VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Join us as we celebrate the amazing individuals behind the life-enhancing services of 211 contact centers nationwide! 211 is the most comprehensive and credible source of vetted information about local resources and services in the country. It's powered by people: thousands of caring, local experts who are available to help 24/7.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Important Resources for Following WCAG. Now that you’ve gotten familiar with WCAG, I want to share some resources that have helped me comply with these guidelines when making design decisions. This resource gives detailed WCAG ratings on how content appears as standard text, large text, and graphical objects.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 11, 2024

Each tip includes additional resources and ideas for getting the best experience for any RFP or hiring your next partner. Use resources like Google and professional networks to ask questions. If you are OOO, don’t identify yourself as the point of contact.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Whether they are communicating by phone, text, or chat, or through public facing directories of resources and services, or through translators and assistive devices, these specialists perfect the art of listening well, understanding the expressed needs and the needs that may not be so easily apparent. Email us at contact@visionlink.org.

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Candid

OCTOBER 17, 2023

However, if it is an automated response, you will need to find a way to contact them. If you don’t, you can search Candid’s Foundation Directory to find who to contact, or you can reach out via a contact email from their website. Still, you should try to contact the grantmaker personally.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

With the entire world affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent economic fallout, the vital services and resources that nonprofits provide are in historically high demand. As resources may be limited, it’s best to target items that won’t take a lot of phone calls or research to request. 1) Get your auction list in check. .

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The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

As you are looking for donors to make contact with and insert into your fundraising funnel, you don’t want to waste time. This is a mistake that costs non-profits valuable time and resources. You Have Limited Resources – Don’t Waste Them! You Have Limited Resources – Don’t Waste Them!

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

When you’re working with limited resources it can be a struggle to both get new people in the door and then keep them there once you do. Most associations have a strategic objective that can position them as the go-to resource for people in their profession. Will you send them additional content resources?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2021

Provide a point of contact to answer any questions. If your supporters are being asked to fundraise, do the hard work for them by highlighting the resources, guides, templates, and examples you’ve created to make the process easier. Let your donors know that there is always someone available to help them navigate the campaign.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2023

For busy organizations with limited staff, chatbots can be a great resource to save time and get user requests to the right person. Depending on the tool you choose, you can use chatbots to communicate with your contacts, collect relevant information, and send them to the resources they need.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

This effective guide will be a comprehensive blueprint to working at your organization, including links to relevant resources, steps for data entry, and flow charts outlining who is responsible for which tasks. The dashboard can also serve as a hub for important contacts and links.

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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. Saturday, February 11th, is National 211 Day 2023! Calls to 211 are confidential and can be anonymous.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 29, 2024

Grant professionals have historically used Form 990 tax information filings as a central resource for cutting a long list of maybe-maybe-not foundations down to a short list of solid prospects. Call or email funders (if you can find contact information) and inquire about your proposed project.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Plain Language Resources: Big Duck’s Plain Language for Nonprofits. Resource: How to Write a Nonprofit Impact Report. Resources: MailMunch , Opt-in Monster , 15 Ways to Grow Your Nonprofit Email List. Unengaged contacts hurt your sender reputation and should be deleted. Plain Language Association International.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 30, 2021

Another hiring firm contacted me recently and asked me to recommend them to a prospective nonprofit. I was recently asked to sit on a nonprofit position interview as an unpaid adviser. I was also asked to serve as an adviser to a nonprofit search committee. There is a great deal of action in the nonprofit hiring world these days.

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M+R

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Contact Christian LoBue and Kate Ryan about M+R Win, our in-house, one-stop campaign strategy shop. Contact Ankur Asthana about Digital Organizing. Contact Nehal Mahmoud about Message and Audience Research. Contact Madeline Stanionis about anything M+R. This was the first of M+R Win’s Election 2024 webinar series.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2013

Designed to support social sector organizations and consultants with tools and resources to get ready for engagement in capacity-building projects, ImpactRising.org aims to help make the consulting sector stronger. In that spirit, I’m excited to introduce ImpactRising.org as a resource to nonprofits and the consultants they work with.

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EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

For example, if you know which supporters interacted with your issue awareness campaign and learned about your work, you might then ask those specific supporters to contact their local library boards and express support for the drag story time bill currently in committee.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 6, 2021

In the wake of a disaster , your contacts will be focused on their and their family’s immediate needs, as well as those of their neighbors and community members. Consider if you have a purpose or resources to share. . Ask what is needed before giving resources. Please practice patience and give grace when checking in.

