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2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report

NetWits

Retention rates for online donors continue to lag offline donor trends. This is offset by larger long-term value trends for online donors, but retention rates are a serious issue that nonprofits need to focus on improving. Only 11% of online donors acquired in 2007 were still giving in 2010. They get worse over time.

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Volunteer Retention - Recognize Volunteer Contributions

Tech Soup

to the Current Population Survey, 2007). More than one-third of those who volunteer one year do not donate their time the next year at any nonprofit (CNCS Analysis of Volunteer Supplement. That adds up to an estimated. $38 38 billion in lost labor. The 2004 Volunteer Management Capacity Study.

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Guest Post: The Iron Hug — Nurturing Relationships with Strong Leadership

Twenty Hats

And, despite this ‘freedom,’ retention was low. The Iron Hug is an acronym for the management practices that I have found most effective in fostering relationships with volunteers that lead to effective service and increase retention. Volunteers came and went as they pleased and did whatever they wanted (approved or not).

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Making the Case for Advancement Services

Robert Weiner

He suggests several, including donor retention. Donor retention can definitely be affected--positively and negatively--by Advancement Services. In his blog post on evaluating fundraising programs, Measuring Success The Buffett Way , Jason McNeil asks What measures might Warren Buffett use to evaluate development effectiveness?

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GA4 FAQs: What Mission-Driven Organizations Need to Know

Forum One

In June 2007, Apple launched the iPhone, and in subsequent years we saw the rise of apps as a competing method to websites for how people interact with organizations. If you want to store data longer, there are data warehouse tools and considerations about privacy policy and data retention.

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Live From New York: 2007 DMA Nonprofit Federation Conference - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

With the increased competition in the nonprofit space, and current trends in decreased donor acquisition and retention, it looks like in the coming years the branding lessons of the for profit world will become essential to our success as well. The lesson?

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Researchers have often referred to social enterprise structures as the “fourth sector” (after private, public, and nonprofit) because they combine charitable missions, corporate methods, and diverse social and environmental philosophies in ways that surpass the traditional business and philanthropy models (Billitteri, 2007).

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