Neon CRM

JUNE 1, 2023

Blogging can be a unique and powerful way for nonprofit organizations to connect with their audience. However, with so many blogs out there (let alone all the other media your audiences see every day), it can be difficult to stand out from the crowd. But those basics only set the foundation of your blog.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Besides facing competition from free online sources of continuing education and mentorship, it can also be a challenge for associations to communicate their value, especially when it comes to younger generations. In this blog, we outline how you can use the same framework to improve new member acquisition at your association.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Here’s the list: Function.

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The Nerdy NonProfit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Available for iOS with an Android version coming soon, Clarity Money helps you take control of your finances. If the app doesn’t help you save, there’s no charge. Making expense reports isn’t the most fun activity, but it’s a necessary one. These six smart apps should help you tackle nonprofit budgeting with fewer issues.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

As we wrote in The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in an Age of AI , when used responsibly , AI can help nonprofit staff reduce the countless hours they spend doing labor-intensive and often energy-draining tasks—so they can focus instead on mission-critical work. Researchers have measured the time savings created by generative AI.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 10, 2024

Read our blog to learn more about online communities and discover how your association can use one to boost member connections and loyalty. Leveraging a branded online community helps your members find and network with like-minded individuals at their association. An online community improves member loyalty and drives engagement.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 11, 2022

While we can ’t promise we have all the answer s, this blog offers vital facts about the important young professionals that your organization is so eager to recruit. If Gen Z isn’t yet on your radar, it really should be. million Generation Z Americans. Is your association looking to crack the Gen Z code?

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EveryAction

AUGUST 29, 2023

3 techniques for effective data-driven decision-making Whether you’re looking to acquire new donors, retain the ones already on your list, or upgrade existing donors, using your data to optimize your asks can help you reach the right supporters with the right messages at the right time, every time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

This is the ninth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. The average lifespan of a tweet is 15 minutes , so if your nonprofit wants to engage your followers regularly on Twitter, you’ll need to be very active on Twitter daily.

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

Ask a generative AI model to act as your target audience (giving it as much anonymized context as possible). Ask an AI tool to help make your writing more succinct or engaging and see what the results are. AI can help in quickly drafting responses. Generating variations on hashtags and keyword searches. Copyediting.

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Candid

APRIL 23, 2024

In my last article , I examined some of the key findings from the latest CF Insights survey , conducted annually by the Council on Foundations to track trends in community foundation activity and growth. Nearly all (99%) respondents said they reach out to DAF holders to encourage them to keep their accounts active.

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2023

In 2022, the term “social movement” generated more internet searches than in the previous five years according to Google Trends. Given this level of interest, some nonprofits are applying the phrase to such a broad range of activities it is becoming watered down. That said, we can capitalize on the moments that can help movements grow.

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Candid

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It also helps cultivate the support of a younger generation that’s also highly active on social media, potentially turning them into future donors. In this blog, we’ll dive into why social media sharing is useful on GivingTuesday and a great way to encourage generosity. Explain why this is important.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 30, 2024

You may be most familiar with generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Bard, and DALL-E. Other AI solutions nonprofits commonly use include chatbots or virtual assistants to help streamline manual work. Some of the most helpful solutions for fundraising are data processors like IBM Watson or Google Cloud AI.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Here I used a classic, simple technique of asking people to share burning questions in small groups and generated a list of the themes/questions with the full group. I’m always relieved when the questions match the content, but you also have to point out where you will go deep and what may not be addressed.

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

In this article, we unpack the lessons learned from a nonprofit’s chatbot project to dispense mental health advice that went wrong, and how nonprofits can reduce the risks when adopting ChatGPT and other generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies. A simple query to ChatGPT about its potential dangers generated a half-dozen examples.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

A reality driven by the fact that by 2020, 25 percent of the labor force will be over the age of 55, and Generation Z is just now entering the workforce. Question: How best should a leader pro-actively prepare for that impact? Question: When a leader helps to facilitate mentoring within his/her organization, what works best?

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

From navigating donor data to finding the most effective ways to communicate, AI for fundraising can be applied to many aspects of your organization to help lift some of the burden of changing the world. One of the most popular generative AI programs is ChatGPT, which aims to provide human-like responses. What is AI? What is AI?

