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10 Ways to Improve Donor Retention with Social Media
In this webinar, Julia Campbell will show you how to use social media and other free online tools to create your very own donor gratitude campaign, on a shoestring budget!
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#GivingTuesday Campaign Ideas, Resources, & Templates
DonorPerfect has provided this huge resource base to help your organization put on a successful Giving Tuesday campaign.
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Four Kalamazoo Nonprofits Launch Shared Services Collaborative
Four nonprofits have banded together in an effort to leverage resources, increase efficiency, and expand their impact in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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Four Kalamazoo Nonprofits Launch Shared Services Collaborative
Four nonprofits have banded together in an effort to leverage resources, increase efficiency, and expand their impact in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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Current Trends in Grassroots Advocacy
How has grassroots advocacy changed in the past few years? And what are the current grassroots advocacy trends that your organization should be leveraging to have greater success?
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New Donor Ethics Rules: Why Policies and Procedures Alone Can’t Protect Us
Not all donors are equal. That’s the lesson the nonprofit community has learned from the public struggles of respected organizations like the Whitney Museum, the University of…
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The Neuroscience of Creativity
An excerpt from Tara Swart’s The Source explains how the brain’s ability to adapt can allow for better decision-making for social good.
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Effective Ways to Engage Young Donors
In this webinar, Rachel Clemens and Caroline Fothergill of Mighty Citizen will walk through inspiring real-world examples of how nonprofit organizations are using dynamic campaigns to reach Millennials and to generate mission-fueling revenue.
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How One Nonprofit Helped Change a Nation’s Thinking about Criminal Justice
In our latest Tiny Spark podcast, we examine how one nonprofit has successfully disrupted and challenged a powerful national institution by remaining committed to slow, tedious work, year…
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Six Easy Questions to Ask Your Foundation Program Officer
If you’re a nonprofit leader who seeks grants from private foundations, you know what it feels like to be politely interrogated. In the midst of answering all those questions, it…
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Why New Leaders Should Make Decisions Slowly
The stakes are high when a new leader takes over. Despite their training and experience, a full 74% of new leaders say they are unprepared for the new role,…
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Strategic Planning Sucks the Life Out of Nonprofits
It’s time for some truth-telling. The nonprofit sector has created a culture in which strategic work is seen as a necessary evil, a process to endure, something to suffer through.
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The Secret Sauce to Year-End: Tools, Trends, and Tactics for Success
Join Network for Good on Wednesday, October 30th for a day long virtual conference as we unpack everything you need to thrive in year-end. You’ll hear from thought…
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Fundraising Event Sponsors: How to Find Them & Create a Win-Win
In this webinar, fundraising master trainer Chad Barger, CFRE will help you maximize sponsorship revenue at your next fundraising event.
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Funding for Programs Focused on Women and Girls Still Lags in US – Surprised?
There was great excitement this month when Melinda Gates announced she would spend $1 billion over the next ten years to help close the gender…
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How Engaged is Your Team, Really?
Knowing that engagement is tied to teams is critical for leaders looking to increase their output, since engagement is a known driver of productivity. But research we conducted on behalf of Oracle and…
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The ABC’s of Winning a Lapsed Donor Back
Imagine this scenario:
Your organization received a donation from a donor once or twice but have not received anything this year. Some nonprofit professionals may say well that donor is gone, time…
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The Power of Nonprofit News Collaborations: Shining a Light on Rural Hospitals
Attention is a hot commodity in the media market. That’s always been true of the industry, but like chic urban real estate, attention is harder and more…
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What Happens When Teams Fight Burnout Together
Earlier this year, Ernst & Young (EY) and The Energy Project set out to test a hypothesis: If all members of a client-serving team rallied together to build more rest and renewal…
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We all know that it’s important for social good organizations to connect and engage with stakeholders in order to achieve their missions. One of the most effective ways this can be done is through storytelling. But how…
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Systems Change Is All About Shifting Power
To change systems, power has to shift. And yet implementation of systems change often ignores this central aspect.
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UVA Study IDs People Most Likely to Donate
Many business schools are focused on the question of how to make greater profits, but at the University of Virginia two business schools have teamed up to help non-profits increase their…
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How to Review Executive Director/CEO Performance
Governance expert John Carver was famous for saying “organizational performance is synonymous with chief executive performance.” In other words, if an organization is performing well, the CEO must be good. And, if an organization…
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Nonprofit Storytelling with Financials
In this webinar, Stephanie Skryzowski will show you the foundation of financial management, why transparency in your financials is important, who should see your financials, how to present the financials, and specific reports and metrics…
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Can Philanthropy Become a True Partner in Indian Country?
A look into the potential for philanthropy to build communities within Indian Country, and how to actually do so.
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