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This week, Little Green Light talks about how using your donor management system to create appeal reports can help improve your next fundraising appeal. Then we take a Rewind back to a Nonprofit in the News segment covering an article about the advice experienced women leaders want to pass down to women who are new to nonprofit leadership. We also discuss a research study about social giving trends.
In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!
— Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni
— Women’s Nonprofit Leadership Article: ssir.org/articles/entry/the_first_100_days_for_female_leaders
— Social Giving Study: onecause.com/ebook/the-2022-giving-experience-study
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Music by Emily Summers
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This week, Little Green Light has advice for deciding who to solicit during your fundraising appeals. Then my sister comes back on the show to talk about some Gifts That Give Back and tips for advocating for reasonable accommodations for employees who have disabilities and other different needs.
In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!
— Get Jenni’s Giving Tuesday Planning Toolkit: nonprofitjenni.com/coursesandmore
— Download this year’s Gifts That Give Back catalog: nonprofitjenni.com/giftsthatgiveback
— Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni
— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe
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Music by Emily Summers
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This week we continue our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your donor management system can help you prepare an incredible appeal. Then Jenni’s sister Michelle joins us to talk about the global fundraising day we all love to hate: Giving Tuesday! We hope these five non-traditional campaign ideas re-inspire you. In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out! — Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni — Jenni’s 6-Week Giving Tuesday Planning Guide: nonprofitjenni.com/coursesandmore — Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe Produced by Ben Hill Sound Music by Emily Summers ©2024 Nonprofit Jenni. All Rights Reserved.
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This week we start a new mini-series with Little Green Light about the flipside of fundraising appeals – the role your donor management system plays during the appeals process.Then we take a Rewind back to a conversation with expert Brittaney Jenkins about how your nonprofit can conduct effective community outreach efforts.
In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!
— Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni
— Brittaney Jenkins’ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/brittaneyrjenkins
— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe
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Music by Emily Summers
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This week is the last episode of our mini-series with Little Green Light about how to develop a last-minute year-end fundraising appeal! Then I share seven cyber security tips your nonprofit ABSOLUTELY needs to implement quickly. Fortunately, all of my tips can be implemented with low-cost and even many free options!
In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!
— Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni
— Preventing Charity Fraud website: preventcharityfraud.org.uk
— The National Cyber Security Centre’s Small Charity Guide: ncsc.gov.uk/files/Charity-Guide-v3.pdf
— The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center: ic3.gov
— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe
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This week, we continue our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can maximize the success of your year-end fundraising appeal with a list of 4 ways your team can prepare for year-end apples. Then my sister Michelle is coming back to the show to talk about why market research is so important for nonprofits, and 3 ways for your nonprofit to conduct market research on a small or even a non-existent budget.
In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!
— Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni
— Article about market research: blog.candid.org/post/market-research-for-nonprofits-made-easy-tips-to-maximize-impact
— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe
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This week, we continue our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can maximize the success of your year-end fundraising appeal with 5 tips to collaborate with local businesses during your year-end appeal. Then we’ll take a Rewind back to a Nonprofits in the news segment where we talk about why (and how) your nonprofit should put its participants front and center. We also chat about another article with advice for retaining great employees.
In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!
— Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni
— Article about prioritizing participants: ssir.org/articles/entry/putting_participants_at_the_center_of_managing_and_leading_nonprofits
— Article about improving staff retention: thenonprofittimes.com/hr/staff-retention-a-major-problem-for-npos
— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe
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This week, we continue our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can maximize the success of your year-end fundraising appeal with 5 key questions your nonprofit should answer while you plan your appeal. Then we’ll take a Rewind back to a Nonprofits in the news segment full of advice for new women leaders and a breakdown of a report about social giving trends..
In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!
— Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni
— Article about women leaders: ssir.org/articles/entry/overcoming_racial_equity_fatigue
— Report about social giving: onecause.com/ebook/the-2022-giving-experience-study
— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe
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Music by Emily Summers
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This week, we’re starting a new mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can maximize the success of your year-end fundraising appeal. We start off by talking about how you can use data to refine your fundraising strategy. Then we start a brand new segment called “Beyond the Mission” where we focus on improving the work lives of INDIVIDUAL nonprofiteers instead of just talking about how nonprofits can improve on an ORGANIZATIONAL level.
In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!
— Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni
— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe
Produced by Ben Hill Sound
Music by Emily Summers
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This week, we’re wrapping up our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit obtain and retain event sponsors for your fundraising events. Then Jenni’s sister Michelle will come back to talk about two Nonprofits in the News stories. The first covers best practices for creating talent development opportunities for your employees, and the second is all about how to effectively train new volunteers.
