sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

The latest resource from the Blackbaud Institute, Development Plan Toolkit: Your Three-Step Guide to Strategic Fundraising offers a pathway to reaching and retaining major donors: Step 1: Reflect on successes and opportunities. Step 2: Identify specific, realistic goals. Goals may be dollar-based—e.g.,

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

If you loved our 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2018 calendar! Throughout the year we'll be updating this calendar with even more conferences, updated ticket prices, and event hashtags. Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar 2018. It's finally here! Nonprofit Management.

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Qgiv

JUNE 14, 2021

After all, nonprofits need gifts and donations to sustain them, no matter what their mission or goals might be. Your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy can’t achieve its aims without the proper goals and workload distribution. Create a fundraising calendar for your nonprofit’s development plan.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

The latest resource from the Blackbaud Institute, Development Plan Toolkit: Your Three-Step Guide to Strategic Fundraising offers a pathway to reaching and retaining major donors: Step 1: Reflect on successes and opportunities. Step 2: Identify specific, realistic goals. Goals may be dollar-based—e.g.,

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Gift Develop Measure Blackbaud 52

Allegiance Group

APRIL 9, 2024

Many in the philanthropic community desire that nonprofits reflect the communities they serve—including everyone from volunteers and donors to staff, executives, and the board. You want to ensure all voices from the communities you serve are reflected throughout your organization, especially on your board.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Sample fundraising calendar Be sure to update your quarterly and monthly totals for the year, comparing them to your original goals. Are you on track to meet your goals? However, if you find that you’re behind on your goals, don’t worry too much. You’re either on track to meet your goals…or you’re not.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Reflect and analyze Review your results from GivingTuesday , including the total amount raised, donor demographics, and the success of your different approaches and social media channels. Update your supporters on how their contributions are making a difference and achieving your organization’s goals.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 28, 2021

As we say goodbye to 2021 and look ahead to 2022, we are reflecting on our work in the last year. We hope these posts are helpful pieces to revisit or delve into for the first time, as you think about 2022 and your digital goals.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 28, 2022

As 2022 comes to a close and we are excited for 2023, we have spent time reflecting on the past year and all we have accomplished. We hope this content is helpful for you to revisit, or delve into for the first time, as you prepare for 2023 and your digital goals.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As Candid moves to more proactively promote equity in the broader social sector, we also continue to reflect on what our own role might be in supporting that effort. Equitable access begins at home Last year, Candid formed a new Equitable Access department to apply a long-term lens to addressing this question.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2023

Set SMART goals Build your audience persona Develop your brand Determine what channels to use Put together a content strategy Drive engagement Track your results. Set SMART goals. The first step to creating your social media strategy is to establish your social media goals. Develop a social media calendar.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

You need a big, hairy, audacious goal (BHAG) to attract tons of attention and support for your cause. Does my website reflect my nonprofit’s Brand Standards Guidelines? Detailed activity calendar. So, what tools do you need? Here are 8 fundraising tools that should be sharpened and ready to go in your fundraising toolkit.

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Forum One

AUGUST 16, 2023

Though annual reports can come at any time, a key component of finishing the calendar year off strong is to ensure that you are reporting on what you’ve achieved and identifying where there is room to grow. Start with the goals you set yourself Before searching for data, start with your Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

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The Nerdy NonProfit

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Take a look at your own calendar for a moment. The goal of the course is to prepare volunteer doctors to provide care in remote locations. Here are a few ideas we would use to create relatable courses in this scenario: Scenery and visuals that reflect the organization. Your staff and volunteers don’t either!

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In the case of smaller donors, you may ask them to repeat their giving by suggesting a string of amounts that will be reflected in your remit piece or donation landing page. Plenty of studies show most giving is done at the end of the calendar year, and you don’t want to miss out! And you’ll want to use a higher-end response device.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Whether your organization’s fiscal year operates within the calendar year or not, December is always a month full of reflection and planning. Each leader spoke of the importance of tying the goals of their departments and initiatives to the core purpose of their organization. What do we need to do differently, better?

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 22, 2020

Choose two or three goals you’d like to achieve and build your strategy from there. Set an operations calendar. Begin to update your website content to reflect current stories, current trends and a new call-to-action. Beginning in September, your website should start to reflect your annual campaign “theme” and messaging. .

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CauseVox

APRIL 13, 2021

What photos or images best reflect our impact on our mission? How can participants help us reach our fundraising campaign goals? Create a calendar for recruitment emails to begin signing up participants for your peer-to-peer fundraising event or campaign. How is our peer-to-peer campaign solving a problem?

