Bloomerang

APRIL 11, 2023

Successful event marketing starts with knowing how to reach your target audience. For instance, you might share photos from last year’s successful event or a behind-the-scenes look at your event setup. Give one of your event headliners or emcees the reins of your Instagram story for the day. Tag your account in a story.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

To efficiently provide this information, nonprofits need detailed financial records and real-time data to help gauge their progress towards their financial goals on both a monthly and annual basis and meet reporting guidelines. provides the framework for organizations to tell their stories and remain accountable to their stakeholders.???.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In this section, do your best to succinctly peak the prospective funder’s interest in your specific project by incorporating data-driven insights and human stories that bring your need to life. In this section, you can highlight your nonprofit’s accomplishments, staff’s expertise, and track record of success in your community.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Bring this nonprofit’s hybrid event success to your benefit gala—during and after the pandemic. Read the full client story here to explore some familiar challenges and learn about their unique solutions!) Read the full client story here to explore some familiar challenges and learn about their unique solutions!)

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

As technology evolves, your nonprofit should expand to tell your story in more engaging, shareable, and innovative ways, such as podcasting. With nearly half a billion podcast listeners worldwide today, the format is very promising for nonprofit professionals who have detailed stories to tell.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) introduces guidelines on how nonprofits should handle grants and contracts, and these updates help nonprofits report their finances accurately and in a standard manner. Often, this leads to large audit adjustments, budget vs actual reporting difficulties, and other funding challenges.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 9, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Leveraging Your Board for Nonprofit Fundraising: 10 Strategies and Tips for Success What if we told you that your nonprofit’s board members hold the keys to a fundraising revolution? That’s where this blog post comes in!

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

There are lots of things to keep an eye on to run a successful nonprofit so you can change more lives! Heart-warming human-interest stories. You must have stories ready to share about people whose lives have been significantly impacted by the work your nonprofit does. Remember, facts tell, stories sell.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Impact stories. By illustrating data-driven outcomes and real-world, human stories of the individuals your nonprofit has helped, supporters can better see the tangible connection between your nonprofit’s work and its direct result in your community. seconds) to convince visitors to stay on your homepage.

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Media Cause

JUNE 27, 2023

Maybe you focus your teacher efforts on Meta with a strong campaign running across the Newsfeed, while engaging with the student population through Stories, TikTok, and Snapchat. Track, Test, and Test Again The key to maximizing your return on investment is ensuring your campaign is set up for success on a foundational level.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2023

How can you plan a more successful Library Giving Day? This includes those event-specific logos to use in all your marketing as well as guidelines and samples of donor engagement strategies. Donors want to feel successful when supporting you; setting a goal too high for your library will only hurt your campaign. Be realistic.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Being able to support so many mission-driven organizations with transformative business and technology changes to help them be more successful is what makes our hard work worthwhile. The post Giving Thanks with Cloud for Good appeared first on Cloud for Good.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

Your organization’s social media strategy should be a carefully structured plan with SMART goals, posting frequency, key dates (like an awareness month tied to your mission), and content guidelines for posts. Transparency. Your donors want to know how their money is being used. Interactions.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 31, 2017

Grant writing is a great way to secure funding for your organization and has a multifaceted pathway to success. It’s best when you can connect the need and how you’ll address it to the funder’s guidelines/priorities. Rory Green — Make Sure the Guidelines are Clear. Tell your story. What it Costs.

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Qgiv

MAY 23, 2022

That’s why we updated Qgiv’s dashboards to be customizable, with drag-and-drop insights to help you build a dashboard packed with data that tells a story about your campaigns, events, and donors! The updated dashboards meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines AA requirements. They’re every data-driven nonprofit’s dream.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Allegiance Group makes achieving direct mail success simple. Take advantage of that personal touch by adding a story designed to strengthen your connection with donors even more. Choose a real story that is highly relevant to your cause, adding illustrative details that make it come to life on the page. Let’s get started!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Breaking news that communicates the story of your mission and programs. To begin, provide your staff, board members, and volunteers guidelines for maximizing their LinkedIn Profiles , such as: Complete their profile and upload a professional photo. For example: 1. List all current and past positions as well as education.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

However, a successful social media strategy can be difficult to nail down. Whether you’ve never tackled social media marketing before or you’re simply looking to level up your social media game, our top 4 strategies can help you launch and maintain a successful digital crowdfunding campaign. Tell a story. Share updates.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2009

The full details can be found here, along with guidelines for submitting your story, and a gallery of submissions. Tell your story and possibly win a $5000 cash grant plus more than $25000 in donated Microsoft products. The key categories for submissions are: 1. Stable and Secure Technology. Optimize Mission Delivery.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 8, 2023

How Nonprofits Can Win Corporate Sponsorships Collecting and reporting data that demonstrates the success of your partnership will be key to winning and retaining corporate sponsors for your nonprofit. Agreed-upon guidelines will help you find a sponsor that aligns with your mission and needs. So let’s get started!

