Wild Apricot

MAY 22, 2020

How do you say thank you to your members? If the answer is "we don't", it might be time to consider hosting a member appreciation week!

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Blue Fox

MAY 22, 2020

A Letter From Our CEO, Chantal Sheehan I’m over it. COVID-19. The deaths. The sickness. The fear. The grief. The politics. The injustice. The media. The government screw ups. The lockdowns. The conspiracy theories. The economy. The unemployment rate. The PPP. The food supply. The feeling of loneliness. The worry. About everything. All the time.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 19, 2020

How will the technology decisions you make today affect your association’s future? Make sure your association doesn’t pay the price for outdated software. When you think about the software that helps you manage your association, it can be tempting to keep using the same old legacy association management software (AMS) you’ve been using and continue inefficient processes you’ve been practicing for years and years.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 18, 2020

Author and leadership expert Jim Collins defines Level 5 leaders as those who: Pursue goals with the ferocity of lions while displaying the humility of lambs. According to Collins, who has studied leadership for 25 years, this level of leader is a rare breed. This is a leader who: bestows credit generously shoulders blame responsibility puts organization before self.

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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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Wild Apricot

MAY 22, 2020

If you were told to raise $5,000 by the end of the month, could you do it? Here are the seven key strategies that will help make your next peer-to-peer fundraising campaign a success.

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Blue Fox

MAY 18, 2020

Focus On: Leadership, Funding, Positiveness and Re-Engaging Your Organization As some states like our home base of Florida begin to re-open, nonprofit teams are putting their minds together to draw a new map for the future. A map of how to survive, keep a positive mindset and continue to provide critical services in their community. Our team at Blue Fox has been intently reading and listening to the advice of our peers and advisors on how social good organizations can move forward with fundraisi

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Elevation

MAY 20, 2020

Here at Elevation, we often get questions from clients looking to develop a successful online presence and seeking community outreach ideas for nonprofits. Understandably, the world of social media, technology, and hashtags can be a little overwhelming, especially to the uninitiated, or if your nonprofit doesn’t have a specialist dedicated to this work.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 20, 2020

Gym management software can help eliminate and streamline administrative tasks from your workload to save you time and money. Here are 4 examples of gym websites to get you pumped, and 10 additional software providers!

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 22, 2020

Top 5 Nonprofit Youtube Channels. by Olivia Warnes. Check out these top nonprofit youtube channels and the videos that make them great to find out what they do so well! A Powerful YouTube Video Goes A Long Way . A lot goes into making a youtube channel great, and these nonprofits demonstrate that. Their hard work has paid off, with these channels showing just how effective and entertaining nonprofit videos can be.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 16, 2020

"A reprimand should end with a reaffirmation of the person's past performance," explains authors Ken Blanchard and Garry Ridge in their book, Helping People Win At Work. They provide this example: "The reason I'm upset is because this is so unlike you. You're one of my best employees, and you usually get your reports in on time." "The reason this step is important is that when you finish giving someone a reprimand, you want him thinking about what he did wrong, not how you treated him.

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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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Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic has unfolded across the world, nonprofit fundraisers have been required to take one of three actions for their spring peer-to-peer fundraising (P2P) campaigns : cancel, postpone, or take it virtual. We’ve seen creativity, resilience, and resolve through it all. The paradigm for campaigns that have moved forward has been reactive to this point – taking an in-person event and making it virtual.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 22, 2020

By Christy Noel , Vice President of Digital Fundraising Services at MobileCause. In the new world of social distancing and limited in-person gatherings, nonprofits everywhere are embracing virtual fundraising events and campaigns. Hosting virtual fundraising events is new to many nonprofits and can, therefore, make those in charge feel a bit intimidated, especially if they don’t define themselves as particularly “tech-savvy.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 20, 2020

5 Tips to Increase Donations with the Google Ad Grant. by Olivia Warnes. Getting the Google Ad Grant is step one, now you need to make sure your using it wisely to increase your donations. Make the Most of Your Ad Grants. The Google Ad Grants provide up to $10,000 worth of Google search advertising every month to nonprofits across the world! At Twenti, we help nonprofits understand and access the grant (see our ultimate ebook guide and free eligibility check ), but what happens once you’ve got t

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

MAY 18, 2020

8 Ways To Make Your Marketing Campaign Eco-Friendly. by Olivia Warnes. Even nonprofits have a responsibility to the planet, here’s how to make sure your marketing campaign is eco-friendly and successful. How To Make Sure Your Nonprofits Marketing Campaigns Are Eco-Friendly. With only 11 years to save the planet from climate collapse, it’s no wonder that environmental impact has become a priority for nonprofits and their supporters alike.

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Advertiser: Digital Ocean

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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Connection Cafe

MAY 21, 2020

Giving days are an increasingly important fundraising tool for social good organizations. And while #GivingTuesday may be the most well-known event, there are a variety of ways to hold a giving day, from organization-specific to regional to national or international, each with their own benefits. In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Amanda Baldwin, Sr.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2020

Since first writing about what we can all do from home during the COVID-19 pandemic , we have gone through many adjustments. Many things have changed in the last couple of months, from how we meet with donors to what we are asking them to help with. At the same time, very little has happened. While there are some who have excelled and some amazing donors who have stepped up, many of us are left wondering, “what’s next?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2020

By Grant Hensel , CEO of Nonprofit Megaphone – an agency that specializes in Google Grant management for nonprofits. Nonprofit Megaphone is Google Certified and supports over 300 nonprofit clients. What is the Google Grant? The Google Ad Grant is one of the most powerful, yet under-appreciated tools in nearly every nonprofit’s marketing toolbox. Although the program has been available for over a decade, our research shows that more than half of all nonprofit professionals are not aware of the Go

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Connection Cafe

MAY 20, 2020

Resilient fundraisers stand ready to take on whatever the day brings, even if it wasn’t part of the plan. You adapt. You leverage. You innovate. You are building strategies for sustainability focused on four key areas: People: Caring about your supporters and those around you. Revenue: Looking for diversification potential and how to move forward. Mission + Operations: Giving donors something they can feel good about.

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Advertiser: Syncrony

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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Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2020

On May 15, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 6800, also known as the HEROES Act. As with most legislation, it is unlikely that this bill will become a law in its current form as passed by the House, however it begins a conversation among the House, Senate and Administration on the next phase of COVID-19 relief. It is expected that negotiations will begin after the House and Senate return from the Memorial Day recess.

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