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6 Tips for Creating Engaging Email Newsletters
Regardless of whether you work in the nonprofit sector or run a small business, an email newsletter is one of the most…
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Mission Possible: How Foundations Are Shaping the Future of Impact Investing
There’s been a groundswell of interest in impact investing in recent years. Today, seeing the potential of impact…
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5 Trends in Giving That Will Reshape Philanthropy in 2017
2016 was a record-setting year for philanthropy, with Americans donating more than $373 billion and communities across the globe…
Read MoreWhy Collaboration Matters
As a sector, we work toward a common purpose: a resilient community. A resilient community consists of individuals working together to ensure that as many of its members as possible…
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Difficult Conversations About Director Performance
Every board must discuss difficult issues from time to time – and the right approach can have a positive impact on the outcome. Poor or less than optimal performance from…
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Difficult Conversations About Director Performance
Every board must discuss difficult issues from time to time – and the right approach can have a positive impact on the outcome….
Read MoreResilience At Work
Originally a term used by engineers, resilience is a positive adaptation to stress. With human beings, resilience amounts to an ability to recover from setbacks, remain flexible during times of…
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Nonprofit Communicators, It’s Time to Level Up!
I recently contributed an article to the Communications Network’s biannual journal, Change Agent, called It’s Time to Level Up!
In the article,…
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Social Media as an Organizational Game Changer
If you are one of those nonprofits still approaching social media as simply another tool in your belt, you are very much missing…
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Building the Bicycle While We Ride It: Five Reflections on Nonprofit Co-Leadership
When Ruby Johnson was first hired at FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund in July 2013, she was the only full-time staff member. With the…
Read MoreBecome a Resilient Leader
Leading in troubling times or in the face of any kind of change requires resilience. Leaders need to keep going. They have to keep the lights on, but also set an example for and actively support team…
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4 Ways to Get Press Coverage for Your Nonprofit
The way some people talk about it, you might think getting your story picked up by the media is the hardest thing in the world. You might also assume…
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The Walmart Foundation Is a Perfect Example of How Corporate Philanthropy is Changing
Recently, we argued that the once-sleepy world of corporate philanthropy is getting a lot more sophisticated as funders sharpen their priorities and “fuse traditional grantmaking with…
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Bringing Together Business and Social Change: Not for the Faint of Heart
In this context, HireUp has illuminated the possibilities and challenges that go along with combining private and public approaches to create innovative solutions to social…
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Data-ness
Some years ago, Stephen Colbert coined the term “truthiness,” something that has the aura of truth because it just feels like the truth.
When it comes to making a point, numbers have a special appeal, no doubt because they…
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New Postal Rates Will Boost Costs for Charities
Nonprofits will pay anywhere from 2.8 percent to 4.3 percent more in 2017 to ship presorted fundraising, promotional, or informational letters, also known as standard-mail letters.
Under new postage rates set to…
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A Sectoral New Year’s Resolution—Exercise Civic Muscle
During these next four years, the pathways to federal and state support are likely to be longer and narrower. Rebuilding your organization’s civic muscles may be required.
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