NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 14, 2021

Even so, getting attention from the shrinking, but highly diversified, press pool still takes persistence and creativity. Here are 6 steps to get the press to tell your story: 1. Reporters do not wait at their desks for press releases to arrive. Don’t wait for them to call. Start small. Make your website media-friendly.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 18, 2021

These are all pressing, immediate issues, requiring quick intervention — often from local nonprofits — to save lives. When you think of hunger, severe weather or abandoned animals, I’d be willing to bet your first thought isn’t “that can wait.”

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EveryAction

MAY 2, 2023

Collecting petition signatures A petition is many things: a way to quantify support around an issue; a tactic that helps bring new supporters on board; a relatively light lift to help keep passionate advocates engaged. Some have even described it as a grassroots rally on paper.

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.orgSource

APRIL 29, 2024

The big guns that are getting all the press are currently power-hungry and prohibitively expensive. There are issues of accuracy. Ethics and legal issues should be of special consideration. There are a host of legal and HR issues that you must anticipate. We can’t be shy about addressing those issues.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Keep the pitch focused on the issue, not what programs your nonprofit offers to help people. Write an op-ed piece from your Executive Director about the issue your organization works to address. Step 2: Write a pitch or a press release. Frame the issue as urgent. Convert your press release to a PDF.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 9, 2023

Less than stellar board performance might not have been an issue. Don’t muddle trivialities, like how to fill out a reimbursement form, with significant issues like these. Feature new directors prominently throughout your social media platforms and send press releases to their local publications and news outlets.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 19, 2013

We hope you’ll consider them: our ability to sustain our ongoing efforts, while exploring and creating new technology to meet pressing social needs, depends on the generosity of people like you! You can read more about the accessibility features of our site and submit any issues on our site accessibility page.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

These conversations are limited to bottom-line issues. Frame the Issues Risk isn’t on most directors’ list of favorite topics for discussion. Financial distress, operational mistakes, natural disasters, or an unexpected uptick in demand are among the many issues that can derail a shipment. Supply chains are unpredictable.

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Forum One

JUNE 11, 2024

Press Release published here on PRNewswire. We apply our passion to support clients addressing the most critical global issues,” said Forum One CEO Elisabeth Bradley. Forum One was founded in 1996 on the idea that the Internet could bring people together to collaboratively solve the world’s most pressing challenges.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 10, 2011

Each of our quarterly meetings tends to focus on big strategic issues facing Benetech. One hypothetical example of this issue that came up in the meeting was SMS traffic after a large earthquake and tsunami. The centerpiece of our Benetech board of directors meeting this week was the Benetech Human Rights Program.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

There is a draft of the treaty that was finished on Friday, November 23, and many issues have been settled over the last year or two of negotiations. The first issue is that the treaty would not permit direct access by consumers to international authorized entities. Alternative B qualifies this issue so much as to make it ineffective.

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NetWits

JANUARY 11, 2011

Jumo’s received a very warm welcome and a lot of press being that the founder Chris Hughes was also the co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential campaign. According to Jumo they are “a social network connecting individuals and organizations who want to change the world.&#

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Charity Village

JANUARY 4, 2024

The Environics Institute, Future Skills Centre, Diversity Institute, and Common Good Strategies collaborated to develop The Burden of Care: Addressing Challenges in Employment in the Nonprofit Sector report, a groundbreaking study of the pressing issues affecting nonprofit sector workers.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

When you have a goal to meet—like asking a governing body to sign a bill into law, telling a CEO or other stakeholder to change a behavior or policy, or meeting goals around educating decision-makers on your issue area—you know you can’t do it alone. You need to activate your base and to move the needle on your issue.

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Candid

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, other pressing issues have captured the public eye; funders have shifted their focus to addressing systemic issues such as racial justice, economic inequality, environmental issues, and health equity, says Rouland.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

I worked for the Chalkboard Project fresh out of university, a nonprofit organization founded and fueled by Foundations for a Better Oregon, a coalition of foundations in Oregon focused on collaborating to make a meaningful impact to issues in Oregon – in the case of the Chalkboard Project, that focus was on public education reform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2013

” By using twitter, the ACLU-NJ’s is not just sharing what ate for breakfast, Udi provides quotes on his organization’s most important cases and issues to reporters, in addition to their traditional press release or emailed statement.

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Judi Sohn

AUGUST 1, 2010

Nothing came up in Google searches, so I searched just the Apple forums and found this thread which nailed the problem and the solution: You have launch iTunes and quickly press and hold the music button before it switches. Seems the issue goes in the other direction as well.

