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Maricopa Community Colleges is Paving the Way for Artificial Intelligence Programs in Higher Education
The Maricopa County Community College District’s (MCCCD) innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI) programs provide strategic pathways for students to enter the workforce pipeline.
Fundraising Academy BlogAdvice to Women in Fundraising from the Valley's Leading Fundraising Professionals
Learning from the successes and mistakes of others can oftentimes be an excellent resource for our own success.
Corporate Training BlogStaying Mindful in the At-Home Workplace
Mindfulness in the workplace is important – but what about when our workplace is at home?
Fundraising Academy BlogPanel Review: Fundraising for the Rest of Us
There’s human services, religion, and education. For everything else, there’s this panel…and this panel review.
Fundraising Academy BlogPanel Review: Start the New Year with 2020 Vision
As 2019 comes to a close, we’re looking forward to a new decade full of innovation, fresh ideas, and goals to focus on.
Corporate Training Blog3 Reasons Why Education-Industry Partnerships Are Critical
We hear a lot about employees looking for jobs and employers seeking qualified candidates - so how do we bring these two parties together?
Fundraising Academy BlogWhat Exactly is Cause Selling, and How is it Different from Fundraising?
Working in nonprofits oftentimes means that we are less concerned with the “bottom line” or “selling” because that sounds like jargon for the corporate world. We generally focus on our cause (which is important) and our mission (which establishes why we fundraise in the first place). But how do we bring these two focus areas together? How do we combine the bottom line with our cause?
Fundraising Academy BlogHow to Identify and Connect With Your Nonprofit Network
So now you’re an expert networker - with practice, of course! But how do you decide who to network with? Simply put: Identify whose life you would like to be part of, both internally and externally to your organization.
Fundraising Academy BlogKeeping Up with Networks to Maximize Your Nonprofit’s Success
Networks are at the heart of social capital and are important to achieve career success and organizational goals. Individuals improve their social capital when they can see and understand the connections between themselves and others within and beyond their workplace.
Fundraising Academy BlogHow to Boost Your Networking Skills and Improve Your Nonprofit
There is an art to networking that will result in your power and ability to network. Let’s begin with defining the word itself: What exactly is networking? It is the purposeful building and maintaining of relationships for success.
Corporate Training BlogImpact Breakfasts: A Year in Review
As 2019 begins to wind down, it’s time to review some of our favorite takeaways from this year’s Impact Breakfast topics and provide tips that you can bring to your team in the coming new year!
Corporate Training BlogThree Things You Need to Know About Storytelling
Storytelling is a great way to connect with others. It can help your organization identify its mission and values, hear directly from employees, and give your customers a personal connection to your company. With storytelling, we’re getting away from the idea of relying on transaction-centered relationships with customers and, instead, focusing on building human relationships through human stories.
Fundraising Academy BlogHow to Use Stories from Your Nonprofit to Enhance Your Writing
Grammar and syntax are all important parts of writing, but overall, the most important part of writing is to hone in on the stories that are most important to tell.
Fundraising Academy BlogWhy a Call to Action is Important to Helping Your Donors Out (and How to Use One Properly)
One of the most critical things to know about marketing and writing is that you want processes to be easy for your audience to follow.
Fundraising Academy BlogHow to Make Your Writing Sound Natural and Appeal to Donors
Writing for your nonprofit can be tricky, simply because writing lasts forever in today’s digital age.
Fundraising Academy BlogGetting to Know Your Audience in Nonprofit Writing
Writing can be challenging, but it’s an important part of our jobs that can’t be avoided. Between emails, donor letters, thank you notes, and presentations, writing is critical to any successful fundraising campaign. But how are you supposed to handle writing projects if you don’t feel comfortable with your writing?
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Fundraising Academy Blog
Advice to Women in Fundraising from the Valley's Leading Fundraising Professionals
Learning from the successes and mistakes of others can oftentimes be an excellent resource for our own success. -
Corporate Training Blog
Staying Mindful in the At-Home Workplace
Mindfulness in the workplace is important – but what about when our workplace is at home? -
Fundraising Academy Blog
Panel Review: Fundraising for the Rest of Us
There’s human services, religion, and education. For everything else, there’s this panel…and this panel review. -
Fundraising Academy Blog
Panel Review: Start the New Year with 2020 Vision
As 2019 comes to a close, we’re looking forward to a new decade full of innovation, fresh ideas, and goals to focus on. -
Corporate Training Blog
3 Reasons Why Education-Industry Partnerships Are Critical
We hear a lot about employees looking for jobs and employers seeking qualified candidates - so how do we bring these two parties together? -
Fundraising Academy Blog
What Exactly is Cause Selling, and How is it Different from Fundraising?
Working in nonprofits oftentimes means that we are less concerned with the “bottom line” or “selling” because that sounds like jargon for the corporate world. We generally focus on our cause (which is important) and our mission (which establishes why we fundraise in the first place). But how do we bring these two focus areas together? How do we combine the bottom line with our cause? -
Fundraising Academy Blog
How to Identify and Connect With Your Nonprofit Network
So now you’re an expert networker - with practice, of course! But how do you decide who to network with? Simply put: Identify whose life you would like to be part of, both internally and externally to your organization. -
Fundraising Academy Blog
Keeping Up with Networks to Maximize Your Nonprofit’s Success
Networks are at the heart of social capital and are important to achieve career success and organizational goals. Individuals improve their social capital when they can see and understand the connections between themselves and others within and beyond their workplace. -
Fundraising Academy Blog
How to Boost Your Networking Skills and Improve Your Nonprofit
There is an art to networking that will result in your power and ability to network. Let’s begin with defining the word itself: What exactly is networking? It is the purposeful building and maintaining of relationships for success. -
Corporate Training Blog
Impact Breakfasts: A Year in Review
As 2019 begins to wind down, it’s time to review some of our favorite takeaways from this year’s Impact Breakfast topics and provide tips that you can bring to your team in the coming new year! -
Corporate Training Blog
Three Things You Need to Know About Storytelling
Storytelling is a great way to connect with others. It can help your organization identify its mission and values, hear directly from employees, and give your customers a personal connection to your company. With storytelling, we’re getting away from the idea of relying on transaction-centered relationships with customers and, instead, focusing on building human relationships through human stories. -
Fundraising Academy Blog
How to Use Stories from Your Nonprofit to Enhance Your Writing
Grammar and syntax are all important parts of writing, but overall, the most important part of writing is to hone in on the stories that are most important to tell. -
Fundraising Academy Blog
Why a Call to Action is Important to Helping Your Donors Out (and How to Use One Properly)
One of the most critical things to know about marketing and writing is that you want processes to be easy for your audience to follow. -
Fundraising Academy Blog
How to Make Your Writing Sound Natural and Appeal to Donors
Writing for your nonprofit can be tricky, simply because writing lasts forever in today’s digital age. -
Fundraising Academy Blog
Getting to Know Your Audience in Nonprofit Writing
Writing can be challenging, but it’s an important part of our jobs that can’t be avoided. Between emails, donor letters, thank you notes, and presentations, writing is critical to any successful fundraising campaign. But how are you supposed to handle writing projects if you don’t feel comfortable with your writing?