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Designing engaging and effective learning experiences 

Candid

In the nonprofit context, Instructional Design helps you ensure that the educational materials you create are not just informative but also closely aligned with your organizational goals and the specific challenges you and your stakeholders face. You can also conduct a training inventory to identify existing resources that can be repurposed.

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How Many Year-End Giving Emails Should I Send?

Neon CRM

Ebook The Annual Fund Giving Guide: Planning an Annual Campaign Learn More The Basics When sending your end-of-year appeals, there are a few key items that all nonprofit emails need to include. While subject lines alone can’t get someone to donate, they can make or break your email open rates. Tie revenue goals with mission goals.

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Fundraising Best Practices: How To Host A Successful Peer-To-Peer Event

Bloomerang

Encourage your fundraisers to set personal goals. Once your fundraisers create their pages, have them set a personal fundraising goal. Once they’ve established a goal, encourage them to make the first donation themselves to get the ball rolling. Be careful with this method, as being too aggressive can lower your retention rates.

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Nonprofit Fundraising Strategy: Guide, Best Practices, & More

Qgiv

The six pieces you need in your fundraising strategy How to create your fundraising strategy The six pieces you need in your fundraising strategy While no two nonprofits are alike, they all share common goals, like donor connection and retention , memorable fundraising events, and supportive partnerships.

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Could a Recurring Giving Program Solve All Your Problems?

Qgiv

Laura’s practical coaching style and results-oriented strategies help her clients set realistic goals and achieve measurable results. Because many donors like doing it, it’s attractive to younger donors, recurring donors tend to give 42% more in a year than one-time donors, and monthly donors renew at a MUCH higher rate than one-time donors.

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Lessons from a Fundraising Insider: How our Donor Retention Rates grew to 43%

Connection Cafe

We impact over 10,000 lives each year, and in 2013 we had a donor retention rate of 43% ( compared to 27% ). So far, we are on track to hit our goal of 45% this year. So, what led to our above industry average donor retention rates? Want to improve your donor retention rates? Our database is healthy .

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16 Ways to Grow Your Nonprofit Email List

Neon CRM

and a high unsubscribe rate can be a red flag to your email service provider and ultimately impact your ability to send emails at all. This results in better email open rates , email deliverability, and clickthrough rates, and lower spam complaint and unsubscribe rates. Small lists raised more money per contact, too.

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