TechImpact
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
'Image courtesy of Nonprofit Information. Have you and the decision makers at your nonprofit ever been sitting around a table trying to decide which demographic you should target during an upcoming donation campaign? Well, predicting your nonprofit’s fundraising potential is not a mystery. Future prospective donors can be predicted with surprising accuracy based on a handful of factors.
VisionLink
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
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Wild Apricot
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
'You asked and our webinar presenters answered! Here are the questions and answers from our Mission-Driven Volunteering webinar.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
'Note from Beth: Last week I was in New Orleans for the National Assembly of State Arts Councils meeting. I facilitated a peer session with Public Information Officers and a Mini-Workshop on managing and measuring a social media presence. We covered strategy, especially identifying audiences through personas and key objectives. Most importantly, participants began to think through their content and engagement strategies.
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.
NTEN
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
'Josh Schukman. Business Development Manager. VolunteerMark. It's true that the only true constant is change, but then how can nonprofits plan? Disruption is the new normal. Institutions and industries that have existed for generations are being crushed by the onslaught of technology and its propensity for exponential growth.
Eric Jacobsen Blog
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
'High-functioning teams can disagree and still produce excellent products and results. Team members can also disagree and still care about each other. And, they can challenge each other to think differently. Best-selling leadership book authors Scott J. Allen and Mitchell Kusy recommend that leaders ask seven tough questions of their teams to help maximize their results.
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Eric Jacobsen Blog
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
'Awhile back, the Harvard Business Review published some great questions that Gilt Groupe CEO Kevin Ryan asks when he is checking references. Ryan serves on the board of Yale Corporation, Human Rights Watch, and INSEAD , and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He holds a B.A. from Yale University and a M.B.A from INSEAD. His main seven honest-feedback-extracting-questions (and follow-ups) are : Would you hire this person again?
NonProfit Hub
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
'One number can doom a nonprofit’s fundraising efforts before they even begin. That number indicates how much of a nonprofit’s budget is allocated to its overhead, which can be found on GuideStar, Charity Navigator and BBB Wise Giving Alliance. A high number can doom a nonprofit’s hopes to raise money. Guidestar recommends that nonprofits spend less than 20 percent of their budget on overhead, which includes administrative and fundraising costs.
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
'Mobile for Good is a bit of a misnomer for this month's column. We've got malware, invasive tracking cookies, and a report on not-so-secure messaging apps — not exactly good things. But there's light at the end of this tunnel: new, free updates to Office mobile apps! WireLurker/Masque Attack. In my years of tech writing, I've found that many Apple users have a false sense of security with their products.
Achieve
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
Several years ago, I was sitting in a fundraising meeting agonizing about our year-end mailer. The direct mail piece targeted our older, wealthy donors – and if we didn’t hit the lofty goal we’d set, we wouldn’t have enough time to recover. Needless to say, the pressure was intense, and I was really feeling it. While we talked through our plan one last time, a team member mentioned an article about how Millennials are using technology and social media to change the way nonprofits do fundraising.
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.
Tech Soup
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
'Mobile for Good is a bit of a misnomer for this month's column. We've got malware, invasive tracking cookies, and a report on not-so-secure messaging apps — not exactly good things. But there's light at the end of this tunnel: new, free updates to Office mobile apps! WireLurker/Masque Attack. In my years of tech writing, I've found that many Apple users have a false sense of security with their products.
AFP Blog
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
'The Ice-Bucket Racket - NYTimes.com : "Ever since the ice-bucket challenge swept the Internet this summer, raising more than $115 million for A.L.S. research, a legion of imitators has sprung up to try and cash in themselves. In the approaching holiday season, as fund-raising appeals swell, we can now smash a pie in our faces, snap selfies first thing in the morning or take a photo of ourselves grabbing our crotches, among other tasteful gestures, to express solidarity with various worthy cause
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