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NPRN Shorts:
1. Resource of the Week: Mobile Impact 201: Digital Content Strategies for Mobile. Your supporters are mobile, is your organization? Check out this powerpoint outlining what you should be considering to engage the mass mobile audience.
2. NPRN News: Anyone need a free TRAILER, the City of Santa Barbara is looking for volunteers, TVSB is offering PSA's for nonprofits and Quail Springs is offering financial aid for their courses. Check the news below and post your own here.
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4. Nonprofit Finance Fund’s 2014 State of the Sector Survey results in a free webinar this week with the Fund for Santa Barbara. Check it here.
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Non-Profit Featured Event:
Santa Barbara County Coastal Clean Up (at a beach near you)
September 20 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Every year, on the third Saturday in September, people join together at sites all over California to take part in the State’s largest volunteer event, California Coastal Cleanup Day. In 2013, over 58,000 volunteers removed almost 750,000 pounds of trash and recyclables from California’s beaches, lakes, and waterways. Families, friends, coworkers, scout troops, school groups, service clubs, and individuals come together to celebrate and share their appreciation of California’s fabulous coast and waterways. The event is part of the International Coastal Cleanup, organized by the Ocean Conservancy, which is the largest volunteer event on the planet!
Join Explore Ecology and Dunes Center at both North and Sounty County beaches. See the list here. Please bring a jacket, closed toed shoes and water.
We will meet at the parking lot near the beach for instructions and materials.
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- Five Wishes Community Workshop, September 17. Presented by Alliance for Living and Dying Well.
- “Linking Money to Mission: A Balancing Act†with Nonprofit Finance Fund, September 17 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm. Presented by the Fund for Santa Barbara.
- League of Women Voters: Debating The Merits Of Ballot Measure P 2014, September 17 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- Living with Alzheimer’s – Late Stage, Part 2, September 18 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Presented by Alzheimer's Association.
- Tai Chi Easy, September 18 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm. Presented by Santa Barbara Village.
- Five Wishes Community Workshop, September 18 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm. Presented by Alliance for Living and Dying Well.
- Five Wishes Community Workshop, presented by Alliance for Living and Dying Well. September 19
- Santa Barbara Village: Volunteer Recruitment Event September 19 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm. Presented by Santa Barbara Village.
- Six Weeks to Better Balance (Class: Sept 19-Oct 24), September 19 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Presented by Santa Barbara Village.
- Friendship Center’s 5th Annual Wine Down, September 19 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm.
- Wild & Scenic Film Festival, September 19 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm. Presented by Los Padres Forest Watch.
- Recycled Robots with Geoffrey Barber- Art From Scrap Workshop, September 20 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm.
- Guadalupe’s Walk and Talk, September 20 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am. Presented by Guadalupe Nipomo Dunes Center.
- How to Root Cuttings from Fruit Trees, September 20 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. Presented by Mesa Harmony Garden.
- Wild & Scenic Film Festival, September 20 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm. Presented by Los Padres Forestwatch.
- ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! September 20 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm.
- SOHO Soul Funk Dance Party, September 20 @ 8:00 pm. Presented by World Dance for Humanity.
- A New Path to Brain Health, Empowerment through Medical Rehabilitation Educational Series, September 22 @ 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm. Presented by Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation.
- 2014 State of the Sector Survey Results (FREE Webinar) September 23 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm. Presented by Fund for Santa Barbara.
- La Hermandad Hank Lacayo Youth & Family Center Host: Department of Social Security Community Round Table, September 24 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm.
- TVSB Media Maker Mixer, September 24 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm.
Log onto our community calendar and post your events. We’ll highlight some here each week!
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In the News: Nonprofit News & Activities
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Using Super Short Videos to Reach New Audiences
Super-short videos have become one of the coolest (and easiest!) ways to tell stories in just a few seconds. Free video services like Instagram and Vine that feature short videos now attract millions of users, offering nonprofits, charities, and libraries an opportunity to connect with new audiences.
In our recent webinar on super-short videos, we heard from digital storytelling experts about how nonprofits and libraries can use these tools to easily make their own super-short videos. Here's what we learned..more here.
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11 Tips on How to Write Original Appeal Letters
If your appeal letter isn’t pulling in enough money in the last few years, it might be the downturn. It might also be because your appeal letter reads like a grant proposal.
So how can you come right out and be more original with your appeal letters? How can you be brave and stand up and write something different than has been tried before? Follow these 11 tips. I found them at James Altrucher’s blog, then rewrote them for a nonprofit fundraising perspective.
More here.
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Tackling a Looming Fiscal Cliff Head On
When I stepped up in 2012 to lead Higher Achievement, a rigorous after school and summer program for middle-school students in disadvantaged communities, the organization was facing a fiscal cliff after a period of rapid growth and multi-city expansion. In 2011, we spent $2.9 million more than we raised, and although we avoided debt, we quickly depleted our cash reserve.
Unfortunately, problems like this are all too common among nonprofits when they push to scale—and it’s something that few organizations like to talk about.
More here.
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