3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 7, 2014

If your organization is fundraising without donor data to support it, then you have a problem that needs your attention. So what’s it got to do with fundraising, you ask? Fundraising without donor data. Fundraising without donor data occurs often. It is time to manage that problem and reduce risk. Online donations.

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3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 2, 2014

In the nonprofit sector, “found money” would apply to that large donation from an anonymous donor that spikes your fundraising campaign this year, but you have no plans in place to cultivate large donations going forward. ALSA should not simply send out a fundraising letter or email to all of them. Analyze it.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 30, 2014

If we don’t know our donor data, how can we effectively plan a fundraising appeal? Build a fundraising strategy? Next problem, the fundraising advice. A recent Third Sector Labs survey of fundraising advice showed us that 80% of expert advice focused on content, messaging and materials. People know people.

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 15, 2014

By the way, NTEN posted some great tips for social media use , by Marc Pitman, founder of The Fundraising Coach. Most organizations utilize multichannel fundraising. You can use data to learn which fundraising channels are most effective and how your donors respond to each channel. Finally, send out your fundraising appeal.

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3rd Sector Labs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Did you know that too much donor data can lead to bad decisions and fundraising mistakes just as easily as too little data can? How to avoid “too much data” Start by visiting your fundraising and data management plans. The answer lies in your fundraising planning and execution. How much donor data do you need?

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

QUESTION: When you gave an example of a data management plan, you started from a fundraising plan. GARY: A good fundraising plan consists of strategies and tactics to be executed in order to achieve your fundraising goals. So, a good data management plan starts from the fundraising strategy. Plan those activities.

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 22, 2014

1 – Is easier or more complicated to plan and execute a fundraising campaign today than it was 5 or 10 years ago? 2 – How many different types of technology systems are you using to execute a fundraising campaign? Marketing / fundraising staff = 61%. The polling results. Easier = 29%. More difficult = 44%.

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3rd Sector Labs

AUGUST 4, 2014

Too much bad or unusable data, however, will leave you with an array of data hoarding problems that will clog your donor databases, put a drag on fundraising efficiency, and hurt your organization. 1 Start with your fundraising strategy. Your fundraising plan is your roadmap. Impact on your schedule and budget. Yes, you are!

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 17, 2014

The topic – “Donor Retention by the Numbers: Demystifying the Leaky Bucket” – focused on how to properly measure donor retention and then use that data to drive improved fundraising results. Caity and Gary Carr , co-founder of Third Sector Labs, co-presented. Can you share that survey?

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 28, 2014

Remember: your new CRM is your future, so it is more important that the new database meets your future fundraising needs, than it supports 100% of your legacy data. As we mentioned before, you new CRM represents your fundraising future. the fundraising team? Your fundraising success depends on it.

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3rd Sector Labs

JULY 16, 2014

The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that the use of Facebook as a fundraising medium simply isn’t panning out. CRM systems represent forward-thinking software – a platform around which to implement future fundraising strategies. But do NOT hoard old data in the platform that holds the keys to your fundraising future.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 14, 2014

This work should be scheduled and completed independent of your communications or fundraising event schedules. For starters, you need to know the extent of your data problems, and you need to develop a data management plan that is consistent with organizational and fundraising strategy. Let’s focus on donor data for this example.

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3rd Sector Labs

JANUARY 16, 2014

The platform is a suite of fundraising tools designed for smaller organizations, clubs and associations – the sort of nonprofit that doesn’t have a large budget and leadership is primarily volunteer based, so it turns over frequently. We set out to build a Software as a Service platform for start-up company Booster Pro.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 13, 2013

A central challenge facing many of today’s nonprofit organizations is the paucity of technology solutions, as well as expertise, available for things like website development, fundraising, data migration, and so on. Of particular concern to these nonprofits is, of course, their supporter databases.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 4, 2014

Third Sector Labs recently co-hosted a fundraising strategy webinar with Chris Goodman , SVP of Strategy & Marketing for 2Dialog. We had also blogged earlier on the topic vis-a-vis the changing fundraising paradigm we are experiencing across the third sector. Easier = 8%. More difficult = 92%. 3-5 = 47%. 3-5 = 47%. Not sure = 7%.

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3rd Sector Labs

OCTOBER 5, 2015

The first, 4 Reasons Workplace Giving is Key to Fundraising Success , makes an important point: don’t give up on the workplace no matter how difficult things are getting. The problem is that everything related to corporate giving programs and workplace giving data has changed. Everything. We need the workplace.

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3rd Sector Labs

MARCH 1, 2015

You keep mailing out newsletters and fundraising appeals. Perhaps this story is familiar. Year after year you gather information about donors. Donors lapse. Some move away. Others pass away. Your response rate falls from 60% to 40% to under 30% over time. You keep adding new donors, new prospects and your mailing lists get larger.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 11, 2014

Data warehouses that store consumer data include donations, nonprofit board service, participation in fundraising walks, and any number of additional statistics related to the third sector. Donors are consumers.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 1, 2015

Donor data quality is critically important to the success of nonprofit fundraising and communications. Refers to the accuracy of data and effectiveness of using data for its intended purposes in business operations, including decision-making and planning.

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3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Most of our fundraising is coordinated through our CRM software. We manually sync CRM donor data with our email marketing system every time we launch a newsletter or a multi-channel fundraising appeal. And we are testing two new fundraising initiatives – one crowd funding, the other via texting. Assess your systems.

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3rd Sector Labs

MAY 4, 2015

Helpful analysis might include: • Comparing donor acquisitions costs to average fundraising costs. Mapping data against the business objectives of your organization is the only way to accurately measure your fundraising success. Knowing the cost of acquiring a donor is good, but you need to know more.

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3rd Sector Labs

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

But the fundraising department in that same organization, distributed across many states, may want the accessibility provided by a SaaS CRM, and may look to the newest cloud-based fundraising software to help raise more money.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 13, 2013

Carr Systems’ growth has prompted us to redesign our site to better reflect precisely what it is that we do for our customers, who those customers are, and the unique approach that makes us an ideal solution for SMBs, nonprofit organizations and public agencies.

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