Media Cause

APRIL 15, 2024

This blog is the third in our series on MarTech for nonprofits. If you want a refresher on what MarTech is, check out the first blog here. If you want to know why every nonprofit organization should have a MarTech stack, read the second blog here. Where is that information stored?

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 11, 2024

Read our blog for seven tips to use your online member community to enhance your volunteer program! Create and manage different volunteer groups To encourage and facilitate conversation between your member volunteers, use your online community platform to create different groups.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

DonateStock has ignited a conversation in philanthropy with their innovative approach to stock gifting. For example, here’s how World Central Kitchen makes it easy for donors to make a stock gift: If your nonprofit does not have a stock gifting button, simply visit DonateStock and search for your nonprofit. About the Sponsor.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

To help you dive right in, this posts provides an overview of the tools available, best practices, and examples to make your chosen AI writing tool work for you. It can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way. They’re also very simple to use.

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Association Analytics

MARCH 1, 2023

For example, let’s say your association sold two products (Product A and Product B) last year that brought in the same total revenue – $20,000 each. You can see conversations grouped together by sentiment: positive, neutral, or negative. The same can happen by listening to conversations in your online community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

Let me give you an example. Data should inform and optimise your fundraising strategy , and attribution is a simple technique you can use to really help you get it right. Once you know where your donors come from, what should you do with that information? Are your conversion rates different for different audiences?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2020

1) Keep the Conversation with Donors Going. Examples: Make a second gift. For example, create a filter that includes all donors who have made a first-time gift. For more information and ideas, check out How to Create a Welcome Series for New Donors. 2) Have Current Donor Information Sent to Your Inbox.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

Questions Are Your Tools As a funder, one of your primary mechanisms for gathering information to guide your decision making is the questions you ask. Those questions can be in an application, in conversations with program officers, or during the deliberation meetings with your board. Questions are critical tools for good grantmaking.

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M+R

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Link Tracking Protection will strip out some tracking information/ parameters added to the end of URLs. Tracking Parameters are the little pieces of extra information at the end of a URL. Tracking Parameters are the little pieces of extra information at the end of a URL. This is the purple highlighted portion “gclid=EXAMPLE”.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

My latest post is up on the Stanford Social Innovation Review opinion blog. You can read the post and join the conversation over there – it’s also copied below. Despite the generic title, this is a report chock full of examples, best practices and data about the effects of joining the conversation online.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

They help you gather information, assess needs, measure outcomes, and build relationships with your grantees. You can also avoid asking for information that you don’t need or use, which can save time and resources for both you and your grantees. How will I use this information? If you want examples, ask for examples.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

We suggest that you have a conversation and not send a survey. Use softer, more open-ended questions to get detailed information that you will capture in writing for your plan. Some examples include: Data specific – What data empowers you? An example is how many new members did we acquire last month?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 20, 2020

For the example below, we’ll be building out a sample Facebook Live co-branded series. According to a New York Magazine report, conducted in partnership with Livestream, 80% of consumers would rather watch a live video from a brand than read a blog. For example, if you’d like to see 10,000 views on each video.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 16, 2009

That’s part of the key to success when using Twitter for a Global conversation. There are also more and more opportunities emerging for people to coordinate global conversations that happen at the same time, instead of disconnected over time (still tied together via hashtag). What do those # mean?

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

One of the biggest issues that has come out of the blog posts and the conversations in the comments is the idea of data. To review the other blog posts about these topics, visit the Causes post , ideablob post or the guest post for Tactical Philanthropy. That example? Greenpeace International on facebook.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

You want to collect the data you need to make informed decisions, support your grantees’ success, and demonstrate your impact. But you also want to respect your grantees’ time and resources and avoid asking them for information that you don’t use or that they have already provided elsewhere.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Shortened blurbs : The recent blog posts that appear on the home page have been shortened to no longer include the full post, but just an introduction. Clicking on 2010 Presentations , for example, now let’s you browse through individual posts for every presentation and speaking engagement from 2010 (so far).

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 27, 2023

Read our blog for strategies to get st arted. Creating a central place for conversations is a great way to encourage discussion about your meeting agenda and keep the conversation flowing after the latest board meeting. Begin by sorting your board members and leadership teams into subgroups of your online community.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 15, 2024

They parse the grant documentation to understand if their organization is a good fit, they gather information from throughout the organization, and they mold it into an engaging story about the important work the organization is doing. As funders, you know what information you need to make a decision. Try to fill it out yourself.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Below are five convincing points you can present when making your case, each paired with relatable examples to drive the point home. However, the trick is to shift the conversation from the process to the outcomes. Let’s take member retention as an example. Essentially, analytics supercharges all your existing systems.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

For example, you can create groups based on supporters’ giving habits, such as donation recency, type, amount, frequency, and reason for donating. This ensures seamless data transfers between the platforms, providing access to accurate information like the spelling of donors’ names or their giving histories. Leverage A/B testing.

