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24 Must-Read Fundraising and Social Media Reports for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The reports listed below are just a small sampling of some of the research available to nonprofits on the subjects of online fundraising and social media. The data can be used to help your nonprofit craft a technology and fundraising strategic plan. If you would like to suggest a report be added to the list, please post the name and a link to the report in a comment below.

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Infographic Friday: 2015 Nonprofit & Association Technology Trends

TechImpact

Cloud computing continues to intrigue the nonprofit community. The idea of being able to work from anywhere in the world, and still access all your files, regardless of what computer you’re on is attractive for the busy nonprofit. We’ve all have, or hopefully had, one of those servers in the back closet of the office. […]. The post Infographic Friday: 2015 Nonprofit & Association Technology Trends appeared first on Tech Impact Blog - Leaders in Non-Profit Technology.

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The Importance of Heat Mapping for Truly Effective Website Design

Byte Technology

For the past several years Google Analytics has been the go-to tool for parsing a website’s effectiveness for visitors. With a few clicks a designer or administrator can see numbers of hits and click-throughs, time spent on specific pages, which pages and elements are being ignored and much more. Whereas Analytics still holds immense value to determine what is working and what is not, the truly savvy website developer and owner couples it with heat mapping, complex graphic displays that show wha

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Nonprofit Blog Carnival June 2015: Motivation for the Nonprofit Nation

Wild Apricot

Want to find out how to motivate your volunteers, donors, supporters and board members? Check out our Nonprofit Blog Carnival round-up for June.

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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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Friends Don't Let Friends Use Excel to Manage Grants

Tech Soup

Most nonprofits rely on grant funding to support their programs and services. In fact, 46 percent report that grants make up more than a quarter of their funding. Given how critical grants are for many nonprofits, having good systems in place to manage the grant-writing process from beginning to end is incredibly important. Yet 75 percent of nonprofits use simple spreadsheets to manage what can amount to millions of dollars of grant funds.

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Board Recruiting Best Practices – Show your board you love them – Put them on your website

BoardAssist

With nearly 2 million nonprofit board seats opening up in this country every year, nonprofits need to work hard to successfully recruit the most attractive board members. We’ve discussed many different strategies for doing just that in this blog. One of the best and easiest strategies is to put your board on your website. If your nonprofit is not showing off who is on their board, they are missing an easy opportunity to maximize their chances of winning at the board recruiting game.

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June 2015 Update: Big Strides Forward in Software & Community

Wild Apricot

June was a big month for us! We made great strides with our software and community offerings. Read more about what we've been up to!

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Today You Get a Fresh Start on TechSoup Donation Requests

Tech Soup

Happy New (Fiscal) Year! This coming fiscal year, is your organization planning to add new programs, expand existing ones, or bring on new staff? Well, we've got great news! On July 1, donation programs available through TechSoup that limit the number of products available during the fiscal year reset. This means you can order more of these products you need to support your new programs.

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The nifty guide to prospect research and major giving

Donor Search

Executive Summary Back testing over 2 million donor records showed a strong correlation between specific philanthropy and wealth markers and future philanthropy. Unlike traditional wealth analysis, which has long been the standard for donor prediction in the industry, past philanthropy proved to be a much more accurate indicator of future philanthropy.

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Don't Ask Your Customers These 5 Typical Questions

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Consider this advice from author Paul R. Timm. He recommends a different twist on asking your customers questions : stop asking your customers the "typical" questions and instead ask them open-ended questions. Here's specifically what Timm recommends: Don't Ask : How was everything? Can I get you something else? Did you find everything you need? Will that be all?

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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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Why Your Nonprofit Website Needs a Stories Section (and How to Do It Right)

NonProfit Hub

Kayla Matthews is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub. She is a writer and blogger with a passion for self-improvement and helping others. Follow her on Facebook and Twitter to read all of her latest posts. _. Nonprofits often have their work cut out for them because they depend on donor generosity for survival. However, they also have a powerful tool that can be extremely worthwhile when used wisely: storytelling.

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Finding Your Path to Grantsmanship Just Got Easier

Tech Soup

(Please visit the site to view this video). About a year ago, I (virtually) sat down with my staff and told them I wanted to build an interactive program that would help individuals who are trying to develop their grantsmanship skills. I thought this idea might engender some interesting conversation. I had no idea how quickly staff members would latch on to it!

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Meet Avi, One of Our Newest See3ples

See3

Meet one of our newest See3ples, Avi Kaplan! The post Meet Avi, One of Our Newest See3ples appeared first on The See3 Blog.

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The Culture Map

Eric Jacobsen Blog

"The way we are conditioned to see the world in our own culture seems so completely obvious and commonplace that it is difficult to imagine that another culture might do things differently, "says author Erin Meyer. "It is only when you start to identify what is typical in your culture, but different from others, that you can begin to open a dialogue of sharing, learning, and ultimately understanding.

