sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2022

It tells your nonprofit where you want to go and how you plan to get there. But as your organization grows and changes, you also need to update your financial direction. That includes both the budget and the process for creating it. What Does a Nonprofit Budgeting Process Include?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

It’s important to showcase how what you do relates to what’s top of mind for folks. That means that you must work to make relevant content marketing more readily accessible to your constituents. . Make your content something with which they’ll want to engage. Where do you find that content?

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Volunteer Hub

MARCH 21, 2023

If you want to make a significant impact, volunteer engagement and management strategy should be at the top of your list, especially if volunteers play a vital role in helping your organization achieve its mission. Engaging individual and corporate volunteer groups. You want to automate volunteer engagement.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Matt Hugg, President and Founder, Nonprofit.Courses – He’s the author of the Guide to Nonprofit Consulting, and teaches nonprofit management at several universities, via the web, and in-person in the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe. So, no more “sink or swim” approach to your volunteer engagement.

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

Social media has changed the marketing world, and Facebook Ads for nonprofits are an easy tool to increase your organization’s presence online. Since 2009, Facebook has provided the option to create featured ads on their platform to help businesses and organizations reach others’ newsfeeds.

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Qgiv

JUNE 13, 2023

million nonprofit boards in the U.S. with sixty-four million board members. Of these board members, 78% (49,920 million) are white. When your nonprofit’s board does not accurately represent the community you serve, how can you have an accurate pulse on what your community needs? There are 1.4

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Software solutions keep the nonprofit sector in motion. 67% of nonprofits use a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to track donations and manage supporter communications. That’s just the start—nonprofit software tools come in many varieties, offering support for marketing, event planning, form building, and much more.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The bbcon 2023 agenda is full of great sessions for finance professionals serving nonprofits, schools, foundations, healthcare, and cultural organizations, from creating better systems to extending what you currently do with Blackbaud’s fund accounting software, Financial Edge NXT. Let the Machines Work so the People Can Think!:

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Gone are the days when a nonprofit could put up any old website for their organization and check that task off their to-do list. As more and more of our lives move online, nonprofits need an optimized, well-designed website in order to stand out and engage donors—and to justify the expense of maintaining one!

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Bloomerang

MAY 3, 2021

My last article of this two-part series, “ Nonprofit Giving Trends and Future Fundraising Strategy ,” began a discussion of smart fundraising strategies to take advantage of best practices and current trends. It covered broad brush strategies all nonprofits today should incorporate into their donor fundraising/marketing mix.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

You may be wondering where to focus your fundraising as we emerge from the fog of 2020 and into, perhaps, a less cloudy future when it comes to nonprofit giving trends. Charitable giving was up in 2020 , and projections for nonprofit giving trends in 2021 and 2022 are even rosier. Nonprofit Giving Trends on the Horizon.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Throughout your year-end fundraising campaigns, you’ve likely engaged a variety of new donors who gave to your nonprofit for the first time. Earning these one-time donations helps you reach your year-end campaign goals, which is great. The average annual donor retention rate for the nonprofit sector hovers around 40-45%.

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CauseVox

MAY 16, 2022

Planning an event is a daunting task for most nonprofits. There is so much that needs to be done to get staff, board members, volunteers, and donors to put their time, treasure, and talent towards supporting the organization. You may be wondering, will adding fundraising tickets to the event just complicate things?

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Volunteers are the backbone of any nonprofit organization. Clearly, volunteers are essential to your nonprofit’s ability to move its mission forward. In this guide, we’ll introduce you to volunteer recruitment and its importance. Why are volunteers important to nonprofit organizations?

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Qgiv

MAY 6, 2021

More specifically, text-to-donate for small nonprofits can be extremely beneficial. In this guide, you’ll learn: How Text Fundraising Can Be Used For Small Nonprofits? Learn everything you need to know about text fundraising with our awesome crash course. How Text Fundraising Can Be Used For Small Nonprofits?

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Greater Giving

MARCH 12, 2021

The key is to create a program that will energize the attendees and encourage a sense of community along with a desire to contribute funding. The key is to create a program that will energize the attendees and encourage a sense of community along with a desire to contribute funding. Get the conversation started in an event chatroom.

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Qgiv

MARCH 15, 2022

Are you a fundraising professional at a new nonprofit? How do you attract donors to your nonprofit when you don’t already have a strong base to draw from? If you need tips on where to begin, read on for our advice for creating and growing your donor base from scratch. How are you different?

