Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

The list created by Sean Kosofsky of Mind the Gap Consulting can be used by an executive director, board chair, or any individual board member to consider their contribution to your organization’s financial health. Create a list of donors who have not donated in 18 months and point them toward an upcoming event, or other activity.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

This opens the possibility for multiple activities to occur at once, such as games , a meditation activity, presentations, auctions , and more. You’d be surprised how often people share about nonprofit events they’ve attended or projects they’ve taken part in. 4) Find new, creative ways to show impact.

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Qgiv

MAY 3, 2023

Planning ahead ensures you’ll stay organized and keeps you on track with your goals. A fundraising calendar enables you to keep your goals, campaigns, strategies, and due dates all in one place that your whole team has access to. Another objective you need to define for your fundraising calendar is your awareness goal.

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

Data fuels most activities in a nonprofit. In a sprint to the finish, you need good energy in the form of clean, complete data, to get you to your goal. Your organization’s aggregated or synthesized data is more like a complex carbohydrate that provides fuel for sustained activity. How urgently? Am I hungry now?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2023

Events are a great way to bring like-minded people together and have a good time in the name of your cause. Community/Fun Events Community/Fun Events are widely promoted events that encourage people to do something active or fun while supporting your cause. But if the event meets your goals for revenue and awareness, it might be ok.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Since then it has grown from 106 million active monthly users to 310 million active monthly users. Upload work projects, such as presentations, videos, or special fundraising campaigns. For the first 13 years of its existence, growth was slow but steady. That changed when LinkedIn was purchased by Microsoft in 2016 for $26.2

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Remember SMART goals? If you’ve attended management workshops that drilled you on the SMART goals, now is the time to use them. Your donors need your definitions for each SMART goal centered around a specific project, with a defined impact. Communicate your progress toward reaching the goal twice during the day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2013

Note from Beth: You need a identify a measurable goal for your integrated social media strategy that can be linked to your organization’s overall results and pick a data point or KPI that you will collect along the way to measure success. To date the survey has received 131 responses; 45% projects and 55% organizations.

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Candid

AUGUST 11, 2022

One sign that a company might support your organization and mission is whether it has taken a pledge of corporate social responsibility (CSR), meaning it has an active interest in how its company affects the environment and the well-being of society. Keep in mind that most companies tend to favor: . Locations where they operate.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

It can help employees be crystal clear on their goals; create many pathways to a win; ensure that their vision is clear of distortion and blind spots; and then engage and effect change in their organization. Instead, she quickly scanned and answered three questions that came to mind: Q: What do I need to do right now?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Keep in mind that learning organizations are those that prioritize the development of – people – everyone comes to work every day in part to grow, and to support one another in doing so. Do our processes include after-action or mid-action project reviews? Common habits that suppress individuals and teams from improving. When and how?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 26, 2024

To ensure your campaign’s success and reach diverse audiences , tap into the reach and brand visibility of like-minded businesses through a corporate partnership. The key is to think through how your corporate partner can amplify your awareness campaign while your nonprofit helps them achieve their goals, too. Let’s get started!

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Mission statements are typically short and to the point, briefly communicating the nature of the organization’s work, impact , goals, and values. Be sure to use active voice and descriptive language. They describe the emotional impact of their mission when describing their goal to allow women and folx to “stand tall with dignity.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 6, 2019

1) Clearly define your goals for the event on the front end. Start with broader objectives, then narrow in on SMART (Specific, Measurable, Actionable, Realistic, Timely) goals that fall under each. Refer back to your goals when considering who and how you recruit supporters for the event. 2) Choose the right venue and format.

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Classy

MAY 26, 2021

Identifying your goal is also essential to understanding which conferences to invest in. Register for events that will appeal to the type of people you’re hoping to meet and that will be relevant to your personal and professional goals. . Be an Active, Intentional Participant . Spruce Up Your Online Accounts and Personal Pages

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Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2023

It is perhaps the most important asset to further your mission and accomplish your organizational goals, so when it’s time to undertake a redesign, planning is of the utmost importance. Planning and managing your entire digital ecosystem is critical to furthering your mission and accomplishing your organizational goals.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The goals of the DEI Open Source Commons team center around leveling the playing field for everyone in tech by increasing diversity and inclusion at Salesforce community events, in addition to creating and modeling a toolkit that groups can use towards their own diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. “I What’s next?

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Achieve

MAY 5, 2023

Start Planning Early Like most projects, peer-to-peer fundraising experiences better results when it has a detailed plan behind them. To ensure your plan is fully fleshed out, follow these steps: Set your campaign goals. Specify your P2P campaign goals ahead of time to determine your fundraiser’s purpose and monitor your progress.

