.orgSource

JUNE 14, 2021

When do you stop having a choice? In May 2019, when the panel discussion below was first published in the.orgSource newsletter, digital transformation probably wasn’t top of mind for most association leaders. Since 2020 taught us that only the digital survive, new strategies and approaches for IT are on every agenda. The question is […]. The post Digital Transformation—Once an Option, Now a Necessity appeared first on.orgSource.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2021

By Brian Greenwald , Nonprofit Superfan at Generate_Impact – a human-centered technology services company focused solely on celebrating and serving humanitarian, social impact and sustainability organizations and causes. First of all, what is “Tech Team Augmentation”? Not exactly a term that rolls off the tongue. Simply put, “Tech Team Aug” means establishing a dedicated tech services partner for your nonprofit.

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Association Analytics

JUNE 17, 2021

The pandemic unexpectedly transformed how organizations hosted their events and meetings, forcing event planners to quickly pivot and move their meetings to virtual platforms. Now, as the world is opening back up, your association may be planning to go back to in-person meetings or use a hybrid approach. Whichever format you choose, you should consider your historical event data as you develop your event marketing strategy.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 15, 2021

Technology and artificial intelligence are most certainly making our lives easier and improving efficiencies. But, the power is beyond anything humans have ever seen, and we're heading to a point where technology will soon entirely exceed our capacity and performance on just about everything. Therefore, it's a balancing act.

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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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Association TV

JUNE 15, 2021

Your members are listening. And if you want to interest, engage and inspire them, then what they hear is crucial. When planning a video, content creators frequently focus on the visual intrigue of a project – how will it be filmed, how will the message be conveyed on-screen, what branding and assets will be used. One frequently overlooked, but just as important, piece of the content puzzle is how it sounds.

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The MatrixFiles

JUNE 15, 2021

Heinan Landa (CEO of Optimal Networks ) asked me last week: As we’re slowly returning to the office and in-person meetings, what lessons from 15 months of virtual meetings should endure? It’s a great question. Over the past year, I’ve had many clients bemoan virtual, but I’ve also had many clients express joy over the benefits of virtual.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 16, 2021

Every time we finish a client engagement, we review the experience to see what we can learn from it. In every case, one major theme is clear: The quality and engagement of the board is a critical factor in the nonprofit’s success. Here are eight key tips for building and engaging your most successful board.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 15, 2021

What is it about the fundraising profession that makes people with no training in fundraising or fundraising copywriting think *they* know best? I doubt these same nonprofit CEOs and/or board members would brazenly walk into an operating room and try their hands at surgery. . It breaks my fundraising heart each time I read about hard-working fundraisers spending hours crafting a donor-centered appeal only to find their CEO had “fixed it” by: . taking the donor out of the story. . replacing all o

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Candid

JUNE 17, 2021

Total charitable giving grew 5.1 percent on a year-over-year basis in 2020 (3.8 percent, adjusted for inflation), the latest edition of the Giving USA report finds. Produced by the Giving USA Foundation and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy , Giving USA 2021: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 20 20 (key findings, 5 pages, PDF) estimates that charitable giving totaled $471.44 billion last year, up from a revised $448.66 billion in 2019.

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Nonprofit AF

JUNE 14, 2021

Hi everyone, this week a bunch of groups are having PEEP (Party to Enhance Equity in Philanthropy) gatherings. I’ll have.

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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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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 14, 2021

In major gifts, there is nothing better than a good finance person to be your partner. If you have a good one, pour on the love. They need affirmation just like you do, and they do not get enough of it. If you have a bad one, try to win them over through education, information and appreciation.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

This is the first post in a 3-part series. Stay tuned for part 2 and part 3. . Faced with existential crises thanks to the pandemic and the social upheaval of the past year, businesses of all stripes (nonprofits included) went into survival mode. Alarmed at how unprepared they were, they sped up their digital transformation. They scrambled to connect with donors in new and fresh ways with an updated nonprofit digital strategy.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 17, 2021

*This post was originally published on 12/3/2017, and it was updated on 06/17/2021. Advice for nonprofits on going from web forms to results. WordPress is the world’s most-used Content Management System (CMS), and Salesforce is the leading Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform. Together they are a powerful set of tools for nonprofits, especially with integrations to automatically sync data between them.

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Donorbox

JUNE 16, 2021

Donors searching for organizations to support will regularly wonder how their donation is being used and whether their gifts really make a difference. When searching for nonprofits to support, donors may ask family and friends, depending on name recognition, or research how donations are used within the organization. We have created a list of 15 […].

