Bloomerang

JUNE 3, 2024

Nonprofits of all sizes have one need in common: funding. Without it, your nonprofit can’t operate and do the important work that fuels your cause. As donor behavior continues to change, nonprofits of all sizes must increasingly rely on the generosity of many instead of the consistent support from a few.

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NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

What nonprofit leaders need is a "people’s strategic plan," a clear and consistent framework and set of measurable actions to invest in their people and culture. Just like organizations have a strategic plan to achieve financial and programmatic goals, they need a roadmap to invest in talent development, too.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 3, 2024

By Stephanie Wallace , Marketing Specialist, Keela – a complete software solution for nonprofits looking to grow revenue, centralize and manage data, and deepen donor engagement. As a nonprofit organization, securing funding is essential to fulfilling your mission and driving meaningful change in your community.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

However, to achieve your goal, what else do you need? a revenue goal and a budget. How are you measuring your success? The good news is there is an invisible string connecting all the positive experiences above, so measuring your event’s success , reach , and therefore, growth can be a domino effect. Focus on Experience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Ask any nonprofit fundraiser if he or she wants to increase the results of their fundraising efforts and you’ll get a resounding “yes”! The answer is in understanding your goal and audience, and then matching your pitch to the prospect. Where am I going to find the time and resources? Start with a goal. How do I execute?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. How are Nonprofit’s Financial Goals Different?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 17, 2021

During the discussion, use the following business principles to assist in your evaluation: Churn Rate: Churn rate in its broadest sense is a measure of the number of customers moving out of a collective group over a period of time. For more tools and resources about purpose-driven partnerships, please visit the Accelerist Insights page.

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Candid

APRIL 6, 2022

On March 13, 2022, Meme Styles, president and founder of MEASURE , joined Candid CEO Ann Mei on the stage at SXSW for their talk: Using Data to Advance Racial Equity ( available to watch now on YouTube ). Candid's team reached out to Meme recently to learn more about the work MEASURE is doing in Austin, TX.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Here’s a detailed breakdown of critical steps to prepare: Understand organizational goals and governance needs: Begin by peering into the core of your organization. Equip your new board members with the knowledge, resources, and connections they need to succeed from day one. What are your dreams? Your challenges?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Additionally, you might face the prospect of rallying stakeholders and staff towards a common vision, goal, and outcome. Confidence to initiate engagement with your staff and stakeholders and define roles and goals. Recommended resource: How to conduct a content inventory and audit. Content to be rewritten.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 13, 2024

Your nonprofit needs compelling marketing to engage new and existing supporters to boost brand awareness, cultivate donors, motivate them to volunteer, and more. Many nonprofits across the country see great results from their marketing efforts. A nonprofit marketing plan lays the roadwork your team must follow to achieve your goals.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 28, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Top 5 Reasons Why Nonprofits Fail We all know the incredible impact nonprofits have – they’re the heart and hope of communities, tackling social issues with nothing but pure determination. Sometimes the road gets bumpy, and even the most passionate nonprofits can hit some snags.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

Think about it this way: Many nonprofits get donors to sponsor tables at events when they could be asking those same donors for much larger major gifts instead—without losing money on the costs associated with throwing an event. If you don’t have a high return on your investment, you’re likely wasting your valuable time and resources.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 28, 2023

If you are going to pour the amount of work necessary into creating a podcast, you will want to measure its success — but how? We can track total downloads and we can tell if those downloads were from unique devices, but that’s where the measurement trail meets the edge of the cliff. Ways to measure a podcast's success!

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2024

Unfortunately, 50% of nonprofits do not know how data can support their work, and 31% do not know what to do with this information. Know your goals You need to know your goals to let your data drive your decisions. How will you identify these goals? Does the information you have not align with your goals?

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 6, 2018

If Skip the resolutions and let’s talk about goal setting for your nonprofit. July 1 represents a new fiscal year for many nonprofits, a time to review programs and previous goals to be sure they’re aligned with the mission and to establish new benchmarks. We want your nonprofit to be successful in its mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

It has been almost exactly four years since I published Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World , with co-author, Katie Paine. Back then, not many nonprofits were talking or practicing the use of measurement and data to improve nonprofit results. The field has grown exponentially.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

By Stasia Hural , Digital Marketing Lead at Keela – a complete software solution for nonprofits looking to grow revenue, centralize and manage data, and deepen donor engagement. Using AI isn’t just a passing trend; it’s essential for nonprofits looking to make a bigger impact. It lets nonprofits sift through lots of data.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

By Jess Woloszyn , Content Specialist at Classy.org – a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. Nonprofits raised more than $2.47 1) How does Giving Tuesday work for nonprofits?

