.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2025

The disconnect between the board and staff wasnt just a cultural issue; it was hurting the bottom line. How are you equipping them to lead effectively? This cultural evolution helped APICS remain competitive in an environment where digital disruptors could engage their audiences just as effectively as traditional associations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 13, 2020

However, we were mindful of the best practices that suggest brands and organizations not post about every issue or trending event so to avoid piggybacking via hollow, void content. Here’s how Water.org ensured their content to be informative, demonstrated timely action and impact, and offered users the opportunity to help.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 8, 2024

In this blog, we’ll outline our top three strategies to elevate your impact this year, along with ways to make small, easy changes that lead to large, impactful results. It’s time for your association to take advantage of the Fresh Start Effect. So how do you make a Fresh Start?

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Candid

JANUARY 28, 2025

If these trends continue, we risk exacerbating existing inequities and undermining the capacity of nonprofits to fulfill their missions effectively. So, when nonprofits are able to make technology investments, it directly impacts their mission. Will a CRM system help you track your beneficiaries more effectively?

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Similarly, without robust support from funders, many nonprofits would struggle to fulfill their missions and extend their positive impact on communities. Grantmakers who are addressing these issues see their grantees as more than a means to an end for funder priorities. Their wellness is the outcome we’re responsible for.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Here are actionable steps and resources leaders at grantmaking organizations can use to ensure their operations continue smoothly and effectively during such events. Keep Your Organization Operational To effectively support the community during a climate event, it is crucial that your organization remains operational.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Donors, especially millennial donors, are motivated by specific issues and causes and typically do not have allegiance to specific organizations. An effective story not only helps nonprofits attract new donors but also increases overall brand awareness, which can be good for landing corporate sponsorships or attracting media coverage.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Organizations that track and share these practical impacts help donors grasp how their support directly improves lives through targeted programs like mobile medical units and transportation assistance. Organizations that articulate these community-specific needs position supporters to make a targeted impact.

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Candid

OCTOBER 21, 2024

While this approach avoids the bureaucracy that encumbers traditional philanthropy, it can effectively block and redirect resources from nonprofits that have been working for decades to improve health, well-being, and quality of life for millions of people. They support the success of philanthropic investments.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2023

From showcasing outcomes through compelling stories to highlighting the transparency and accountability that donors, volunteers, and partners who share your vision seek, dedicated online brand management will invariably fuel and amplify the impact of your unique mission. Powerful storytelling is the key.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Showcase the impact of donations. You can also include specific impact statements for each giving amount. For example, check out how the ASPCA donation page highlights the impact of giving $150: With these strategies, you can build an online donation page that both inspires your donors and serves your organizations goals.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2024

However, one glaring issue that’s often swept under the rug is the lack of prompt responses to communications from executive directors and nonprofit staff. Nonprofit executives may not always feel empowered to confront this issue, but they shouldn’t have to. It’s time to address this problem head-on.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

. — Jessica Macy from The Do Good Collective Recruit a Serious and Engaged ‘Get ‘er Done’ Board Most of all, nonprofits need engaged, “Get ‘er Done” members willing to join committees and help the staff accomplish operational issues. They had recruited a nearly all-new board in critical professions.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

We uncovered trends within generations, or what were calling generational generosity; discovered a new type of impact creator; and further validated what weve been seeing on our fundraising platforms. Impact creators are on the rise A new wave of social media creators is changing the way people connect with charitable causes.

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Candid

OCTOBER 16, 2024

As founder and CEO of Altruist Partners LLC, creator of the Altruist Accelerator, I have almost 20 years of experience working in the social impact sector. In order to successfully scale, a nonprofit must build and inspire confidence among its potential donors that it can effectively deploy their money to address a social issue.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

Emotions including anger, fear and guilt play a key role in the ability of activists to create moral urgency and force issues into the spotlight. Disruptive protests may be unpopular, but they are effective at attracting media attention and public awareness. JSO harnessed this emotional logic not only from supporters, but from critics.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Okta and Cisco are leading this effort joined by BeyondID, the NGO-ISAC, SANS, and Slack, which will each play a role in delivering the necessary support for the Global Humanitarian ISAC impact. The impact can have dire consequences and lives are at risk. The impact can have dire consequences and lives are at risk.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 10, 2022

A simple and effective plan is essential in determining success. Here are some of the top reasons why you may be struggling to get your plan off the ground and create real impact. If you find strategic planning to be boring, time-consuming, and difficult to put to use, you're not alone.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 21, 2021