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 14, 2021

I was looking back at some questions posed in a webinar I presented recently, and this was one of them: “What’s the most common mistake you see is made when it comes to monthly giving?” Of course, I’d love to say that most of you are not making any mistakes, but that’s not totally true.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 16, 2021

For the last three years, I’ve devoted virtually every day to the challenge of training professionals and especially volunteer fundraisers to overcome the fear of asking for gifts for their favorite nonprofits. There are a variety of ways to raise private money including grant writing, special events, telethons, posting on social media, and others. My specialty is addressing the solicitation of major gifts, particularly from individuals.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 15, 2021

As the founder of a new nonprofit, you are probably doing everything yourself and working for free instead of taking a nonprofit salary. . I get it. Everything seems important and you really, really want to get your new organization up and running so you can do the work of changing lives. But, unless you’re independently wealthy or have another source of income, you will need to pay yourself at some point. .

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Donorbox

JUNE 14, 2021

Are you stuck on Giving Tuesday ideas? Maybe you’re even a little bit confused as to what exactly Giving Tuesday is and how your nonprofit can benefit from it? Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving, powered by social media, collaboration, and campaigning. #GivingTuesday was created back in 2012 by the team at the Belfer […]. The post 10 Creative Giving Tuesday Ideas 2021 appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 17, 2021

The leader of a nonprofit organization plays many roles with many constituencies. But there's one primary role every executive director should have. It's a role that consists of marketing, public relations, communications, programs, finance and many other interwoven elements.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 12, 2021

Barely a day goes by when I don’t contact a friend in the nonprofit sector. I always ask how their organization is, but just as important a question is: How are they? I meet some of the most driven and kind-hearted individuals in this industry, but all too often they look out for everyone else before looking out for themselves. . Self-care used to be something you needed a camper van and a guitar to take seriously.

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Charity Village

JUNE 17, 2021

Original Broadcast Date: Thursday, June 17, 2021 Summary: Amid the cancellations and rescheduling of events during COVID-19, fundraising teams were faced with the challenge of reimagining how nonprofits fundraise during a global pandemic. At this free webinar, we’ll present a case study that will demonstrate how creative minds and pie-in-the-sky ideas helped reimagine a long-standing […].

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DonorPerfect

JUNE 16, 2021

Although the experts say that a key to fundraising success is consistency, nonprofit professionals are all too familiar with the staffing challenges that make aligning around just one goal feel next to impossible. However, it pays to be on the same page – literally – and having a central hub like an organizational dashboard can Read More ».

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Advertiser: DonorDock

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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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 17, 2021

In philanthropy, a top-down approach and lack of lived experience has often led to funder-driven decision-making that lacks authentic community expertise and inclusion. The place-based approach gives communities and funders the authority to identify their own greatest assets and needs, and to articulate their own priorities.

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Donorbox

JUNE 18, 2021

Cash and check donations are mailed or collected at events. Your organization may have a large number of older donors who are comfortable with the check and cash system, but our current pandemic has limited many of these options. Online systems are quickly becoming the favorite way of collecting donations. To accept donations online, your […].

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Qgiv

JUNE 14, 2021

As you conduct daily operations at your nonprofit, you’ll find that getting your nonprofit’s development strategy right is one of the most important pieces of the nonprofit management process. After all, nonprofits need gifts and donations to sustain them, no matter what their mission or goals might be. That’s why you have to develop a fundraising strategy for your nonprofit that consists of a variety of different approaches, reflects elements like campaign strategies and budget planning , and h

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DonorPerfect

JUNE 15, 2021

Today’s online fundraising blueprint was laid out long before the Coronavirus pandemic changed our lives. In fact, online giving has consistently grown across all industries over the past several years. However, there’s no doubt that the events of 2020 have shifted the focus of the digital donor community. Let’s take a closer look at the Read More ».

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 17, 2021

30% of adult donors in the U.S. identify as Social Donors. Are you tapping into them? We conducted an online survey of 1,000+ Social Donors to examine how giving experiences evolved over the past year. The study offers findings on Social Donor motivators, engagement, retention, as well as insights on when donors will be ready to return to in-person events.

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Donorbox

JUNE 15, 2021

Fundraising letters are used to request grants or endowments from institutions, request support for your nonprofit’s capital campaign ask for donations, in-kind contributions, volunteer time, sponsorships, and more. This type of fundraising letter is important because it can communicate your financial needs, give donors a chance to contribute towards the impact & gain support for […].

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OneCause

JUNE 14, 2021

When your nonprofit is planning your fundraising campaigns, it can be difficult to decide which channels to pursue for sending appeals. In today’s digital world, you may assume that an all-digital approach would lend the best results, but that’s actually not the case. While it’s true that direct mail isn’t the preferred venue for conversation between friends any longer, it’s still an effective channel to fundraise for nonprofit organizations.

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Volunteer Hub

JUNE 17, 2021

“Overall, we are very happy with the relationship that we have with the VolunteerHub team and the features that the volunteer management software is providing our nonprofit on a daily basis,” said John Bode, Food Center & Volunteer Manager for The Jacobs and Cushman San Diego Food Bank. “The flexibility and ease of adoption are two very beautiful aspects of VolunteerHub,” said Myra Khalife, General Secretary for Donner Sang Compter.

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