Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

People are extremely busy and your fundraising letter is an interruption in their day. Donors and prospects will decide in a matter of seconds whether or not to open the envelope and in a few more seconds they will decide whether or not to give. In short, you don’t have much time to catch your donor’s attention and get opened.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For your nonprofit, this means the holiday season opens the door to opportunities for fundraising success— and there’s no better way to kick off this successful year-end fundraising push than to participate in Giving Tuesday ! People are busy around the holidays. Sell drinks, snacks, and other refreshments to increase your profit.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 16, 2018

I had the honor to be the opening keynoter for the first-ever Good Tech Fest , which was held in Detroit on May 22, 2018. We have to use this opening to help advance our goal; using software and data to change the world for the better! Using Software and Data to Change the World We are in an amazing time.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The new podcast series, a collaboration between Salesforce.org and iHeartMedia, highlights the exponential impact that businesses, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations can have on the world by working together. Homelessness doesn’t always mean someone lacks a community, nor does having a home mean someone feels safe.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

This opening reception provides an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out the over 100 exhibitors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector. The Science Fair doors will open at 3 pm on April 8, 2010 at the OMNI Hotel in Atlanta. and a gaggle of books by nptech superstars.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Homeless adults and history buffs improving a historic cemetery. Business leaders and street performers designing a new community plaza on the museum's front porch. It's not as marketable or profitable as reinforcing the existing bubble. We open our hearts to the beautiful, breakable world.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

This opening reception provides an opportunity to network with nptech professionals while checking out the over 100 exhibitors showing off their latest and greatest offerings to the nonprofit sector. The Science Fair doors will open at 3 pm on April 8, 2010 at the OMNI Hotel in Atlanta. and a gaggle of books by nptech superstars.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

I don’t think we want homeless shelters, food pantries, mental health organizations, etc., Secondly, I certainly saw that over the five years I was the IT Director at the Coalition for the Homeless that our clients were increasingly interested in initiating and maintaining electronic communications with our case workers.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

I’m too busy for this!”. Volunteer Appreciation, Open Houses, etc., Here’s a hint: They want to know the inside scoop on what it takes to save bears or tutor kids or help homeless veterans. LinkedIn : LinkedIn is a professional platform where business people network. She wants me to PLAN? Believe me, I hear you.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 12, 2022

Sponsorships are financial, in-kind or product contributions made by a for-profit business or corporation to a nonprofit organization. There are virtually an unlimited number of ways for a business to support a nonprofit. Sponsorships aren’t just a one-way street, businesses also reap benefits. ” tweet this.

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Everyaction

MAY 16, 2018

Lack of access to appropriate mental health care carries serious consequences, including increased likelihood of hospitalization, homelessness, incarceration, and suicide. Their website states that, “Regardless of how or why you came to us, we will welcome you with open arms and treat you with the dignity, respect and love that you deserve.”.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JUNE 14, 2019

A year ago, NPQ profiled an attempt by the Silicon Valley-based nonprofit Benetech to develop a Yelp-like network that would “make the social safety net as visible as the business net is,” as Benetech founder Jim Fruchterman put it. May 29, 2019; San Francisco Chronicle.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

Another head-scratcher I saw recently: We work to remove barriers to success so people in marginalized communities can own businesses and thrive. Here is how I would state the mission for greater clarity: We train people in entrepreneurship and provide access to capital to open small businesses. Just state what you do!

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Every business, whether it be for-profit or nonprofit business, is usually created for purpose. That purpose might be to grow financial well for a for-profit business. Because that’s that business plan, that strategic plan that’s driving your capacity-building efforts.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Remember the last time you merged onto a busy highway from an on-ramp? Many for-profit industry retention rates fall between 63% and 84% , much higher than nonprofits’ averages. Ask donors if they’re open to direct messaging on social platforms. Why is donor segmentation so important? . Of course not.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006

Are there actually really any fewer homeless people? But lets not fool ourselves into thinking, without proper evidence, that this is going to be any more effective than lots of old technologies non-profits have been using for years. { Did MoveOn actually manage to help elect someone more progressive? Is the environment any cleaner?

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

And, instead of limiting your events just to those in the local area or to those who have the means to travel, you can actually open them to anyone on the internet! You’ll likely need an open field venue and some equipment. If you want to open this to virtual attendees, have them do the race on their own.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Younger Gen Z (18-25), though, will rarely open mail, much less respond to it… but the right Facebook, Instagram or TikTok message will engage them and even lead them to take action. For direct mail to be effective, you need to hold your donors’ interest from the moment they open your letter to the moment they make their move to give.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

I know you’re super busy. And I operate a grants and fundraising consulting business, and we support nonprofits all over the country, started off primarily with those in the DMV area but it’s expanded since then. And thinking about the description of the opportunity, is it an open RFP process? Steven: Nice.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 30, 2022

Whether it’s a “We’re Open” sign or social media graphics, practically all for-profit businesses and nonprofits alike use at least one type of graphic design. Use more playful, open, and hopeful typography. Business cards. But is your organization using it to its full potential? Young adults or millennials.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

The Engage Network is a new nonprofit/for-profit venture started two years ago. Again, just to tell you that story, what had happened was that Julia Butterfly Hill had this major motion picture coming out, and to give you a sense of what that meant, An Inconvenient Truth opened in about four theaters, and maybe expanded to 20 or 30.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

For folks who are interested in how you can use blogs and podcasts and other social media things for social change, basically the way I started was, I have always worked for nonprofits and socially responsible businesses, and was not technical at all. That's the first thing: you do not have to be technical. laughter] And everybody has got.

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