Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2020

Removing duplicates allows better donor management, segmentation, and campaign optimization – especially if there are multiple databases (like a donor database and patient database). When you have a portfolio management meeting on the calendar, it will drive ongoing attention and activity. Remove duplicate records.

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Activities Active Activism Develop 47

DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

How do I determine the best structure for my program? Here are some factors to consider when structuring your membership program: Your organization’s goals. Do you have enough benefits to offer multiple tiers, or is a flat structure right for you? They can also facilitate easy membership renewal Communication tools.

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FAQ Program Guide Arkansas 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

They will also discuss the many opportunities and challenges that arise from the aftermath of a viral campaign and more importantly the lessons they have learned about replicating the results. You can read a summary of the viral campaign here and here. Our session used the following structure.

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Campaign Learning Fundraising Cancer 50

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Top Features: Bloomerang is the top integrated payment processing option for nonprofits looking to keep donor information secure, leverage donor data for future campaigns, and increase donor satisfaction. That’s because some fee structures work better for different-sized organizations. Consider your nonprofit’s size.

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Process Paypal Method Nonprofit 84

Qgiv

JULY 14, 2021

Mary Sumners, Vice President of Annual Giving, Kennari Consulting – Mary’s areas of expertise include annual giving strategies, capital campaign management, and board and volunteer committee support. We’ve outgrown our space, we need a bigger endowment fund, we need to serve more people – it’s time for a capital fundraising campaign.

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Fundraising Nonprofit Campaign Consultant 98

Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Capital campaigns often recruit volunteers to help with various functions. You might have a campaign steering committee, a kick-off committee, a committee to oversee the feasibility study, and a lead gift committee. But sometimes, managing campaign volunteers may seem like more work than it is worth.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

For example, the report highlights the growing importance of digital fundraising, so investing more resources in online campaigns and social media outreach would be a smart move. Further, many capital campaigns overlook the need for reserve funds to maintain the new or renovated building. Do you have a fundraising plan?

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Action Report Practice Fundraising 75

Neon CRM

JUNE 16, 2023

Nonprofit database segmentation allows you to structure your data to support reporting, personalization, and overall engagement. Making fundraising more efficient: Sending and tracking thousands of emails to a broad group of possible donors isn’t the most efficient way to manage your campaigns. You can segment by: 1.

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Database Guide Nonprofit Gift 52

Bloomerang

JULY 21, 2021

Develop a strategic plan , which should include staffing, activities, budget, and a fundraising plan. . Establish a logic model and identify inputs, outputs, activities, and intended outcomes. . Develop a basic structure for collecting ongoing performance data (including client and donor information). . Understand revenue. .

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Organization Files Nonprofit Grant 128

The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

This includes an optimized website that’s mobile-friendly and easy to navigate, strategic use of search engine optimization (SEO) to increase visibility during times of high public interest, and an established monthly giving program to facilitate the transition from one-time to recurring donations.

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Support Donor Community Retention 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Peter and Madeleine were the among the pioneers in writing about, designing, facilitating, and evaluating networks in the social impact space. There is minimal structure or roles and as a living organism, the structure changes. Both coalitions and movements tend to be more temporary – disbanding when the campaign is over.

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Review Change Cleveland Generation 106

Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

We are committed to actively advocating for clear and consistent science-based climate policies that facilitate a just and equitable global transition to a 1.5°C C future,” said Suzanne DiBianca, Chief Impact Officer and EVP of Corporate Relations at Salesforce. They also use Salesforce to plan and chart a future path to growth.

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Organization Massachusetts Org Africa 98

Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

You must proactively practice the craft of fundraising to reap active participation in philanthropy. Because, my friends, delivering happiness is the job of a true philanthropy (translated from the Greek as “love of humanity”) facilitator. Look at the following: (1) Does it have an intuitive navigation structure? (2)

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Trend Strategy Giving Fundraising 136

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The After Action Review is a reflective practice that can be used for anything, but I find it especially valuable for social media pilots and experiments. The After Action Review (AAR) is a structured way to capture the lessons learned from any project, with the intent of improving future performance. The process is simple.

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Review Social Media Action Strategy 97

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

This structured approach works well for busy members who want to make an impact but don’t have a lot of time and like to be plugged in exactly where they are needed. Serve as chair of a fundraising campaign or of the annual gala. Advisory Boards Need Structure. Sponsor a table at the organization’s event. How long will terms be?

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Roles Nonprofit Government Advice 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2012

It was also an opportunity for me to co-facilitate with in-country team, meet the NGOs and hear their stories first-hand, and learn a lot about modeling and adapting interactive training techniques for different cultures. 1. Facilitating Tri-Lingual Events: Not Lost in Translation. Group Photo with Certificates.

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Morocco Tunisia Reflection Conference 100

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

And you’re far from the only one; studies report that 85% of employees are not engaged or actively disengaged at work. Fortunately, there are many formal and informal changes you can implement into your organization’s structure to keep your employees motivated. Create employee engagement programs. We’ll go over some ideas later!

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Ideas Practice Leadership Roles 52

Neon CRM

MAY 9, 2023

It’s the hub that helps you manage your donors’ activities. Fundraising Software: Fundraising software facilitates donations, fundraising events, and other online fundraising activities. Scalability One issue that nonprofits may run into is sudden surges in donor activity.

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Software Management Donor Guide 52

Connection Cafe

APRIL 3, 2018

Here are three quick illustrations of how you can activate this dynamic duo: Integrate messaging: Marketing and fundraising communications should share a common agenda and voice. A mutual communication calendar can even facilitate logistics like consistent verbiage or timing of messages.

