Bloomerang

MAY 4, 2023

Innovative fundraising researcher Adrian Sargeant, co-director of the Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy, says, “Nonprofits are a means to an end for the donor. When people give to you, they’re not loving the charity. The study also found that donors who are given a choice felt more connected to the nonprofit and its mission.

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Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2024

Few things are more critical to your nonprofit’s success than your board of directors. So, building a thriving, successful board of directors is one of the most challenging things an Executive Director (ED) must do. These platforms attract people passionate about making a difference. Young Nonprofit Professionals groups.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Today, people of color and low-income communities are more likely to be impacted by natural disasters, live close to hazardous waste, and die of environmental causes.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 11, 2021

Nonprofits must never forget that they are called to be active participants in the lives of people, learning stories, and, when appropriate, storytelling for further impact. Over five billion people have mobile phones, and 81% of the U.S. At this point, the livelihoods of countless people depend upon these efforts.

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Candid

MARCH 12, 2024

“Sometimes it’s hard to learn in front of people,” Jay-Z recently told Gayle King. He then went on to say that he loves “being a beacon and helping out my culture, people of color.” The mistakes you make, you make in front of the world.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

I was asked to facilitate a session on the question, "Should CEOs and Executive Directors Use Social Media?". You may be wondering if that means that your executive director and CEO needs to write a blog or have their own Twitter account to share their wisdom. He also writes a column for the Wall Street Journal.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Everyone wonders what the future holds for events if people are unable to travel or gather in large groups in the short term, and how the industry may be impacted in the long term. Michelle Manafy Editorial Director Michelle Manafy is the editorial director of media trade association Digital Content Next and a regular contributor to Inc.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 13, 2023

I received a full academic scholarship to Jackson State in Mississippi, a historically black university with an accredited journalism department. But now, as the Director of Marketing for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, I have the privilege of telling stories of empowerment and resilience.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 12, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source CRMs – people like them? and although the sample sizes were small, and not representative of the nonprofit sector as a whole, the people surveyed seemed to like the open source tools available.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2017

We met in a nonprofit conference space of another colleague, Corey Newhouse, executive director of PublicProfit. One the best known researchers is Teresa Amabile , a professor at Harvard Business School and whose research focuses on what makes people creative, productive, happy, and motivated at work.

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Candid

OCTOBER 13, 2022

And, select Transparency Talk articles that share individual funder learning journeys remain available on the Candid Learning for Funders Learning Journal. Hole in the Road to Transparency: People with Disabilities Often Excluded by Foundations & Nonprofits. Invitation Only: Closing the Door to Equity?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Beyond the news headlines, there are great stories of people who are making a positive difference for peace. When we talk about peace, many people think it’s only the job of politicians or high level United Nations officials and they don’t think or know how they can make a difference. We need to believe that peace is possible.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

The global pandemic has awakened people of all ages to just how fragile and finite life can be. So many people I’ve talked to have no idea where they are going or want to go once they hit their mid-forties,” shares Michael Clinton , author of the book, ROAR into the Second Half of Your Life - Before It’s Too Late. “It

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 15, 2022

As an association leader, you don’t know what you don’t know,” says Bruce Moe, Executive Director and CEO of MSTA. Find the publications, research journals, and websites that inform your members’ professional activity and development. You can learn more about the industry by listening to both your staff and members. Meet with staff.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

All too frequently, the grantmaker alone is determining, leading, and benefiting from MEL processes with no input or collaboration from the people, organizations or community impacted. Participatory evaluation is based on the premise that everyone has knowledge; everyone has biases; and the people closest to an issue know the most about it.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

In 2009, Clay Shirkey predicted , “For the next few decades, journalism will be made up of overlapping special cases.” Knight Foundation ; Sharon Pian Chan, Director of Journalist Initiatives, the Seattle Times ; and Joe Neel, Deputy Supervising Editor, NPR. As a civil society, we need more quality information,” explained Feeney.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The global pandemic has awakened people of all ages to just how fragile and finite life can be. So many people I’ve talked to have no idea where they are going or want to go once they hit their mid-forties,” shares Michael Clinton , author of the new book, ROAR into the Second Half of Your Life - Before It’s Too Late. “It

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

The global pandemic has awakened people of all ages to just how fragile and finite life can be. So many people I’ve talked to have no idea where they are going or want to go once they hit their mid-forties,” shares Michael Clinton , author of the next book, ROAR into the Second Half of Your Life - Before It’s Too Late. “It

