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Volunteers: An Essential Element of Many Non-profits (Toni Jackson)

As many non-profits have come to learn, those who donate their time (Volunteers) can be as valuable as those who donate their money (Donors).  Successfully managing volunteers is the focus of this Toni Jackson series post.

For some Non-profit organizations, people who work willingly as unpaid supporters are the lifeblood of the non-profit.  If this describes your organization, it’s particularly important to be smart in the way you motivate and lead your volunteers.  Jackson offers several strategies and thoughts on doing so.

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Published March 3, 2017 by

Toni Talks: Starting a Non-profit Organization

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Achieving Better Outcomes: 2 Must-do Habits of Non-profits

 

What separates well-run Non-profits from those that often run aground? Passion? Available funds? Habits? In this post, Toni Jackson sets forth two habits that she feels the best run non-profit organizations need to know and master.

It’s habits that can often make or break non-profits. Want to achieve sustainability? Embracing good habits, and eliminating bad ones, is a very good place to start.

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Published January 6, 2017 by

Leadership Keys: Mission Possible

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Stronger Working Together: Executive Directors and Non-profit Boards

 

Given the wide range of skills and backgrounds to be ideally found at a meeting of Board members and the Executive Director, a well-led non-profit makes sure these men and women harmoniously complement one another.  In this post, Toni Jackson explores how the Executive Director and Board members are stronger working together. Working apart is avoided whenever possible. The odd coupling of gifts within some non-profit organizations can allow them to thrive where others would simply struggle.

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Published September 15, 2016 by

Leadership Keys: Givers Win

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Published September 7, 2016 by

Fundraising: Final Thoughts from Leah Lamb

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In this final Series post, Leah Lamb offers a few additional fundraising insights, including: Rainmakers are rare; approaching all generations of people (e.g. Millennials and Baby Boomers) the same way is unwise.  In this post, Lamb will explore the role of boards, in effective fundraising, and the importance of understanding each generation’s distinct preferences – when supporting a non-profit organization or cause.

Leah Y. Lamb works for the See Forever Foundation & Maya Angelou Schools.  As I mused on what to write in this introduction, I wondered this: Why are the schools named for Dr. Angelou? According to their website, the school-supporting See Forever Foundation was opened in 1997 as “a comprehensive program for 20 teens”. They sponsored a school-naming contest. The winning student essay, written by Sherti Hendrix, was powerful! It states:

The students of See Forever need a school name that represents the power and the importance of education. I think our charter school should be named after Dr. Maya Angelou . . . like [her] when she was a child, See Forever students have had a lot of problems, too. We have problems in our neighborhoods, our homes, and inside of ourselves. But like Dr. Angelou, the students of See Forever are using hard work and education to create a new future”.

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Published August 16, 2016 by

Fundraising 202: Making the Investment, Getting Major Gifts

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Have you sought to conduct a major fundraising campaign in the past year? In this post, Leah Lamb offers nuanced insight into the best way to successfully solicit major gifts for your non-profit. If major campaigns aren’t rushed or starved for resources, they can be very fruitful.

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If you’re seeking to conduct a big campaign, you’ll need to solicit major gifts. To get major gifts for your non-profit, you should take the following 4 steps, namely:

  • Introduce
  • Cultivate
  • Educate
  • Solicit

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Published August 12, 2016 by

Leadership Keys: Service to Others

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Series Snapshot: Robin Morgan (Non-profits)

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Unconditional Service: Robin Morgan’s Non-profit Mission

“I was raised to be, not a servant, but a person who is willing to serve unconditionally.   And the good Lord didn’t put you here to just make money, to just be a family.   He put you here to leave a legacy.

And that can be knowledge, that can be money, that can be service. To me, it’s service.  The more [people] I can connect with, the more people I can connect.   I thrive on that!”

Unconditional Service: Robin Morgan’s Non-profit Mission

Financial Talk for Non-profits: From a Seasoned Pro

Good Non-profit Leaders: Seeing the Forest Too!

5 Habits of People who Start Non-profits Successfully

4 Must-have Qualities of Exceptional Non-profit Leaders

Non-profit Leadership: Tell-tale Signs of an Ineffective Leader

Successful Time Management for Non-profit Leaders

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