Bloomerang

MARCH 22, 2024

Develop a direct mail donor acquisition program. Develop gift acceptance policies and procedures. For example, you might hire a direct mail consultant to teach you all the things you must consider and the best ways to approach and implement them. Develop user-friendly donation landing pages and gift processing.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Year-end Appeal Creative (inclusive of email and direct mail): 96% were writing their own appeals and not using a copywriter. 34% were only sending out 2-3 appeals (direct mail and email). Included in this article you’ll find: The results of our flash polls we conducted on year-end fundraising. Let’s dive into the poll data.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

If your organization relies on volunteers, even just a little, you need a volunteer handbook that spells out expectations, policies, and procedures. Volunteer policies and procedures: It is critical that you have policies and procedures in place that minimize potential problems that could arise.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 25, 2024

It’s not even how compelling your offer is, or your mailing list. What policies and procedures does your organization have in place to ensure that donors who have made that extra commitment to give monthly to your organization are happy with their decision? No, it’s not the theme you decide upon.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 11, 2024

Your job is to figure out how to navigate policies for its responsible use, both for internal and for external communications. Direct Mail is essential Direct mail is essential to nonprofit fundraising for the small to mid-sized primarily community-based nonprofits I work with. And that’s saying a lot. You get the drift.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 28, 2020

The event website is also a good place to communicate any pertinent information, including cancellation policies and contingency plans. Eliminate Mail-In Registration Forms. Promote your event through email, social media, and text messages by sharing a link to your website, where players and sponsors can register instantly.

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Bloomerang

JULY 21, 2021

This form can be completed by mail, phone, fax, or online. By fax, it can take four business days and four to five weeks by mail. Establish initial governing documents and policies. . You’ll need to create Bylaws and Conflict of Interest documents and policies because both are needed for your IRS application. .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2023

Mailing a letter as well is best practice. Respondents were most likely to make a charitable bequest (68.1%), followed by a charitable beneficiary of a retirement plan (29.7%), insurance policy beneficiary (18.5%), and charitable trust (18.5%).

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 18, 2021

Sarah writes: Our organization is overdue for creating a welcome email to send after someone joins our mailing list. Let your subscribers know your privacy policy. Right now it’s just the standard message that comes with our email service provider (ConstantContact). What else should it include? Consider including a short survey.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 20, 2023

However, before a business officer offers flexibility, it’s essential to have rules that define the terms of tuition payment and processing and have school leadership fully support those policies. By working closely with the school to understand its policies, we can help families find the best way to honor payments when hardships occur.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Nonprofits are often justified in their confusion about indirect costs because government agencies and foundations have different policies and rules around indirect costs, so there is more than one way to calculate a cost. Not sure if your organization’s stakeholders are ready to incorporate indirect costs into your planning?

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Qgiv

MAY 24, 2023

Direct mail is still important One shocking finding is how important direct mail is to fundraising. Even with advancements in technology like email and text messaging, donors welcome direct mail as a preferred method of communication. They share the stage with Baby Boomers who also prefer direct mail communication.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 23, 2024

Nearly half (48%) of donors cited email as their preferred giving channel ahead of social media, text messaging, direct mail, and phone calls in a study published last year by fundraising platform Neon One in Chicago. There were some concerns early on that the policy might dissuade people from signing up,” she said.

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Qgiv

APRIL 15, 2024

A gift of life insurance is when a donor names an organization as the beneficiary of an insurance policy or transfers ownership of the policy to the charity. Include information about legacy giving in newsletters, on your website, and in direct mail or email campaigns. Gifts of life insurance. Charitable gift annuities.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2010

Nonprofits throughout the world have sent millions upon millions of e-mails, Tweets, bulletins, updates, etc. A lot of nonprofits will now have to update their website, e-mail newsletters, and most costly, their print materials. 2) From my e-mail newsletter. This is a new policy development. on Facebook. Not even good.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

When you have a goal to meet—like asking a governing body to sign a bill into law, telling a CEO or other stakeholder to change a behavior or policy, or meeting goals around educating decision-makers on your issue area—you know you can’t do it alone. Check out our last installment here ! Get in touch at TheCampaignWorkshop.com !

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Kindful

JUNE 3, 2021

Imagine getting a new $100,000 sponsor and finding out the next day they expect access to your membership and mailing list. Gift acceptance policies can save you from unwieldy or unwanted donations, be it dinosaur computers, cars that don’t run, lead-based paint, a vacation timeshare in a flood zone, and more! Media exposure?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

Here are 70 things you can do: Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 10, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 15, 2021

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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sgEngage

AUGUST 10, 2021

So, how to we reframe around new privacy policies and technology? Apple’s Mail Privacy Protection: What This Means for Email Marketers and How to Prepare Now [AUGUST UPDATE]. And don’t forget about those corporate email protection systems such as Barracuda which affect open tracking. You’re non-profits, after all.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 15, 2015

The original question: My organization is working on a data retention policy and wondering if others have insights to share. Not wanting mail? I suggest managing them by implementing some way to exclude them from mailings, etc. A few months ago I wrote a post on the topic of whether nonprofits should delete old donor records.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 4, 2021

If you weren’t able to reach anyone by phone, go ahead and mail a form that includes all of the above. When the gift takes the form of a “pay-on-death” beneficiary designation from a financial account or life insurance policy , the process is more straightforward and immediate.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Choose a board of directors A nonprofit’s board of directors is a governing body typically made up of unpaid volunteers who set policies, determine strategic priorities, and provide oversight. You can apply for an EIN online , or by mail or fax.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

In reality, the increasingly restrictive policies of your Internet Service Providers make it impossible to continue with mailing practices that worked a few years ago. It sounds easy: just make sure you aren't spamming people, right? And if you don't keep up with these changing practices, the penalties are severe.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Write social media and mobile technology policies. Create an e-mail signature that includes your website, blog, and social networking links. Purchase.org domain name for website and e-mail addresses. Add a website, blog, and social networking pitch to your “Thank You for Subscribing” e-mail. Purchase a digital camera.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JULY 27, 2021

Welcome to “Tech Policies for Virtual Teams—A Leader’s Responsibility.” And your perspective on technology policies, I think, will vary a little bit depending on your role in the organization. The problem they had was they didn’t really have policies to really govern and guide their staff towards effectively transitioning.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance (..)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Once you’ve set up your new Google account, sign up to receive Google Alerts via e-mail on a daily basis at google.com/alerts. For organizational reasons, you could opt to use the Gmail e-mail account that you created for your nonprofit when setting up your Google account for all social media and mobile technology accounts.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 16, 2011

Also, please be assured that we will NOT use your account data for mailing lists and we will not give this data to any third party vendors.&#. After you have signed up for an account, you will receive a verification email. Click on the link inside this email and you will be ready to go. Browse Sessions.

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Achieve

MARCH 4, 2022

Think carefully as you create mailing lists for emails that are explicitly covered by the law, essentially any emails that are for explicitly commercial purposes. Use marketing and email software that adds opt-out links to emails and will automatically update your records to remove opted-out donors from your mailing lists.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 23, 2022

We uphold our vision by providing peer-to-peer support, educating people on the issues that are important to the community, and advocating for inclusive policies and laws. PFLAG works to empower individuals to be proud of their identity. Our team partnered with Fíonta , a Salesforce.org partner, for our Salesforce implementation.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

Communication specialists who will help your campaign attract new supporters through email campaigns, social media, phone calls and direct mail, and events. What policies have they supported? What policies have they opposed? In your planning stages, ask: Who are they? Where do they live? How old are they? Who are their friends?

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