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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Development and Finance both love when fundraising revenues are up – when fundraising reports and financial statements depict increases over last year, over targets, and over budgets. FINANCE DIRECTOR : Fiscal year-end numbers have not been fully reviewed yet, but recognized revenue from fundraising will be close to $7 million’.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

What if everything that we know about fundraising is mostly wrong? Is your organization focusing on the right data-based fundraising strategies? Listen in to hear Joe and Steve talk about why individual giving matters so much, what’s changing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and thinking about fundraising as a cycle vs. a funnel.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

Though many nonprofits still bring in donations the old-fashioned way, online fundraising can be a cost-effective, quick way to boost revenue and can open up a world of possibilities for your organization. While any organization can benefit from online fundraising, each nonprofit finds success through different online strategies.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

End-of-year fundraising is always important, and this year it has added importance with organizations needing to make up potential COVID-19 related shortfalls. Topics Discussed in This Episode: Why this year is the most important year for end-of-year fundraising. What you can find in the End-of-Year Fundraising Toolkit.

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APRIL 1, 2020

Whether it be the tragedy of 9/11, a tsunami, an economic recession, an earthquake in Haiti, a country divided by an election or a devastating brushfire, there are many high-profile events of the past that have threatened to push the fundraising landscape to its limit. From each one of these events, a key fundraising lesson has emerged.

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MARCH 12, 2020

Relationships are the foundation of fundraising. Even in uncertain times you still have a fundraising goal to meet, so this is the perfect strategy. Face-to-face meetings are the preferred communication method for fundraisers, but sometimes that just isn’t possible. Focus on Communicating with Donors.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

Conducting a comprehensive feasibility study is a critical first step in every major fundraising effort. I think of it as determining how much water is in the pool before you “dive in” to a fundraising campaign. It’s hard to find a nonprofit executive who would disagree with this logic. How best to do that?

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

Peer-to-peer fundraising is an important part of a social good organization’s overall fundraising strategy. But as people increasingly become more committed to causes versus specific organizations, how can organizations engage and guide individual fundraisers who are campaigning to raise funds for causes close to their hearts?

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JUNE 4, 2020

Livestream fundraising – you’ve probably heard the term, but do you really understand how your social good organization can leverage this popular strategy? Topics Discussed in This Episode: The definition of livestream fundraising. Why livestream fundraising can be an important fundraising tool.

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MARCH 17, 2020

If you are a front-line fundraiser, work with your annual giving team. Being able to identify people who will have interest in what you are working on and the capacity to help is paramount in fundraising, and it’s also very time consuming. Read a book. If you’re the mentor, reach out and see how you can help.

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MARCH 13, 2020

Fortunately, we live in a time where technology can help bring people together in new and creative ways to fundraise without the requirement of being face-to-face with one another. Be unashamed of the “fundraising” components of your event. Offer a “fundraising only” registration option to your participants.

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AUGUST 12, 2020

Joining the podcast today is Stacy Rooney, a Principal Business Consultant at Blackbaud, to discuss the concept of fundraiser performance management. Investing in officers as fundraisers. How feedback and coaching factors in to fundraising success. The impacts of COVID-19 on fundraising and data. Do you like what you see?

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns are popping up everywhere as they continue to grow in popularity. By now, most people have encountered several peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns whether they realize it or not. Peer-to-peer fundraiser. Peer-to-peer fundraiser. Donating to a friend’s Facebook Birthday Fundraiser ?

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AUGUST 28, 2020

Running peer-to-peer fundraising events present a challenge in the current environment. In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Blackbaud’s Robyn Mendez, Principal Product Marketing Manager, and Shana Masterson, Principal Customer Success Manager, as they explore the topic of peer-to-peer fundraising in more depth. Shana Masterson.

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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. Three Reinvented Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaigns.

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APRIL 3, 2020

When organizations partner with celebrity influencers and online giving, their mission can get maximized through social sharing and fundraising. Pro Tip: Before the celebrity launches a fundraiser, make sure you set up time for training and assign one of your staff members as a main point of contact for any technical or how-to questions.

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AUGUST 4, 2014

Wondering how fundraising is performing so far in 2014? Using data from The Blackbaud Index , we are able to provide the first insights into fundraising trends for the first six months of 2014 compared to 2013. The Blackbaud Charitable Giving Report provides insights into fundraising trends on an annual basis. Yeah, we were too.

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JULY 2, 2019

I left private legal practice for nonprofit fundraising to get away from the less relational aspects of the service provider-client relationship. I thought nonprofit fundraising was the opposite of lawyering. I thought nonprofit fundraising was the opposite of lawyering. After all, it’s a vocation, right?

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MARCH 17, 2021

Some supporters are more likely to fundraise on your behalf. Using predictive scoring , you can reach out to those most likely to become a peer-to-peer fundraiser. The post 6 Creative Data-Driven Ways to Fundraise During Nurses Week 2021 first appeared on npENGAGE. Lean into the ‘What can I do to help?’ Who is the target donor?

