Tue.Aug 03, 2021

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The Pandemic Changed Our Ability To Gather, But Not Our Ability To Give

NonProfit PRO

As the executive director of a nonprofit, I’ve seen firsthand the devastating effects the pandemic had on organizations like ours and philanthropic efforts in general. Recovering from our own internal setbacks while focusing on the acute needs of those we serve, my peers and I are now taking stock of lessons learned and reexamining how to move forward collectively.

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How To Build Relationships With A Storytelling Welcome Email Series

Bloomerang

Turn New Supporters Into Strong Supporters. First impressions are important. A donor’s first experience with your organization should be a good one as it can be the difference between turning them into a repeat supporter or someone who gives once and never again. . Studies show that donor retention is one of the best ways to boost your nonprofit’s bottom line because it’s easier to satisfy a supporter who has already given and who is already interested in your organization than to try to recruit

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2021 Nonprofit Professional of the Year Nominations Now Open

NonProfit PRO

NonProfit PRO would like to recognize all the tireless effort that the best and brightest nonprofit employees and board members have devoted toward nonprofit missions. We are now accepting nominations for our annual Nonprofit Professional of the Year Awards.

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Are you a farmer or magician?

Hands on Fundraising

Years ago, I had lunch with a colleague (John Bordeaux). We had a lovely time getting to know one another. (We had both done the same job, many years apart and the organization is still close to my heart.) He had many interesting things to say, but one really stuck with me. I think you’ll […]. The post Are you a farmer or magician? appeared first on Hands-On Fundraising.

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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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Volunteer-Management Tool Mobilizes 20,000 Volunteers for Week of Service in LA

NonProfit PRO

Nonprofits often have to mobilize a large number of volunteers quickly and efficiently to make an event run smoothly and keep expenses down so money raised can go directly toward the cause. Love Has No Limits and Stand Together Foundation recently activated 20,000 volunteers for more than 120,000 combined service hours in just one week via a technology platform.

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How to Develop a Personalized Nonprofit Email Strategy

DonorPerfect

Year after year, nonprofits lose an average of 55% of their donors. Why? A study conducted by fundraising researcher, Penelope Burk revealed that 53% of donors cite issues around nonprofits’ communication efforts. What’s happening? Our heavy dependence on technology in 2020 helped us all to realize what’s been true all along: that people desire human Read More ».

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Inspired by Corporations’ Investment in Purpose and Social Responsibility Throughout the Crisis and Hardships of 2020

sgEngage

Highlights from the 2021 Industry Review. The social good community continues to respond to the hardships and impacts of the pandemic and social justice issues. Many CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) professionals have shifted their employee and community engagement strategies as the world shifted to virtual and socially distanced work. We are inspired by the work of our partners and the clients we support as we review this year’s 9 th Employee Engagement and Corporate Social Responsibilit

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How to Decide if You Need a Tagline

Forum One

Choosing to use a tagline can be challenging. To guide you, consider three key questions to determine whether your organization needs one or not. Just today, you’ve probably already encountered at least one tagline—they’re everywhere. It’d be near impossible to browse the web, listen to a podcast, or watch TV without coming across a two to seven word tagline.

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How Notion Can Make Your Workspaces Work for You

Tech Soup

Notion is an all-in-one tool, designed to blend workplace productivity apps into one service. Note taking, project management, wikis, and databases can all be created, managed, and accessed through Notion's customizable interface. Built to suit organizations of all sizes and scale with you as you grow, Notion gives you the power to create a workspace that is right for your nonprofit.

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How to Adapt to the Changing Landscape of Workplace Giving

Saleforce Nonprofit

The events of 2020 changed how we view and do a lot of things — including workplace giving. For CSR and HR professionals trying to navigate giving and volunteer activities within their companies, everything looks different today than it did before. In a recent webinar, How to Adapt to the Changing Landscape of Workplace Giving , Salesforce.org Philanthropy Cloud team members discussed their observations of how their customers managed the unique challenges that 2020 brought, and provide guidance

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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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The Future Of Work

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Timely, critical, instructional and enlightening are how I describe the book, Work Disrupted , by Jeff Schwartz. “I wrote this book to share my view that the future of work, a source of fear for so many, is actually about the opportunities, the resilience, and the growth that we can leverage to do things differently,” explains Schwartz. He adds, “My work on this book had been well underway before the global pandemic took hold in the early 2020.

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How to Keep Your Virtual Meetings on Track, Inclusive, and Engaging

Top Nonprofits

This post was originally published on The Ross Collective ; it is being shared here with the author’s permission. What has been your biggest technology disaster this year? By now, most of us have heard about the lawyer who couldn’t turn his cat “filter” off on a Zoom court hearing, so that he appeared in virtual court as a cat. I’m sure we each have stories like this.

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Mapping funding for racial justice: A political imperative

Candid

Since 2010, Human Rights Funders Network (HRFN) and Candid have partnered on research that maps funding for human rights globally. Our analysis provides an evidence base to understand and strengthen resourcing for social change. Over this time, we have had a glaring omission: our research has not captured funding related to race or ethnicity, despite significant and global human rights work in this area.

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Finish The Summer Strong With Your Nonprofit

NonProfit Hub

Vacation requests, fewer conference invites, sporadic emails—summer tends to be a lighter season for the nonprofit sector. For many people, summer is a chance to slow down and recharge, meaning that the work might slow down, too. This year in particular, HubSpot found that employees across various sectors are starting to unplug and take long-awaited vacations as places start to reopen, leading to an even bigger summer slump.

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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.

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Salesforce Last Mile Training Director in the USA or Canada

Cloud 4 Good

Cloud for Good is seeking a director of Last Mile Training (LMT) to develop and deliver Salesforce training programs for several different roles. . The LMT Director will design, develop, and implement Salesforce training curricula for Cloud For Good’s ambitious Salesforce apprenticeship program (name TBD) and lead training delivery for new and recent graduates seeking to launch Salesforce careers.

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Bright Idea: Host Adult and Family Friendly Fundraisers Separately

Qgiv

Who They Are. Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region was founded in 1975 as Big Brothers Big Sisters of Westmoreland County. When they expanded services to nearby Fayette County to help additional children, they changed their name to Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region. They now serve more than 300 children, providing one-to-one mentorship to the children they serve.

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Finish The Summer Strong With Your Nonprofit

NonProfit Hub

Vacation requests, fewer conference invites, sporadic emails—summer tends to be a lighter season for the nonprofit sector. For many people, summer is a chance to slow down and recharge, meaning that the work might slow down, too. This year in particular, HubSpot found that employees across various sectors are starting to unplug and take long-awaited vacations as places start to reopen, leading to an even bigger summer slump.