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Top 2021 Fundraising Strategies: Mastering an Analytical Approach to Strategy and Planning

Bloomerang

Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Start with benchmark data. Luckily, there are a number of great reports available to help you set a benchmark against industry averages. How many people are you planning to feed? .

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10 Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If you have a person on staff that gets Twitter and enjoys the one-on-one engagement – the good and the bad – then empower them to be active on Twitter on a regular basis. Too often nonprofits follow a small number of accounts on Twitter in order to control the chaos in their “Home” feed, but that’s the purpose of lists.

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10 Emerging Trends in Online Communications and Fundraising to Watch in 2018

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As personal computers, smartphones, and the Internet of Things evolve, so must your nonprofit. Due to the decline in reach on social media, nonprofits should prioritize email communications and fundraising in 2018 [ Benchmarks for Success ]. The number of smartphone users worldwide has reached 2.4 billion and is projected to grow to 6.1

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Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Tips from Invest in Kids, a CauseVox Nonprofit

CauseVox

If participants hit the minimum, they received a benchmark prize but if they raised more, they could win bigger prizes. Sometimes, a company may have an in-kind request form that you can submit but it never hurts to personally reach out to local businesses. Example of a personal fundraising page tied to a team fundraising page).

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Nonprofit Email: The Rules of Engagement

Pamela Grow

According to the Nonprofit Email Engagement Benchmark Study by M+R , the average email open rate for nonprofits is around 25%, while the click-through rate hovers at 2.5%. Anatomy of an Email: The From Line: Keep it personal, keep it real, keep it human. of their total audience. Imagine the missed opportunities!

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Measuring Impact: Feature Article from the Latest Issue of NTEN:Change

Amy Sample Ward

This person will take the helm on laying out tasks in a sequence, informing other staff of their roles and assignments, and providing assistance to people as they complete their parts of the evaluation. One benefit of focus groups is the ability for participants to feed off each other’s energy and bounce ideas off one another.

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Great reads from around the web on December 15th

Amy Sample Ward

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Each case study includes background information about the issue and the campaign, key learnings, benchmark numbers, and outcomes. And it's fun!

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