VisionLink

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Join us as we celebrate the individuals behind the life-enhancing services of 211 call and contact centers nationwide! 211 is the most comprehensive source of information about local resources and services in the country. 211 can be accessed by phone or computer at 211.org. Saturday, February 11th, is National 211 Day 2023!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Keeping donors can undoubtedly be hard work but, a loyal donor base is vital in sustaining the work you do and furthering your mission. Set up a drip email to do the work for you. Using DonorPerfect’s partnership with Constant Contact can make drip campaigns easy and effective. Examples: Make a second gift.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Working in the nonprofit sector is hard. As a grantmaking organization focused on the success of your grantees, it is essential to have a process in place to manage personnel changes—for both you and your grantees—so everyone stays informed and on schedule.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

These include direct mail, phone calls and messages, and in-person solicitations. It encourages donors to keep supporting its work long-term. Nonprofits can analyze this information. They help organizations to make informed choices about donation requests. It shows their giving history and how they like to be contacted.

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Volunteer Hub

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

By integrating Raiser’s Edge NXT with VolunteerHub, nonprofits can better leverage two sources of constituent information and gain a more comprehensive view of each individual’s engagement and contribution history. What is Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT?

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EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

In this blog, we’ll explore a few key types of advocacy that help organizations drive positive change; tactics that unite and activate supporters; and technology to make this important work more effective and efficient. Later, that information can be used to target the most active and educated supporters and get them involved.

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Greater Giving

JULY 18, 2023

Your donor data may include phone numbers, emails, birthdays, donation history, and even meal preferences. You collect information at every turn, whether someone fills out your donation form, registers for an event, interacts with you on social media, or browses your website. Fill In Gaps With Data Appends.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Impress & Inform: What Every Gala Invitation Needs Your gala invitation is the first glimpse into your event’s magic. Whether you have a dedicated Event Invitation Chair or are outsourcing this role there are some common information your invitation should hold. Consider their age, lifestyle, and work schedules.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 13, 2024

This applies to a multitude of characteristics including personality, work habits, reporting structure and much else. To put it kindly, I have a hyper personality and work ethic. Some people prefer email; others texting, cell phone calls, landline calls, video conferencing, social media. This has taken me time to appreciate.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be Informed. Be familiar with important information on the organization’s website, social media sites, YouTube channel, and other assets. Offer to help write short updates to keep donors informed. Stay in regular contact with newsrooms and pitch stories to help the organization reach a larger audience. This really works.

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Association Analytics

DECEMBER 13, 2023

You may have parent-child relationships that don’t work. Paired with your experience and judgment, your decisions can be data informed or data guided using less specific data measurements. Data is one of your most valuable assets and the time spent working on it should be allocated or specifically set aside for data quality.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

It provides the donor with the relevant information and touches the donor’s heart. Your goal should be to write a power-packed thank-you letter that makes the donor think “I love this nonprofit – they do such good work.” a mother of three who works in childcare. You are so important to our organization’s work!”

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Below are the 13 question groups and the percent of grant form fields that fall within each: Organizational Biographical and General Information (18 percent). How has COVID-19 Impacted Your Work (<1 percent). Provide the following information about the organization and staff. Applicant Contact Information.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2021

For example, the form would ask about the designation, contacts/background of the donor, timelines to expect funds (for future planning purposes), etc. . I prefer to do this via a phone call, as this is more direct and personal and helps with establishing rapport. — Organizational Forms.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 8, 2024

At the same time, these simple steps can help to make a big impact on your opinions of data collection quality and how those data collection and quality issues affect your ability to make data-informed decisions. Those attendees willingly shared their information thanks to a unique ask and compelling offer.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Telework (also called telecommuting) is where an employee regularly does their work outside of the office, usually at home or when traveling. To be able to telework, people usually need five things: a computer or tablet, broadband Internet, access to work email, access to work documents, and a phone. That's around 1.3

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

This will give you a good idea of what works and what doesn’t. 2) Make it easy for people to contact your association on social media. Once you’ve got their attention, people will want to get in touch, to find more information about becoming a member. Give reliable information. Respond to messages fast.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Just sitting by the phone waiting for your donor to figure it out—and do all the work—is simply not going to cut it. Alas, billions of dollars are left on the table because (1) employees don’t know about this money and (2) nonprofits don’t inform their donors of the opportunity to claim these funds. But you do need a plan.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Solid donor engagement strategies help organizations improve their donors’ connection with their work, establish strong donor relationships, and retain their donor base. Showing impact numbers and, more importantly, stories keep donors informed and engaged. Asking about donor motivations. Host an “Ask Me Anything” session.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

As resources may be limited, it’s best to target items that won’t take a lot of phone calls or research to request. For example, if you work at an animal shelter, ask local pet stores or boutiques for grooming gift certificates, dog and cat toys or pet sitting services. electronically or via regular mail).

