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12 free nonprofit books to help you achieve year-end fundraising success

Candid

The Ask: How to Ask for Support for Your Nonprofit Cause, Creative Project, or Business Venture by Laura Fredricks. Help donors find and give to your cause online Fifty-five percent of people who interact with a nonprofit on social media take action, and of this group, 59% consider donating money as a result.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Using Posters To Spark Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I designed a 90-minute workshop focused on “Human-Centered Social Media Strategy” which teaches how to apply a simple design-thinking technique, creating personas, as the basis of your digital strategy. Get together staff for half hour or 60 minutes, and do a “brain dump” of everything they know about their audience.

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The Neuroscience of Purpose: Recharging in the Nonprofit World

ASU Lodestar Center

But recently she was overhearing aggravated remarks from staff: she wasn’t paying attention to them, she was missing appointments, and forgetting to discuss important points at meetings. The story above is about how your brain works. Your brain has a part called the Prefrontal Cortex, or “PFC” (remember “Paula Front-and-Center”?).

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100 Fundraising Email Subject Lines That Will Get Donors to Open Your Email

Get Fully Funded

Even if your donor loves your cause, if your email hits on a day that they don’t have much time, the subject line is the key to getting your email opened. For those who aren’t yet in love with your cause, the subject line is absolutely critical. Make sense? and “Do I want to know what’s inside?”. Then pick your favorite!

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Successful E-Learning – A Roadmap

Gyrus

As we become increasingly dependent on our technology, it only makes sense that it teach us as well. However, their effectiveness is often debated in the educational software community, as not all eLearnings are made with the same attention to detail. Adaptability. Build them out completely, adhering with the offerings of your LMS.

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Next-Level Fundraising with Nonprofit Psychology

NonProfit Hub

If you were looking to find the “best” teaching method, you would have had a hard time finding a definitive answer. In the last 15 years, researchers have gotten a much better understanding of how we learn, which has allowed people to apply new methods that help teach more effectively. Check them out and see what works for you.

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A Freethinking Leader's Guide To The Real World

Eric Jacobsen Blog

I'm a big fan of Marcus Buckingham 's work, teachings and books, so I was eager to read his book, co-authored by Ashley Goodall. Buckingham/Goodall : First, it puts the brain into flight-or-fight mode, which actually impairs learning rather than impelling it.

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