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Candid

MARCH 28, 2023

To stay focused on our users’ needs, we’re creating a set of persona archetypes based on in-depth conversations with current and potential users. For example, one customer mentioned that they can review up to 500 funder profile pages in one day using Candid’s Foundation Directory , a time-consuming and tedious exercise!

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

Your online giving form is the primary instrument you use to process a donation, and it’s also the key tool you use for collecting valuable information about your donors. The post Inspire Generosity with a Better Online Donation Form first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog. You’re expecting a lot from your donation form.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Using their own experience as a case study, they will show their process for collecting and managing the information, including how they created and distributed the survey through Blackbaud Grantmaking. Get an inside look at how to build and customize dashboards, including organizing your information and building unique parts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

It’s important to understand both the tasks that someone needs to do on a site—for example, donate, find resources—and the mindset they are in when visiting your site. In the examples below, some websites chose to ask their visitors what they need. 3) Bushfire Help. Have a plan for emergency announcements. Changes to services or hours.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

For example, you might attract 150 new donors and retain 55% of your existing donors within a year. Craft a conversion journey. When the entire donor journey is addressed in your plan, conversion rates for donor acquisition are much stronger. Conversely, amplify the strategies or messages that lead to the most conversions.

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

While researching and writing our book, The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human Center in an Age of Automation , we found many examples of chatbots misbehaving in the world. As the example of NEDA’s chatbot Tessa clearly shows, AI cannot and should not be considered an inexpensive replacement for human staff or volunteers.

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Candid

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In this blog, we’ll dive into why social media sharing is useful on GivingTuesday and a great way to encourage generosity. For example, on Instagram , around 12% of followers typically see your content, but on Facebook and LinkedIn , it’s 4% or less. Make sure you provide all the information necessary to make it happen.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Your donor engagement strategy may outline different recognition tiers by gift amount ($50 donations receive a shout-out in your newsletter, and $250 donations receive a plaque, for example). Showing impact numbers and, more importantly, stories keep donors informed and engaged. Encouraging conversations.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 22, 2023

In this blog, we will explore the signs of a successful nonprofit board by examining the specific areas where board members can contribute their time. Board members should allocate ten hours per year for regular board meetings, where they actively participate in discussions, provide input, and make informed decisions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 9, 2008

When I was in Minnesota, one of the questions I got was about blogging and social networking policies. Now, I swear I remember seeing something from Easter Seals or another nonprofit on a listserv that mentioned either social networking policy or blogging policy. So, here's my plea for examples and pointers. Be Responsible.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

An example might be if they bid 76 times in the silent auction but didn’t win anything they have some discretionary funds you may be able to cultivate their support toward a particular program. Encourage conversations, answer questions with enthusiasm, and address concerns promptly.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Blog: taprootfoundation.org/blog. Dupe: I love our blog – I has surprisingly become one of the strongest presence on our website. It’s there that we recognize, inform and direct. We also have an External Affairs Visita Volunteer who manages our blog space. Name (s): Dupé Ajayi and Megan McDonald.

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Forum One

JULY 15, 2021

is an opportunity to have meaningful and deliberate conversations that lead to greater involvement. For mission-driven organizations, the most common ways to begin personalizing content and outreach are to identify the sources where they are already gathering information or data on audiences and target personas.

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sgEngage

MARCH 11, 2024

Here are a few examples of how AI can save you time while helping build better relationships: Streamline administrative tasks : When you’re juggling 100+ major donors in your portfolio, your whole day could be spent sorting through donor lists, sending emails, and updating multiple systems.

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Candid

JULY 18, 2023

As the saying goes, “Money talks,” and there’s no better example of this than the Giving Pledge and its effect on the social sector. Whether these megadonors are on your radar, their voices are shaping broader conversations in the philanthropic sector about what and who gets funded, as well as how that funding materializes.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll unveil the art of transforming individual stories into a collective force that not only resonates with your audience but also propels your cause forward. Your next game-changing testimonial could be just a conversation away. This could include beneficiaries, donors, volunteers, or partners.

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