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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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Three Crucial Elements of Donor Database Tools

NonProfit Hub

I get asked the question often, “What should we look for in donor database tools?” I believe there are three crucial elements that you need. All good donor database tools worth your time and money will include: 1. A dashboard. This allows you to see how things are going at a glance. You’ve probably heard the old axiom, “We manage what we measure.” A dashboard allows everyone in your organization, including staff and board members, to see exactly what you’re measuring, so they in turn can manage

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We Want YOU to Help Scale Up Mobile for the Common Good

Tech Soup

Although we know we have no lever guaranteed to eliminate poverty — it has been with us for thousands of years — for the first time, we have a tool kit and neural network via mobile and the Internet, which can be pointed at making a difference in people's lives. These tools, in turn, make the delivery of poverty-related services work better, and we're building a company that helps to enable this revolution.

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Is Your Museum Selling Out? Try this Game about Revenue and Ethics

Museum 2.0

A few weeks ago, debates in England got me thinking about the relative ethics of sources of museum revenue. The London Science Museum and the Tate were both under fire for taking sponsorship money from BP (which, at least at the Science Museum, came with some content strings attached ). At the same time, Michael Savage wrote a blog post called The stupid fetish of free admission, and the end of the British Museum.

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The Changing Landscape of Nonprofit Technology (and What It Means for Your Org)

Connection Cafe

The emergence of cloud technology has changed the way people around the world work, communicate, share information, and support causes. More than 90% of nonprofit organizations are using some form of cloud computing today with half of them using multiple cloud services. The growing use of cloud services allows individuals and nonprofit organizations to focus on their services, programs and respective missions rather than investing valuable resources on an expensive, time-consuming IT infrastruc

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Nonprofit Technology Kick Start: Free World Class Board Meeting Software

Looking for cost reductions for your nonprofit? Why not consider modernizing with a digital board management system that's designed to work with remote meetings, with immediate cost reductions if you still distribute paper packets to members? Get going in less than an hour on a fully hosted cloud solution built on the latest technology that runs on any device - from desktops to tablets and smartphones - without any installation.

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[MCON 2015] The Problem With Nonprofits ‘Non-Yesterday’

NonProfit Hub

There is a problem with nonprofits today. Or as Eric Weinheimer might say, there is a problem with nonprofits “non-yesterday, non-tomorrow.” (a.k.a. today). Could something as simple as the title of our sector be crippling industry growth? As Weinheimer, the CEO of Donors Forum , explained, the term nonprofit is “inaccurate, it’s not who we are. It’s offensive.

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P2P: It’s All About That Bass…Or Base?

Connection Cafe

It’s no secret that returning peer-to-peer event participants are more engaged and raise more money than new participants. Returning participants are passionate, loyal, and effective fundraisers. As common sense dictates, and as the upcoming Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising study confirms, they are the solid base of your event. What are you doing to make sure participants can’t get enough of your cause and your event?

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Another Case of FOMO? Or Is There Really a Need for MORE Cultivation Events?

Connection Cafe

*FOMO = slang for ‘fear of missing out’—and missing out is something we definitely don’t want ANY of our Arts & Cultural patrons to do! It’s that time of year where you are beginning to finalize your plans and send out invitations to your Annual Gala. As an Arts and Cultural organization, the Annual Gala is your opportunity to celebrate your organization’s past, your current activities and projects, and what is still to come.

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How to Control Marketing (That You Have No Control Over)

NonProfit Hub

If you have no control over something, how do you make sure you have some sort of hold on it? Crazy—it sounds like inception. While you don’t have the power to control what comes out of people’s mouths (or keyboards) about your organization, you can make sure you’re doing everything to ensure those words are positive. Our friends at Business2Community recently posted a great article on Word of Mouth Marketing.

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Donor Engagement Guide: 8 Key Steps to Better Retain and Engage Donors

Are your donors your biggest fans, or are you lacking donor loyalty? The truth is, your donors have expectations of what their relationship with your organization should look like. This ebook will help you learn how to live up to those expectations!

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Four Website Navigation Tools that are Must-Haves for Nonprofits

NonProfit Hub

When you hear the term “navigation” in regards to a website, it’s referring to how users get from point A to point B. Every website has a navigation system that helps users find what they’re looking for. In fact, the navigation system is the single most important component of the structure to any site. Why is it such a big deal? Because the easier it is for people to navigate, the more likely they are to stay long enough to give money or volunteer and come back to do it again.

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Diners, Drive Ins and Donors

Connection Cafe

I love the show “Diners, Drive Ins and Dives.” The host spends his time crossing the US and Canada searching for unique, special and the oftentimes overlooked restaurants. It might be a non-descript cafe in a shopping center or a mom and pop diner in a small town, each with its own flavor. When I think of these restaurants and how they are sometimes overlooked it reminds me of the prospects, friends and fans that are waiting just around the corner in your database.

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