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MARCH 11, 2011

Download and put our " Be Prepared When Your Mission Calls " rapid response fundraising guide to work for you. A few of the top takeaways from the guide include: Respond Quickly — When communicating during times of crisis, simplicity and effectiveness are far more important than design or prose. Convio wants to help you.

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JULY 26, 2017

In order to move donors to higher levels of commitment, you must understand the journey and steps required to guide them. As you engage donors, your focus should be on guiding them up the donor pyramid—to the next level commitment. Here are five essential steps to guiding donors to the next level of support for your cause: 1.

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MARCH 26, 2020

Even before our current health situation arose , technology has been the leading method of engaging employees in today’s society. In the span of one year, from 2016 to 2017, remote work grew 7.9%. Over the last five years , remote work grew 44% and over the previous 10 years, it grew 91%.

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MAY 20, 2014

Well, we’ve composed a guide to help you understand just that. The Constituent Lifecycle: A Complete Guide to the Donor Experience from Blackbaud. The Constituent Lifecycle : Your Guide to the Donor Experience. There’s only hard work – important, gratifying work that pays dividends for your organization.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

While you might not be able to join us in person this year, one thing is for certain – bbcon 2020 Virtual will still expose you to new ideas and people and hopefully inspire you when you return to work. This year’s event is unique as we will not only go virtual for the first time, but the conference will be global and free for all attendees.

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JULY 16, 2010

Everybody loves a great best practices guide, especially when it’s one that can help you do your job better and more effectively. A new nonprofit online fundraising guide from Convio does just that. Here are a few central tips and takeaways I had after reading the guide: 1. Have a great example you don't see in the guide?

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DECEMBER 9, 2016

Microsoft Support offers how-to guides and tutorials on merge template creation. When you receive a gift, enter it into your database or excel file, and then run a daily (or bi-daily) mail merge to create acknowledgement letters!

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

According to Wikipedia, a wireframe is a “visual guide that represents the skeletal framework of a website” If you’re going through a design project, you’ll likely see wireframes after a user research phase and possibly a sitemap phase.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

The most successful social good organizations are always learning and iterating to stay on top of their game, but exactly how they learn and iterate is crucial to their successes and failures and to their impact on the world. Ann Mei Chang, author of?

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JUNE 11, 2014

As you finalize the proposal for leadership, let this one thing guide you – create a vision for how the right tools can grow a steady and sustainable pipeline of support for the organization today and tomorrow. Preparing for the pitch.

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

Social media is important when it comes to growing your brand and sending visitors to your website. Unfortunately, social media marketing alone is not enough to initiate pageviews. An email list is a marketing tool that will round out your online marketing strategy. However, in order to have an email list, you need to build it.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Foundations and corporations award more than $85 million annually in charitable giving. That means there are a lot of grants out there, if you know where to look.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

A Guide for Planning Your #GivingTuesdayNow Campaign in 5 Days by Tanya Fitzgerald, Blackbaud. Resources to Guide Arts and Cultural Organizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Piper Browne, Blackbaud. Developing a Nonprofit Tech Strategy: A Step-by-Step Guide by Carl Diesing, DNL Omnimedia.

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

In part two of this series, “ How To Develop Your Nonprofit Operating Reserves ,” we examined common factors that organizations should take into account when considering how much to set aside for their operating reserves.

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MARCH 8, 2010

In a follow-up piece to Molly’s original 7 quick tips, a new guide entitled “Be Prepared When Your Mission Calls” is now available with an in-depth look at rapid response preparedness and case studies on nonprofits that have leveraged the best practices outlined here to maximize fundraising and outreach success in times of need.

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JUNE 24, 2010

Author: Noel Beebe. I got depressed about my job last week. Usually, I brag about the fact that I get to help organizations raise money to support awesome missions like curing cancer and feeding the hungry; but last week, I caught a case of the Eeyores. Mope mope mope.

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AUGUST 13, 2014

All year youve (hopefully) been building and nurturing relationships, telling stories about how donor support impacts your mission, and making plans for the biggest season of giving. End of Year. As you know, a successful fundraising strategy takes months, sometimes a full year, of preparation.

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MARCH 15, 2021

One great way is to guide your staff through new information using a virtual training course. This guide explains that organizations can use learning management systems to design courses that ensure everyone is on the same page. Guided learning. While the learning is guided, it’s not stringent on timing.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

Developing your content style guide. Guide to the Nonprofit Web Design Process. Tailoring your content to specific audiences. Creating an editorial calendar. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Stitcher , Spotify or your preferred streaming service for future episodes! Listen Now: Resources: Nyleva Corley.

