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7 steps to advance your volunteer program with your online member community

Nimble AMS

Community Brands research found 51% of members rely on their professional organization the most for networking, collaboration, sharing ideas, and participating in a professional community. Poll volunteers To stay up to date on your member volunteer’s interests and needs, you’ll want to seek and act on their feedback.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

.orgSource

She is a futurist and avid consumer of the latest research, data, and provocative insights from industry thought leaders. Sharon notes that 50-year longitudinal studies from Gallop Poll, NORC’s General Social Survey, Harris Poll, and Edelman Barometer, find that trust in public institutions and their leaders has declined steadily.

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Thursday Thoughts: engaging advocates all year round

EveryAction

Welcome to another installment of Thursday Thoughts, a dedicated space for our friends in nonprofit sector leadership to reflect on reports, statistics, and other trends—because when our community shares knowledge, we can all do more good.  Check out our last installment here! Protecting the environment or cutting taxes for billionaires?

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[DATA] 11 Must-Know Stats About How Nonprofits Use Email for Digital Marketing and Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Only 20% of nonprofit email marketing managers raised less money from email fundraising appeals than they expected – a relatively low number compared to other fundraising tools polled in the survey. That number would likely decrease to an even lower number if the nonprofits surveyed sent email fundraising appeals more often.

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4 Reasons to Start Planning Ahead for GivingTuesday

sgEngage

To help you get started, this article will explore four ways you can plan ahead now, including: Create a research-based fundraising strategy. Get a head start on prospect research. Create a research-based fundraising strategy. Get a head start on prospect research. Start testing your outreach plans.

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4 Reasons to Start Planning Ahead for Giving Tuesday

sgEngage

You can create a research-based fundraising strategy. . You’ll have the guidance of data and research, rather than having to rely on the “throw things at the wall and see what sticks” approach. You can get a head start on prospect research. . You should start preparing early for GivingTuesday because: .

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

While focused on selling products, many of Ogilvy’s principles and “rules” around research, messaging, and motivating action remain surprisingly relevant today, especially for nonprofit organizations seeking to engage donors and volunteers. Use statistics to vividly demonstrate the scale of the problem being addressed.

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