Sat.Nov 28, 2015 - Fri.Dec 04, 2015

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3 Key Elements of a Digital Campaign Plan

EveryAction

Originally posted on the NTEN Connect blog on November 20, 2015. Campaigns are big, daunting undertakings. When you’re starting with a blank sheet of paper, it can be hard to know where to begin. There are a number of campaign components to arrange and polish - donation pages, email templates, Facebook advertisements, calls-to-action, etc. It’s tough to figure out how to put it all together into a coherent, concerted, and (hopefully) successful campaign.

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Your Best Face Forward: How to Avoid the Most Common Non-Profit Website Mistakes

Byte Technology

If you’re a website designer, social media hawk or just a tuned in, living-on-line techie, chances are you’ve heard of and subscribe to the old adage that “you never get a second chance to make a first impression.” Indeed, with the Internet now funneling so much information into our brains on a daily basis it’s easy to get lost in the cacophony of the web and the short attention spans it’s created.

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Wild Apricot Ranked #1 Again

Wild Apricot

We’re proud to announce that Capterra, a service that ranks software, has once again rated us the #1 Membership Management Software on the market - that’s 3 years in a row for us!

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#ThankYouWednesday After A Successful #GivingTuesday

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday was the fourth Giving Tuesday , a global day of community-driven philanthropy. Today is ThankYouWednesday because it was a huge success, including financial with 52% increase in giving. And, because those of work in the social good sector know that giving is to become a habit or part of culture, it can’t be transactional. We can’t treat donors like ATM machines, only asking for money.

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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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This Giving Season, Make Sure You Stand Out

Achieve

Do you feel like you’ve been on the receiving end of the same marketing advice for years? Or that the outdated hodgepodge of marketing tactics promoted by fundraising blogs, websites, and experts often isn’t relevant to your fundraising strategy – and might actually be killing your fundraising results? Here’s one I hear pretty often: “If you show them the logo three times, they’ll remember it.”.

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How To Make Your YouTube Channel Look Great in 2016

See3

Why not kick-start the New Year with a refresh for your nonprofit’s YouTube channel? The post How To Make Your YouTube Channel Look Great in 2016 appeared first on The See3 Blog.

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How to Remove a Nonprofit Board Member

NonProfit Hub

Behind involved, dedicated and committed board of directors, your nonprofit can achieve great things. However, when board members aren’t all pulling their weight, they can sink an organization. When the bad outweighs the good, Simone Joyaux , who has worked as a consultant with boards of directors for the past 27 years, said nonprofits can’t be afraid to remove a nonprofit board members, especially when they are ineffective.

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Why we still give to causes we don’t care about.

Achieve

I just gave $25 to a person I don’t even know, for a Dance-A-Thon fundraiser supporting a cause I don’t even care about. Why? Because her mom gave me $25 for a 5K fundraiser a couple of weekends ago. But to be honest, I didn’t care much about that cause, either. So why participate? Because my wife works at the charity. Seems a bit strange, right? Giving time and money to causes I wouldn’t ordinarily invest in.

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What I Learned From My Internship at See3

See3

At See3, we give our interns the opportunity to learn with a hands-on approach. Here’s what our content marketing intern, Emily McMahon, got from her experience with us this semester. The post What I Learned From My Internship at See3 appeared first on The See3 Blog.

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Free Expert Webinar: Leading Great Virtual Board Meetings (Part II)

Wild Apricot

Learn ways you can use structure to create naturally more effective and engaging virtual meetings. We will share stories, along with tips and tools. These suggestions can be used with any form of virtual meeting technology!

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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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Seven Secrets to a Successful Search for your Nonprofit’s Next Executive Director

BoardAssist

Is your nonprofit about to embark on a search for a new Executive Director? Finding the perfect new leader for your nonprofit is a big task and one that nonprofits can’t afford to get wrong. For help on optimizing your chances of success, we turned to executive search pro, Marilyn Machlowitz. Thanks for sharing your secrets in this guest post, Marilyn. .