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Marketing Fundraising Facilitation Calendar 27

Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The goal of this technology is to help companies structure valuable CSR programs to support the causes that are important to the business and its employees. It will help them participate in volunteer programs, sustainability initiatives, and other CSR activities. Who Uses CSR Software?

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Software Business Guide Companies 52

Achieve

AUGUST 18, 2020

These core steps will give your event planning team a solid structure upon which you can build your auction strategies. Online auction software for planning the event and facilitating bids is the primary expense associated with hosting your first virtual auction. Develop an event marketing strategy. Encourage early engagement.

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Virtual Fundraising Registration Guidelines 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I was thrilled to work with the Brainerd Foundation staff to help design and facilitate a design lab using techniques based on Luma Institute methods earlier this month. Here’s what I learned about the facilitating design thinking processes: What Is A Design Lab? Why Use One? Technology : Cheryl Contee, Fission Strategy.

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Design Strategy Facilitation Advocacy 50

NTEN

APRIL 16, 2015

Points of Light, the organization that established this program in 1974, notes, "National Volunteer Week is about taking action and encouraging individuals and their respective communities to be at the center of social change – discovering and actively demonstrating their collective power to make a difference."

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National Volunteer NTEN Drupal 36

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Elizabeth Abel will explore the role of the board in elevating fundraising activity and discuss effective strategies to recruit, engage, and deploy diverse board members as fundraising ambassadors. Elizabeth has worked on tons of campaigns for her clients, billion dollars raised. Is it okay if I go ahead and get this party started?

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Leadership Fundraising Gift Slides 60

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 25, 2011

Daniel facilitated a network mapping activity with NNF’s 10 education advocacy staff from regional offices and headquarters. Dan observes, “Overall, the response was positive that such analysis allows the team to be more intentional about weaving a national network for a specific campaign/advocacy outcome.&#.

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Network Map Exercise Nonprofit 124

NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

API stands for Application Program Interface, and has become known for, in large part, facilitating the Web 2.0 Focus on the word “interface”, which means facilitating communication between two different applications. One way of conceptualizing this is using blocks to make a structure. What are APIs? So what is an API, really?

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API Social Media San Francisco Integration 84

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 13, 2020

Sharing updates and information on your campaigns or projects. Facilitating online donations, sign-ups, pledges, and more. Serving as a central hub for your marketing campaigns. Give your supporters the option to easily launch their own P2P campaign for a holiday or their birthday.

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Websites Design Site Web 35

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This can be challenging, but with the right support structure, nonprofits can thrive in this environment. We’ll also look at how popular fundraising activities can be adapted to these different galas and what online platforms you can use to help build a better fundraising strategy. Virtual and Hybrid Concerts.

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Create Strategy Fundraising Virtual 274

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Organizations can start small, perhaps focusing on a few emerging leaders, and build structured leadership development systems over time. Taking responsibility for coaching a group of volunteers in an annual or capital campaign. Planning and facilitating fundraising events. Participating in drafting portions of grant proposals.

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Leadership Develop Retention Phoenix 40

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Volunteer management systems: To manage and coordinate volunteers for various activities and events. Fundraising tools: To create and manage campaigns, accept online donations, and track donor contributions. Reporting and analytics : To measure the impact of your activities and make data-driven decisions.

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Classes System Management Donor 101

Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Join other data experts, academics, practitioners, and social sector leaders for two days of skillfully-led sessions on topics ranging from aligning practice with policy to creating a culture of data, and how Silicon Valley is facilitating data practices in civil society. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Research / @SSIReview.

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Calendar Conference Las Vegas DC 85

Bloomerang

JANUARY 29, 2024

Volunteer management systems: To manage and coordinate volunteers for various activities and events. Fundraising tools: To create and manage campaigns, accept online donations, and track donor contributions. Reporting and analytics: To measure the impact of your activities and make data-driven decisions.

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Platform Giving Guide Classes 70

CauseVox

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Your fundraising activities should speak directly to your organization’s mission. You can structure donation tiers as impact-based or as recognition/reward based perks for your donors. These campaigns harness collective enthusiasm and support to reach fundraising goals within a specified time frame.

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Strategy Organization Fundraising Grant 82

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

This event combines the lessons learned from previous fundraising activities on Twitter: A local, face-to-face component based on the popular "Tweet Ups" or " Net2Tuesday " meetups. I guess I look at it like this: if you give a hundred people tools to lay bricks, you'll likely get a hundred small structures.

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Organization Synchronous Fundraising Social Media 70

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Note from Beth: I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitated a peer exchange of community foundations that are hosting GivingDays using the Knight Foundation GivingDay Playbook , a guide with templates, tips, and examples hosting a successful day of giving. I’m also an ambassador for GivingTuesday.

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Campaign Template Miami Foundation 107

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2010

With Convio TeamRaiser, you can customize your communications across dozens of segments, messaging differently depending upon participant status, participant activity, geographic and demographic factors, and so forth. Predict future activities. Use social media to connect and facilitate dialogue.

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Marketing Tips Online Analysis 55

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The next day, I facilitated a workshop on Best Practices for Crowd Funding that blended traditional instruction with innovation lab facilitation techniques. Giving Day Campaigns and Crowd Funding Campaigns Are Than Dollars Raised. 2: Identify results, metrics, and mini goals for your campaign. Objective.

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