The Permanent Disruption of Social Media
A new study highlights the realities of donor behavior and how organizations can redesign their outreach strategies to be more effective.Articles
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More money than ever is flowing into impact investing, yet many social entrepreneurs creating companies that serve the poor still find it difficult to raise capital.
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A group of conservationists, former bankers, and management consultants have imported ideas from Wall Street to create a new way to protect large ecosystems.
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Corporate donors prefer the opera to the soup kitchen.
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A recent study found that the number of US nonprofits with annual revenues of more
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Four guidelines provide a road map for leaders to identify and develop the right funding model for their organization.
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The End of Fundraising: Raise More Money by Selling Your Impact by Jason Saul
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“One death is a tragedy; 1 million is a statistic,” Joseph Stalin is supposed to have said. The more people we see suffering, the less we care.
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Foundation Source Access, the new eHarmony for family foundations, gives smaller donors access to a wide variety of innovative funding opportunities.
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Nonprofits must have influential board members who connect them to the communities they serve.
By Paul Vandeventer | 7
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A Georgetown University and Waggener Edstrom study sheds new light on the debate surrounding the effectiveness of online influence.
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Nonprofits are making funding an integral part of their mission, and working with for-profits and other nontraditional partners to deliver on that mission.
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If your organization doesn’t have a mobile marketing strategy in place, it’s time to build one—here's how.
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Frameworks and tools for building strategy—a report from the Social Media on Purpose conference.
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Are nonprofits risking alienation from traditional donors?
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We must push for inclusion of technology in grant proposals.
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Five ways nonprofit leaders can make their organizations’ year-end fundraising appeals more effective.
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Nonprofits can proactively utilize website and communication best practices to garner more support.
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New research on multi-year grants underlines the need for more philanthropic support.
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Nonprofits can proactively utilize website and communication best practices to garner more support.
By David Hartstein
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Harvard researcher Nathalie Kylander challenges traditional branding principles and proposes a new framework for developing a more strategic brand. Featuring Nathalie Kylander
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Social media and the Internet have permanently disrupted the traditional donor-engagement process through online competitions, viral video campaigns, and mobile giving, to name a few. With each new way for organizations and donors to interact come increasingly complex entry points into the…
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How to identify and develop a funding model that will allow your organization to achieve its programmatic aspirations.
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Principles nonprofit leaders can use to help them achieve their organization’s long-term fundraising goals.
William Foster, Partner, Bridgespan Group
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Seven Habits of Highly Effective Mentors | 8
How to make the most of being a mentor.
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The Eight-Word Mission Statement | 21
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Embracing Emergence: How Collective Impact Addresses Complexity | 4
Collective impact is upending conventional wisdom on how we achieve social progress.
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Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work | 20
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