sgEngage

APRIL 10, 2023

Giving Tuesday began in 2012, raising an estimated $10 million in its first year, according to Nonprofits Source. Spend time strengthening donor relationships. For example, if you discover your donor retention rate is falling, you can focus on donor stewardship in the months leading up to Giving Tuesday to boost retention.

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Robert Weiner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

This could undermine nonprofits’ willingness to use cloud-based (aka Software as a Service or SaaS) databases. Blackbaud says it still gets calls from GiftMaker users, and we get questions from GMP users on TechSoup’s forums ( here's one from June 2012 ).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 3, 2012

But first steps first… 11 New Year’s resolutions for nonprofit social media managers: 1) Create a “Thank You” video(s) for your 2012 fundraising campaigns. It’s for this reason that Accuracy in Media made my 2012 Favorite Nonprofits list. Send handwritten notes to donors and supporters. WWF Mobile.

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NetWits

APRIL 12, 2012

I would suggest that is not only poor database coding but it’s not major gifts fundraising. Whether for air mileage points or simply for convenience, many donors making truly major gifts will just find it more convenient to make that gift online. Of course, the internet and our websites are important. Two Questions for You.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2013

Are you struggling to find ways to meet potential new donors? Do you often feel limited by your database, connections, and networks? So, how can this help you acquire more donors? Here are five steps to take to ensure ticketing will have real impact on your organization’s new donor acquisition strategy. Make The Ask.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

This is not surprising, as organizations working to alleviate the impacts of the recession on vulnerable populations saw upticks in funding during the GFC as donors refocused donations. To help facilitate this discussion, have your CFO run budgets from 2006-2012 and see how your revenue fluctuated.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

The survey was fielded in February and March 2012. The types of cloud-based services that NGOs have at the top of their wish list are file storage and sharing, email, data backup and recovery, office productivity, and online databases. We used cloud provider and TechSoup donor partner FluidSurveys.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Online donations seem to be on the raise, according to The 2012 Charitable Giving Report made by Blackbaud, “online giving grew 10.7% in 2012 compared to 2011”. It is important to be perseverant and leave a visual mark to your potential donors. 4. Use the database/ export them into a CRM. 2. Stop spamming.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2013

attach to donors or members? These are great notes to remind you to contact a donor, send out a thank-you letter, or touch base. These are great notes to remind you to contact a donor, send out a thank-you letter, or touch base. In QuickBooks 2012 and before, double-click the customer in the Customer Center.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Instead, an effective end-of-year ask extends beyond one letter and incorporates multiple touch points with potential donors. We talked to multiple nonprofit professionals, and they all agreed that the year-end ask was about relationship building and connecting with existing and potential donors on a personal level.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Sept 10, 2012 – The Community Foundation of North Florida is excited about launching FindLearnGive.org, the community’s first comprehensive online database of local nonprofits. The website will connect the community with local charities and help donors and citizens research organizations and their needs.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Protecting your valuable donor, client, and project information is made simple with Symantec Norton software : Norton AntiVirus 2012 guards against botnets, viruses, worms, Trojan horses, rootkits, and spyware and scans all existing, incoming, and outgoing data, including email attachments and cookies. Build and Manage Databases.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Now, it’s the nearing the end of 2012. Understanding the philanthropic experience of donors and prospects is the critical first step. And a great place to start is NOZAsearch.com , the world’s largest searchable database of charitable donations. How much should I ask for? How can my board members help?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 9, 2012

Laura Quinn shared her ideas at the 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference , in a session called More Than Apps: Affordable Program Delivery Through Mobile Phones. Sharing information from your database. View data (if your database allows mobile access) and enter data remotely. Director of Idealware. Mobile-izing Your Website.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2019

For donors who care about a cause, nothing could be much better than that! First, we looked at our database to see what donors we already have who might be likely prospects for becoming recurring givers. We decided that two of our donor groups were the most likely, the Acorn Club and the Major Women’s Alliance.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Tracking your members and donors. Participants will also learn about these enhancements to the 2012 version of QuickBooks®: Tracking potential donors in the new Lead Center. Printing personalized donor thank-you letters directly from QuickBooks® Tracking funds. Obtaining year-end donor acknowledgements.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Someone who signed themselves up for an email list can forget they did it - especially in the year 2012 when electronic and web signup forms are pervasive. As numerous procedural crime dramas have noted, the human memory can be notoriously faulty. Problem 3 - can't find the unsubscribe link.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 15, 2013

We released our report on the 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey in September of 2012 and have now had a few months to ponder the findings and talk to several of you about what you think of them. We'll continue our exploration of our 2012 TechSoup Global NGO Cloud Survey results over the next several weeks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2016

How your key stakeholders, donors and activists talk about the issues surrounding your work is not only observable, it is measurable. This provides the context you need to understand how your most important advocates and future donors talk about your cause. Segment your data and use your social listening skills.

