Connection Cafe

JUNE 28, 2019

The weather is warm, summer camps are in full swing, BBQs are a weekly occurrence, and as the sixth month of the year wraps up, some organizations are already gearing up for end-of-the-year asks and setting up holiday campaign fundraising goals. Compare your fundraising performance against the Overall Index.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2014

Want more donor retention advice? Check out our new eBook packed with advice from 13 npExperts! Online Fundraising donor retention eMail marketing fundraising ideas fundraising tips nonprofit' If someone doesn’t feel their donation is making an impact, they may go elsewhere.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 2, 2017

In this nonprofit marketing roundup, we assembled the best of our nonprofit marketing advice, going from a broad view all the way down to the nitty-gritty details. Time spent on your website pays off, too—online donations were 7% of all fundraising last year. 7 Ingenious Fundraising Ideas to Raise Money Online .

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2014

Want more donor retention advice? Check out our new eBook packed with advice from 13 npExperts! Online Fundraising donor retention eMail marketing fundraising ideas fundraising tips nonprofit' If someone doesn’t feel their donation is making an impact, they may go elsewhere.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

Couple that with the rising cost of donor acquisition and you’ve got an incredibly difficult environment for fundraisers (and their nonprofits) to succeed. “ We hope you find their advice useful as you navigate 2014! Pitman , CFCC, The Fundraising Coach. Shanon Doolittle , Fundraising Made Awesome.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2014

In honor of the release of the newest npExperts ebook, Show the Love: Thoughtful Engagement to Retain Donors , this roundup all about retention. And it starts with the relationship that’s formed after the first gift, says Fundraising Coach Marc Pitman. Advice on handwriting and monthly giving. Donor retention. Have a look.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 29, 2014

For more expert advice on nonprofit marketing, check out the latest npEXPERTS eBook! . Acquisition Integrated Marketing fundraising ideas fundraising tips nonprofit marketing npEXPERTS'

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2014

Just like my quarter of a century Birthday, this eBook has been long anticipated and is packed with all sorts awesome. It’s 36 pages of thoughtful advice on donor acquisition strategies , written collaboratively by a cross-section of nonprofit fundraising experts. I know, I know, cue the hoots and hollers.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2014

Guest post by Mazarine Treyz, author of The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising , called one of the Top 10 books of 2010 by Beth Kanter, and author of the Networked Nonprofit. Your Fundraising Career Empowerment Guide , was given a 5 star review by About.com. . Her latest book, Get the Job! Tuesday: Email a donor.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 1, 2014

For more advice on acquiring new donors online, check out the latest npEXPERTS eBook! Acquisition Donor Acquisition fundraising ideas fundraising tips npEXPERTS' Tell stories. Don’t be afraid to do something different. Put yourself out there. Your soul mates are waiting.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 6, 2014

I recently ran a personal fundraising campaign on my 27 th birthday via social media in which I raised funds for IJM. Returning once more to our ‘first date’ analogy, you probably have a good idea before the first date is over if you’re interested in a second. The best time to start was a while ago. Ask for the Second Date.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 6, 2014

I recently ran a personal fundraising campaign on my 27 th birthday via social media in which I raised funds for IJM. Returning once more to our ‘first date’ analogy, you probably have a good idea before the first date is over if you’re interested in a second. The best time to start was a while ago. Ask for the Second Date.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2014

John Haydon said This Scientifically Proven Fundraising Technique Will Shock You , and he was right. This simple technique conflicts with the majority of fundraising advice you’ll find, but the meta-analysis of over 22,000 (42 studies) suggests that giving the option of NOT donating can actually boost your fundraising results.

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Robert Weiner

JULY 20, 2013

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 30, 2017

From donor retention to nonprofit marketing to organizational leadership, every ebook is an invaluable resource. No matter what fundraising programs you currently have in place, if you’re not focusing all of them through the lens of a multi-channel effort you’re missing the boat big time. How to Achieve Integrated Marketing Success.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 6, 2014

The keys to your success are fundraising and mission delivery. If you in the Finance office are unable to distinguish between multiple grants that are funding one program, both from a revenue and expense standpoint, your organization will be limited to only receiving one grant per program, and your total fundraising will suffer.

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Qgiv

APRIL 8, 2024

But Giving Tuesday doesn’t have to be the only nonprofit giving day on your organization’s fundraising calendar. With the right fundraising software to design effective donation pages and a solid marketing plan, you can host a special giving day for your organization that’ll inspire your supporters to give.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2014

What happens when 14 nonprofit experts come together to share tried-and-true donor retention strategies, tips and ideas? And we all know that improving retention rates is crucial to long term success, so much so that it might possibly be the single most important fundraising metric of them all. Fundraiser. On The Agitator.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

If you are looking for more recommendations, check out Book Authority’s list of 52 Best Nonprofit eBooks of All Time ( The Happy Healthy Nonprofit is #9). 1) Asking Styles: Revolutionize Your Fundraising by Brian Saber. The book is for any fundraising professional who needs to ask for charitable gifts face-to-face.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

You all are about to hear from one of the top higher ed fundraisers ever in my opinion. So you’re going to want to check that out as well because she not only is an awesome fundraiser, but has built teams and diverse teams, specifically it’s something that I really appreciate about her. Valerie, how’s it going?

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Bloomerang

APRIL 16, 2021

Like you got invited to a fundraiser or you said to your friend you’d go and sit at their table at an event. I often think of engagement as crossing over all of these areas, from fundraising to your programs to, you know, community-based advocacy, government relations. They write a check, they sign up, they advocate.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). When writing your fundraising appeals, it’s important to opt for the latter.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 31, 2013

The surge of useful and actionable advice that has surfaced in 2013 shows the value of rich content marketing—the creation of resources that provide direction and assistance, and have you, the audience, at the heart of every word and image. Frank Barry get’s right to the point – online fundraising isn’t a fad.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 27, 2014

Less fundraising, more marketing. . For even more expert advice, check out the latest npEXPERTS ebook! Interactive donor retention fundraising ideas fundraising tips sxsw' These organizations don’t typically have the same cause based stories that more traditional nonprofits may have.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

So there’s actually an eBook they wrote on donor acquisition. So hopefully, you have that information or have some idea of that information. But, Kari, why don’t we start on what you called out, this idea that these folks are giving in different ways, peer-to-peer, you talked about? Always good advice for everybody.

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