EveryAction

JUNE 23, 2023

Whether your organization advocates for policy change on the national, state, or local level, mobilizing your supporters to place advocacy calls to their legislators is one of the most powerful tools at your disposal—and with support from the right technology, it can also be one of the most convenient. Building an advocacy campaign?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 4, 2020

As a nonprofit, there are certain ways you can encourage your donors to use their phones for good. According to The Guardian , people are spending an average of three hours and 15 minutes on their phone per day. If the budget is tight, users can choose to donate a specific amount each month by placing a cap on their donations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In a June 2020 Engage by Cell webinar , marketing expert Ric Militi of InnoVision Marketing Group shared, “Text messaging is one-on-one communication with your donor coming through the most private part of their phone. Building Your List of Cell Phone Numbers. With text-to-give, the donation is charged to the donor’s cell phone bill.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 1, 2023

You may wonder how live chat differs from a phone conversation. Prospective members can ask questions without committing to a phone call. The card also bears Rose’s phone number, which you can text for nearly anything you might need during your stay. (In Live chat delivers white glove member service.

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The Sponsorship Collective

MARCH 13, 2024

This first meeting doesn’t always take place in person, especially anymore. You can have the discovery session on the phone or through Facetime, Zoom, or any other popular video-chatting platform. Once you’ve identified your sponsorship prospects, your next goal is to set up a discovery session.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

An instructor travels to your place of business to teach you how to apply your new features to your existing processes, one-on-one. Levels of fundraising software support typically include phone, email, and chat. Be wary of software solutions that don’t offer phone support. In-person training.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Sometimes this conversation happens in person or on the phone. These are stories told by local leaders, politicians, civic and business leaders and plain old average people in your community about the impact your work has had in making the community and the world a better place. How to Solicit Stories for Your Fundraising Work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Mobile Phone Access. These days, this means making sure that you’ll be able to get the CRM on your mobile phone, which has become an increasingly important part of both our private and work lives. In fact, it’s estimated that 71 percent of workers access company information from their phones. Uses Automation. Has a Free Trial.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

While we might call our phones ‘phones,’ there are Apple, Android, and Google devices. The drawings will take place via Instagram Live on 11/1. The second prize is a $200 gift card to the best place for pho in town, Pho-Nomenal. The drawing will be live streamed and take place on 5/31 at the community center.”

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 14, 2024

Have a communications plan in place that includes contact persons, safe meeting locations and other important phone numbers to help reduce confusion in the event of severe weather. If you are considering serving as a weather shelter, have a plan in place ahead of time.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We often put things off, placing learning skills on the shelf where they weren’t easily accessible to us. Plus, coming from a place of love happens to be the best way to fulfill on your nonprofit mission and build the lasting connections with supporters you will need to survive and thrive (more on this to come, I promise).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 24, 2020

Stars would ask for donations and answer phone calls, and people would ring in to donate over the phone. million that other streamers raised during a global #HopeFromHome streaming event that took place on April 7th, 2020. Drop in the Ocean: A Social VR Experience by Conservation International. McLoughlin currently has 23.6

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Phone-a-thons have been a tried-and-true fundraising staple for decades. With fewer people picking up their phone for unknown callers, phone-a-thons appear to be waning in effectiveness. Have you ever considered turning the phone-a-thon on its head and holding a stewardship drive with a “thank-a-thon” instead?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Tribute giving can help an organization reach its fundraising goal because tribute gifts come from a strong belief in the organization’s mission and are generally given from a place of pain, heartache, healing, and love, and the donor wishes to give back in a meaningful way. Maximize the Impact of Tribute Gifts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Don’t Bring Your Phone in the Shower – guest post by Carrie Avery. Flickr Photo by Helokee.

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NTEN

JANUARY 19, 2012

" A couple of years ago, my colleagues and I were spending over 150 hours a month on the phone trying to reach high school students in our program. Each time an event took place, or there was a change in our scheduling, we would have to notify several hundred teenagers by phone.

