NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2012

Unique about that report was that we also asked survey participants to grade their data ecosystems , which is what we call that network of tools organizations use to carry out their work. We re-visted this topic this summer for the 2011 Nonprofit Data Ecosystems survey, and are happy to release the report today (free for NTEN members). >

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NTEN

MAY 18, 2010

You may have seen the advertising around the 2010 US Census featuring the slogan, "We Can't Move Forward Until You Mail it Back." " You know, the commercials with the dancing and singing neighborhoods of people filling out their census surveys. > Please take the 2010 Community Survey.

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 12, 2023

Feature your text-to-give number on direct mail and flyers. Instead, when you send direct mail or create flyers, include a text-to-give number that will easily “unlock” all the information your supporters need, right on their phone. There is much possibility!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 13, 2011

" 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking Report – "Five years into the research, it is clear that direct mail giving is still the overwhelming majority of fundraising revenue, and organizations must find ways to optimize multichannel giving versus hyper-focusing on internet giving alone.

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Care2

MAY 18, 2012

Yesterday in Washington, DC, Target's senior fundraising analyst Paige Grainger gave a terrific "state of the nonprofit industry" talk, which summarized key findings from Target's latest, 2011 Index. Channels covered included online, direct mail, telemarketing and canvassing. The full report is here. A sobering one, overall.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 9, 2014

Jen initially wrote this post for me to share a highlights from a webinar we hosted: Are you asking the right questions in your post event survey? In 2011, we wanted to evaluate our Bowl for Kids Sake website to see what was working and what might need to be updated. It’s a fun and informative webinar, check it out!

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 25, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, March 25, 2011 Research Friday Guest Post: "State of the Sector 2011: All quiet on the nonprofit front" posted by Angela Francis , Senior Associate Nonprofit Finance Fund Welcome to Research Friday ! The survey primarily says no : 23% of national respondents were comfortable talking about their working capital needs.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 20, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, May 20, 2011 Research Friday: The Board Chair and the CEO: When is a Team Relationship a Team. However, there are times when simple surveys produce very meaningful information — and can provide the basis for deeper research projects. And it is a simple (and small) survey upon which this blog is based.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2013

A 2011 Gleanster survey found their most important value drivers were: Testing and measuring everything. And perhaps your next tweet or mailing. While nonprofits often personalize direct mail campaigns—based on giving history, interests and past actions—that approach isn’t always carried over to their email campaigns.

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NTEN

JANUARY 3, 2011

By Grant Howe, VP Research and Development, Sage Nonprofit Solutions I've been asked to present a session at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference on "Technical Management Techniques for Managers". Survey the situation. During the live session at the 2011 NTC , we'll talk about real-life situations and how to handle them.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2011

I’m at the Innogive 2011 Conference today. According to this recent nonprofits and mobile survey summarized on the NTEN Blog , only 16% of the surveyed nonprofits plan on having mobile websites in 2011 compared to 90% of surveyed nonprofits use email marketing and social media in their engagement strategies.

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Care2

JANUARY 7, 2011

As organizations continue to plan for 2011, it’s important to examine 2010 benchmarks such as the Membership Marketing Benchmark report that surveyed over 400 association executives. 67% learn about associations through emails and direct mail. How did prospective members find out about associations?

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

You can send them free merchandise through the mail or connect them with virtual networking opportunities to help them feel more connected to your organization. Gather this information by sending pre-event surveys and conducting social media polls. Create a wider-reaching marketing strategy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, April 15, 2011 Research Friday: What It Takes to Lead and Manage a Nonprofit Organization posted by Laura L. April 18, 2011 11:16 AM Laura Bush said. April 18, 2011 3:34 PM Mary McGillicuddysaid. Bush, Ph.D. Manager of Curriculum Design & Innovation, ASU Lodestar Center and Lili Wang, Ph.D. Stay tuned.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 2, 2010

To help with your nonprofit’s year-end fundraising and strategic planning for 2011, here are three great new resources – two ebooks and an important research report – just released by leaders in the nonprofit sector, and all available without charge.( read more ).

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Care2

OCTOBER 13, 2010

While multi-channel outreach such as action alerts, microsites, social media, fundraising appeals, direct mail and telemarketing are good strategies to have in your toolbox to fundraise and market your organization; it’s simply not enough anymore. About 300 have CIO’s.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2019

From hosting special member events to fulfilling membership cards to all related marketing, mailings, and collateral, everything adds up fast! Traditional membership programs issue paper/plastic cards and use a combination of direct mail and email marketing to reach their constituents. Competition for Loyalty.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Between 2006 and 2011 donor retention rates decreased about 10%. Personalize your communications to your donors Some organizations feel they are already personalizing their donor communications because they address them by first name in a direct mail appeal or email appeal. Guess what the nonprofit donor retention rate is?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

