Connection Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2020

When Knowledge Network looked at their website from a supporter experience perspective, instead of a user experience perspective, they increased fundraising, built bridges between internal teams, and brought consistency to marketing messages. Dig into your fundraising database and look for patterns that dictate mapping.

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Care2

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Blackbaud brought together 14 nonprofit experts in an eBook to share tried-and-true donor retention strategies, tips, and ideas. This eBook is thorough and filled to the brim with great tips. Online Fundraising' But you need to treat your donors with love, and cultivate a real realtionship.

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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. Have you revisited it when you need to pivot or reevaluate your strategy?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

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. Have you revisited it when you need to pivot or reevaluate your strategy?

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 25, 2019

In the Blackbaud Institute’s newest publication, The Connected Office , we’re addressing these factors and taking a deep dive into how each departmental team can support a cohesive constituent experience. This requires organizations to embrace the fact that fundraising and marketing often work side by side but are not necessarily synonymous!

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2019

The following article is an excerpt from the “ CSR 2020: Experts Look Ahead “ eBook published by Blackbaud Corporate Solutions. Social fundraising has grown to include individual driven peer-to-peer fundraising, crowdfunding and more.

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Voice Social Fundraising Influence 22

Connection Cafe

MAY 20, 2014

So have their fundraising preferences and expectations. It walks you through the four stages of the donor’s journey and offers strategies to help you connect with and engage supporters in today’s digital world. The Constituent Lifecycle: A Complete Guide to the Donor Experience from Blackbaud. People have evolved.

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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. Mark Rovner , founder and CEO of Sea Change Strategies. Pitman , CFCC, The Fundraising Coach. Shanon Doolittle , Fundraising Made Awesome. Superb content.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 2, 2015

There are many reasons I feel lucky to work for Blackbaud, but by far the biggest reason is the group of people I have the pleasure of working with. You may recognize past favorite contributors like @MikeSnusz , a renowned industry expert, specializing in online fundraising growth, SEO, social media, social advertising and email fundraising.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 20, 2015

In my chapter of the new Blackbaud ebook, Drab to Fab: Peer-to-Peer Event Makeover , I explore the important “clues” to look for in your “archaeological” data. Fundraising performance metrics. Average fundraising per participant. Average fundraising per fundraiser. Percent of participants who fundraise.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 11, 2015

Fundraising events are a staple of most school fundraising plans. Here are four great ideas for making sure your next school fundraising event is as profitable as possible: Idea #1: Spend More of Your Time for Each Event Focused on Finding Sponsors. Most schools focus their event fundraising efforts on selling tickets.

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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. Establish Stewardship Strategies. Download this new eBook written by 13 npExperts! We’ve got a resource to help.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2015

However, it also seems that most have yet to put a real strategy behind engaging event donors. Here’s a sneak peak at two ways to do this, from Blackbaud’s new ebook, Drab to Fab: Peer-to-Peer Event Makeover : 1. How do I get more out of my event donors ? Some add event donors to their newsletter list.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2020

This is a topic near and dear to my heart –as we at Blackbaud have had the opportunity to watch countless “resilient nonprofits” use technology to reimagine their operations under social distancing guidelines and economic uncertainty. Raymond Polikosk, Vice President of Finance & Administration, Special Olympics New York.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2014

Please join me in thanking Frank Barry and the Blackbaud team for sharing donor retention guidance from some of the smartest fundraising experts out there. E nlist your fundraising colleagues. Yet the path to retention success remains elusive for many organizations. How about yours? I’m thrilled to be included! C ourse-correct.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 11, 2017

After working in digital fundraising and marketing for over 8 years, I’ve learned the power of numbers. While fundraising involves a lot of common sense and experience, data should be the points on the map that guide our decisions. Or, do you want to create a benchmark report of your online fundraising effort? Giving USA.

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Benchmark Online Analytics Beginner 20

Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2015

Discounts are really a registration “drug” In a way, fundraisers can become addicted to offering registration discounts, and participants can really get used to using them. Fight discount addiction with a smart strategy! Here are a few long-term, sustainable strategies that can rescue you from discount code addiction.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 30, 2017

For 5 years the Blackbaud Institute has brought together experts in the nonprofit sector to speak on a wide variety of topics. From donor retention to nonprofit marketing to organizational leadership, every ebook is an invaluable resource. Of course, you don’t have to take my word for it. How to Achieve Integrated Marketing Success.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

These solutions optimize and expand your fundraising and donor stewardship activities to help form long-lasting relationships. A donor database is a software solution that nonprofit professionals use to access insights into their supporters’ engagement histories, track key fundraising metrics, and measure success. Scalability.

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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. By Roger M.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 20, 2020

Resilient fundraisers stand ready to take on whatever the day brings, even if it wasn’t part of the plan. You are building strategies for sustainability focused on four key areas: People: Caring about your supporters and those around you. Shifting their fundraising balance. Practicing donor-centered fundraising.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 27, 2014

Madeline Turner is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub and the managing editor of the Content Marketing Program at Blackbaud. Get to know them and build a donor retention strategy that guides them to deeper levels of engagement. Make sure your donor retention strategy reflects this. Get to Know Your Supporters as Individuals.

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Donor Ideas Retention Giving 68

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2014

A well-crafted fundraising appeal is the integral piece to your year-end ask. With this in mind, Lindsey Salmony has outlined the strategy and steps to crafting an ask that brings in more money to your organization. Download the eBook for more step by step guidance to craft your next appeal!

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Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2014

™ program, a group consulting service that helps nonprofit organizations deepen constituent engagement and accelerate online fundraising. Prior to Blackbaud he was the acting CFO/COO of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence in Washington DC. . You can’t take that next step until you do.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2014

™ program, a group consulting service that helps nonprofit organizations deepen constituent engagement and accelerate online fundraising. Prior to Blackbaud he was the acting CFO/COO of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence in Washington DC. . You can’t take that next step until you do. Nonprofit Marketing'

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Well, Grantastic is awarding $20,000 to one company or organization with an innovative technology strategy or internet software development idea. Our friends at Network for Good have a new ebook available, “10 Resolutions to Make (and Keep!) for Online Fundraising and Marketing Success in 2012”. Learn more and apply !

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

When I joined the Blackbaud Arts and Cultural Solutions team, I stumbled across social posts from the National Aquarium of New Zealand and have been following them ever since. Free eBook: Seven Tips to Increase Online Fundraising Success. These amusing, quirky and just plain fun posts immediately drew me in.

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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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