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2023

To help nonprofit board and staff leaders address this challenge, I created a list of more than 100 fundraising tasks for nonprofit board members. The list offers a wide range of activities to choose from to support the financial growth of the organization. This is fun and easy and could become an ongoing activity.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 25, 2024

Not to worry—we’ll help you with your event planning by teaching you our top strategies for writing an effective fundraising auction item description. When written well, these will help you generate excitement, entice attendees to bid, and increase the funds you generate from your event.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

This is the eighth post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Since then it has grown from 106 million active monthly users to 310 million active monthly users. Related Webinar: Social Media Best Practices for Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It lessens the fear and it helps them focus on where these tools are useful and where they can become more useful, valuable to your nonprofit’s mission. Discovery can help them understand the benefits and the limitations as it applies to their specific work flows.

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M+R

APRIL 24, 2024

About a quarter of nonprofits had active peer to peer mobile messaging programs in 2023, driving event attendance, recruiting volunteers, and generating donations and advocacy actions. PLUS: we’ll help you make sure you don’t lose access to data as Google ends support for Universal Analytics.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Your auctioneer is a huge part of that event experience, and can help set the tone for the entire night. Thanks to years of experience, benefit auctioneers can help you structure your event program for the best flow. Add Auction Games and Audience Activities. What’s the ideal time of night to hold a live auction?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Anyone reading this blog that lives in the New England area may know that the symphony I was raised around is the Boston Symphony Orchestra. How do we make organizations so important that multiple generations of a family are invested? How do we provide value that these multiple generations see? Can’t think of any?

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

The huge increase in revenue generated by online donations also helped fundraisers realize their market is now, firmly, online. The stigma against older generations not spending their time online is a farce. From 2004 – 2009, the number of seniors age 65+ actively using the Internet increased more than 55% (Nielsen).

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Greater Giving

APRIL 11, 2023

We had a few requests from our client community about how ChatGPT could help fundraisers, so we decided to ask ChatGPT directly. The following was ChatGPT’s artificial intelligence generated response. With the help of ChatGPT, fundraiser professionals can save time and increase their chances of success.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2019

He helps women-led communications teams free up their time and lock down WordPress from getting hacked. Here’s a list of plugins that will help save you time, make your site more engaging and easier to use for staff and visitors; and is secure: Productivity and Workflow. Lock down WordPress to keep your website safe from attacks.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Pencils of Promise (PoP) was founded in October 2008 to help build safe and healthy learning environments for young children worldwide. A large portion of the constituent base is generated by grassroots movements all with unique needs and communication preferences. Understanding and catering to these needs are paramount.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

There are a myriad of AI tools that exist now that can help to make government more efficient. Some of these include: Writing emails, reports and memos – There are several AI writing assistants that have been mediocre at helping to write. Even ideas for this blog post came from ChatGPT!)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 7, 2024

Consider making these objectives for your report: To demonstrate accomplishments ( not activities ) ( results and how you did it). To generate new donations, retain donors and grow partnerships. To recognize important people (volunteers, donors, major funders, partners). To share your mission with a wide audience.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Nondisruptive creation has three distinctive characteristics : First : It can be generated by a scientific invention or a technology-driven innovation. But it can also be generated without science or technology-drive innovation. E-sports : Reimagined gaming as an active, physical, in-person event and is now even an OLYMPIC sport.

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sgEngage

MAY 12, 2023

Comprehensive online auction software improves every aspect of the fundraising process, from sending personalized communications using your donor data to generating real-time analytics that measure engagement and fundraising progress. Creating friendly competition helps to immerse your remote guests into your event and encourage them to bid.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Greater generational differences appear when it comes to reasons for social networking and selecting virtual destinations. Users ages 18 to 24 are primarily headed to sites focused on nightlife, professional wrestling, comics and animation, and Generation Xers represent the greatest users of online banking.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 15, 2020

Recently I facilitated an online session about how to get better at online meetings for Lightful in the UK where I am a Senior Advisor at Lightful, among other activities, facilitate online master classes for their BRIDGE programme. But it can also help you feel closer to your colleagues when attending a meeting. Don’t wing it alone.

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Candid

MAY 1, 2024

As you may have heard, we’re building new Candid tools to help those working in the social sector to do good even more efficiently and effectively in a fast-changing world. We believe that the only way to succeed is to be in continuous dialog with our users as we create our next-generation Candid platform.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

That means you need a fundraising plan template that meets YOUR needs, plays to YOUR strengths, and helps you reach YOUR goals. Your fundraising plan should include a detailed activities calendar showing all the various ways you plan to generate funds during the year. Their gift helps fulfill their personal philanthropic goals.

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