Economic Development
Expediting Digital Giving
Every.org is turbocharging a new wave of philanthropy by eliminating costly technological barriers for nonprofits.
Tag: Donations
Review
Philanthropy & Funding
Parrying Philanthropy’s Critics
Beth Breeze’s In Defence of Philanthropy offers a passionate rebuttal to criticisms of giving that have dominated public discourse.
Webinar
Leadership
How to Power up Your Communications Strategy With the Science of Systems Thinking
In this two-part 180-minute live e-certification series, you will learn to supercharge your communications strategy with systems thinking and human-centered design. Using interactive online activities, case studies, and illustrative examples, we will help you concentrate your efforts where they can have the greatest effect, by identifying a narrow, specific, and actionable theory of change. With that, you can then chart a path to get the buy-in, support, and resources you will need to bring that idea to life.
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Webinar
Philanthropy & Funding
How to Get (More of) What You Want: Mastering Influence and Negotiation Strategies
Too many people avoid negotiating altogether, or come to agreement too quickly. Learning to reframe and redesign your negotiations as collaborative problem-solving changes the conversation. This two-part, 180-minute SSIR Live! webinar series is developed, facilitated, and presented by Margaret A. Neale, the Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emerita, Stanford Graduate School of Business. Relying on decades of empirical research, Professor Neale will introduce the collaborative, problem-solving approach to reframing your negotiations, exploring the power of the ask and how justifications can enhance your ability to get (more of) what you want.
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Webinar
Philanthropy & Funding
How to ‘Super-Power’ Your Board in an Increasingly Virtual World
This 90-minute SSIR Live! interactive program will explore “super tactics” that your board and your leadership can use to make the most of the board experience in an ever-more virtual world, helping prime your nonprofit for success.
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Webinar
Philanthropy & Funding
Reimagining Fundraising: Using Cost-Effective AI to Increase and Improve Your Fundraising
This 90-minute SSIR Live! program (available on-demand later) will explore how nonprofits can leverage cost-effective AI resources to reimagine and rehumanize their fundraising. In this live session, the speakers will share insights from their most recent research on the impact of AI on philanthropy.
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Philanthropy & Funding
Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Impede a Giving Circle’s Success
Keeping a giving circle going strong entails adhering to four principles, according to the founder of Everychild Foundation, which has an average member retention rate surpassing 90 percent.
Philanthropy & Funding
Household Generosity During the Pandemic
Social and behavioral sciences can help us understand why COVID-19 is making giving practices more localized and expansive.
Podcast
sponsored
Determining the Right Gift for Both Donor and Nonprofit
Donors trying to decide what type of gift to make can sometimes face a challenge as difficult as knowing what cause to fund in the first place. SSIR Publisher Michael Voss discusses restricted gifts, unrestricted gifts, and endowments with Lisa Spalding of The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI) and Stephanie Diamond of Schwab Charitable. A sponsored podcast developed with the support of Schwab Charitable.
Scaling
Scaling Big in India: Leveraging Behavioral Science to Help Feed Millions
A look at how a community kitchen initiative in India used insights from behavioral science to rapidly scale its services, delivering 4.5 million meals to homeless migrant workers even as the country instituted the world’s largest lockdown to combat COVID-19.