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Seven Questions To Ask When Checking Job Candidate References

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Awhile back, the Harvard Business Review published some great questions that Gilt Groupe CEO Kevin Ryan asks when he is checking job candidate 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?

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Gyrus Systems Earns “Top 10” Award for “Best Employee Compliance LMS” by Talented Learning

Gyrus

Richmond, VA · November 30, 2015. Gyrus Systems , a leader in the Learning Management Systems (LMS) industry, proudly announced that Talented Learning named the GyrusAim® Learning Management System as a "Top 10" World Finisher in the " Best Employee Compliance LMS " category. Talented Learning is a news, research and consulting organization dedicated to the advancement of all aspects of extended enterprise learning technology solutions.

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November 2015 Update: More Learning Opportunities + New Features

Wild Apricot

This month's update is focused on how we're expanding our product and education offerings.

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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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5 Big Benefits of Fundraising with Wealth Screening

Donor Search

This post was written by Jeri Alcock CFRE, West Coast Sales Manager at DonorSearch. If you could accurately predict the future you’d be a very successful person. You’d spend your days trading stocks at the exact right moment and catching kittens just as they fall from trees. You could be a crime-preventing, disaster-avoiding, money maker.

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70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders

Eric Jacobsen Blog

With only one month left of 2015, it's not too early to start identifying your New Year's Resolutions for 2016. To get you started, how about selecting one or more of these 70 New Year's resolutions for leaders? Perhaps write down five to ten and then between now and December 31, think about which couple you want to work on in 2016. Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and we

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Three Last Minute Tips for #GivingTuesday

Care2

Year-end fundraising has begun! As you know the month of December is the biggest revenue generator for the nonprofit sector. Just in case you were thinking of skipping #GivingTuesday here’s three easy tips to leverage this collective day of giving and action. You don’t need to reinvent the wheel to raise even more money on this day. Use the campaigns you are already engaged in to send an appeal on #GivingTuesday and promote it on social media. 1.

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The 3 W’s of Volunteer Recruitment

NonProfit Hub

So, you want to recruit volunteers, but you’re not sure how to go about it. You get plenty of calls and visits to your organization with inquiries about volunteer opportunities, but the conversation often doesn’t go far because the right questions aren’t being asked. Volunteer recruitment is a great way for your organization to gain support and get the needed services for your cause, which in turn provides a sense of personal satisfaction and accomplishment for the volunteers.

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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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[Guest Post] Have You Surveyed Your Donors Lately?

Donor Search

This blog focuses on the world of prospect research and various related fundraising topics. To diversify our subject matter, we like to feature the work of our friends and colleagues in the community. Join me in welcoming Tracey Lorts of Greater Giving, and please enjoy this post on surveying donors.

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My Favorite Nelson Mandela Leadership Quotes

Eric Jacobsen Blog

As we near the second-year anniversary of the day Nelson Mandela died, I think about my favorite Nelson Mandela leadership quotes: "Lead from the back--and let others believe they are in front." "The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall." "It always seems impossible until it's done." "I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.

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To Strengthen Democracy in America, Think Tech

Tech Soup

Editor's note — This blog piece by Micah Sifry touches on the still inadequate state of funding for nonprofit technology. Foundation Center's new Foundation Funding for U.S. Democracy platform reveals the state of nonprofit technology funding in a critical area in some detail. This new free online data visualization and mapping tool demonstrates the value of applying technology to philanthropy, in this case, creating a place to find out how and where foundations are supporting U.S.

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A Different Story of Thanksgiving: The Repatriation Journey of Glenbow Museum and the Blackfoot Nations

Museum 2.0

I spent last week holed up in a cabin, working on my forthcoming book, The Art of Relevance. One of the most powerful books I read while doing research was We are Coming Home: Repatriation and the Restoration of Blackfoot Cultural Confidence ( read it free here , great appreciation to Bob Janes for sharing it with us). The book is a deep account of repatriation of spiritual objects from museums to native people, written by museum people and Blackfoot people together.

