Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

It’s incredibly important for nonprofits to tell stories about their organization and the people they serve. Storytelling for nonprofits is an avenue to connect with donors and help them relate to your work. However, it’s critical for that organizations don’t just tell stories effectively—they have to tell them ethically, too.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Despite the two separate audiences and separate programs, both groups could participate in the very same silent auction using Greater Giving’s Online Bidding. And which moments need to happen at the same time for both virtual and live audiences, so you can be prepared to sync them up? took some extra organizing and flexibility.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 10, 2020

To help you compile this survey and get the data you need, we’ve compiled a few tips for writing post-event surveys and details of some of the most important questions that you need to ask. But before you start randomly lobbing questions at participants, we have a few tips that will help you improve the process. Make it super easy.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 1, 2021

At most organizations, board members play a direct role in fundraising —whether that’s sending donation appeals, participating in events, meeting face-to-face with major donors, or expressing gratitude after a donation is made. There’s a reason each of your board members is in a leadership position at your organization.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

If your organization falls in this range, you may be interested in free, discounted, or affordable software solutions to help carry out your strategies while staying within budget. Often, they had to pay a consultant to help them set up their database and teach them how to use it. for PayPal transactions, and 0.8% + $0.30

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Classy

JULY 5, 2021

In this post, we’ll walk you through the different types of donation match partners and how to leverage your existing relationships to find the right one for your organization. Given their wide audience reach, influencers may be able to use crowdfunding to establish your matching fund. Explore Donation Matching Partner Types.

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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

The last time I was in Baltimore was in 2007, with Amnesty International at their regional conference, attending as a bright-eyed student organizer trying to learn how to more effectively spread the good word of social justice and human rights (the story of how I got involved in nonprofit marketing!).

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Earlier this summer, I had the huge privilege to visit Romania and help with the Local Philanthropy Workshop. The slides are below as well as some notes. Not the best scenario for a campaigner or organizer, but it is the reality. In the slides, I highlighted some of the work of 350.org

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

As part of our debrief of the event, we wanted to share some insights from the Classy staff who organized it. As you organize your nonprofit virtual fundraising event , you’ll also want to ask yourself questions during planning, execution, and follow-up on whether your schedule is respectful of your participants’ time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 11, 2012

Last week I participate on a panel on “ Data Visualization for Nonprofits: A Picture Is Better Than A 1,000 Words ” with Johanna Morariu from Innonet and Brian Kennedy of ChildrenNow. The day of the panel, I published a blog post that shared our slides, wiki, and resources. Documentation of Session.

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Achieve

APRIL 15, 2015

Your reach can only go so far, so it’s common knowledge that you need help from other organizations to promote your event. Schedule a phone call to talk about the promotional partner’s audience. That way, we know we are marketing the right information based on the audience. Who the audience is.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

There’s a plethora of seasonal themes to base your fundraisers around that can help you entice your supporters’ giving spirit into full bloom. Here’s a list of spring fundraising ideas to help you celebrate the season with your supporters: Spring fundraising ideas 1. Trash cleanup Spring cleaning shouldn’t be limited to homes!

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 4, 2013

And you do this by focusing like a laser on the wants and needs of your audience. It also helps the dog shelter build a list of people who might have adoption on their mind. If you’re an advocacy organization – like Citizen Action of Wisconsin (below) – you’re probably already doing this. Photo Contests.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 4, 2012

For many organizations, we provide guidance or goals for using social channels to our staff, but this session was for the volunteers who want to make a difference from outside of the organization. Your tools are defined both by the goal of what you want to do, but also by the people – are they tools that that audience uses and likes?

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 10, 2023

Nonprofit conferences are a great opportunity for industry professionals to hone their skills, network with their peers, and learn innovative new strategies to help their organizations thrive. Nonprofit conferences can feature a variety of topics, like fundraising, marketing, nonprofit tech, and leadership.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

in 2020 , according to nonprofit organizations surveyed by the Association for Fundraising Professionals. The slide below shows two important things: The first-year value of a new donor acquired in FY18 was $89. These are the types of metrics you can share to help make the case for the much-needed investment in acquisition.

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AccelEvents

JULY 14, 2021

Games with incentives or prizes can allow your audience members to display their talents and vote for those who perform the game the best! The audience was then asked to vote on their favorite one, with the winner announced the following day on Twitter. . of virtual event organizers use polls to increase interactions.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 29, 2011

I normally separate my post-presentation blog posts and slides but think it will be valuable to group them together this time. One of the biggest barriers to sharing our experience and knowledge, and learning as organizations is the belief that we are all so different we can’t actually share or learn from each other.

