, it was clear that it was high time that we document the social reporting team’s experiences and lessons learned in a generic guide. ."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

If your nonprofit engages in advocacy, it’s worth experimenting with. It’s also worth noting that they have an excellent mobile website which enables nonprofits to make their online advocacy campaigns mobile. PowerPoint Maps Online offers low-cost, interactive maps that can be used in PowerPoint presentations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

based nonprofits and nonprofit staff that regularly participate in e-advocacy should monitor what issues/petitions are most important to U.S. If your nonprofit does awareness tours, hosts events in multiple cities, or is active around your hometown, Tripline can help staff share their location-based activism and advocacy online.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good. Check out our last installment here !

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Success Factors: Celebrity Advocacy: Leveraging celebrity power attracts attention and builds trust with potential donors. Significant contributions went towards advocacy, legal support, and community development. Patient Focus: Highlighting the impact on children creates a strong emotional appeal and motivates giving. The good news?

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2024

These challenges, however, present opportunities for innovation and positive change, including increased collaboration among funders, a focus on community-driven solutions, and a willingness to engage in difficult—and meaningful—conversations about privilege and power.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 22, 2023

By dedicating just 120 hours per year, board members can make a substantial difference in the organization’s growth, advocacy, fundraising efforts, and overall success. Advocacy: Spreading the message Successful board members go beyond their boardroom roles by actively advocating for the nonprofit.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

Their donors, staff, and board members have extensive knowledge of local needs and organizations, and they also have relationships with local leaders in business, government, and education. Common subjects include strategic planning, communications, advocacy, and community needs assessments. . 6) Funding or Engaging in Advocacy .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Workshop Ngo Feb 13 View more presentations from Beth Kanter. Here's why: I attended and presented at the Indian Leadership Forum in Mumbai on Feb 9-11. Many of my presentations include some visual humor and funny stories. I like those the most, but often have to delete them from presentations in an international context.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Seek outsider knowledge. So the CEO of a medical clinic trades ideas about technology with the head of a children’s advocacy organization, and the environmental leader gets to know the inner-city organizer. The GEO community is united by a common drive to challenge the norm in pursuit of better results.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Now more than ever it’s crucial that your NGO knows the basics of a successful online fundraising campaign and has knowledge of emerging online fundraising trends in order to prepare for the future. The webinar content below was presented by Heather Mansfield on October 11, 2016 to 1,807 nonprofit staff. Ammado for Small NGOs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

View more presentations from Beth Kanter. I worked with both to prepare an ignite style presentation that shared a specific campaign or project that incorporated social media. Following the presentation, I provided feedback on best practices and how to extend them – then asked questions to kick off a group discussion.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 21, 2012

Since advocacy as a topic and a career are both near and dear to my heart, I wanted to give you a preview of some awesome advocacy content that you can expect to see. First, my colleague Emily Goodstein will be presenting Out of the Box - Advocacy Superheroes. We are just 40 days away from bbcon 2012 , can you believe it?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. allows users to merge PowerPoint, slideshows, and video to create more visually compelling presentations. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. Present.me :: Present.me. Present.me. Government.

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Kindful

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Their foremost philanthropic priority is to contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children and youth by aiding progress in the field of child welfare through dissemination of knowledge about research, studies, surveys, projects, or by supporting programs and activities benefiting the welfare of children and youth.

