Together, For Good: Achieving Philanthropy at Scale: Transforming Hospital Systems into Models of Success
Rising problems of the nation’s population health are increasingly complex. As we have learned the hard way from COVID-19, problems of community healthcare access and social and cultural behavior create underlying compromised health that can make whole communities victims in a moment. The underlying problems themselves do not represent a narrow definition of health. They […]
Together, For Good: Why the collaboration motivated by the COVID-19 pandemic should take root and grow.
As civilization begins to reboot on the wings of a largely successful vaccination campaign, and as it becomes at least somewhat reasonable to discuss the idea of the pandemic’s end, like many of you, I am left with new questions about the fate of the nonprofit community, of philanthropy, of ethical corporate leadership and, more […]
The Healthcare Ecosystem: What Lessons Have We Learned From COVID-19?
Unfortunately, COVID-19 is not the last time we will find ourselves in a globally shared crisis; emerging and resurging diseases are a growing fact of life. While investing in science is an absolute priority for future health security, science alone will not get the public health job done. It must be complemented by philanthropic investment […]
Webinar: 2021 Virtual Summit: A FORGING FORWARD Production
APRIL 14th-16th \\ REGISTER TODAY CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PROGRAM OUTLINING SESSIONS AND SPEAKERS THE NEED Changing Our World and ONE HUNDRED are global thought leaders and conveners, rallying philanthropic networks, best-in-class nonprofit organizations, and leaders in corporate purpose, so that we can make a more dramatic impact together…than we could apart. We […]
Corporate Purpose in 2021: Key Trends for Authentic Stakeholder Engagement
In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic drove “five years of digital maturation compressed into five months.” Multiple vaccines were developed and approved for Covid-19 in under a year; previously, the fastest vaccine ever developed and approved – for mumps – took four years. While 2020 was undoubtedly a difficult year, it also drove unprecedented acceleration of […]
Q&A: PRO-TIPS FOR UPLEVELING YOUR NEXT VIRTUAL EVENT
I recently interviewed my colleague Marie Molese, Foundation board member for Martin Luther School in Queens, NY and Senior Managing Director at Changing Our World. Marie has hosted over 100 virtual events since the start of COVID for both Changing Our World and for her alma mater, Martin Luther School. Read on for advice on lessons learned from a pro and ideas for improving your next virtual event! Q: Have you […]
A MOVES MANAGEMENT SERIES: PART 1 – IDENTIFICATION
IDENTIFYING MAJOR GIFT PROSPECTS searching for the diamond in your data You can’t have a major giving program without major gift prospects. It’s true whether you’re just starting out or managing a large team of gift officers. Wherever you fall on the spectrum, there are plenty of ways to enhance your prospecting and bring new donors to the table. Machine learning is changing the game when […]
WHAT DO NON-HUMAN PRIMATES AND GIFT OFFICERS HAVE IN COMMON? Our brains limit the relationships we can maintain.
Research suggests that the need to maintain social groups was a contributor to the evolution of the primate brain, and that both human and non-human primates have a limit to the number of relationships they can manage. The social brain hypothesis (Byrne & Whiten 1988; Barton & Dunbar 1997) finds that humans can, cognitively speaking, maintain an average of 150 […]
FOUR FUNDAMENTALS FOR CREATING MORE EFFECTIVE DONOR JOURNEYS: Why you’re likely leaving money on the table – or even turning donors away – with impersonal communications
They say that people give to people. Like a lot of things “they” say, there’s some truth in that chestnut, but it doesn’t tell the whole story. Perhaps more accurately, fundraising prospects give to people who take the time to engage them in meaningful ways, offer compelling giving opportunities that align with personal interests or […]
CHOOSING YOUR DONOR DATABASE
INTRODUCTION There are some questions that are as old as time, like what’s the meaning of life, where do I want to be in ten years, and what fundraising database should my nonprofit use? The database question is one that every organization must face at some point, and it’s fraught with fear and frustration. This […]