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Achieve

JULY 7, 2021

Boys & Girls Clubs of America) and many other organizations use their Stories to drive people to donate to their Facebook Donation Account. #2: Your organization can use the Poll sticker to collect data or entertain your followers. The slide after explains the correct answer! bgca_clubs. 2: Countdown Sticker. Sarah LaFemina.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 23, 2017

Last week, I was in Sao Paolo for the ABCR Festival, the leading conference in Brasil for fundraising for nonprofit organizations. The audience laughed. The moderator, Marcelo Jamberio, organized a set of questions that other Marcelo and I responded to with slides and audience interaction. A multi-screen world.

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AccelEvents

AUGUST 10, 2020

To help you compile this survey and get the data you need, we’ve compiled a few tips for writing post-event surveys and details of some of the most important questions that you need to ask. But before you start randomly lobbing questions at participants, we have a few tips that will help you improve the process. Make it super easy.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2014

Does your organization need a disaster fundraising plan? The reality is that disasters can happen anywhere and organizations can be thrown into the relief efforts even when it isn’t part of their mission. Either way, the time may come when your organization needs to mobilize and get involved or seek help for its own recovery.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Just want to let you all know that we are recording this session, and we’ll be sending out the slides as well as the recording later on this afternoon. So I know you got some slides to pull up but the floor is yours. As nonprofits, we have the missions of our organizations. And just a couple of quick housekeeping items.

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Classy

JUNE 23, 2021

Fundraising benchmarks help you elevate where your current strategy shines compared to peers in the sector. Present clear areas of opportunity with data-driven recommendations that lead your organization down a proactive path to success. . Activate event attendees to raise more and expand your audience.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

Simply put, focus on the people whose lives are made better by your organization. Please help us open the door for a teen to attend our personal development conference, benefit from having a mentor, and get on a path to college and a career.” . How is our organization responding to this need? What would you say? Be specific.

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Achieve

MARCH 16, 2022

From their incredible flexibility to their ability to reach a vast audience, virtual events are extremely beneficial for associations, nonprofits, and event-hosting organizations of all kinds. Offer sliding scale & open-ended questions. Send out surveys in a timely manner. Share results with event speakers & guests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2014

I’ve collected the resources, notes, slides, and tweets from the session in this post. We framed the session as what to think about before, during, and after a training , using the “ADDIE” model as an organizing device. Does #14ntc give an award for best slides? You can find all resources materials here.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Audience Analysis. Read Andrew's blog post , which explains more about the importance of analyzing your audience. There are a few steps to successful audience-centric design: Identify your audience: Understand all of the groups you serve and find out what makes them tick. You know your audience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

It uses metrics to measure your results and help you improve your strategy over time. Helps us move away from tool driven decisions to results. The Return on Investment financial process was created by DuPont and used by Alfred Sloan to help make General Motors manageable in the 1920s. Defined Audience. Test and tweak.

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AccelEvents

JULY 23, 2020

One of the biggest challenges event planners face when hosting a virtual event is ensuring high levels of audience engagement. Virtual events carry many benefits to event organizers and planners. In turn, this will make the audience more eager to promote the event on their social media sites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. There are also physical theories like brain-based learning and neuroscience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

What are the right tools to help measure success? Earlier this month, the Ad Council hosted a webinar on the topic of social media ROI with three great social media minds to help us navigate these and other thorny online issues. Or, if you’d like to watch the entire presentation or download the presentation slides.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Yesterday was the 3rd annual Women Who Tech Telesummit , bringing together over 600 women (and men) from for-profit and nonprofit organizations and technology start, connecting developers and techies with those new to the field, igniting conversations and long-term collaborations. WWT 2010: Apps and Tools to Energize Your Base.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 14, 2022

Although DevOps is a relatively niche sect of the Salesforce ecosystem, over 200 attendees, diversely represented across declarative admins, coders, BAs, and consultants, comprised the event from all manner of organization sizes and industries. Compared to traditional software development, Salesforce DevOps is still in its infancy.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 19, 2009

A chance for local organizers to come together, network, ask questions, etc. Takeaways: A chance to connect with other local organizers. More knowledge, confidence and excitement about organizing in your city. The Internet has a proven ability to shift the balance of power between individuals and organizations.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 19, 2010

We are hoping to understand what tools or practices appeal to different age groups online and how organizations can best target their efforts to those audiences. It's about having a CONVERSATION with people who care about your work and can help you reach your goals. Great slides. OK, you've heard this before.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 1, 2018

Our real challenge," she said, "was how to attract new audiences while protecting loyal patrons." My eyes locked on that phrase on her slide, "protecting loyal patrons." Cultural institutions are willing to change to attract new audiences. I couldn't let it pass. I asked her: "what are you protecting them from?"

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