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MARCH 21, 2016

I’m headed to NTC again and want to give you the run down of the sessions I’m excited about and plan to attend. This is my big professional development conference of the year and I can’t wait to get new ideas, reinforce things I know and be inspired. Hopefully you’re planning your own ME moment in 2016, tell me about it in the comments below.

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MAY 7, 2020

It’s also the release date of our eBook co-authored with Cuseum , “ The Ultimate Guide to Surviving & Thriving As A Cultural Organization ,” which you can pre-download here. If you’re not already doing so, consider live-streaming events such as virtual guided tours, behind the scenes experiences, or curator talks.

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APRIL 9, 2020

Going Virtual – An Alternative Volunteer Event Guide. Standout examples of virtual volunteer programs. Listen Now: Resources: Danielle Holly. Common Impact’s Catalog of Virtual Volunteer Models. Quotes: “Pro bono and skills-based volunteerism, for the most part, translates very easily into a virtual environment.”.

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APRIL 3, 2020

Resources to Guide Arts and Cultural Organizations During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Report: Guide to Evaluating your Arts & Cultural Organization’s Online Performance. Attracting more diverse audiences. How to achieve a more diverse staff. Listen Now: Resources: Follow Aubrey Berguaer on Twitter: @AubreyBergauer.

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AUGUST 3, 2020

Use a structured step-by-step mapping outline to guide your cross functional teams. As you adopt new technology, it is important to break down silos between your staff and create a constituent-centered culture, as explained by the Blackbaud Institute in The Connected Office: Your Guide to Creating a Cohesive Constituent Experience.

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APRIL 30, 2020

Grant Plus’s Guide to Grant Seeking During the COVID-19 Crisis. Changes in the funding situation that may continue once the crisis has passed. The COVID-related funding resources that Lauren has been gathering. Listen Now: Resources: Lauren Steiner. COVID-19 Industry Resources for Foundations and Grantmaking Organizations.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

Your online auction software may come as part of a broader virtual fundraising suite that includes more of the tools listed in this guide. Your database will be useful before, during, and after your auction: Before your virtual auction, use your CRM to help guide the planning process. Live-streaming Tools. Social media.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

This analysis should then be used to guide the recruitment process in the future. According to this guide , you’ll want to search for a board management platform that offers both video conferencing and task delegation. Kick off your research with this helpful membership software guide from Double the Donation as a solid starting point.

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JULY 30, 2020

Quotes: “I’ve always let the research guide what I not only focus on, but also where my interests have really come out to play.”. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Stitcher , Spotify or your preferred streaming service for future episodes! Listen Now: Resources: Derrick Feldmann. The Corporate Social Mind. Cause and Social Influence.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

For more information to help you select the right grants management system, see The Blackbaud Guide to Your Future Grants Management System. This informative guide will help ensure you are asking the right questions and identifying the right features and functions, throughout your evaluation process.

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MAY 11, 2020

Learn more about the Google Ad Grants program on our recently-updated Insider’s Guide to Google Ad Grants , including how to structure your Google Ads account and track your ads in Google Analytics. . . Our Complete 2020 Guide to Google Ad Grants , written by Mighty Citizen’s Google-certified experts, is free to download. . .

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JUNE 28, 2019

A Philanthropist’s Guide to the Future : Philanthropy is changing. How to Turn Your Words Into Money: The Master Fundraiser’s Guide to Persuasive Writing by Jeff Brooks : If you or someone you love writes fundraising appeals, then Jeff Brooks’ latest book is a fantastic resource. Is it all just a blur of numbers and percentages now?

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

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? Peer-to-peer fundraising is an important part of a social good organization’s overall fundraising strategy.

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JUNE 18, 2020

She also discusses The Purpose Playbook, which was recently released by Shared Initiative as an actionable guide for practitioners looking to lead change in their organizations and society. Topics Discussed in This Episode: What the Shared Value Initiative does and how it originated. The definition of shared value.

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MARCH 21, 2014

A picture paints a thousand words, so make sure to add print screen to your guide! Communicate and disseminate the guide: Train the users and publish the document to guide users on the established rules for information management. Watch this video for more tips on managing your grants! .

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JANUARY 16, 2020

The Connected Office: Your Guide to Creating a Cohesive Constituent Experience. Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes , Stitcher or your preferred streaming service for future episodes! Listen Now: Resources: Tanya Fitzgerald. The Explorer from the Blackbaud Institute.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Nonprofit organizations and philanthropic giving organizations both have mission statements that help to guide the work they do. Remaining focused on this guide and truly understanding how it shapes your work is the first step in properly aligning with the SDGs. Understand your own mission.

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MAY 27, 2016

Do you have procedures in place to help guide your research? Include as many details as possible, so you can use this worksheet to guide your grants research. This worksheet doesn’t have to be well written, especially if you’re only using it to guide your research. Do you begin planning before the need for funding arises?

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