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Please Stand By: Ideas for Making a More Creative Maintenance Page

Byte Technology

The dreaded maintenance page: it is, as they say, a necessary evil. After all, nobody likes having to put one up, as it sends a signal to both loyal and new visitors that something may be wrong with your site, which can discourage returning users and give the impression of untrustworthiness that you’ve spent lots of time trying to avoid. But alas, there are times when it’s, well, just absolutely necessary.

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The Power of Small Wins: Celebrating Your Nonprofit’s To Dones

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Working as a nonprofit consultant can sometimes feel isolating. That’s why it important to have networking opportunities to connect with professional colleagues face-to-face beyond online groups. I try to make an effort to do this regularly. This past week, I met up with nonprofit consultant Carrie Rice. We met in a nonprofit conference space of another colleague, Corey Newhouse, executive director of PublicProfit.

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41 Free Nonprofit Webinars for August 2017

Wild Apricot

Every month we compile the largest list of free nonprofit webinars. Here are 41 for August 2017.

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SOS: Save Our Site! How Libraries Can Preserve Local Online History

Tech Soup

Websites, blog posts, social media, online news — all of these are part of your community's history, but all are ephemeral in nature. Now, the Internet Archive, an expert in preserving online content, is beginning a program to train librarians in web archiving. This program is offered in partnership with WebJunction and with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

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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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4 Questions to Help You Develop Your Year-End Messaging

Achieve

This blog originally appeared in. Philanthropy News Digest. "Movements are built by and for the people. The people generate the movement, spread the rallying cry of the message, and depend on one another to meet the collective’s goals in addressing the social issue at hand. The people, though, are bound by a common vision and a common narrative — to change the course of an issue that has affected so many people.

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Empowering Young Children through Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: One of the things that I enjoyed most about IFCAsia was the networking opportunities to connect with other people in the region who share interests. One of them was Vincent Law who is doing interesting work with teaching young children about giving and philanthropy. When he told me the name of his program, I got excited because I had done a lot of research and writing about “ PhilanthroKids ” and he mentioned he was inspired in part by that post.

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Offering Technology Pro Bono? A Foundation Director Shares Best Practices

Global Giving

Jessamine Chin Director, VMWare Foundation Who She Is: As Director of the VMware Foundation, Jessamine Chin leads engagement for VMware's 20,000+ employees and heads their worldwide, social impact programs. In 2017, Great Places to Work and Fortune magazine recognized VMware as one of the Best Workplaces for Giving Back. Jessa holds an MBA from the University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business and was recognized as the Beyond Yourself Fellow.

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3 Steps to Securing Major Gifts Sponsorship

Donor Search

Most people in the fundraising or nonprofit space are aware of the importance of major gifts. While these are not always the easiest to identify and secure, major gifts can be some of the most impactful donations to your organization each year.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Just A Few Participatory Facilitation Techniques

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Recently, a colleague asked me a wonderful question: How did you learn to become a good facilitator and trainer? Did you read books, take classes, or have a coach? I answered yes to all, but more importantly I think these two methods helped me the most: Carve out time for reflection after each training and do an after-action review with yourself. Evaluate your content, facilitation, and logistical skills against participant evaluations.

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25 Powerful Club Management Software Tools

Wild Apricot

If you want to spend more time having fun and less time managing your club, Club Management Software may be for you — here's everything you need to know about Club Management Software, along with 25 options and how to evaluate between them.

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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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GUIDE: How To Apply Best Practices In Pro Bono Technology

Global Giving

Overview. Download “Transforming Technology Pro Bono: A Practical Approach to Engaging Technology Talent for Nonprofit Capacity Building” from VMware Foundation and Taproot Foundation to learn best practices in structuring a corporate pro bono technology project or program with a nonprofit partner. Did you know the median technology budget for nonprofits is less than 2% of each organization’s total operating budget, and nonprofits aren’t confident they have enough skilled

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FAQs about Joining a Nonprofit Board: How Much of my Time will I have to Give?

BoardAssist

More this week from our new blog series on the most frequently asked questions we hear from candidates considering joining a nonprofit board. All the answers have always be available in our book Giving Back , downloadable from the top of every page of our website. But many of our candidates don’t have the time to read our whole booklet on what to think about before joining a board.

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Happy, Focused, and Productive: There Is An App for That!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Image by Ayyamsyria. One of my colleagues, Nada Hamzeh , a nonprofit capacity building consultant from Lebanon, tagged me when sharing this striking image that depicts how can easily develop a behavior addiction to our mobile phones. As Aliza Sherman and I wrote in the Happy Healthy Nonprofit the apps on our mobile phones can be agents of distraction, but they can also be agents of calm.

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25 Powerful Club Management Software Tools

Wild Apricot

If you want to spend more time having fun and less time managing your club, Club Management Software may be for you — here's everything you need to know about Club Management Software, along with 25 options and how to evaluate between them.

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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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What It Means To Be A Manager With Class

Eric Jacobsen Blog

AMACOM's (of the American Management Association) sixth edition of the best-selling book, The First-Time Manager -- originally published in 1981 is a must-read for new managers and leaders in business. One of my favorite sections of the book is the one about class in a manager : Class is treating people with dignity. Class does not have to be the center of attention.

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Purchasing Nonprofit Software: A Fundraiser’s Guide

NonProfit Hub

Your nonprofit has plenty to keep track of. From organizing donor profiles to implementing fundraising strategies to attending conferences , your mind must be scrambling to remember everything! Don’t bear the whole load yourself. Use software to help you out! Whether your organization is just starting or is established with a large following, every nonprofit can benefit from some type of nonprofit software.