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Volunteer Hub

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

By integrating Raiser’s Edge with VolunteerHub, nonprofits can better leverage two sources of constituent information and gain a more comprehensive view of each individual’s engagement and contribution history. The table below shows VolunteerHub data that can be synchronized into Raiser’s Edge via the integration.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 1, 2023

Most organizations maintain valid home addresses, while email addresses and phone numbers may be less trustworthy. Your data provider can make your verification process easy if they have the right information. Ask for phone numbers and email addresses in face-to-face interactions. Ask for and append cell phone numbers.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This guide will explain how the process works and ways to optimize your campaigns to raise more from this channel. Text-to-give (also known as text-to-donate, text-to-pledge, or text fundraising) is a form of mobile fundraising that asks donors to send a keyword to a text fundraising phone number. Non-branded experience.

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The Nerdy NonProfit

JANUARY 22, 2019

There are good reasons to put chatbots to work on your website. First, it can help to understand exactly how they work, though, and how you can put it to use in interacting with your own website visitors. However, a chatbot’s functionalities are limited since it can only provide information that exists within its databases.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 5, 2021

You can’t begin to engage your supporters on mobile without their phone numbers and permission to text them. Your donors will most likely provide their phone numbers on your donation form. All that’s left is to ask for permission to contact them via that phone number. How to opt supporters in to text messages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

Many nonprofit organizations have made the transition to working remotely due to COVID-19 health concerns. Duplicate addresses, missing data, and outdated contact preferences can hinder your ability to connect with your donors. Work with Existing Partners In New Ways. Pro Tip: Thinking about hosting a virtual event?

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Qgiv

MAY 10, 2022

Ensure that you’re able to do your best work by setting up a donor pipeline: a structured way to attract, cultivate, and retain your donors. Once you’ve given prospective donors more information and have gotten to know them, they move to the next step of the donor cultivation cycle. Not sure what your donor pipeline should look like?

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 23, 2024

Nearly half (48%) of donors cited email as their preferred giving channel ahead of social media, text messaging, direct mail, and phone calls in a study published last year by fundraising platform Neon One in Chicago. Regularly emailing unengaged contacts might lead to a “no harm, no foul” scenario of them tuning out appeals.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 18, 2022

The whole process relies on you doing all the work. . They can easily give to your organization from the comfort of their home or really anywhere now with mobile phones. . Not only do you receive their donation, but you also receive their contact information, so you can start cultivating relationships immediately.

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Volunteer Hub

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

A few of the most common expectations that volunteers have include a welcoming work environment, resources and tools needed to complete their job, training and support, accommodations and scheduling flexibility, and ongoing communication. Here is additional information on crafting the perfect job description for volunteers.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Text-to-give is a powerful donation tool that offers donors a way to easily give to their favorite nonprofits right from their phones. Before we dive into these tips, let’s do a quick review of how text-to-give works. How does Text-to-Give work? Work with a provider who offers quick and easy setup. Simplicity of use.

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Robert Weiner

MAY 10, 2013

The following story, posted with permission, was sent to the FUNDSVCS list in response to a question about how to reign in schools and departments at a university that keep their own shadow databases of contacts. We get updates and information from multiple sources which can only benefit the departments who use our system.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Most of these task manager apps are cross-platform, too, so you can use them on your work PC, home computer, and mobile devices. Todoist works with just about any email client, browser, or operating system, making it one of the most versatile task managers out there. Wunderlist: Free ($4.99/mo Do you use a to-do list app?

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 22, 2020

Keep members up to date with valuable information. Keep your members up to date on your association’s response, including your office work procedures, events calendar and any other necessary news. You can also include a “Continuing Education Checklist” that members can easily complete while working from home.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Whether you’re personally into them or not, social media platforms offer opportunities for connection that go far beyond your database contact list. We have contact information, communication preferences, relationships, social media profiles, and wealth screening data. Let’s think about your non-donor records.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Instead of picking up the phone to call a friend, we might text them an address or a date and time to meet up for lunch or a volunteer shift. Texting is a unique channel because it’s immediate; it’s useful for sharing information and links to websites; and most of us carry it around with us in our pockets. Fundraising. Membership.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In the rapidly evolving landscape of nonprofit organizations, the ability to harness data for informed decision-making is more critical than ever. Highlight key features and functionalities that will be useful for the employees in their day-to-day work. That’s where customer relationship management (CRM) comes in.

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