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Judi Sohn

APRIL 28, 2011

One a general welcome, one highlighting our research work, one highlighting our advocacy work. Okay, a little programming knowledge may be needed. If you have never designed an HTML email before, then stop and review this fantastic presentation from Sean Powell and Shana Masterson at #NTC11 on the right way to deal with code for email.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

Darin serves as an ambassador for the foundation within the charitable community – managing the foundation’s relationships and grants with associations, advocacy organizations, and research institutions with interests in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector as a whole.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Their foremost philanthropic priority is to contribute to the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children and youth by aiding progress in the field of child welfare through dissemination of knowledge about research, studies, surveys, projects, or by supporting programs and activities benefiting the welfare of children and youth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 10, 2010

The big challenge with training is the challenge of transfer - after people go through a training - do they actually put the knowledge and skills into practice? Already, some of our advocacy work is progressing in large part because of savvy use of social media (see our blog about chemicals and toxics ). Why did we do this?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 22, 2013

They respond to localized needs, are absolutely critical to community building, and are staffed by people with deep knowledge and caring for the communities where they live and work. Signup for the Nonprofit Finance Fund Financial Management Webinar Series , presented by the ASU Lodestar Center's Nonprofit Management Institute.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 6, 2011

TechSoup has participated in their annual festival for the past couple of years, to support the use of games for advocacy, education, and social impact in the nonprofit sector. Mid-day on Tuesday, June 21, there will be three presentations focusing on public media and how games can be an important aspect to it.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Year after year the annual NTC conference produced by NTEN has been the "go to" conference for nonprofit campaigners to get the latest best practices in nonprofit technology, online advocacy, online fundraising and social media. Access to information and knowledge in your language is a fundamental human right.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2012

My post here last month discussed the clear and present need to think differently about the ways that we manage nonprofit organizations. Solving major societal challenges will only be possible with the right collaborations, partnerships, sector knowledge and new ideas— all things that the board can actively fuel and support.

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NTEN

APRIL 2, 2014

The Power of Tech in Advocacy & Organizing 14NTC: We came, we tweeted, we played with Legos. Session Presentations Blog Posts “Royals” and Working at a Nonprofit (#14NTC) , Jessica Dickinson Goodman CommunityOS Software for Nonprofits at The Nonprofit Technology Conference! And then we took a long nap!

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Care2

MAY 17, 2013

About the Presenters: Jeanette Russell – Organizing Director, Salsa Labs Nonprofit leader Jeanette Russell brings nearly 20 years of nonprofit experience to her role as organizing director for Salsa Labs. Care2 Webinars Online Advocacy' Engage your members. Build on your campaign momentum.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

If your nonprofit is active on Pinterest or wants to make better use of your digital library, knowledge of photo-editing is essential. allows users to merge PowerPoint, slideshows, and video to create more visually compelling presentations. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. Present.me :: Present.me. Present.me.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

My definition is that your knowledge lives in the clouds. At that moment, I realized the limitation of knowledge in the clouds.). Draw your network After the presentation on Network Basics (materials here ), there were two exercises. Marty Kearns has a diagnostic tool over in his Advocacy 2.0 Dave Witzel tweeted it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

It was while working at these prestigious auction houses that Vanessa gained the knowledge of auctioning fine wines, art and real estate. In addition to advocacy and fundraising, Tom spent several years developing commercial-scale wind farms for financial powerhouse Goldman Sachs.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. Our institute is designed to advance the skills and knowledge of nonprofit professionals, volunteers, board members, and community leaders. Nonprofit Management. Denver Nonprofit Institute.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2010

Jeff Patrick, Common Knowledge. advocacy action or donation)? Make your life easier: remember that Facebook fans, for example, tend to respond best when presented with FB-focused calls-to-action. Is it your homepage, a standard landing page, or deep-linking to a press release, article, or transaction page (e.g.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Grantees, Experts, and Partners at the end of the Brainerd Foundation’s 21st Century Advocacy Design Lab. The purpose of the Design Lab was to answer two key questions to gather input for its strategy: How can the Brainerd Foundation and its philanthropic partners accelerate the transition to 21st Century advocacy for grantees?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2011

View more presentations from Beth Kanter. This post summarizes the knowledge shared by many nonprofit folks on how to use Facebook effectively. The Aspen Institute’s Nonprofit Advocacy Campaign guide points out they come in three flavors: results, tactics, and capacity. How Networked Nonprofits Use Facebook Smart.ly.

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