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How Data Intelligence is Accelerating Innovation for Social Good

Connection Cafe

I am often asked what I see as the biggest potential game-changers in tech —particularly as it relates to social good. Mobile, social, the cloud and analytics continue to emerge as key themes, but analytics is emerging as the true game changer—catalyzed by advances in open architecture. Let me unpack what I mean by “open architecture.” Open means that anyone can access it, contribute to it, and innovate on top of it.

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Care2 Named Best Online Non-Profit Network 2017 By Technology Innovator Awards

Care2

We're thrilled to share some exciting news! Care2 has been named the 2017 Best Online Non-Profit Network by Corporate Vision's Technology Innovator Awards. Now celebrating its third year, the Technology Innovator Awards return to celebrate the talented individuals, teams and firms that form the backbone of this dynamic industry.

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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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The Four Questions To Ask During An Exit Interview

Eric Jacobsen Blog

As a leader, it's critical that you understand the real reasons employees leave your company. To do that, you need to ask specific questions that may not be ones you currently include in your exit interviews. Fortunately, Richard Finnegan , shares in his book, Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad , four key questions you should include in your exit interviews : Why did you decide to leave us?

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Boost Your Performance Threshold by Outsourcing

NonProfit Hub

Sponsored by Jitasa. Every nonprofit eventually reaches “the hump:” the point at which your organization wants to expand and do even more good for others, but your limited resources and/or personnel won’t allow it. This is frustrating, but it shouldn’t deter you from pushing forward and continuing your work. One of the best ways to make it over the hump is outsourcing.

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Donor Stewardship: Guiding Donors to The Next Level of Support

Connection Cafe

Stewardship is defined as the “responsibility of overseeing and protecting something considered worth caring for and preserving.” As nonprofits know well, preserving relationships with donors is imperative to an organization’s success. In philanthropy, the donor stewardship process begins with a donor’s first gift—the end point of the cultivation stage—and is a vital component of your donor retention strategy.

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Educating Medical Personnel: New Book Reviews CPD Topics

Forj

Every so often a book is published that provides a community of practice with a fresh perspective on current issues. Editors William F. Rayburn, Mary G. Turco, and David A. Davis have put together what should become the de facto textbook for anyone studying to become an educator or trainer of medical practitioners. Titled Continuing Professional Development in Medicine and Health Care , this edited collection reinforces the proposition that better education of health care professionals contrib

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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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Don't Hire Some Just Like You

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Despite the temptation to hire someone like yourself, hire someone to complement your skills --not to duplicate your skills. Managers often find it easier, more comfortable, or less threatening to hire someone with similar skills and work habits. But, to build a well-balanced team and to achieve maximum success, you need to have employees who can fill in your weaker areas.

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Announcing The Art of Relevance Audiobook! Get Your for Free Today.

Museum 2.0

Last year, when I released The Art of Relevance , people asked if there was an audiobook version in the works. It honestly hadn't crossed my mind. Since then, I've learned how many people read books with their ears instead of their eyes. I knew if I wanted to make the book relevant and accessible, I should get on it. So I am thrilled to announce that The Art of Relevance audiobook is now available for YOU to listen to on Audible , Amazon , and iTunes.

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4 Ways to Optimize Your Donation Pages to Grow Monthly Giving

Connection Cafe

With online giving now a major component of most organizations’ monthly giving programs, it’s imperative that your donation forms are fully optimized. It’s also important to ask for the donation you want. And trust me—you want monthly gifts! In fact, Sustainers in Focus Part 1 revealed that donation revenue has the potential to increase by a whopping 50-300% per donor when you can get them to commit to sustained giving.

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Nonprofit Marketing Strategy (5 Steps To Reaching Donors Online)

Nonprofits Source

In the first chapter of this guide we showed how having a nonprofit marketing strategy can help grow traffic and brand awareness online. In chapter 2, we’re going to break down the process and show you step-by-step how to: Build topic authority and trust for search engine rankings. Research existing keyword opportunities. Leverage competitor insight to make data-backed marketing decisions.

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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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Seven Ways To Delight Your Customers

Eric Jacobsen Blog

If you want to delight your customers, then the book by Steve Curtin, Delight Your Customers -- 7 Simple Ways to Raise Your Customer Service from Ordinary to Extraordinary , is a must-read for you and your employees. The book explains the seven ways for you and your employees to demonstrate exceptional customer service : Express genuine interest Offer sincere and specific compliments Share unique knowledge Convey authentic enthusiasm Use appropriate humor Provide pleasant surprises Deliver servi

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9 Tips to Maximize Your Fundraising with Social Media

Tech Soup

Online fundraising is growing fast, even in the nonprofit world. In 2016, Blackbaud found that 7.2 percent of total nonprofit fundraising came from online giving. Small and large organizations alike are investing in ways to allow their donors to give online. People are also taking their phones out and making donations, literally. In 2016, 17 percent of online transactions were made using a mobile device.

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5 Things to Do in August to Prep for Your Year-End Campaign

Achieve

“Year-end campaign? But it’s. only. August!”. If ^ describes your thoughts when reading the title of this post, you’re not alone. (Though kudos for still clicking through to read!). It’s hard to think about year-end fundraising when you’re still frying eggs on the sidewalk, but hear us out: Trade just a few hours of poolside fun for year-end early planning, and your organization will benefit many times over.

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5 Step Content Marketing Strategy For Nonprofits (W/ Examples)

Nonprofits Source

In the first chapter of this guide, we showed how having a digital plan is essential to building an online brand. In chapter 2, we’re going to break down a content marketing strategy that will: Build topic authority and trust for search engine rankings. Research existing keyword opportunities. Leverage competitor insight to make data-backed marketing decisions.

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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.