255. Types of Nonprofit Membership Programs + Equity-Driven Leadership Development + Improve Grant Writing With AI
Release Date: 07/15/2024
271. How to Decide Who to Solicit During Your Next Appeal + Reasonable Employee Accommodations + Gifts That Give Back
Nonprofit Jenni Show
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: — Download this year’s Gifts That Give Back catalog: — Find Little Green Light’s Free Resources: — Get my once-per-week email newsletter: Produced by Music by ...
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270. Five Non-Traditional Giving Tuesday Strategies + More Tips to Perfect Your Appeal With Your CRM
Nonprofit Jenni Show
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: — Jenni’s 6-Week Giving Tuesday Planning Guide: — Get my once-per-week email newsletter: ...
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269. Use Your Donor Management System to Manage Appeals + Give Your Community Outreach a Boost
Nonprofit Jenni Show
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: — Brittaney Jenkins’ LinkedIn: — Get my once-per-week email newsletter: Produced by Music by ©2024 Nonprofit Jenni. All Rights...
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268. Last-Minute Year-End Appeal Planning + How to Create Your Cyber Security Plan (I promise, you NEED to listen to this cyber security advice!)
Nonprofit Jenni Show
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: — Preventing Charity Fraud website: — The National Cyber Security Centre’s Small Charity Guide: — The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center: — Get...
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267. Four Ways to Prep for Year-End Appeals + How (and Why) to Conduct Market Research to Grow Your Nonprofit
Nonprofit Jenni Show
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: — Article about market research: — Get my...
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266. Partner with Businesses for Year-End Appeals + Why (and How) to Put Your Participants First + How to Reduce Staff Turnover
Nonprofit Jenni Show
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: — Article...
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265. Five Questions to Plan Your Year-End Appeal + Overcome Racial Equity Fatigue
Nonprofit Jenni Show
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: — Article about women leaders: — Report about social giving: — Get my once-per-week...
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264. How Data Can Improve Year-End Giving Appeals + Boost Your Emotional Wellbeing at Work
Nonprofit Jenni Show
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: — Get my...
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263. Engage Sponsors Year-Round + Employee Talent Development + Training New Volunteers
Nonprofit Jenni Show
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: — Employee talent development: — Volunteer training: ...
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262. How to Properly Thank Event Sponsors + “Good” and “Bad” AI Tools for Nonprofits
Nonprofit Jenni Show
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: — Karen’s website: — San Diego Policy and Innovation Center: — Get my once-per-week email newsletter: ...
info_outlineThis 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/
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