Water.org ’s approach to empowering people with safe water and sanitation delivers on long-term impact expectations and makes it convenient for donors to create the change they wish to see in the world. This metric in mind, monthly donors know the measure of their impact when they check the box to make their donation monthly.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 8, 2025

With the coming of a new year, a new presidential administration, and new potential impacts on all our communities, many of us are feeling a large range and mixture of emotions from fear to hope. Funding constraints and grant dependency further exacerbate these issues. As grantmakers, we are deep in a new space of uncertainty.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

“They are concernedthose farmers who know the effects of buveera on the land,” he said. Scientists are still studying the long-term effects of the plastic that’s been found in human organs. At the same time, some farmers are becoming more reliant on plastics to shelter crops from the effects of extreme weather.

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Candid

MARCH 31, 2025

Partnerships between nonprofits and for-profit companies can boost workplace volunteering and amplify community impact. Answer: a smooth sign-up and onboarding experience, strong communication, impactful results, and a feeling of appreciation. Designing engaging and effective learning experiences. Fundraisers need to adapt.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

While there are many industry-specific concerns about AI in workplaces, she says that some of the most effective and impactful AI regulations address common issues that touch on many different types of workplaces.

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TechSpot

APRIL 5, 2024

While their influence might not be too impactful right now, it may prove increasingly effective down the line as it becomes. Read Entire Article

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 11, 2025

In their lawsuit they claim that wages and paid sick time are separate issues that should not have been combined in a single measure. Beyond the impact on workers themselves, Giles believes lawmakers actions could harm the entire state. The new benefits were set to go into effect on February 21.

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Candid

JANUARY 22, 2025

They understand that hearing directly from the people most affected by their workand making changes to their programs and practices based on that feedback increases the impact of their work. Nonprofits and grantmakers alike increasingly recognize that listening to their ultimate constituents is essential to their mission.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

The design of an organization directly shapes the effectiveness, decision-making, and moral authority of its leaders. This creates turf wars, miscommunication, and a lack of cohesion, leaving leaders to expend precious energy managing conflict instead of driving impact. When the choreography of design falters, leadership stumbles.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Partnerships between nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies to boost workplace volunteering and community impact can create significant value for both parties. According to the Deloitte survey, 95% of employees believe making a positive community impact is important.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Philanthropy invests billions of dollars annually to address pressing social issues. However, the positive impact of these contributions can be undermined when organizations fail to prioritize the safety and well-being of the people they serve. Challenges in promoting safeguarding practices The safeguarding landscape in the U.S.

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M+R

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

And nonprofits simply cannot effectively do their work if the conditions in which they are fighting for change are fundamentally corrupted. Rather than shying away from advocacy, nonprofit organizations should consider it an opportunity to redefine conversations around issues that matter most to the communities and people that they serve.

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Candid

AUGUST 5, 2024

A market research program, even at a basic level, helps create a 360-degree view of an organization’s strengths and weaknesses, and it doesn’t have to be time-intensive or costly to be effective. How to conduct market research with limited resources How can you make market research both feasible and impactful for your organization?

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Candid

JULY 31, 2024

These effects are even stronger in schools where a majority of students face significant equity barriers because of their racial identities or zip codes. To help mitigate the pandemic’s impact on students, Congress allocated almost $200 billion in Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds. What is ESSER funding?

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This Q&A series aims to provide readers with valuable insights from changemakers across the social impact community. TCA is a 2024 Blackbaud Impact Award Winner for The Changemaker Award which recognizes organizations that have embraced new tech capabilities to overcome challenges and deliver transformative results.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

If your organization was the recipient of rage gifts in the months leading up to the election, you might notice a change in giving levels in the aftermath, depending on your mission and how closely it’s associated with the winning or losing candidates or issues. Did they make their first (only) gift during the election cycle?

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

It effectively drains the water source of the cities. Then in September 2023, the district issued permits for another 32 wells belonging to the seven adjoining landowners to produce an additional 45 million gallons per day. Four months later it received its permit to export the water out-of-district.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Through each stage, technology helps organizations better serve their communities, grow their impact, and achieve their missions more effectively. Every technology decision must directly support the organization’s objectives, ensuring that the investments made deliver meaningful impact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

Finally, and of course, to effectively reach all audiences your blog (and website) must be mobile-compatible. “Related Posts” are usually featured at the end of a post and are less effective because many readers don’t read your entire post. 6) Share commentary and CTAs about current issues in the news.

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