Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2023

Even if you don’t have a planned giving campaign devoted to Make-A-Will Month, you should at least promote it several times via email, social media, and other communications. Mailing a letter as well is best practice. You should also include this resource in your donor communications to help your donor’s plan their future giving.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 28, 2020

The event website is also a good place to communicate any pertinent information, including cancellation policies and contingency plans. Eliminate Mail-In Registration Forms. Promote your event through email, social media, and text messages by sharing a link to your website, where players and sponsors can register instantly.

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Bloomerang

JULY 21, 2021

This form can be completed by mail, phone, fax, or online. By fax, it can take four business days and four to five weeks by mail. Establish initial governing documents and policies. . You’ll need to create Bylaws and Conflict of Interest documents and policies because both are needed for your IRS application. .

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

When you have a goal to meet—like asking a governing body to sign a bill into law, telling a CEO or other stakeholder to change a behavior or policy, or meeting goals around educating decision-makers on your issue area—you know you can’t do it alone. Check out our last installment here ! The hearing is next Tuesday at [time].

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 20, 2023

However, before a business officer offers flexibility, it’s essential to have rules that define the terms of tuition payment and processing and have school leadership fully support those policies. By working closely with the school to understand its policies, we can help families find the best way to honor payments when hardships occur.

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Qgiv

MAY 24, 2023

Direct mail is still important One shocking finding is how important direct mail is to fundraising. Even with advancements in technology like email and text messaging, donors welcome direct mail as a preferred method of communication. They share the stage with Baby Boomers who also prefer direct mail communication.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 18, 2021

Sarah writes: Our organization is overdue for creating a welcome email to send after someone joins our mailing list. Let your subscribers know your privacy policy. Right now it’s just the standard message that comes with our email service provider (ConstantContact). What else should it include? Consider including a short survey.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Nonprofits are often justified in their confusion about indirect costs because government agencies and foundations have different policies and rules around indirect costs, so there is more than one way to calculate a cost. Not sure if your organization’s stakeholders are ready to incorporate indirect costs into your planning?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 4, 2015

Feeling good about that, I thought I would combine my two passions and list below best practices for what to communicate to 5K racers. top finishers)) Rain (state your rain or shine policy) Registration (list URL for online registration. I'm halfway through my goal to run 30 5K's this year.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Nonprofits are most successful when they’re focused on one primary issue because it makes it easier to communicate the organization’s purpose to potential donors. Does the community have a strong need for this nonprofit? You can apply for an EIN online , or by mail or fax. Is it one distinct problem or multiple issues?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Mentoring Policy Technique News 52

Qgiv

APRIL 15, 2024

A gift of life insurance is when a donor names an organization as the beneficiary of an insurance policy or transfers ownership of the policy to the charity. Market your program Legacy giving should be a well-communicated option throughout your organization’s marketing channels. Gifts of life insurance.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

Communication specialists who will help your campaign attract new supporters through email campaigns, social media, phone calls and direct mail, and events. What policies have they supported? What policies have they opposed? In your planning stages, ask: Who are they? Where do they live? How old are they?

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Advocacy Campaign Tips Storytelling 130

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 10, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Time Mentoring Policy Technique 52

The NonProfit Times

MAY 23, 2024

At the end, what the results told us was that we were communicating in a way that better aligned with what people were expecting to see in their inboxes.” Updates three years ago to Apple’s data privacy policies allowing users to limit tracking of email open rates have further complicated efforts to measure audience engagement.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 15, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Time Mentoring Policy Technique 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Forum One

APRIL 2, 2010

From my perspective, the central theme of the panel was that social media is a permanent fixture of government communications. From Twitter to Facebook the exponential increase in social network messaging at the expense of more established communications mediums (mail, email, etc.) technologies.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

Investing in digital-first fundraising and marketing communications. Since it’s impossible to know which communication channels your supporters prefer simply by guessing, it’s prudent to ask them. This year, commit to customizing and offering options (email, direct mail, text, etc.). This is part three in a six-part series.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

Imagine producing online communications you're proud to share with the world and that garner praise from funders, donors, and other stakeholders. Prospects and stakeholders who interact with you online have only your online communications to evaluate your organization. Are you credible? Social media and Web 2.0 Real-life Examples.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Once you’ve set up your new Google account, sign up to receive Google Alerts via e-mail on a daily basis at google.com/alerts. For organizational reasons, you could opt to use the Gmail e-mail account that you created for your nonprofit when setting up your Google account for all social media and mobile technology accounts.

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Achieve

MARCH 4, 2022

This hinges on the idea of “permission,” which takes two forms: Express permission - A donor gives you their email address specifically to receive communications from you, like signing up for your newsletter. How does the GDPR relate to US-based nonprofit marketing and communications?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

Collaborative overload is defined as the burnout that results from our over reliance on e-mails, meetings and other collaborative technology tools that have, ironically, limited our ability to get stuff done. Have a formal policy about sending after hours emails. Communicate Clearly in Emails.

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

iii) Communicate with your auditors before and after the audit. Afterward, meet the auditors without management present to discuss any audit findings in a management letter or audit communication letter. i) Financial controls are policies and procedures designed to protect your organization’s assets. 2) AUDIT.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” And your perspective on technology policies, I think, will vary a little bit depending on your role in the organization. The problem they had was they didn’t really have policies to really govern and guide their staff towards effectively transitioning.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 18, 2023

Developing a digital donor acquisition strategy takes a similar approach as direct mail, starting with a detailed analysis of your donor base, including average gift, retention rates, average gift, and if you have done previous online fundraising campaigns, cost per acquired donor. Use paid media to target your ideal donor.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

In fact, the generations are almost identical in their giving preferences with one exception: Direct mail is popular with Baby Boomers (19%), less popular with Gen Xers (11%) and the least popular with Millennials (10%). Arts and culture (2%), peace and nonviolence (1%), and research and public policy (1%) are the least donated to causes.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 16, 2019

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 22, 2010

It needs to get data into and out of the database in a timely manner, produce accurate reports, respond to requests, anticipate needs, keep up with changing technologies and policies, and all the other things I mentioned in Ingredients of a High Performing Advancement Services Shop. Efficiency. Support for Constituents.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

Mentoring 40

Mentoring Policy Technique News 40

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

Don''t micromanage Don''t be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company''s strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

60) Search « Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? 60) Search « Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? 60) Search « Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? Main | The ROI of Social Media » Friday May 29 2009 Is Direct Mail Really Headed for the Exit? Furthermore, many people view direct mail as “junk mail.”

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In general, offline fundraising activities refer to phone calls, mailing solicitations, events, and other similar donation generating practices. Express permission is when a supporter explicitly gives your nonprofit permission to communicate with them via email. For example, the IRS has special rules just for bingo fundraisers.

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