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Nonprofit Mission Statements: Cut the Jargon So Donors Actually Get It
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A potential donor scrolling LinkedIn gives your post about three seconds. If they have to reread a sentence, you’ve lost them.
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5 hours ago
Nonprofit Storytelling: Sharing Lived Experience Without Re-Harming Yourself
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Most of us walk into a networking event or donor meeting and lead with our job title. It’s safe. It’s also forgettable.
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6 days, 6 hours ago
Fundraising Events: Building Donor Relationships Through Mission-Aligned Events
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If you've ever put months of work into a gala, only to have most of the guests disappear until next year's event, this episode is for…
2 weeks ago
Donor Stewardship Strategies for Small Nonprofits: 5 Low-Lift Ways to Keep Donors Coming Back
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Most stewardship advice assumes you have a team, a budget, and time to hand-deliver flowers to every donor. This episode is for fundr…
3 weeks ago
Volunteers Aren't Free Labour: Ethical Volunteer Stewardship for Executive Directors
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What does your annual report say about your volunteers? If it's a headcount, a total of hours, and a dollar figure for how much they …
4 weeks ago
Bold, Sustainable Leadership for Social Impact Leaders in a Time of Crisis
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Perfectionism doesn't feel like fear. It feels like caring. But underneath the reviewed-a-hundred-times email is usually one thing: f…
1 month ago
Great Donor Stewardship: The 4 Step Donor Retention System Your Small Nonprofit Needs
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Most nonprofits lose more than half their donors after that very first gift, and it's rarely because those donors stopped caring. In …
1 month, 1 week ago
The ED Burnout Crisis: New Data and How to Protect Yourself
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Nearly half of nonprofit Executive Directors are reporting burnout as a serious concern, and that number is climbing fast. In this ep…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Family Foundations & Private Philanthropy: Why Spend-Down Foundations Are Different
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Most nonprofits ask foundations for what they think a funder is comfortable giving, not what the mission actually needs to succeed. T…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Fundraising Strategy for Small Nonprofits: Building Acquisition and Retention Systems
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Throwing spaghetti at the wall can't fix broken fundraising systems. On this week's episode of The Small Nonprofit Podcast, Maria Rio…
2 months ago