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 18, 2024

Check out this great resource from Sendgrid to learn more about DMARC. Most bulk email senders, such as MailChimp, HubSpot, Constant Contact, Campaign Monitor, etc., DMARC tells the receiving mail server what to do if an email from your domain fails DKIM or SPF but appears to be from your domain – a sign that it may be spoofed.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Name a point of contact who sees the big picture. Your point of contact understands the importance of monitoring patient traffic trends, developing economies of scale, and identifying grants that will shore up revenue streams. Identify just one person to communicate with the software vendor.

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Pamela Grow

JULY 6, 2023

Before you set out for your well-deserved break, it’s crucial to inform your colleagues, clients, and contacts about your absence. ” Offer Alternative Contacts: Provide information about a colleague or supervisor who can assist during your absence. It’s also the time when inboxes are crammed with “Away” messages.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Cost: $100/month for 1,000 contacts to $800/month for 85,000 contacts. Cost: $39/month for 2,500 contacts to $149/month for 100,000 contacts. Their SmartGive feature which pre-populates a donation form with a previous donors’ contact information creates ease for the donor, thus increasing the likelihood of a gift.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

We’ve been talking to folks from some of the 350,000 congregations around the country and have been hearing that they’d like more coverage of IT resources for religious oriented charities on TechSoup. Her office provides resources, staff trainings, and coordinates state events for 200 churches around the state.

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2024

Stay in contact with your prospects. If there are financial resources or scholarship opportunities that do NOT rely on FAFSA information to be considered, share these with your prospective students! There are many resources available, some for admissions personnel and some for families and students.

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 25, 2023

Elevate Your Fundraising Event with SWAG: Tips and Resources As you gear up to create a memorable fundraising event, there’s one powerful tool you should have in your arsenal: SWAG. Contact Information Ensure that your contact information is readily available.

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Volunteer Hub

JANUARY 2, 2022

According to a 2021 Nonprofit Leadership Impact Study , conducted by NonprofitPro and Hustle , two of the biggest challenges facing nonprofits in 2021 were lack of resources (40%) and staff turnover (20%). Leverage Existing Volunteer Contacts. Currently, it is estimated that a volunteer hour is worth $28.54. Source: HubSpot.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Thanks to technology and some creative (and relatively easy) modifications that reduced contact and large gatherings, golf tournaments were able to be held safely amid COVID precautions. Saving time, conserving financial resources, and finding efficiencies are still top of mind for busy nonprofit event organizers who often wear many hats.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 1, 2020

While a good deal of time and resources will be dedicated to this effort, certain aspects of donor retention can be made easy. Using DonorPerfect’s partnership with Constant Contact can make drip campaigns easy and effective. You can also set up a timeline in Constant Contact to determine when each email in the series gets sent.

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NTEN

MAY 10, 2012

Our friends over at Blackbaud, in association with Constant Contact, have been running a great series on email marketing, Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together. And I know how you feel about free resources.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Stay in regular contact with newsrooms and pitch stories to help the organization reach a larger audience. Donate your skills (graphic design, strategic planning, human resources). Contact list vendors to find lists of similarly sympathetic groups. Set up face-to-face meetings or phone calls to ask contacts to donate.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 7, 2024

Check out Why and how to rewrite your nonprofit’s email Welcome message for resources on writing yours. Email list cleaning is simply a process of regularly updating your email contact list by purging or suppressing outdated contacts and regularly updating donors’ personal preferences. Here’s a terrific example.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Divide Contacts Into Subsets. Another important way to make sure that everything has been customized to suit you is by dividing your contacts into subsets. In other cases, you can divide contacts based on which part of your association they are with. You must be able to customize the CRM to so it works for you. Easy To Learn.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

We will share an overview of California AB 488, including what your nonprofit can expect and resources for staying compliant with requirements when raising online donations for your cause in the Golden State. In addition to using these resources to stay compliant with AB 488, we also recommend keeping your Candid nonprofit profile up to date.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2013

AFP’s Reed Stockman curates one of the interesting and underused fundraising resources: the Association of Fundraising Professionals Technology Blog. He’s a nonprofit technology veteran and something of a cherished resource among AFP members. Among them he is not an underused resource. NPMobile , ?NPOnlineGiving.

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Bloomerang

MAY 27, 2021

The challenge of human resources: volunteer re-engagement. Rebuilding the financial base: resource opportunities for post-pandemic grants. Their survey reported that only thirteen percent of charities they contacted had raised twenty percent or more from government pandemic aid during this difficult period. Grantstation.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

If you’re a new organization without many resources or contacts, you may have more luck working first at the local level. Plan for when you’ll begin to contact volunteers, when you’ll reach out to the broader public, and when you want to accomplish your goal. Personalize your messages to every contact.

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