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Charity Village

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Cybersecurity is one of the most pressing issues facing both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. According to Check Point Software, the average number of weekly attacks faced by organizations in Q2 of 2022 was up 32 percent compared to the same period last year. Ransomware attacks increased 59 percent compared to the previous year.

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NTEN

MAY 15, 2014

There have been a tremendous amount of issues and disasters in the news recently, but I want to draw your attention to a critically important story that is developing as you read this: once again, our open Internet is in danger. Advocacy Communications fcc internet issues law net neutrality open web'

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Wherever you stand on the privacy issue of the new Ticker, the new functional definitely helps nonprofits get more exposure on Facebook. The most controversial of Facebook’s upgrades, the new Facebook Ticker is a chronological display of all the activities and actions made by your Friends and Pages on Facebook.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The public counts on nonprofit organizations to champion important issues and bring about positive change. Crowdfunding helps you raise money for issues that are central to your organization and offset any costs not covered by your budget or other fundraising efforts. How to Keep Up the Momentum.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed, according to a press release by the MacArthur Foundation. In an effort to turn this trend around, the MacArthur Foundation unveiled in September 2023 the Press Forward initiative, a coalition of 22 founding donors set on “strengthening communities and democracy by supporting local news.”

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

This shift may reflect changing priorities or an increased focus on other pressing issues like public health and social services. At the same time, the data reveals a downward trend in the share of dollars going to education, especially from institutional funders. Source: Data from GivingTuesday Fundraising Effectiveness Project.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 14, 2010

Social media tools allowed for distribution of roles/responsibilities across the community (including garnering press coverage). Collaboration via social media has enabled the program to come together and launch. There are many ways to include social media in your work. Create opportunities for iterations and involvement by community.

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Blogs, social media, and the mainstream press are on fire with the breaking news. Bitter feuds are fought over this issue. These are several recent developments to keep in your sights. AI AI is graduating from phenomenon to mainstream quickly. You don’t need me to tell you this is important. First, pay attention.

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M+R

JANUARY 8, 2024

Facing the Problem For so many issues I’ve worked on, the problem is not that we, the advocates, don’t have a solution. Learn the Context To build a relationship with a lawmaker’s office, go in ready to demonstrate that you’ve done your homework by making a customized case for why and how their boss would benefit from supporting your issue.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Ballantyne, who is listed as president on a press release on the organization’s website. Messages requesting comment from the organization as well as its attorney were not returned. One of the named plaintiffs who donated an unspecified amount of money, Nathaniel Ballantyne, shares a last name with Renee A.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 25, 2012

We ponder the innovations and evolutions that may unfold in the technologies we use, and consider the issues we want to tackle in our work and communities. You would get a clearer picture of the issues causing hunger in your community—and be that much clearer about how to tackle the problem. I’m focused on data.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward. Press Forward seeks to stop and reverse that trend. What’s the problem?

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Candid

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Bridging data gaps for humanitarian organizations Following an initial period of user research to identify the most pressing data issues hindering efficient humanitarian response,​​​​ we tackled two key priorities: Metadata prediction. HDIP uses generative AI to streamline data accessibility by predicting metadata.

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Candid

JUNE 18, 2024

Unique perspectives from across the sector As we invite authors to contribute to our platform, the team at Candid insights is intentionally reaching out to people from across the sector—who are closest to the issues they’re trying to solve—to share their perspectives.

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M+R

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A recent article by the Associated Press sheds light on a troubling trend: nonprofit organizations, particularly 501(c)(3)s, are becoming increasingly wary of lobbying and advocacy efforts. Creating and disseminating these guides can provide voters with unbiased information about candidates’ stances on critical issues.

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M+R

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Despite containing what you know to be groundbreaking new data and super useful takeaways for the press, it can feel tough to find new ways to engage audiences when releasing the same report year after year. For nonprofits looking to engage the press, first look where you are already engaging other audiences and stakeholders.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Working with trusted community partners with deep history and expertise on grantmaking for racial equity, we responded this month by updating our special issue site on funding for racial equity. We began tracking grants and pledges based on press releases and public announcements to tell a real-time story. .

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Charity Village

APRIL 20, 2022

Designed to spotlight the most pressing issues of our day, raise funds, and provide highly educational content about a wide range of causes, Unite for Change is a new online destination […]. The post CanadaHelps launches a new cause-based donation program called Unite for Change appeared first on CharityVillage.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

That is exactly what is demanded of nonprofit social sector leaders who are tasked with solving the most intractable social issues of our time. Imagine, for example, if nonprofits could use funding earmarked for housing services to address the underlying issues leading to homelessness, such as substance use or mental health disorders.

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