For this reason, the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA) commissioned primary research to survey consumers about text-to-give fundraising for the benefit of the Mobile Giving Foundation Canada and charities that use mobile giving. Research firm Quorus Consulting Group polled 2,003 teens and adults in April 2011.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2011

NASSCOM Foundation's Survey of NGO Cloud Readiness. Our view is based on NASSCOM Foundation's recent survey on cloud computing and cloud products among NGOs in India. In the course of this work we have found that the state of cloud adoption is largely personal (for example, Google Mail, Google Docs) and not yet institutional.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2011

Disclaimer Friday, March 18, 2011 Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunteer?" The main point of comparison is information on volunteering from the Current Population Survey (CPS), conducted by the U.S. Though volunteerism questions come late in a very lengthy, multi-purpose survey, hang-ups are fairly rare.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The latest version of QuickBooks, Intuit QuickBooks 2011 , is in stock at TechSoup. Available in one- and three-user versions for Windows, QuickBooks 2011 Premier assists in paying bills and tracking expenses. We even have a helpful webinar to explain Acrobat’s many uses. Build and Manage Databases.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 10, 2014

Online is relatively cheap : Email and websites are much cheaper than direct mail and billboards. People’s friends are online : 50% of donors give because a friend asked them to, while only 22% give because the organization asked them to give, according to Blackbaud’s 2011 Peer-to-Peer Event Fundraising Consumer Survey.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

Updated on 8/30/2011. Organizations changing their type from religious to non-religious must instead send in a Secular Clarification Survey located on our Serving Faith-Based Organizations page. This blog post is part of a series focused on managing accounts at TechSoup.org. Watch for more posts to come!

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. The survey was distributed online only. Multichannel approach: direct mail still works, with a life of about 4-6 weeks. What we see clients try to do is reformat their direct mail content into an email – that does not work.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of a case study in the March 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. Read the complete issue of NTEN's new quarterly journal for nonprofit leaders by subscribing to the journal for free! ] By Gwen Emmons and Marc Ruben, M+R Strategic Services Start early. We all know we should do it.

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NTEN

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I'm live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. The survey was distributed online only. Communicating Multichannel approach: direct mail still works, with a life of about 4-6 weeks. What we see clients try to do is reformat their direct mail content into an email - that does not work.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 27, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Key Insights from the 2010 Global State of the Nonprofit Industry Survey Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on October 27th, 2010 Blackbaud has conducted its North American State of the Nonprofit Industry Survey annually for six of the past seven years.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

I love surveys. So, I was obviously excited to see the 2011 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report from Nonprofit Marketing Guide.com land in my inbox. Email marketing and websites will be the most important communications tools for nonprofits in 2011, followed by direct mail, in-person events, Facebook, and media relations/PR.

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Achieve

JULY 14, 2022

As soon as someone joins your mailing list, they will immediately receive an email detailing who you are and what you do. Simply forward a save-the-date message to your mailing list and wait for the RSVPs to come streaming in! Then, allow them to make their voices heard with a survey or poll. John founded Snowball in 2011.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

A survey by PRWeek and Barkley found that 55% of male Internet users said they would pay more for a brand or product that supported a cause they cared about. A survey by PRWeek and Barkley found that 55% of male Internet users said they would pay more for a brand or product that supported a cause they cared about.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Tags: Fundraising , Major Giving Similiar Articles Analysis of Network for Good’s Online Giving Study 2009 State of the Not-For-Profit Industry Survey Results Nonprofit Research Collaborative Releases First Report 5 Good Nonprofit Infographics Tis the Season for Charity Gift Cards blog comments powered by Disqus Previous: Just When You Thought (..)

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Studies Philanthropy Trend Attitude 75

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

According to Emarketer, the proportion of companies using dedicated blogs as a marketing channel—excluding blogs on social networks and microblogs such as Twitter—will rise to 39% in 2011 and to 43% by 2012. Put your blog URL on your business cards, direct mail and print advertising. Promote your blog URL on your website.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

Sunday, January 16, 2011 20 New Words Every Leader Should Know Each year, new words and expressions become bona fide entries into the worlds top English dictionaries. ► November (10) Read "The Seven Arts Of Change" 4 Quick Tips For How To Lead More Effectively 5 Reasons To Do An Employee Survey Give Positive Feedback.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Receive timely responses to their e-mails? ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi. Is it easy for your customers to: Buy from you?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

If not, and you want to be a more effective leader for your team at work in 2011, select one or more of these 70 New Years resolutions for leaders: 1. Return e-mails and phone calls promptly 29. Okay, so youve found your New Years resolution for your personal life. Dont micromanage 2. Dont be a bottleneck 3. Allow prudent autonomy 27.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 19, 2010

Keeping your office door open, communicating in person versus e-mail or via the phone, allows you to click more. ▼ 2010 (108) ► December (9) 70 New Year's Resolutions For Leaders A Maxim For Leaders For 2011 Resolve To Find A Mentor In 2011 Great Year-End Advice For Leaders Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategi.

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