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 24, 2018

AI and Implicit Bias: CNN/Money reports that AI is hurting people of color and the poor. Human-Centered AI – Term coined by AI researcher Fei Fei Li, the director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab, that says that the development of AI technology must be guided, at each step, by concern for its effect on humans.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Many types of donors, many ways to say thanks People give for all kinds of different reasons and occasions. Your mailed welcome kit could contain: A holiday-themed letter from the Executive Director, signed and with a short, handwritten personal note, such as: We thank you for choosing to give to our organization! Just say thank you.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

In Issue 7 of NTEN:Change, A Quarterly Journal for Nonprofit Leaders , we approach the challenges and opportunities of data for nonprofit organizational leaders. NTEN's publication, designed especially for busy nonprofit executive directors, departmental directors, boards, and other leadership staff, is free and hot off the press.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 9, 2013

In this second installment of the three-part blog series (the first one is here ) on Bookshare International, I’m excited to share some of the ways in which our Bookshare library is part of the latest trends in the digital publishing world and is thus going deeper and serving many more people.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 27, 2021

For decades, the perception of executive pay at nonprofit organizations has been the image of a grossly underpaid executive director OR a scandalously overpaid CEO. Focus on people-first. Fostering a culture within the organization of trust and collaboration creates the type of place people want to work.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

This post is about the way people write the word nonprofit. But for some people, the way you write this word says something about you. So, as people were crossing out of Gilead, army checkpoints asked each person to pronounce the word shibboleth. Should be interesting, anyway. Or non-profit. Or sometimes I even see non profit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2017

Beyond the First Click examines innovative volunteer engagement work by 35 organisations empowering people to scale change and win by learning and doing more. Dr. Dietmar Kress puts his PhD in Sociology to work as Director of Actions and Volunteering at Greenpeace Germany.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Note from Beth: The American Red Cross launched a user generated ad campaign featuring unscripted stories created and filmed by real people helped by the organization. The first ads are part of the organization’s holiday giving campaign and feature people impacted by home fires and flooding.

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NTEN

APRIL 7, 2011

Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for fre e! ] What ‘big idea’ should come to mind when people hear or see your name? [Editor's note: The following first appeared in the March 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. By Farra Trompeter, Big Duck 1.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2013

This month's Big Vision Podcast guest is Lisa Truong, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Help a Mother Out. If you have suggestions for people I should interview, or for a n organization that would like to sponsor the show, please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com. Music: "Mango Delight," by Kenya Masala.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 29, 2021

Walker shares this example in an article in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. The world is ever-changing and people are looking to hold the private and public sectors accountable for their actions. Menchaca was appointed as the executive director for the City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture in 2018.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Darius Graham is giving away a copy of his book, Being the Difference: True Stories of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the World to a lucky Have Fun * Do Good reader! The winner will be chosen at random and announced on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009. While in Florida, Darius created Books All Around, Inc. ,

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

A couple of days ago, she made a call on her blog for academics to stop publishing articles in closed journals. I am boycotting locked-down journals and I’d like to ask other academics to do the same. She is also realistic – she describes in detail in the post what people can do, whether they are tenured or not.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

You see, people will only stick around to give their time where they feel needed, wanted, and appreciated. In short, people experience the “Happiness Effect” when they volunteer and feel good about it. For some volunteers, a personal “thank you” from the Executive Director is all they need. It’s good for their health.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2008

He left us a few years ago to go back to his original profession of psychology, and became a project director of a counseling agency. He moderated email lists, organized conference sessions (I particularly remember Dueling Scanners) and wrote articles for the journals in the field.

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Care2

OCTOBER 29, 2012

To find those creative solutions, it’s important for nonprofit advocates, communicators, and program directors to challenge barriers, habits, and assumptions that separate us from other offices, “competing” peer organizations, and disciplines. The recent award winners of the 2012 Grinnell Prize are a great example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2012

Best, Laura Quinn, Executive Director of Idealware. As one of Minnesota’s eight volunteer centers, Community Thread connects people with volunteer opportunities, provides volunteer support to other nonprofits and sponsors large scale opportunities to volunteer. Facebook was an immediate channel to keep people up-to-date.”.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 10, 2008

But I have really come to believe that the way that we work with people is as important as the “final&# outcome. Hopefully the fact that you asked gets people to realize that it’s something important to do. This got me thinking that all people, not just scientists and students could use this method. Be Helpful.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 23, 2019

She served as an executive director of an affordable housing nonprofit for more than ten years and has provided communications and board leadership for more than six nonprofit agencies. Executive Director, Annie’s List. . “ Radical Self-Care: Disrupt the Nonprofit Industrial Complex or Become a Part of it. Justin Wheeler.

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