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NetWits

AUGUST 2, 2012

The Giving USA 2012 report shows us that corporate giving has gone down or been flat for the past two years. Yet including corporate donors in your fundraising mix is a critical strategy. Using a service like Profile Builder can use public information to help you create this segmentation of your donors. Guess what? What to do?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

" Your nonprofit’s website is the first interaction that many people in the community, including constituents, donors, and grant makers, have with your organization. Check out our breakdown of donor management tools to help make a more informed choice. Start Fundraising.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

In this case, it's a recap of some of the big nonprofit technology stories of 2012. Top Nonprofit Technology Buzzwords of 2012. "Hackathon" was, in fact, one of Lucy Bernholz' top 10 philanthropy buzz words for 2012. By the way, Lucy Bernholz' top buzz word of 2012 was " data."

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2012

Both of these issues, as well as many of the other challenges identified in the survey , will set the stage for webinar trainings as well as new tools and resources that GrantStation will provide in 2012. Looking to learn more about GrantStation? Register now to attend this webinar at 11 a.m.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 3, 2011

She is co-moderator of the popular community-led Nonprofit Salesforce Practitioners listserv and will be joining Convio’s Common Ground team as a full-time employee in January 2012. Our organization, Fight Colorectal Cancer , started using Salesforce as our primary database in 2006, when we were barely a year old.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

Cindy Adams is the president and CEO of GrantStation, one of TechSoup's donor partners, and is an expert on nonprofit grantseeking and fundraising. If you are a community organization , I strongly encourage you to look at diversifying your grants income for 2012 and 2013.

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Bloomerang

MAY 11, 2021

Then in 2012, Ross Hendrickson and myself decided to start Bloomerang based upon the premise of bringing proven best practices in professional fundraising to life. MSC provided a widely used family of database products for the non-profit sector called Fund-Master. This usually meant a hug or two and nice follow-up emails between us.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 24, 2012

GrantStation, one of TechSoup's donor partners, and is an expert on nonprofit. This is a trend that could be key for both educational institutions and education-focused organizations in their grantseeking in 2012 and beyond. Today and tomorrow only, GrantStation memberships are available to eligible U.S.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The concept of Giving Tuesday came about in 2012 on East 92nd Street in New York City at the Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact. Last year was a challenge for organizations all over the world, donors were faced with massive layoffs, and some organizations were forced to close their doors altogether. After Giving Tuesday.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Since 2012, Educational Testing Service (ETS) has engaged Forum One to design and build more engaging, interactive reports to share the NAEP results, including the most recent 2022 Nation’s Report Cards for Mathematics and Reading , with data at the national, state, and district levels.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Since 2012, Educational Testing Service (ETS) has engaged Forum One to design and build more engaging, interactive reports to share the NAEP results, including the most recent 2022 Nation’s Report Cards for Mathematics and Reading , with data at the national, state, and district levels.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2016

In its 2012 State of Nonprofit Data Report , NTEN identified the four common types of data used by nonprofits: Financial and operations: income and expense tracking, number of volunteer hours, or amount of cash in hand. For example, if your individual donor revenue is growing year to year, what's causing the growth?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2014

Best Interactive Campaign – Heifer International – Heifer International needed to develop a fundraising campaign that would stand out among others and engage donors during the busy 2012 holiday season. Read the case study.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2016

In its 2012 State of Nonprofit Data Report , NTEN identified the four common types of data used by nonprofits: Financial and operations: income and expense tracking, number of volunteer hours, or amount of cash in hand. For example, if your individual donor revenue is growing year to year, what's causing the growth?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

Carlyn Schulzke and Matt Hayes will discuss how current data on donor demographics impacts major-gift donations with specific emphasis on simple, safe and secure methods of attracting and engaging with cryptocurrency donors. So in fundraising, that’s inferring that 80% of your dollars are going to come from 20% of your donors.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

Causes began as a Facebook app in 2007, and became independent in 2012. It is a specialized cloud database to help nonprofits organizations manage their business, run programs, and maintain donor relationships from any browser and on mobile devices. It was one of the original 10 Facebook apps. ” Sounds pretty good.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2013

The organization turned to social media using Blackbaud’s Registrant API to get new supporters to sign up, Blackbaud’s Survey tool to gain immediate feedback, and Blackbaud’s Donation API to convert new and existing supporters into donors. Read the case study. Read the case study.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Windows Server 2012 centralizes all of your data in one place. Windows Server 2012 can turn a computer into a print, web, or file server; or turn an actual server into a platform for other applications like Exchange Server or SQL Server. Our donor partner Cisco's great how-to on networking basics.

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