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2022

We tell stories to make sense of the world around us. Stories are based on commonly held beliefs about people, institutions, and society. A successful narrative is based on a value-based message that considers the larger social climate in play in order for the message and narrative to resonate with a greater constituency base.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 29, 2023

I was part of this success story!” That is the donor’s responsibility under IRS guidelines. In accordance with IRS guidelines, we do not place a value on inkind gifts. While packing the box, the volunteer can tell a story of a recent exchange with a person who received groceries at the pantry. I made that gift!

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

As you soak in the mantra above, we’ve dialed in on some guidelines for attracting major donors. Guidelines for Major Donors. Some major donors are story-oriented; they want to hear a story about how their gift impacted a family or individual. About The Presenters. Go For The Donor (Not The Dollar).

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

Consider how much time and energy it will take to make your event successful. Diverse funding streams are the key to success. And these events can be really successful! I’d call that a successful fundraising event! You can read the whole story here. You already know that every dollar counts in your nonprofit.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2021

Many organizations went virtual and saw great success. Follow CDC guidelines and communicate your efforts to do so. As a storytelling coach and consultant, it is her mission to empower others to share their stories for impact and income. She is also the Advancement Director at Morning Light, Inc.,

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CauseVox

MARCH 11, 2022

According to IRS guidelines, 501(c)3 organizations are classified by the size of their total assets, with cutoffs at the $100K, $500K, $1M, $10M, and $50M mark. Implementing a successful crowdfunding campaign generally includes five key ingredients: Choose a crowdfunding platform. What’s Considered Small?

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Forum One

AUGUST 10, 2021

Organize for success. Now you have the tools to define what staff resources you will need to be successful in digital transformation. I’ve heard lots of stories about digital transformation or modernization efforts failing. They share guidelines on how to go about contracting for these types of services.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 27, 2021

When it comes to major gifts the most successful asking is centered on the donor’s needs and interests. You’re asked to consider a gift 5X your normal gift (a pretty standard ask guideline for capital campaigns). Give them credit, and gratitude, for the largest gift you can. Major, Endowment, Capital And Legacy Asking.

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Qgiv

JULY 19, 2023

Many grants have strict guidelines on which nonprofits can receive their funding. Many grants have strict guidelines your organization must follow to receive the grant. Tell your nonprofit’s story. When writing a grant proposal, take the opportunity to tell the story of your organization. Research previous grant winners.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 20, 2023

If you don’t already have a set of brand guidelines, now is a great time to put them in place. Creating these guidelines will help ensure your content sounds the same across all avenues. Great content will help inform your audience and provide critical resources to both supporters and the people you serve. And what should it include?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 23, 2023

To launch successful, engaging online campaigns, your nonprofit needs a peer-to-peer fundraising platform that meets your unique needs. For more information about peer-to-peer fundraising and the software buying process, review these additional resources: Peer-to-Peer Fundraising: The Ultimate Guide for Success.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The most successful projects involve establishing this visual direction early on, making sure that our team, and our client’s team, are aligned from the very beginning. Let’s dive into each of the formats, explore when and why we use each one, and what you should know about how to best leverage them for your individual project’s success. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2015

Here are three simple steps to get you started: Plan for Success. Start with the question, “what does success look like?” If a program falls in the woods, and no one’s there to hear it… You get the picture – impact is irrelevant if no one knows about it, so be sure to share updates with both stats and stories internally (i.e.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 25, 2022

The savviness must carry over into ethical guidelines on which to build and propel your organization’s technology foundation. Success Story: Centralizing Communications with UMass Amherst + Marketing Cloud. It is not enough to simply be technologically savvy.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 21, 2021

For example, while the app does have community guidelines and a feature to report harassment in the app, they have come under fire for lacking the robust moderation tools that are necessary for these bigger conversations that lead to debates. . As with all social media, you can anticipate growing pains. Devi Thomas. Amy Goddard.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2022

Then we can more confidently explore a few major guidelines to put your communication tools to maximum efficiency. . They believe direct mail is better at telling a touching story and conveying facts than digital methods. Direct Mail versus Digital Communications . Explain the specific actions that your organization has taken.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 28, 2012

If you’re in the US today, there’s probably little chance you didn’t know it was Memorial Day – from the specials on TV, to local events, to remembrance stories, and even community gatherings, it’s hard to miss the message of today’s holiday. A simple commitment.

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