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Set goals and track progress over time. . To choose impact metrics, you first need to define your goals. Your impact metrics should be relevant to the intervention, action, or project being evaluated, as well as your organization’s broader mission and goals. Improve marketing and fundraising efforts and earn buy-in from donors.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

Wherever you’re coming from, here are 10 steps to help you make the most of the year-end giving season and reach your goals. Assess your previous year-end campaign and ask yourself the following questions: Did we reach our campaign goal? Determine this year’s goals based on past efforts. Start planning early.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As the first step to developing a strategy, set clear, measurable goals. N onprofits that set goals are more likely to accomplish them. . Here are some common nonprofit marketing goals to get you started: Increase donations. Create a content calendar. That’s because your site is a direct reflection of your brand.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Understand blog’s purpose and goal. your blog’s purpose should reflect the purpose of your entire organization. Use an editorial calendar. Create or find an editorial calendar, and more specifically, one that has the dates and events most important to your community.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

Meeting your GivingTuesday fundraising goal means you’ve run a successful campaign; meeting your GivingTuesday fundraising goal and adding new donors to your base of loyal supporters is even better. As Tim Sarrantonio, Neon One’s Director of Brand reflected, a 5.2% A large community of supporters helps you mitigate that risk.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning and goal setting as well as to reflect along the way. My colleague, Wendy Harman , was also inspired by Chris Brogan’s technique, but she takes it deeper and includes daily reflection questions.

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

Your organization advances its goals while members receive exclusive benefits in thanks for their help—everyone wins! Here are some factors to consider when structuring your membership program: Your organization’s goals. What is a nonprofit membership program? Nonprofit membership programs can take various forms.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

I had a fantastic break, including a family vacation in Hawaii, walking, hiking, quiet, and reflection. I call it my “ To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.” ” I use it for planning my work flow for the day, week, month, and quarter and to reflect along the way. How about you? I look for patterns.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2023

The Role of Trust-Based Philanthropy The growing interest in giving larger, unrestricted—and in many cases multi-year— commitments reflects a widening embrace of “trust-based philanthropy” (TBP) among select funders. So, how can funders assist here? Encouraging Grantmakers to Walk the Talk Funders’ practices form a key component of TBP.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

The theme should clearly reflect the purpose of honoring and highlighting AAPI cultures. This galvanizes the community around your fundraising goals. It’s a wonderful way to include everyone and still work towards your fundraising goals. Try to get calendar listings and stories placed with mainstream news sources.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Once completed, the donor cannot cancel this; hence the donation is deemed to have been made in the calendar year of the transaction. You care about what you can count towards your annual fundraising goal. The donor completes a debit or credit card gift on or before December 31st. The donor completes a gift via text.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 5, 2020

Here’s what we’ll cover: Aligning web content with your mission and goals. Aligning web content with your mission and goals. This may seem like common sense, but it’s worth stating clearly— your nonprofit’s website should accurately represent your mission and fundraising goals. Event calendar/registration. Ready to begin?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

They can’t be expected to keep track of their giving status–especially if you’re on a fiscal year and they think in calendar years. . Please put it on your calendar for next year as a ‘must do.’ Also, you should create a branded donation page that reflects the same message featured in your appeal.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2015

And, every year when the calendar flips over, we embrace reflection and setting goals. ” Nonetheless, I feel that taking five minutes a day to practice stillness, followed by a brief reflection time can not only improve our individual productivity, but help our social good organizations reach goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2012

Instead he guides you on how to focus on what matters and ignore the rest. He offers both daily techniques that help you reach longer-term goals. He suggests setting year-long goals. The same discipline applies to setting an annual goals. Put that on your calendar and don’t take more than three days to do it.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 31, 2022

Seasonal Reasons – Shorter days, colder weather, and the year coming to a close present a seasonal cue for less activity, a time for reflection, and positive changes we want to see in our futures. The calendar does much of the heavy lifting for you, and wallets are broadly open. Psychological Reasons – It feels good.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 22, 2019

The same decline in drive can happen within your organization, so here are some foolproof ways to meet and exceed all your goals for fundraising in 2019. There are specific reasons why your organization met (or didn’t meet) each of its goals. Once you’ve examined last year’s performance, set concrete long and short-term goals for 2019.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 28, 2022

What photos or images best reflect our impact on our mission? How can participants help us reach our fundraising goals? Send to your entire audience (keeping your overall communications calendar and cadence in mind). How is our peer-to-peer campaign solving a problem? What compelling statistics can we include?

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Care2

DECEMBER 29, 2014

It forces me to reflect on what worked this past year and what didn''t. Review Your Goals and Make Sure They Are Tangible. Several organizations that I work with have very large goals like ending world hunger or ending global warming. Early this year, sit down with your team and think about the large goals you have set.

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