In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!
— Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni
— Employee talent development: bridgespan.org/insights/nonprofit-leadership/talent-development-for-ngos
— Volunteer training: classy.org/blog/train-volunteers-for-a-better-nonprofit-event
— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe
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This week, we’re continuing our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit obtain and retain event sponsors for your fundraising events. Then we chat with Karen Boyd from the San Diego Policy and Innovation Center about how nonprofits can engage with AI tools, and set boundaries for using tools that were created using DEI best practices.
In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!
— Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni
— Karen’s website: drkarenboyd.com
— San Diego Policy and Innovation Center: sdrpic.org
— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe
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This week, we’re continuing our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit obtain and retain event sponsors for your fundraising events. Then we chat with Lauren Vanderpool from Social Impact Solutions about “impact data,” which is the type of data your major donors and foundations want to see before deciding whether to invest in your organization.
In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!
— Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni
— Lauren’s fundraising quiz: fundraisingquiz.org
— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe
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This week, we’re starting a brand new mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit obtain and retain event sponsors for your fundraising events. Then we chat with Sally Loftis, founder of Lofits Partners and pay equity expert, about how nonprofits can help lead changes in pay inequities through pay transparency – even if you feel like you don’t have the HR budget to really move the needle yet.
In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!
— Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni
— Sally Loftis’ book on Pay Equity: tinyurl.com/nonprofitpayequity
— Sally Loftis’ Pay Equity Collective: loftispartners.com/collective
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This week, we are wrapping up our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can develop an engaging membership program to add another revenue stream for your organization with tips for how to actually launch your new program. Then we chat with Vedha Vaddaraju, the co-founder of Letters of Gold, about how you can activate folks in your community at the grassroots level to get them involved in important causes.
In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!
— Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni
— Letters of Gold: lettersofgold.org
— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe
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This week, we continue our new mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can develop an engaging membership program to add another revenue stream for your organization. Specifically, this week we talk about how to retain your members year after yeat. Then we chat with Nikki Stewart, Executive Director of Old North Illuminated, about how to tell stories from history where folks from all backgrounds and cultures can see themselves reflected.
In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!
— Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni
— Old North Illuminated’s “Illuminating the Unseen” video series: www.oldnorth.com/itu/
— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe
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This week, we continue our new mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can develop an engaging membership program to add another revenue stream for your organization. Then we chat with Erin McAleer, CEO of Project Bread, about how her organization prioritizes empowering folks with lived experience to become influential leaders at her nonprofit.
In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!
— Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni
— Project Bread’s Food Assistance Directory: projectbread.org/get-help
— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe
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This week, we continue our new mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can develop an engaging membership program to add another revenue stream for your organization. In this first segment, we’ll start by talking about the details of how you can build a membership program and the benefits you can offer supporters. Next, we take a Rewind back to a conversation about volunteer recruitment and engagement.
In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!
— Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni
— Impactrics: impactrics.com
— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe
Produced by Ben Hill Sound
Music by Emily Summers
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This week, we start a brand new mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can develop an engaging membership program to add another revenue stream for your organization. In this first segment, we’ll start by talking about the different types of membership programs your nonprofit may decide to launch. Next, we have a new Nonprofits in the News segment with a report about the most effective methods for developing equity-driven leadership training programs so you can build more diverse leadership pipelines. We also chat about an article that outlines three practical ways you can use AI to improve your grant writing process.
In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!
— Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni
— Equity-driven leadership report: https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/Catalyzing%20Leadership%20for%20Equity.pdf
— Grant writing with AI article: https://thenonprofittimes.com/npt_articles/practical-ways-to-use-ai-for-grants/
— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe
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This week, we’re wrapping up our mini-series with Little Green Light about donor retention with advice about how to keep donors engaged in your mission with inspiring email newsletters. Next, we have a Rewind of an interview with Christopher Arnold about how your nonprofit leaders can successfully manage conflicts, and even proactively develop a conflict resolution strategy to get ahead of future conflicts that are inevitably bound to happen.
In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!
— Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni
— Christopher Arnold’s website: caredeeply.com
— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe
Produced by Ben Hill Sound
Music by Emily Summers
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This week, we continue our new mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can improve its donor retention efforts, this time specifically focusing on how to write gift acknowledgment letters that help maximize your nonprofit’s opportunities to receive future gifts. Next, we have a new Nonprofits in the News segment with a report on five recent giving trends that fundraisers need to know about.
In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!
— Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni
— Giving trends article: urban.org/urban-wire/five-charitable-giving-trends-watch
— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe
Produced by Ben Hill Sound
Music by Emily Summers
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