The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 6, 2021

In this blog, you’ll find articles about: Opinions on Industry Trends, Topics in Behavioral Science, Whitepapers and Case Studies in Philanthropy, and Direct Mail and Online Fundraising. THE AGITATOR / DONOR VOICE. The Agitator is written by nonprofit marketers and fundraisers who were fed up with the status quo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2016

With tips and tools, expert advice, and real-world insights from almost fifty industry leaders, this robust resource addresses the entire spectrum of fundraising for nonprofits, including: Planning, hiring, and tracking progress. Individual donors, major gifts, events, and direct mail. Board and volunteer engagement.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2007

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

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Care2

AUGUST 17, 2007

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

s choice award Number of youtube video views of winning submission MEASUREMENT TOOLS - tangible Sourced links for new list names from marketing ??? and have all resources available (related press release, web story, etc.) to quantify ROI Page views from our stats program & Video view count from youtube ??? use a vanity URL.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 2, 2021

If you already have these types of case studies on your site, consider linking them in your thank you message for donors to explore. . Even though your supporter donated online, direct mail. Thanks to the decrease in direct mail, a thank you letter in your supporters’ mailbox is more likely to be read thoroughly than an email.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2014

You can design your own t-shirt with Teespring's online tool or you can work with one of the company's consultants. You can see how this works at the case study: How the ACCO Used Crowdfunding to Help Kids with Cancer. Find a case study here on how Kilbride Hospice is using it. and Africa.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Storytelling for nonprofits can come in a variety of forms, from case studies in your annual report to personal stories or testimonials from people your organization has served. Use storytelling to share how a person took advantage of resources and empowered themselves. Consider allowing them to tell their own story on camera.

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

The tools you choose will depend on your nonprofit’s unique needs! Once you have that part in place, it’s time to find fundraising tools that will help you meet those goals. This means identifying effective and capable tools to help you make strategic moves based on accurate, updated data. . The Giver’s Journey.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2011

Instead, we are sharing them as slides ( original and annotated ) that not only conveys what we’ve found but also serves as a tool for sharing and discussing the conclusions with others. Nothing is settled about how even the most relevant and impactful advocacy organizations engage constituencies or attracts resources.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

E-learning is using internet technology and your networks to learn in real-time – either as an individual, within your organization, or a network and learning is applied to get results. This e-mail exchange with a dozen or so colleagues evolved into a guest post about one aspect of the topic. Find your e-learning change agent.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

What are some examples of technology and nonprofit case studies that supports health, fitness, and wellness in the nonprofit workplace? According to Rob Cross’s research, knowledge workers spend 90 to 95 per cent of their time on the phone, responding to e-mails or in meetings. Establish Look Ahead Team Rituals .

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 26, 2015

CiviCRM even has some basic HR management tools to help nonprofits keep track of their volunteers, new jobs, and related documents. Art for Impact staff members used CiviCRM to improve their event planning process by selling tickets and creating an organized mailing list for distributions. Human Resources Management (HRM).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2006

It includes case studies, tools, and how-tos. Deborah Finn's thoughts about limiting the membership to nonprofit tech workers whose e-mail addresses are originating from a.org and whose organization is a 501c3. tools to capture and share knowledge from nonprofit gatherings. tools into your PR messaging?

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2017

By utilizing a wealth screening tool, your researchers will spend less time hunting, pecking, and Google searching and can spend more time “moving the needle” meaningfully for your organization. And speaking of that… Analytics inform the use of resources. Analytics can help determine where you spend your time, staff, and money.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Wikipedia was a popular resource and established as a citizen-driven information source. Citizen-Powered Response.

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Care2

JUNE 13, 2007

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

Even if they do, it takes developer time to write the code to do the integration, and that may be resources that a nonprofit doesn’t have. Trade-off – you don’t get best of breed tools for both. All of these strategies take time and resources, but of different kinds. All-in-one. Web forms from CRM vendor.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

All of this is tied to a direct mail appeal, that can go out as early as mid-November or the beginning of December. Finally, we also configure the option for recipients to opt-out of receiving campaign emails all together, which is why a December e-news is important. When is the best time to send a direct mail newsletter?

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Care2

JUNE 16, 2009

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2012

Many moons ago, we solicited donations from our friends by carrier pigeon, mail, phone or email…the same ways we communicated with them about other things. You don’t need to be on every platform, but considering your goals and resources, select those you can be successful with. Does this make sense for my organization?

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Care2

JUNE 26, 2009

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

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Care2

JUNE 4, 2009

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

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Care2

AUGUST 12, 2008

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Care2

AUGUST 16, 2007

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Care2

AUGUST 17, 2007

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments. Someone on your mailing list or rolodex. This is an area of tools and techniques that I have wanted to explore in further depth, but haven't. . Family members.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 2, 2007

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Care2

DECEMBER 8, 2008

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