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For Positive Outcomes, Hold a Mirror Up to Board Performance

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That’s probably why more organizations don’t have a process for evaluating the board of directors, or if they do, that assessment is not continuous. leadership soapbox here to say that a digital culture uses objective data to measure and evaluate all of its activities. In relationship building, trust is the place to start.

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7 tips for preparing your nonprofit for a move to new software

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Implementing more modern tools—especially major software, such as customer relationship management (CRM) or fundraising software—can provide your organization with new efficiencies and new capabilities to improve fundraising , marketing, volunteer management, and ultimately do even more to power your purpose. Plan the implementation timeline.

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Creating a Fundraising Culture in Your Nonprofit

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—the lead up to an event or the conclusion of a major project, for example—but choosing to only be in contact with your donor community during those special moments may be undercutting your efforts to deepen relationships with contributors who might be willing to offer more. The Cultivation Phase. The Solicitation Phase.

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Let it Go: When to Move on from a Major Gift Prospect

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By creating specific, concrete rules and processes for moving prospects in and out of portfolios, you can ensure that the good work being done by your team is accurately captured and leveraged. In the interim, consider moving these prospects into leadership annual giving and/or alumni relations workflows to keep the relationships warm.

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Reading Donor Signals for Events: Knowing Who to Invite and When

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At Virtuous, we believe that the Responsive Fundraising Framework is foundational in helping fundraisers cultivate meaningful relationships with donors that increase generosity. The Responsive Framework is a repeatable four-step process that nonprofits use to treat every donor with the same personalized attention that they deserve.

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Getting the board on board with nonprofit technology changes

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They can help drive a culture of adoption , which allows leadership to focus on change management activities to ensure you succeed with significant tech shifts. Focus on limiting tool fatigue Explain how the new tech can help reduce manual, untracked or unlogged staff processes.

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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

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Building knowledge is a social process where we make meaning together. Data is part of the tracking and monitoring innate to grantmaking and can be part of intentional organizational learning processes. However, datamaking has added power because it can beused to deepen strategic social processes of foundation-funded change.

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