Selfish Giving

AUGUST 14, 2017

Check it out: Here’s a story that will inspire you to think bigger about your organization’s cause marketing efforts and goals. * * * Smithfield Foods is to the packaged meats and pork industry as Nike is to the athletic wear industry. Smithfield has set a goal to employ 4,000 military servicemen and servicewomen by the end of 2020.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2013

People rely on their neighborhood library to borrow books, magazines, and movies. One of our goals was to provide free broadband Internet access to patrons in their homes—and we’ve met that goal. But borrowing the Internet? How does that work? Providence Community Library (PCL) is leading the way.

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Library Grants

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Deadline: November 27, 2023 The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries provides funds to the neediest schools to extend, update, and diversify the book and print collections in their libraries with the goal of encouraging students to develop a love of reading and learning.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

The Four Elements of a Nonprofit Self-Audit of Your Marketing Plan When you walk through your nonprofit self-audit, you have four major tasks: clarifying your marketing goals, taking stock of your organizational assets, reviewing your systems, and tracking your progress. Your goals should be bold but achievable. Capture your stories!

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Strategic Grants

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The article ’15 learnings we’re sharing from 15 years of working with grant-seekers and fund ers’ by the Strategic Grants team first appeared in the Winter 2024 edition of the F&P (Fundraising & Philanthropy) magazine. Your goal as a grants writer is to leave no unanswered questions in the assessor’s mind.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2013

The goals of the new coalition are to drastically cut the cost of Internet services on mobile phones in the developing world over the course of several years. And I particularly like Alex Fitzpatrick’s piece in Time Magazine, “Three Reasons Zuckerberg’s ‘Internet For All’ Crusade Rings Hollow.”

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Once you have the plan in place, you have a road map to get you to your goal by the end of the year. Spend a day at the hotel pool, flipping through magazines while everyone else does what they want to do. Even if you set a high fundraising goal. It takes time and thought to draft a plan. Even if your organization is new.

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Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Faculty engaged her both inside and outside the classroom by providing feedback on assignments, encouraging her to step outside her comfort zone to acquire new skills, recommending extracurricular activities, and checking in on the progress she’s making towards her goals. But her alma mater didn’t end there.

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Tech Soup

MAY 2, 2011

Experts like David Neff , author of The Future of Nonprofits , will be on hand to deliver actionable content that you can use right away to help reach your goals. The nonprofit Best Friends Animal Society turned its great print magazine into a magazine for the iPad2. Start with something easy that your supporters already like.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

A story about your organization’s history, programs, and future goals is unlikely to get picked up by a newspaper, TV station, or digital publication. Think newspapers and magazines, even the free, weekly publications. Make it a goal to pitch a story to the media once a month. Step 1: Find Your Story . It’s just too broad.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Local Media Outreach : Send a Press Release to your local media outlets including TV, radio, newspapers, and magazines. This can help you reach a wider audience and appeal to more people, which is especially important for a GivingTuesday campaign since the goal is to get as many people involved as possible.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

On the site, social entrepreneurs propose their idea or project, set a funding goal, and identify a “tipping point.” and Thrasher Skateboard Magazine. It is the newest fundraising model of these three, and spreading wildly as a way to get individual projects or ideas off the ground.

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GrantNews

JUNE 14, 2024

It doesn’t matter if a child wants to read articles in a crafty magazine, a football annual, or a book on ponies. If your goal is to increase someone’s desire to do something it is best to encourage participants to have fun when doing the task. You can extend this school of thought to reading too.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

You likely have enough on your plate as you move into a new year with new goals, commitments, resolutions, and expectations. Check out this article from Smashing Magazine (they get credit for the image too) to learn more details about A/B testing. First off, let's set a deadline. Perform a Simple A/B Test.

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Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

In this lesson, we’ll cover: Setting a goal for recurring giving. A bit of advice about setting goals. If you don’t have a clear goal in mind for your program and campaigns, it’s challenging to crystallize what you’ll need to do to reach your target. What would happen as a result of achieving our goal? Your goal, that is.

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Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

In this lesson, we’ll cover: Setting a goal for recurring giving. A bit of advice about setting goals. If you don’t have a clear goal in mind for your program and campaigns, it’s challenging to crystallize what you’ll need to do to reach your target. What would happen as a result of achieving our goal? Your goal, that is.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

APRIL 28, 2023

From dubious quizzes about your soul mate in 1980s women’s magazines to Buzzfeed’s endless supply of “decorate your dream house, and we’ll guess your eye color,” I’m always game to give it a go and rarely seem to match up with what should be the correct answer. I’m a sucker for a quiz. It’s all in fun. What’s missing?

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

A corporate sponsorship usually involves a sponsor supporting an event, donating auction items, or giving a monetary gift to help you meet a fundraising goal. There are a number of media outlets you can use to publicize your program, including: TV or radio stations Newspapers Magazines Local bloggers or social media influencers.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

In this Alliance Magazine article David Bonbright, chief executive of Keystone Accountability explains that while the Markets for Good initiative intended to develop a philanthropic ecosystem and social change information marketplace that gave the most marginalized a voice, in reality this has not been the case.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Magazines featured red stickers so that people could add a red accent themselves where they wanted it. Don't make an infographic unless you have a really good reason (we're drowning in infographics), and don't make a map without a goal or strategy. What's the goal? Flesh Out Your Visual Campaign.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Magazines featured red stickers so that people could add a red accent themselves where they wanted it. Don't make an infographic unless you have a really good reason (we're drowning in infographics), and don't make a map without a goal or strategy. What's the goal? Flesh Out Your Visual Campaign.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 10, 2023

The Art of Event Promotion Through Media Relations As an event organizer, one of your primary goals is to ensure that your event reaches its maximum potential in terms of attendance and impact. To achieve this, an often overlooked but crucial aspect is the role of Media Relations on your event committee.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2013

The intent of this project is help researchers, NGOs, and policymakers with data driven decision making and also for tracking performance toward the UN Millennium Development Goals. that address poverty in the world. One of the places I look first for NPTech news is the Nonprofit Tech For Good website.

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DoJiggy

APRIL 12, 2024

Ticket sales for the dinner contribute to the DECA chapter’s fundraising goals. Sales Contests Sales contests motivate students to sell products or services, such as magazines, chocolates, or discount cards, with prizes for the top sellers. This not only showcases students’ skills but also serves as an elegant fundraising event.

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2016

" So wrote Cynthia Gibson, then of the Carnegie Corporation , and Nonprofit Quarterly Editor-in-Chief Ruth McCambridge in a 2008 special issue of that magazine dedicated to infrastructure. That support will allow nonprofits to make quicker progress toward the achievement of their goals. Take VolunteerMatch, for example.

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Big Fundraising Ideas

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

High ROI fundraisers are more efficient, helping schools reach their financial goals quicker and with less effort. Subscription-Based Fundraisers Subscription-based fundraisers involve selling ongoing subscriptions to products or services, such as magazines, meal kits, or educational materials.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

Use Data From Past Events to Set New Fundraising Goals. Use that data to set (and achieve) SMART goals for your nonprofit fundraising efforts! There’s something to interest any supporter, and this attention to detail has led to them raising over 60% of their fundraising goal … and their event hasn’t even happened yet!

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

The People's Choice award winner is a Windows 8 app , YumvY , a cooking companion to help you prepare nutritious, healthy meals at home with the goal of addressing the obesity epidemic and related diseases like diabetes. Find the winning apps and the array of entries on the contest page.

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