Category: Nonprofits
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Perpetual Innovation™: Club Management Workbook (Pi-C)
Wouldn’t it be nice if service clubs had a simple set of tools that they could use for more efficient management – easy to use questionnaires for the board and members that will provide a benchmark and help identify initiatives that will advance the club each year. The new book is Perpetual Innovation™: Club Management…
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Earth Day 2023: Invest in Our Planet
(This was originally published as sister site SustainZine. Note the discussion of Earth Day related charities below.) [With AI contribution from Bard.] I got my buddy Bard (AI from Google) to help with two blogs: World Water Day 2023: Accelerating Change in March and Earth Day 2023: Invest in our Planet in April (this blog…
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World Water Day 2023 – Accelerating Change
Originally published at SustainZine March 23 2023. World Water Day, Accelerating Change. World Water Day 2023: A Call to Action (https://www.worldwaterday.org/). Be like the humming bird, be the change you want to see in the world. Approximately 750m people worldwide do not have ready access to clean water. Double that for people without clean septic/sanitation.…
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Smile no more. Amazon.
For years credit cards, Amazon, eBay and others have had “affinity” programs where a charity could be designated to receive money associated with normal sales activities. In the case of Amazon, Amazon Smile program, 0.5% of qualifying sales goes to your favorite charity. “You shop. Amazon Gives.” The program has been very successful growing since…
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Scenario Planning for Nonprofits During Uncertain Times
Our sister site www.ScenarioPlans.com talked about the importance of scenario planning for nonprofits: Scenario Planning with Nonprofits. Of course it is great to do scenario planning every few years so the plans (and contingency plans) are already developed, but most organizations don’t do formal scenario planning, at best, they do worst, best and most-likely case…
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Tight Labor Market is Hitting Nonprofits Hard
Nonprofits generally pay less than other options, government or private sector. With high costs of living and a super tight labor market, nonprofits are seeing a double whammy. See an article by Kohli from the Boston Globe, In a tight labor market, nonprofits are losing out. They need to raise wages rapidly to employees, but…
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Nonprofit Plan
Nonprofit Plan is about improving the philanthropic ecosystem, trying to make charities more efficient and successful while encouraging donors to become more impactful with their giving (time, talent & treasure). This concept and the upcoming blog (www.NonprofitPlan.org) is inspired by a book by Hall & Hinkelman of Strategic Business Planning Company. The Gift of Giving,…
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Nonprofits: Charity View
Charities need to be well organized in order to fulfill their missions. At the very minimum, they need to complete their tax exempt requirements. Achieving best practices helps the charity with funding, volunteers and grants.