sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Further, with 64% of total giving coming from individual donors in 2022, ensuring you have a well thought out strategy to attract these dollars is critical. Lauren Henderson, IT database administrator, Dexter Southfield This clean-up process is a great opportunity to take stock of who is in your donor base.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In fact, in 2021, we saw 13% growth in online crowdfunding globally through JustGiving from Blackbaud. All prospects and donors can get involved, despite age, race, location, gender, disposable income, or affiliation. All prospects and donors can get involved, despite age, race, location, gender, disposable income, or affiliation.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Check out some of the info and screenshots I shared last week on the Blackbaud webinar Year-End Fundraising Campaigns that Rock with Frank Barry from Blackbaud and Kai MacMahon from Autism Speaks. While a large majority of donations are still made by check (79 percent), online fundraising is the fastest growing donation channel. –

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sgEngage

AUGUST 4, 2023

Corporate social responsibility is a growing concern and an employee giving program provides a simple channel to support a cause the company cares about. How Blackbaud’s Software Can Help Employee Giving Programs Blackbaud is a leader in nonprofit software tools that make employee giving programs a breeze.

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Giving Pledge Blackbaud Companies 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2014

.” They set up daily messages on their web site and social media channels to let everyone what was going on. ” Of those who donated, 600,000 donors checked the box or gave permission for the ALS Association to contact them in the future. .” A few resources on donor engagement, stewardship, and retention.

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Volunteer Hub

MAY 5, 2023

Nonprofits should provide all volunteers with information about their mission, vision, and impact, along with access to training resources, documented expectations, available channels for on-site and off-site communication, and ways to provide feedback about their overall experience. Gathering feedback. Leverage multimedia. Ongoing support.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2020

When you see increasing donor attrition rates or decreasing event participants, try walking in their shoes. Peace Arch Hospital Foundation was losing more donors than it was gaining. Apply analytics to all your channels and uncover problems to be mapped. Of course not. Then why are you asking that of your supporters?

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Results Donor Map Case Study 41

Socialbrite

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Donors are still eager to support the organizations and causes they care about, yet they expect to be engaged differently — often through digital channels. According to The Blackbaud Institute , 28% of all nonprofit donations in 2021 came from a mobile device. Nurture donor relationships through digital channels.

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Fundraising Statistics Paypal Retention 69

sgEngage

JULY 18, 2023

Show the impact that donors have made and keep followers up to date on your progress throughout the day. Communication between supporters: Celebrate major milestones for your organization together to show the impact that donors are making! Recruit early adopters and your most active / influential followers to expand your reach!

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Hype Fundraising Social Media Platform 74

Care2

JUNE 15, 2011

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard that multichannel fundraising, i.e. enabling your donors to give via postal mail, your website, telemarketing, social media, etc. But what if you don’t have the budget or staff to focus on eight (or eighteen) different giving channels? We can help!

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Channel Fundraising Blackbaud Advocacy 58

Tech Soup

MARCH 6, 2012

Frank Barry is a digital and online marketing strategist at Blackbaud , but he's spent close to ten years helping nonprofits be more. donors by demographics, giving level and seasons, or simply treating. successful multi-channel engagement and fundraising strategy. effective online. supporters at the right times?

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2023

Think of automation as a tool to help your team focus on the uniquely human skills of creativity, relationship building, and critical thinking that only they can bring to their fundraising roles. Automation can help your staff feel more satisfied in their roles and more motivated to support your mission.

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Knowledge Worker Fundraising Gift Gartner 64

sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2022

Held during the first week of April, Tartan Tuesday invites all members of the Maryville College community to support the programs and causes that are important to them and help the College earn challenge gifts. We wanted to see if this was a channel that our community responded well to. As you can imagine, it was!

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Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 29, 2021

Over 500 organizations responded to our survey, offering insights into how Salesforce helps create digital transformation, the?trends?and For so many, online giving evolved greatly within a truncated period due to COVID and Salesforce being there to help support this evolution. technology?and and best practices we can expect to see?over

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Online Giving Nonprofit Digital 64

NetWits

APRIL 4, 2012

Fortunately, research is weighing in with some great information that gives us insight into our social donors and potentials. Using Social Scoring, you can identify four categories of social media users within your database: Key Influencers, Engagers, Multi-channel Consumers and Standard Consumers. Four Social Media Types.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 16, 2021

In the Blackbaud Institute’s incredible npExpert free e-book, The Great Reset: Moving Into the New Normal with Intention , Dr. Una Osili opens with some key findings from the last year of fundraising data compiled by the Lilly School of Philanthropy. It’s timely, it speaks to every kind of donor, and it’s easy to manage.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

At the highest level, most nonprofits recognize that a) there are lots of people communicating via social media channels, b) those people influence their friends and family through social media channels, and c) those people and their networks are supporters or potential supporters of nonprofit organizations.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Here are a few of the lessons learned in 2020 that have stuck with me in 2021, hopefully they can help you as throughout the last quarter of 2021. . It is true, the way individuals gave last year was a different, with online giving growing by 21% year over year ( 2020 Charitable Giving Report, Blackbaud ).