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Double the Donation

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

While technology has transformed the fundraising landscape, the power of a well-placed phone call can still work wonders. In the world of nonprofit fundraising, few strategies have stood the test of time as effectively as the phonathon.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2023

Creating and using UTMs The first place to start is to ensure your email blasts include UTMs on any links to your website. They look like this: You can also use UTMs to gather information about the campaign and content. You can also build UTMs manually, Google has a tool to make it easy.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 21, 2013

we get new cell phones on average every 18 months. One of biggest risks we face is the critical data stored in our old phones that we get rid of. The good news is that it’s pretty easy to do a hard reset and clear mobile phones of personal information. from your cell phone, if your phone has one of those.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2024

While traditional events still have an important place in the fundraising calendar, activity-based fundraising events now encompass a diverse range of experiences, from yoga to pickleball to kayaking and more. About 28% of online contributions are made from a cell phone. Build the right-fit event and they will come.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

In Pocket Change , author Dan Macasi points us to osaifu keitai , the Japanese phrase that means cell-phone wallet. An NFC chip -- that's near-field communications -- is placed on your existing cell phone, or is built into new phones. Another downside: when you lose you phone, you also lose your wallet.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2024

It’s as Easy as Sharing a Link Once you have an event website in place, your marketing becomes as simple as sharing a link in every promotional piece. They don’t have to fill out a paper form or make a phone call to register. Instead, they can commit to the event as soon as they hear about it, with just a few simple clicks or taps.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

TechSoup's newest offering is a green technology and our first discounted phone system package for nonprofits and libraries. The pre-negotiated discount package includes Cisco VoIP phones, hosted Voice over IP, and virtual PBX phone service. It's a complete "unified communications" office phone system.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 9, 2014

Knowledge panels can prominently display your customer service phone number, which will show up on a search results page next to your NPO’s name. Here are three reasons: A Phone Number Adds an Element of Credibility and Legitimacy. Nothing says, “this is really a place ” like a phone number. How does this happen?

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Whether in person, over the phone, or on a video call, a presentation is an opportunity to convince a funder that you should be invited to apply for a grant. It doesn't take the place of a proposal, but rather gives the funder a taste of the work you are doing in order to decide whether they should invite your proposal.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

As a grantmaking organization focused on the success of your grantees, it is essential to have a process in place to manage personnel changes—for both you and your grantees—so everyone stays informed and on schedule. And be sure to assign phone calls, meetings, and other tasks to new users in the form of activity records.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 13, 2024

Some people prefer email; others texting, cell phone calls, landline calls, video conferencing, social media. Note that you are placing the onus of responsibility on yourself. It’s impossible to move ahead without them knowing, liking, and trusting you. This means you must meet them where they are. Guess what happened?

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EveryAction

AUGUST 30, 2023

Create personalized messages or schedule in-person meetings or phone calls to highlight the impact of individual donors’ previous contributions and connect them to the organization’s larger goals. Invite mid-level donors into your strategy. Too often we only invite those making major gifts into the strategy fold.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Here's an idea from our friend Laura at Idealware: what if you measured any communications method by whether it would have more or less impact than spending the same amount of time calling donors on the phone? If your goal is to have a conversation, then why not pick up the phone and have one?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This article aims to provide valuable insights and strategies to deepen the connection between congregants and their places of worship, fostering a sense of belonging and commitment, and enhanced stewardship giving. Encourage a warm and inclusive environment within your place of worship. Implement welcoming committees.

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Qgiv

MARCH 4, 2024

What makes online fundraising so effective and essential in today’s landscape is the fact that people are on their phones or online for a large portion of the day. One of the simplest ways to reach your donors is through their phones. Mobile fundraising. Donor retention.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Having solid donor engagement strategies in place is important for any nonprofit that wants to inspire generosity in their community and build a base of lifelong supporters. But the world is a noisy place: Donors are bombarded with constant messaging that can drown out a nonprofit’s attempts to reach them.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

Look across silos: Another place folks miss is not looking for advocates in obvious places. Board members, donors, coalitions partners, and folks who have signed a national list but have not taken a local action are all good places to find some of your best volunteers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2008

My colleague Vicky Davis, Coolcat Teacher Blog, has put this question out to her network, in a brilliant post called " How would you use cell phones to bring Web2.0 " I just have to quote her in a few places: When you complain about your student teacher ratios, look at everyone gathered around the computer in this lesson!

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

If you, like many, find asking for money hard or distasteful, let’s reframe it, because when you come from a place of negativity, you’ll actually repel donations. By changing your mindset around fundraising, you can make a better Ask because you’re coming from a place of positivity. It’s true. So do I.” “I

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2010

Despite having gobs of phone lines to help handle calls from nonprofits and libraries, our systems are overloaded due to über high call volume from the many, many fine folks trying to make donation requests before tomorrow's fiscal year-end. This is a quick note on behalf of our Client Services and IT teams.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 10, 2021

How do you connect with members when their attention is divided among so many places and activities? Most of us have our mobile phones within arm’s reach – every hour of every day. This will give members a place to engage immediately when they want to interact with others to find answers or network. Enter the micro-moment.

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