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Our latest newsletter is now out! Click below to catch up on our Practice and charity news and to see Lee's article about the importance of a Digital Legacy. #relationship #service #trust

Congratulations to our Class of 2024! While one chapter in your life is coming to a close, a new and exciting chapter is just starting! There are many ways you can stay involved with AKPsi after Graduation. 1. Don't forget to update your e-mail and address! It is a great way for local chapters and volunteers to reach out to you to participate in events. 2. Attend local chapter recruitment and professional events! Talk to potential members and collegiate brothers about how AKPsi benefitted you during, and now post grad. 3. Volunteering is one of the easiest ways to give back. Utilize your talents and mentor chapters as an advisor, or as a consultant in a specific functional area. 4. Attending Fraternity events is a great way to meet other alumni, reconnect with Brothers, and visit a different city! You also have an opportunity to be a speaker at these events on different professional topics. 5. Give of your time or treasure to the Foundation. The AKPsi Foundation is always looking for alumni to review scholarships, and for donations to support educational programs, and so students/chapters have the opportunity to attend AKPsi events. 6. There are alumni chapters based all over the US and certain places in the world. Either join a currently open chapter and meet some alumni in the area, or create a new chapter and invite brothers from around the area to connect. Overall, being an alum doesn't mean AKPsi is done, in fact it is just beginning. If you want to learn more about the multitude of opportunities available, please connect with me!

Read my December article for NonProfit PRO Magazine, entitled, "Nonprofit Career Tips for Success". You can read it now by going to www.nonprofitpro.com/blogs

Wondering what you should be doing to keep your annual giving program on track? Check out the video below for actionable knowledge.

Let's talk about metrics. The end of Q1 is quickly approaching. It is time to start thinking about how you are going to measure the success of your annual giving program. If you only report on the total dollars raised, you are only sharing a lagging indicator. What I mean by that, is that you are reporting on your program. Total dollars raised doesn't give you a chance to invite participation from your supervisor, or your board of directors. I would invite you to consider sharing a leading metric indicator. One that will give you a chance to invite participation from your supervisor or your board of directors. The recommended leading indicator is your decency quotient. This metric allows you to look at the largest givers to your organization and to understand how dependent you are on their funding. Here's how you gather this information. Look at your top 5-10 donors from the past 5 years. Once you have this data ask yourself these questions: - How have these partners changed? Maybe they have been really consistent, or maybe they have been very diverse - whatever the case, ask yourself this - What would you do if you learned that you weren't getting this funding again? - What is your current relationship with this funding partners? Could it be better? - What did you learn that you can activate on - maybe you have some relationship building to do - maybe you need to do some prospecting for the future. Whatever the case, it becomes easier to activate on it once you understand what is happening. Here is a formula to help you discover your dependency quotient: Sum of your top 5-10 contributions ___________________________________ = Dependency Quotient Organization Expenses Next week we will talk about how you activate on this knowledge. This is a research week. Dig deep and see what you can discover about these funding partners. Let me know what you are discovering. I'd love to hear how this is working for you. #AMPO #annualgiving #fundraising #Q1

Calling all social innovator educators, the 2024 Jacobs’ Teen Innovation Challenge is almost here! Winning middle and high school teams will be awarded up to $2000 to help build a better world. In the challenge, teenagers, working with their teachers, develop an innovator’s mindset and design thinking skills to create solutions to local and global problems. Participation is limited. Kicks off Jan 10. Sign up at pactful.org/jtic24 #ChangeMakers #Educators #InnovationChallenge #GlobalImpact #DesignThinking #SocialInnovation #Youth #MakeADifference #GlobalProblems #EducationOpportunity #DesignThinking #InnovativeSolutions #Creativity #ProblemSolving #DesignProcess #HumanCenteredDesign #Ideation #Prototyping #UserExperience #DesignInnovation

Show your love for children around the world by following the MREF on LinkedIn today! Each new follow the MREF receives for the rest of February equates to a $1 donation to The Joseph School (up to $1,000). Help us in bringing education to children in Cabaret, Haiti by making one click! Learn more about the MREF at https://lnkd.in/g_W7SmDp #MRGivesBack #NonProfit #mrx #insights #ValentinesDay

📺 Fox 7 Austin highlighted us this week! Watch the video where Christina Almeida, Director of College Access, and Michael Griffith, Executive Director, discuss the significance of Breakthrough’s achievement as one of the nation’s four Examples of Excelencia. This initiative focuses on successful practices for Hispanic students in higher education! 🎥🎉 #Excelencia #NewsSpotlight Breakthrough Collaborative https://lnkd.in/eMzBV_t4

Check out the recording from our recent webinar with Divided We Fall, a non-profit bipartisan publication! The Divided We Fall team joined MVJ on February 12 to introduce themselves and talk about the publication's background, culture and goals. Watch now ⤵️ https://t.ly/TQZf5