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Nonprofit strategic planning can help your organization meet challenges effectively and take advantage of new opportunities. Despite the many benefits that strategic planning can bring, 49 percent of nonprofits lack a strategic plan. Nonprofit strategic planning FAQs What is strategic planning for nonprofits?

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2024

Have you ever been pulled into a meandering project with no clear direction or goals? Projects like these can drain resources, take more time than necessary, and quickly become your least favorite meeting on your calendar. You can get a downloadable project charter template on our resource center. What is a Project Charter?

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Candid

JANUARY 30, 2023

But what if you decide to rebrand your nonprofit? Rebranding can be used to improve public perception of a nonprofit’s organization, but it’s a major decision and significant project to undertake. If you think it may be time to update your nonprofit’s branding, it’s helpful to know what to expect from the process.

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EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

The good news is that nonprofit organizations, advocacy organizations, businesses, individuals, and other changemakers can successfully advocate for a better future for LGBTQ+ people with support from the right strategies and tools. This is where issue awareness comes in.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 17, 2022

posted by Theresa Adkison Fall 2021 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management. If you’re like many of us working in nonprofit leadership today, you’re more than likely exhausted and running out of actionable ideas. Make sure you and your stakeholders agree on your nonprofit’s reason for being.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2021

By Brian Greenwald , Nonprofit Superfan at Generate_Impact – a human-centered technology services company focused solely on celebrating and serving humanitarian, social impact, sustainability and for-profit-for-good organizations and causes. It’s like that old adage from carpentry, “Measure Twice, Cut Once.”. It’s about people.

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Qgiv

JUNE 11, 2024

For nonprofits in close-knit communities, community-centric fundraising (CCF) may be a more effective fundraising approach than other methods of fundraising. Community-centric fundraising (CCF) is a fundraising method that prioritizes the collective well-being of the community over individual organizational goals.

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CauseVox

APRIL 6, 2023

Peer-to-peer fundraising can be a powerful tool for small nonprofits to raise funds and increase awareness about their cause. With limited resources and staff, it can be challenging for small nonprofits to execute successful fundraising campaigns. Don’t miss out on this valuable opportunity to learn and grow!

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

Your nonprofit relies on storytelling to forge emotional connections with potential supporters and spread awareness of your mission. As technology evolves, your nonprofit should expand to tell your story in more engaging, shareable, and innovative ways, such as podcasting. Connect with nonprofit professionals.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

It’s hard to ramp up the good work you do if you don’t know how to concretely define, measure and communicate your impact to supporters. When we keep in mind the true meaning of the impact, in all its forms, it helps us discover what’s important when measuring it. Measuring impact. goals, measure them!

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

Embracing innovation can transform your nonprofit. But for innovation to thrive, you must embrace a culture where the entire nonprofit is committed to enhancing processes or strategies by transforming ideas into actionable improvements. Let’s start by understanding ‘culture of innovation’ and why it matters.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 3, 2020

Throughout the nonprofit world, more sophisticated CRMs , advanced analytics , and murmurs about the use of artificial intelligence in fundraising have given rise to a case of data fever in the do-good sector as well. All this technology and data have made it possible for nonprofits to use a range of metrics to measure growth and performance.

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Pamela Grow

MAY 2, 2024

Of the data your nonprofit collects , financial information is one of the most useful types—and one of the most complex to track. However, the wide range of revenue sources and expenses your nonprofit may have can quickly complicate your data collection and analysis. Essentially, it tracks cash flow in and out of your nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Note from Beth: As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m running several peer learning groups based on the ideas in “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ” and Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Maturity of Practice model. The CWRF model has been adopted by nonprofits.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

To take advantage of this trend toward recurring giving, your nonprofit will need to look inward at its donor data. Before you begin any project involving data analysis, start by clearly outlining your goal so you know which metrics to analyze. First, we’ll cover how to determine your goals for your monthly giving program.

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sgEngage

JULY 3, 2023

With quickly evolving community needs and the ever-present possibility of a climate event or economic downturn, nonprofits know how to be nimble. Here are eight tips to help your nonprofit finance office navigate a major budget disruption. Resource constraints often lead to difficult financial decisions and funding reductions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 8, 2012

. ”Don’t measure the world, if you don’t have the time and resources to do so.” ” It is a key theme in our book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit.” Measuring World Hunger Day – a guest post by Geoff Livingston. But there was an additional motive behind Yum!

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Nonprofit marketing is one of the key components of getting your organization seen by potential supporters! While many may think of marketing as a for-profit pursuit, it’s also the backbone for nonprofits connecting with supporters and spreading awareness about your mission. For-profit marketing is heavily focused on making a profit.

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