Wed.Nov 12, 2014

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How To Use Stories To Raise Money On Social Media

TechImpact

'Storytelling and social media – these terms have certainly been thrown around a lot this year! Are they just empty buzzwords, or actual tools that can help your nonprofit raise money online? I firmly believe in the latter. Great storytelling and successful social media campaigns are completely interconnected. You can collect fantastic, compelling stories, but if no one hears or sees them, they fall flat.

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An Alternative to Writing RFPs for Nonprofit Websites and Technology

ASU Lodestar Center

'posted by Laura L Bush, Ph.D. Communications Director and Content Strategist Highway Twenty A Request for Proposal (RFP) is a common way nonprofit organizations invite bids for products and services. Any RFP includes a specific list of requirements that all responding vendors must address. In theory, an RFP’s intention is to filter vendors for quality and ensure competitive pricing.

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Six Ways to Crowdsource Your Nonprofit’s Blog Content

NTEN

'Marlene Oliveira. Copywriter & Communications Consultant. Moflow. Turn your content creation needs into an online carnival. Your nonprofit organization has a blog. Awesome. You have a plan that outlines post content and frequency. Fantastic. You’re ready to roll up your sleeves and start creating content…wait…that’s a lot of content. How are you going to produce it all?

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Best Quotes From John C. Maxwell's The 5 Levels Of Leadership

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'Here are some of my favorites quotes from John C. Maxwell''s book, The 5 Levels of Leadership -- a book I believe should become a must-read for any workplace/organizational leader: Good leadership isn''t about advancing yourself. It''s about advancing your team. Leaders become great, not because of their power, but because of their ability to empower others.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Get Your Content Marketing on Track with an Editorial Calendar

NonProfit Hub

'This article originally ran in our Nonprofit Hub Magazine, a free bi-monthly magazine dedicated to providing focused content on a particular topic. In our November/December edition, we explored how to build your 2015 marketing plan. To reserve your free copy of our January/February issue on donor retention, sign up today. . ————————————————. By now you know that content marketing is all the rage, and we promise you, it’s just going to become a bigger deal in the coming year.

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Dr. Roger Dean Duncan On Change

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'Change is inevitable. Change is good. Help your employees and team learn to embrace change. Here are some solid insights from Dr. Rodger Dean Duncan ''s (Liberty, Missouri) book, Change-friendly Leadership -- How to Transform Good Intentions into Great Performance : The kind of behavior change that results in lasting (sustainable) change must accommodate people''s feelings--feelings that involve trust, confidence, passion, and all those other intangible but very real things that make us human.

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The Six Week Solution for a Successful Year-End Giving Campaign

Connection Cafe

'Six weeks… As children, that seemed like an eternity. Now, it passes in a flash, which is a little disconcerting seeing as the end of year is just over six weeks away. For giving officers, especially, these six weeks can be stressful as we anxiously wait to see how year-end requests are going. Now is the time to ask ourselves whether we’ve done everything possible to optimize holiday giving.

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Three Provocations from the West Coast of the Arts

Museum 2.0

'You know those people who drop morsels of brilliance like a little kid scattering bread to ducks? I was surrounded by them last week. I''m part of a cohort of ten arts organizations in California funded by the Irvine Foundation to strengthen our work to engage low-income and ethnically-diverse people. We meet in person twice a year. These are all really smart, dedicated people, and I feel lucky to learn from and with them.

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Around the Mug: A Take on Crowdfundamentals and the Changing Landscape.

Connection Cafe

'Grab a cup of coffee, take five minutes, and tune in with me to the topic of crowdfunding. Yes, crowdfunding. . Per Forbes, as of 2013 it’s a $5B worldwide industry. It’s all the latest buzz, and it’s not just a for-profit term. It’s a hip new word and a hip new way that nonprofits either are or should be looking at fundraising.

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Google launches public fundraising campaign to fight Ebola | UK Fundraising

AFP Blog

'Google launches public fundraising campaign to fight Ebola | UK Fundraising : "4 Google is inviting the public to donate to help fight Ebola. For every dollar donated it will donate $2. The company has already donated $10 million to support NGOs including InSTEDD, International Rescue Committee, Medecins Sans Frontieres, NetHope, Partners in Health, Save the Children and U.S.

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How to Design a Seamless & Personalized Digital Donor Journey

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio

The average nonprofit uses five or more different software platforms to create their donor’s journey, making the experience clunky and disjointed. If you want to design a magical online giving experience for donors, making their journey as seamless as possible is key. In this webinar with expert Tim Sarrantonio, you’ll learn the fundamental steps to create an immersive and personalized online giving experience for your donors.

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Keeping the #GivingTuesday Momentum Going All Year Long

VolunteerMark

'Blown away by the generosity we’ve seen over the past two #GivingTuesdays, we asked ourselves, why limit this giving to just one day?

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Entrepreneur Jake Thompson Shares His Story, Advice, And What's In Store For CED In 2015

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'With a title like Chief Encouragement Officer at Compete Every Day ( CED ), it''s no wonder that Jake Thompson is leading the way in motivating predominantly athletes and fitness enthusiasts around the world to compete for what they aspire to achieve. "Compete Every Day is a lifestyle brand devoted to inspiring the competitive mindset that each one of us has a life worth competing for.

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