Wed.Nov 18, 2015

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Everything You Need to Know About the New Facebook Nonprofit Tool

EveryAction

Hopefully you've heard the great news:along with improvements to the recently introduced "Donate" button , Facebook announced a new fundraising feature to help nonprofits collect donations right on its platform.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About LinkedIn, But Were Too Afraid to Ask.

VisionLink

How Do You and Your Organization Use LinkedIn? For some, LinkedIn is a necessary evil. But why not use LinkedIn to your advantage? Do you know how LinkedIn content can drastically increase your company's SEO ranking? Improve your social media marketing? Improve your brand visibility and employee satisfaction? If you are not using these suggestions, you are hindering your own professional online presence, as well as your company's.

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Optimizing an Email Campaign for Fundraising Effectiveness

Byte Technology

Today’s non-profit organizations have much at their disposal to connect and engage with supporters. Social media efforts, specialized events, crowdfunding … it’s never been easier to stay in touch with dedicated volunteers and financial donors. And yet, many non-profits aren’t leveraging one of the most tried-and-true methods of communication: an effective and well-planned email campaign.

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A Simple Practice to Shift from Scarcity to Abundance: One-Sentence Journal

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The November Nonprofit Blog Carnival theme is how can nonprofits move from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset. Yesterday, I wrote a post thinking about how this relates to self-care from an organizational culture perspective. But from an individual perspective, it is about creating a new “good” habit around self-care and starting with some small steps or what BJ Fogg calls “ Tiny Habits.” So, I decided to sign up and give it a try with a tiny habit I have

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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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Our Journey to Support Every Nonprofit on the Planet

Tech Soup

Twenty years ago, TechSoup was a very different place. "The space resembled a bunker filled with boxes of software piled up to the ceiling. And we had to be careful because if anyone used the toaster oven, we would lose power," says Mary Duffy, an early TechSoup employee. Daniel Ben-Horin, TechSoup's founder, adds that, "We were worried about what seemed like a very big ask of $2,500 to buy wood for shelves.

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How Not To Be Sidelined When You're Over 50

Eric Jacobsen Blog

"It doesn't matter how old you are. Everyone has the same fundamental needs: to enjoy themselves, to be part of something larger than themselves, to confirm their own sense of their abilities, and to demonstrate to others that they've got what it takes," explains author Robert L. Dilenschneider. "And yet, there comes a moment, generally after one turns fifty.when it becomes hard not to worry about being sidelined.

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[Guest Post] Major Gift Study Shows Prospect Research Matters

Donor Search

This blog focuses on the world of prospect research and various related fundraising topics. Today, we’re happy to welcome a contribution from Amy Eisenstein, ACFRE, regarding the recent report, Mastering Major Gifts. Please enjoy! Major Gift Study Shows Prospect Research Matters Did you ever stop to ask yourself, “Does prospect research really matter?

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TechSoup, Part 2: Out of the Basement

Tech Soup

It was 1995 and TechSoup was just a tiny nonprofit called CompuMentor. Our donation program ran out of a box-filled basement. Product donations were picked up and distributed by a jazz musician in a pickup truck. But things were about to change. "On my old appointment book, I have a note that on May 4, 1995, Daniel and I had a breakfast meeting with Microsoft.

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How to Turn Making the Ask from Excruciating to Exciting

NonProfit Hub

Shanon Doolittle was a wreck. Going into her first major donor ask, she was nervous, hadn’t slept well in days and had no idea what to expect. The meeting with the potential donor didn’t go much better. She talked too much, fumbled the ask and tried to give the prospect a folder with paper documents, but they didn’t want paper. “Everything that I thought I was doing right, I didn’t because I was so inexperienced,” said Doolittle, who now works as a fundraising coach.

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What I Learned About Crime by Mapping It with Tableau

Tech Soup

Recently, a headline read: "Robber busted in S.F. Muni bus robberies while trying to transfer." While you might think that it came from the satirical The Onion , it was actually a real headline from our local newspaper here in San Francisco. I'm not a criminologist, but being a curious data person, I wondered which bus stops historically recorded the most crimes.

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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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Tips to Prepare for Effective Grant Seeking

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Stacey Romanotto Graduate Student, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. There is a saying among fundraising professionals that proposal writing is both an art and a science. The art aspect refers to how well an inspired writer describes a project and the grant-seeking organization. The science aspect refers to the comprehension of the technical structure upon which those words are arranged” (Blanchard & Bullock, 2010).

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The Luminate Online Benchmark Report| How Is the Nonprofit Sector Performing Online?

Connection Cafe

The release of the 9 th Luminate Online Benchmark Report is an opportunity for nonprofits to take stock of how the nonprofit sector is performing online, and what recent trends tell us about donor and giving behavior. As the percentage of overall philanthropic giving online slowly increases, it’s critical to look at the sourcing of that revenue. Many years ago, when online giving was new, there was a fear that this new channel for giving would cannibalize the direct mail, offline giving pool.

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To Retain Millennial Workers, Groups Must Embrace Tech: Associations Now

AFP Blog

To Retain Millennial Workers, Groups Must Embrace Tech: Associations Now : "With millennials now representing the largest segment of the U.S. workforce, they’re bringing new ideas and preferences with them, setting the stage for changes in workplace behavior and technology use. Employers need to address them now.

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Introducing New Tools for Nonprofits | Facebook Newsroom

AFP Blog

Introducing New Tools for Nonprofits | Facebook Newsroom : 'via Blog this'

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Nonprofits Are Leveraging the Cloud, but Does It Have to Be So Complex?

Effectively managing cloud technology is getting more complex. From cybersecurity concerns, vendor lock-in, cost increases, or lack of transparency on costs, it can quickly get out of control. Knowing what you can control and finding a platform that’s built with nonprofits in mind is key.