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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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#GivingTuesday Online Donations Grow 52%

Connection Cafe

The attention around #GivingTuesday 2015 reached record levels and online giving grew 52% compared to 2014. Blackbaud processed more than $39.6 million in online donations on #GivingTuesday 2015 and this surpassed all prior years since the movement began in 2012. The growth in #GivingTuesday not only shows the momentum of the movement, but also the key role digital technology plays in helping donors contribute to the causes that matter most to them.

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How to Fundraise with a Hot or Cold Board

NonProfit Hub

Denise McMahan is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub, and is the founder and publisher of CausePlanet.org where nonprofit leaders devour Page to Practice™ book summaries, author interviews and sticky applications from the must-read books they recommend. _. Your nonprofit board could be incredibly warm or all-too cold toward fundraising. Which is it?

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Client Services Tip No. 4 — Find Out if You Can Request More

Tech Soup

Love a product and want to know just how many of it you can request? Here's how you can find out in six easy steps. Find the product in our TechSoup website by looking under Get Products and Services (in the upper left of our home page ) or by using the search box. When you find your product, click on View Details , and this will take you to the product page.

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NPR Generation Listen — Get It First: NPR Listening Party Kit

AFP Blog

NPR Generation Listen — Get It First: NPR Listening Party Kit : "We’re excited to be launching on #GivingTuesday, Dec. 1. Sign up to be the first to get the NPR Listening Party Kit: Giving Edition right here. We can’t wait to see how you #hostyourown. Just download the kit, gather your favorite people, and jump right into your #nprlisteningparty. And please tag yourselves and @NPRgenlisten in your pics to help us spread the spirit of giving and curiosity this holiday season.

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Nonprofit Technology Adoption: Why It Matters and How to Be Successful

Organizations like yours are increasingly realizing that technology adoption is only as good as the technology you choose. Statistics from a 2014 NTEN study show that seriously investing resources in training for your staff corresponds to higher adoption and ultimately technology effectiveness. In this report, we’ll give you a high-level overview of how to get your organization in shape for technology adoption and best practices for facilitating this critical process.

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Your Big Chance to Recognize Your Best P2P Volunteer

Connection Cafe

As nonprofit staff, we’re committed to raising funds for our cause and we adore the events and peer-to-peer campaigns we work on. All the hours we spend pouring over acquisition data, obsessing over zip ties, and presiding over committee meetings is beyond worth it. Because doing good in this world matters to us. But when we really think about what drives us to wake up every morning and do what we do, it always comes back to the people.

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How to Create a Custom Snapcode for Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Snapchat is a mobile app where users share snaps with one another, but unlike other visual social networks, the snaps disappear once they are viewed. Launched in 2011, many nonprofits have been hesitant to experiment with a mobile social network where content disappears and where no traditional “Follow” functionality exists. But with 100 million daily active users and the launch of Stories (a collection of snaps that can be viewed for 24 hours), a few early adopter nonprofits ar

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Ramp Up Your Tableau Skills with Tech Impact Training

Tech Soup

TechSoup donor partner Tech Impact has added a new training and consultation service to its offerings. This one helps you get started with Tableau Desktop Professional , which is data analysis and visualization software that Tableau donates through TechSoup. Get Tech Impact training now Get Tableau software now. The training consists of a two-hour online presentation that focuses on the way nonprofits can use Tableau to visualize their data and present it in an engaging manner.

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Museums Test New Ways to Captivate Patrons—With and Without Technology | Nonprofit Quarterly

AFP Blog

Museums Test New Ways to Captivate Patrons—With and Without Technology | Nonprofit Quarterly : 'via Blog this'

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Achieving Organizational Transformation: Pathways to Success

Association executives—and hopefully their boards—know that they are facing perilous times. Driven by the pace of cultural and technological change, they are experiencing major disruptions in the traditional business models that used to guide organizational growth strategies.orgSource offers a straightforward approach to navigating these changes and readying your organization for growth.