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Lesson Fundraising Attitude Celebrate 95

Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Whether you’re implementing a new CRM or looking to refamiliarize your staff with an existing system, these insights will help you pursue your data-driven endeavors. For example, a fundraiser will need to focus on donor management , while a program manager will need to learn how to track program outcomes.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Text-to-give is a powerful donation tool that offers donors a way to easily give to their favorite nonprofits right from their phones. Text-to-give tools streamline the donation process and can even encourage donors to give more (and more frequently!). There are many ways you can use text-to-give to improve your fundraising strategy.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2013

This guest post was authored by Dennis McCarthy, director of enterprise sales at Target Analytics, a Blackbaud company. Quick questions: Do you know what issue they responded to, and do you know when they responded and in what channel? This helps establish the beginning of a relationship between you and them. Convert to Donor.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Although this has been a year of changes and challenges for many, your organization can still incorporate strategies that will help you leverage GivingTuesday in order to kick off your year-end giving season. How to steward supporters and donors after GivingTuesday. Blackbaud’s GivingTuesday Webinar Series.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

In fact, I might be currently trapped in your LYBUNT donor query (“last year but unfortunately not this year”). Every donor, volunteer, newsletter subscriber, and web dweller should know about your program. Create a welcome series targeting your new donors and establish the benefits of joining a monthly giving program.

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Donor Method FAQ Newsletter 30

NetWits

JULY 9, 2012

Turn One-Time Donors Into Regulars. Our report recommends implementing a solid retention strategy to turn one-time donors into repetitive donors. If your organization is new to the scene, create a messaging campaign tailored to each prospective donor with a detailed description of your organization’s goals and projections.

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Online Giving Haiti Fundraising 144

NetWits

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

With over 500 minutes (that’s 10 hrs) of free event fundraising consulting you’ll learn everything from how to get started with your first event to running effective multi-channel communications programs that increase fundraising performance. Increase Communication Effectiveness Through Multi-channel Marketing.

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Consultant Free Strategy Slides 196

Connection Cafe

APRIL 18, 2017

Relationship building with donors is an art. But we also know that there is a science to donor segmentation and the use of analytics. These insights can be surfaced and used to help your nonprofit make better decisions. These insights can be surfaced and used to help your nonprofit make better decisions.

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Data Donor Analytics Gift 38

DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 15, 2020

While we know that it’s significantly more beneficial to retain a donor than acquire a new one, we also know that the first-time donor retention rate is less than 20%. If your current and prospective donors were as informed as you are, your fundraising efforts would be significantly more effective. Retention Campaigns.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2011

online community channels. Organizations often find themselves outgrowing the smaller donor management software they have used for years. The questions you ask yourself and your coworkers to clarify your needs will help narrow down your choices, and then the real work of user testing begins. Any Donor Database Suggestions?

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Voice Software Community Management 59

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2020

Whether January marks the beginning of your fiscal year or the midpoint, creating a fundraising plan for 2020 will help you be more successful in attracting new donors and retaining existing ones. Managing communications according to the donor pyramid. Showing donors what their gifts accomplish.

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3rd Sector Labs

JULY 22, 2014

Start with contact databases, donor management systems, and CRMs. Next, email marketing and multi-channel marketing systems. There are search results, however, that help us define the problem. All data degrades, and donor data degrades faster than most. Because donors are consumers … people.

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Software Data Fundraising Database 161

NTEN

JUNE 8, 2011

We've been talking a lot about multi-channel fundraising in the last year or two, which begs the question: Are donors really multi-channel? Take some of the key findings: Every year, large proportions of online-acquired donors switch from online giving to offline sources - primarily to direct mail. The lesson? The lesson?

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Donor Offline Mail Channel 58

Volunteer Hub

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

An organization should use communication channels to provide volunteer constituents, active and inactive, with information about its mission, upcoming opportunities, success stories, social impact, pandemic protocols, and ways to give. Cross-Pollination of Volunteers and Donors. Communication with Volunteer Constituents.

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Volunteer Tips Virtual Registration 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Greater scrutiny from donors. Multi-Channel Fundraising = Optimism. As you can see, nonprofits that implement fundraising strategies that include multiple channels have a lot more confidence in their ability to raise the funds they need to deliver on their mission. Digital Marketer at Blackbaud and blogs at npNGAGE.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2020

One key takeaway from past events is that it can take many, many years to rebuild a donor base if that donor base is not maintained. It’s okay to acknowledge what is happening in the world – donors expect it. Donors are looking for a way to help. Donors are looking for a way to help.

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Environment Teach Fundraising Lesson 46

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

If you were unable to attend the conference, we hope you can use the summary below to inspire thoughtful conversations at your institution and help in your planning for the new year. . . Recent data shows that total commitments and donor retention are both down in 2020. Fundraising during a global pandemic .

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 17, 2014

Guest post by Marshall Simmonds, Senior Vice President of Flash mobs and an Account Manager at Blackbaud. He’s passionate about working with Blackbaud’s clients to solve their complex business issues. The subject which I was asked to write about was donor retention and, seemingly, these two things should really have nothing in common.

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Donor Retention Detroit Blackbaud 37

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Gartner’s research focuses on how technology can help restore and strengthen an organization’s financial health. Here are the crucial things technology for nonprofit finance should be able to help us do: LEVERAGE SMART FUND ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE TO IDENTIFY THE MOST EFFECTIVE REVENUE SOURCES. SUPPORT DATA-DRIVEN INVESTMENT DECISIONS.

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