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Achieve

MARCH 18, 2024

You need numbers and projections to make a compelling argument, but lean too far in this direction and you risk over-abstracting your pitch. Always take the time to research the funder providing the grant, its mission, past funded projects, and other partners. Be mindful of passive voice. Stories make things real.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

Our team each has a personal calendar for their own appointments, we have a team calendar for activities that everyone needs to know about or participate in, and we have a “Days Off” calendar where people note dates or partial days they’ll be out of the office. Other popular project management tools include Basecamp and Asana. .

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

Meeting your GivingTuesday fundraising goal means you’ve run a successful campaign; meeting your GivingTuesday fundraising goal and adding new donors to your base of loyal supporters is even better. A 2022 report by The Fundraising Effectiveness Project revealed a steep drop in donor retention over the previous year.

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fusionSpan

MAY 25, 2022

Ryan brings with him to fusionSpan previous experience in Salesforce non-profit consulting and project management. My goal is to see all 30 MLB stadiums eventually. What started out as an ambitious goal between my brother and me was to see all the current MLB baseball stadiums suddenly seem within reach.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Prioritizing output over outcomes means that you’re essentially incentivizing your teams “against taking on projects that require deeper, more structural (and riskier) work,” which are often the kinds of projects that end up creating the greatest leaps forward for your goals, your impact, and your bottom line. .

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Volunteer Hub

MARCH 7, 2022

But exactly what does it take to retain volunteers and keep them active? Find out not only his/her current skills but also what skills he or she wishes to develop through volunteer activities. Make sure you give your volunteers some interesting, more challenging activities along with more “routine” assignments.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 26, 2022

You have an inspiring mission in mind, people you want to help, and the drive to do whatever it takes to make an impact. Having a mission in mind that you’re passionate about makes the effort worthwhile. Begin by defining some goals, and then consider how you’ll go about accomplishing them. Corporate philanthropy.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In this sense, impact metrics are the specific measures of the positive and negative effects of an intervention, action, or project on individuals, communities, or the environment. With this in mind, let’s begin by discussing the value of thoughtful nonprofit impact metrics. . Set goals and track progress over time. .

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

A good plan has enough detail in it to adequately explain each strategy and activity. You need a goal for your annual fundraising plan. That’s not a goal. That will have an impact on your goal. How much will it cost for you to accomplish what you have in mind? Make that your goal, at least for now.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2019

Last week I presented a session at the Nonprofit Technology Conference called “ Activating A Culture of Resilience for Sustainable Impact ,” with fellow NTEN board members, Ananda Leeke & Meico Whitlock as well as Carrie Rice. I presented and facilitated a small group activity on rituals.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

They allow your nonprofit to remain in operation and tackle major projects such as renovations or establishing new programs. A gift range chart helps determine how many gifts you’ll need to acquire at each giving level to meet your campaign or annual giving goals. Set ambitious but achievable goals. Create a gift range chart.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Most people don’t write grants with this in mind. This is the easiest way forward as you will have an immediate template for your grant project. Additionally, make sure to read through the FOA/RFP/NOFA and include: A response to how your project aligns with the funding sources’ priorities. This is a must.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Second, year-end giving gives nonprofits an opportunity to use a big chunk of their resources to meet their annual fundraising goals, and it gives donors a last chance to get a tax-deductible gift out the door. At CauseVox, we’re all about helping everyone to meet their goals – donors and the causes they support.

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Neon CRM

MAY 1, 2023

The steps are: Pick a target audience Determine your ask Set your goals Create a plan Ask and record Repeat the process These steps set a baseline for moves management, but they don’t humanize the process. If your goal for moves management is to advance those donors to that major stage, you have to humanize each step along the way.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

You need a big, hairy, audacious goal (BHAG) to attract tons of attention and support for your cause. Detailed activity calendar. And they tend to deal with the crisis du jour instead of working purposefully on things that will move them forward toward their goals. So, what tools do you need? Clear, magnetic BHAG.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 30, 2021

Based on the results of their research, they are creating new, innovative methods to present their nonprofits to the public and elevate their fundraising goals to new heights. Creating a series of events has become a popular way to bring contributors together for regular updates on a pet project or support an on-going need.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

With that in mind, I wanted to share a list of funding and grant resources available for nonprofits serving that community. MADRE funds community-based women’s organizations to meet urgent needs and achieve their long-term goals. Priority is given to projects that collaborate with and center LGBTQ+ voices and communities.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2022

The planning, preparation, execution and blend of multi-generational activities really comes together to make a community impact. Knowing the potential pitfalls and ultimate goals of your event makes a huge difference. Keep your Giving Day top-of-mind year-round. Set explicit measurable goals. Rally your Giving Day team.

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Achieve

MARCH 31, 2021

For these organizations, now could be the perfect opportunity to tackle much-needed expansions or investments, like new kitchen equipment or a building project. . If you ultimately decide to move ahead with a new campaign, keep these additional elements in mind: Your campaign’s feasibility study. virtual events. online auctions.

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