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

Have you noticed a decline in tithes from your members? In fact, according to Church Influence , only 10-25% of church members tithe regularly. This article offers suggestions to help churches like yours grow giving with church fundraising events. Almost every kind of nonprofit has been able to benefit from a giving day.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For your nonprofit, this means the holiday season opens the door to opportunities for fundraising success— and there’s no better way to kick off this successful year-end fundraising push than to participate in Giving Tuesday ! Ready to learn more about Giving Tuesday and how your nonprofit can make the most of it? Let’s get started!

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Elizabeth Abel will explore the role of the board in elevating fundraising activity and discuss effective strategies to recruit, engage, and deploy diverse board members as fundraising ambassadors. Good morning if you are on the West Coast, I should say. Yeah, engaging those board members to be fundraising ambassadors.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

However, with a read-a-thon fundraiser, you can give your supporters the opportunity to slow down and crack open a book while also teaching young students the value of reading and escaping into exciting stories. Why should you host a read-a-thon? Finding time to sit down and read isn’t always easy in people’s busy lives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2014

After spending a year facilitating a peer learning community of Knight Foundation grantees hosting giving days, one of the most factors for success for local no nonprofits participating is having about 6-9 months timeframe to develop a plan. NetworkforGood to the rescue! A unifying theme creates excitement and engagement.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 13, 2022

Many nonprofits work in tandem with volunteers to move their mission forward and keep expenses down. Engaging volunteers helps get the word out about your mission, since most volunteers share their passion with their personal and professional networks. Check these events that require 10 volunteers or less. Don’t Force It.

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Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

Ok, so you know recurring giving can be a big win for your nonprofit. But how do you do it, exactly? Never fear, this lesson will walk you through setting up (or retooling) your own monthly giving program. What are you trying to do, anyway? How much money will you need to raise? Let’s do this! Let’s try it.

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Network for Good

MAY 3, 2021

Ok, so you know recurring giving can be a big win for your nonprofit. But how do you do it, exactly? Never fear, this lesson will walk you through setting up (or retooling) your own monthly giving program. What are you trying to do, anyway? How much money will you need to raise? Let’s do this! Let’s try it.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 5, 2014

Designing or redesigning your nonprofit's website? Before you get started, check out these ten tips for creating engaging nonprofit websites from Firespring CEO, Jay Wilkinson. In an effort to save money, nonprofits tend to rely on volunteer labor and free tools for creating and maintaining websites.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? This is the focus of a session called “ The Big Bang Theory: Creative Facilitation and Training Techniques, ” that I’m co-facilitating at the Nonprofit Technology Conference with Cindy Leonard and Jeanne Allen. What is Brainstorming? .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

I’m thrilled to be doing a session with Aisha Moore and Gina Schmeling at the NTEN NTC called “ Technology Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace.” ” If you are attending the NTC, please join us. When does technology boost personal productivity for nonprofit professionals and when does it get in the way?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! You wouldnt know it from reading most of the hand-wringing , though.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

Have you noticed a decline in tithes from your members? In fact, according to Church Influence , only 10-25% of church members tithe regularly. This article offers suggestions to help churches like yours grow giving with church fundraising events. Almost every kind of nonprofit has been able to benefit from a giving day.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

By Sean Kosofsky , is the Nonprofit Fixer and founder of Mind the Gap Consulting. Nonprofit organizations have a lot of challenges relating to fundraising. Nonprofits need every tool possible to entice donors to join and then stick around for years. If you are copying it to the letter, ask permission. Get creative.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

So you launched your new website and have an online marketing plan in hand to help you reach new audiences. Your board, donors, and activists love it too. How are you going to maintain the website and make it compelling over time? What actions do you want people to take? Who are the target audiences?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

Donor acquisition is all the rage, but did you know nearly 3 out of 4 new donors leave and never come back. I’d stay that’s pretty stinky, wouldn’t you? Blackbaud’s latest Charitable Giving Report sheds light on the importance of donor retention in the nonprofit industry. Superb content.

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

We’re about to see Pinterest use among nonprofit organizations explode. I’m always intrigued to see how nonprofits find creative ways to use new social media tools, but I didn’t think seriously about Pinterest’s potential for nonprofits until I read Joe Waters and Beth Kanter’s thoughts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2010

.  As part of the preparation, we surveyed participants for their burning questions and that's how I created the content. One question I got was: What Theatre companies are using Four Square in an interesting and engaging way? In addition, the Museum has taken those tips and created a mashup with the YELP api.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Nonprofits often struggle with creating effective content and engagement strategies. It's not enough to just share stories about your impact — how do you mobilize and engage people who are passionate about issues you're working on? It will keep them reading, and that's what you want!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. The nonprofits that embrace measurement have a data-driven culture. What is needed for nonprofit organizations to make this shift? It is helpful to look at making the switch as an evolutionary process.

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