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AUGUST 1, 2017

Recently, Brock Warner (Senior Manager, Fundraising at War Child) and I hosted a webinar regarding end of year fundraising for nonprofits —the things we need to stop doing and things we should be doing instead. In terms of fundraising, print newsletters don’t tend to directly raise much money (though I’m sure there are exceptions).

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MAY 8, 2017

Turning your supporters into fundraising superstars isn’t easy. It requires the right combination of fundraising expertise, engaged staff members, and savvy technology. So, how can you help supporters become fundraising superstars? Teach Supporters to Fundraise and Provide Samples. Provide fundraising success stories.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

A clear and well-planned fundraising strategy is key to successfully raising the funds you need and retaining more support year over year. One untapped way to boost your fundraising and bolster your entire strategy? The solution to enhancing your fundraising plan and increasing your fundraising capacity is simple: matching gifts.

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MAY 1, 2017

Fundraising is certainly not exempt from this problem; we base decisions too often on expediency rather than an analysis of long-term consequences. As fundraisers, facts are the basis of much of our work, especially with the direct response portion of our program. What to be a fundraising genius? Common sense is very uncommon.

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DECEMBER 22, 2017

The challenge ahead is how to adapt and develop your fundraising practice based on the trends we can see now, and still be agile moving forwards. This is vital to any fundraiser. This year, npENGAGE contributors broke down the how and why and provided a great lens on the ways big data can help your fundraising and your mission.

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MAY 8, 2013

The term social fundraising or peer-to-peer fundraising describes a style of fundraising where a nonprofit organization recruits volunteers to solicit donations from their friends and family on behalf of that nonprofit. Interested in learning more about social fundraising and how it can help your org raise more money?

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JUNE 29, 2017

Here are a 7 tips for donation page optimizations to help you increase online fundraising success : 1. Ensure that Online Fundraising Pages Are Secure. Whether you are conducting a digital peer-to-peer fundraising campaign or raising funds electronically for an established non-profit, the key to success is trust. Mid-level Gift.

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APRIL 19, 2017

This year’s AFP fundraising conference is all about disruption. How are the rules of philanthropy changing, and what does that mean for fundraisers and the supporters they’re accountable to? Outcomes for the Frontline Fundraiser – Rachel Hutchisson , Blackbaud and Annie Rhodes , Blackbaud. Sunday, April 30 – 10:00 am – 11:15 am.

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MARCH 25, 2020

Livestream Fundraising 101: What is Livestream Fundraising? Phone calls for fundraising. A tried and true way to fundraise is over the phone-especially now when in-person fundraising isn’t possible, connect over the phone! Volunteers can call to fundraise, inform people of your giving day, etc.

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APRIL 23, 2020

In today’s episode, Melissa Bank Stepno, Director of Analytics Consulting at Blackbaud joins the podcast to talk with Steve MacLaughlin about using personas for fundraising during COVID-19. Topics Discussed in This Episode: What Melissa is hearing from organizations right now about fundraising during COVID-19.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

Coming up with strategies for fundraising can be difficult. On today’s episode, Alia McKee and Mark Rovner of Sea Change Strategies are here to talk about their report, Inside Out Fundraising: How to Create a Culture of Philanthropy by Treating Systems Instead of Symptoms. What boards can do to take pressure off fundraisers.

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AUGUST 28, 2018

I honestly don’t know how to build a full fundraising program.”. This is the voice of many healthcare development staff members who have never ventured past event fundraising. Many organizations are also realizing that it is time to expand into a true fundraising program. “All I do is special events.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Online fundraising isn’t a fad. As a matter of fact, online fundraising accounted for seven-percent of total fundraising in 2016. Online fundraising has also proven to be an extremely effective donors acquisition vehicle. Does your church have a mobile fundraising strategy ? 1) Go Mobile, Now! Tweet It] !

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APRIL 3, 2018

Pairing your hospital marketing and fundraising teams is one of the best ways to ensure that you work smarter. Here are three quick illustrations of how you can activate this dynamic duo: Integrate messaging: Marketing and fundraising communications should share a common agenda and voice. That is how your whole organization wins.

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JUNE 19, 2017

If you’re like me, you probably receive a number of e-newsletters related to fundraising , as well as a print publication or two. But even a casual review makes one thing clear— not everyone agrees on everything, not even in fundraising. Each fundraiser has his or her own lens to view fundraising through. For example ….

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APRIL 3, 2019

If you’re like most peer-to-peer fundraising (P2P) staff, you’re drowning in data. Descriptive analytics tells us what happened and typically include reports that tells you things like age, address, registration date, and fundraising statistics. But what about P2P fundraising? We’re very serious about our data in P2P!

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OCTOBER 20, 2014

What caught my eye, though, was that as nonprofits sent significantly more fundraising emails, conversion rates went south. This is actually the second consecutive year fundraising email conversion rates have declined sharply , continuing a somewhat worrisome trend. Why are more fundraising emails being sent? Register here!

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

Last week Blackbaud released the results of our 2016 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising study. The study takes a deep dive into the metrics, statistics, and trends of four different peer-to-peer fundraising event types: cycling, endurance, 5Ks and walks. Do-it-yourself (DIY) fundraising performance. million event participants and $1.23

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