Thu.Jul 29, 2021

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Why Recurring Giving Leads to Better Donor Retention

NonProfit PRO

If you look at the most recent statistics on donor retention, the year 2020 was not great. One reason was that many organizations put a hold on asking for contributions in the first half of the year because they worried about donors not giving. Many continued to be reluctant well into the second half. Hence, many donors who gave in 2019, never gave in 2020.

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How to Run A Silent Auction: Tips, Tricks, and Expert Advice

Wild Apricot

Setting up, promoting, and executing a silent auction can be a daunting task. There are so many moving pieces! Planning and coordination are key, to ensure your association, nonprofit, or charity sees the funds—and fun!—you want out of.

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Skechers Reaches $7M in Donations in Petco Love Partnership

NonProfit PRO

Since 2019, Skechers has donated a quarter from each BOBS from Skechers product sold in the U.S. and Canada to Petco Love, a nonprofit that helps to save the lives of dogs, cats and other pets in America’s shelters. The shoe brand announced last week that its efforts reached the $7 million mark.

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Use Walt Disney’s Three Chairs Method When Making Your Decisions for Your Nonprofit’s Future

Bloomerang

On any given day of the week, nonprofits face multiple decisions, large and small. How do we know we’re making the right ones? . The word billionaire is ubiquitously associated with certain names: Jeff Bezos and Warren Buffett being two of the highest profile in the class. Aside from their immense wealth, one thing that links these tycoons is a surprisingly simple philosophy when making decisions. .

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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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Love as a workplace communication tool:  Finding resonance in the remote

Charity Village

As we know, love is not a frequently used term in our workplaces and classrooms. It is, maybe, even more tentatively used in relation to service. In this series, we have begun to illuminate the relevance of exploring the energy of love as an integral element of serving each other in our world ~ especially […]. The post Love as a workplace communication tool: Finding resonance in the remote appeared first on CharityVillage.

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See How Wild Apricot Integrates with WordPress

Wild Apricot

Do you have a WordPress site? Do you need more flexibility when it comes to customizing it? With Wild Apricot’s WordPress plugin, you can combine Wild Apricot’s membership management platform with WordPress to: create a beautiful WordPress.

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The Art of Naming

Forum One

The art of naming comes with many challenges, but it can also be lots of fun deciding on a name that is timeless and represents the brand vision of your organization. We have three tips to focus on when thinking about a new name. Naming an organization, project, program, or event is much like naming a new pet or baby: important but challenging. Starting from scratch for a new organization or product is just as difficult as thinking up a name once an organization has been around for many years.

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Sunsetting Luminate CRM: What Nonprofits Should Expect

Cloud 4 Good

Cloud for Good recently hosted a virtual roundtable diving into the implications for nonprofit organizations as it relates to the end-of-life announcement for Luminate CRM (LCRM). We were joined by industry experts from Classy, Salesforce.org, and several organizations currently looking at migrating from LCRM to the Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) to manage their CRM and fundraising needs.

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The Benefits of a Headless Content Management System

NTEN

You may have heard the words tossed around, and you’ve nodded along — but in reality, maybe you aren’t quite sure what a headless Content Management System is. We assure you — it’s nothing to lose your head over! Let’s pull back the curtain to clarify some things about headless, decoupled, and hybrid Content Management Systems (CMS).

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5 Important Prospect Research Best Practices

Donor Search

Nonprofits rely on prospect research to unearth insights that lead to a more effective fundraising strategy. Prospect research is the process of identifying potential donors who are most likely to give to your organization based on a variety of wealth and affinity indicators.

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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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Canadian employees’ uncertainty about return-to-workplace plans contributing to declining mental health

Charity Village

LifeWorks released its monthly Mental Health Index™ report, revealing a negative mental-health score among Canadians for the 15th consecutive month. The Mental Health Index™ score for June is -10.7 compared to the pre-pandemic benchmark. In June, the research found that while many organizations have begun developing return-to-workplace strategies, a significant portion of Canadians require clearer communication on […].

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Mobile Fundraisers: Explore Best Practices & Campaign Ideas

Qgiv

Mobile fundraising empowers people to give on the go! Whether supporters are donating through text or accessing your online donation page on their smartphones, it’s imperative that your organization has the tools, resources, and best practices to conduct a successful mobile fundraising campaign. We at Qgiv are experts in nonprofit software and have seen firsthand how mobile fundraisers can further a mission and engage donors.

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The 10 Stories Great Leaders Tell

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Paul Smith’s books on storytelling are must-reads for business leaders, salespeople and parents. And, his latest book, The 10 Stories Great Leaders Tell , is yet another required read for leaders – managers, CEOs and team leaders. “ Every great leader is a great storyteller. And, the first and most important part of being a great storyteller is knowing what stories to tell ,” explains Paul.

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