Get Fully Funded

MARCH 20, 2023

Mark off a couple of blocks of time on your calendar to research things like supplies, materials, and equipment online or call local vendors to find out what things cost. That means diligently tracking and recording expenses and revenue, plus program numbers (like number of people helped, number of dogs adopted, etc.).

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Incorporate your mission Develop your team Create objectives Determine how you’ll fundraise over the course of the year Conduct your research Put your plan into action. If your mission is to provide homes for every adoptable pet in your service area, your objectives should relate to that mission. Conduct your research.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The nonprofit fundraising calendar tends to go through phases of ups and downs. This might involve browsing your event calendar, reading your blog, donating through your online giving page, or using your contact form to get in touch. Facilitate this information-gathering process by enhancing your site’s user experience (UX).

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sgEngage

JUNE 4, 2023

So much of a fundraiser’s day is tracking, reporting, researching, and analyzing. Those that have already adopted automation are seeing amazing gains in efficiency. Automation can turn minutes, hours, or days of busy work into a second or two, freeing up a fundraiser’s head space and calendar space for truly creative work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

According to Rob Cross’s research, knowledge workers spend 90 to 95 per cent of their time on the phone, responding to e-mails or in meetings. Research shows that staff often resist using multiple services, often because they don’t want to open one more window on their computer or launch one more app on their mobile device.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 14, 2022

More nonprofits are adopting special events in the coming year to build emotional connections with donors, and develop lasting relationships. As a nonprofit funding groundbreaking cancer research, the V Foundation hosts an annual symposium for medical researchers to share and discuss recent advances in the fight against cancer.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

They may not want to give you a grant if they see your animal welfare nonprofit is living off of your adoption fees or your homeless shelter is solely running on a large government grant. Often, these folks are more interested in the candle, calendar, candy bar, etc., Any one event or grant or other source could disappear in a moment.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

To help you build your content plan, Neon One has created a 2024 Nonprofit Calendar that you can download as a PDF or add to your existing personal calendar. To download the calendar or learn more about nonprofit content planning, here’s a quick overview of this article: What’s in Neon One’s 2024 Nonprofit Calendar?

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Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2023

Different types of nonprofits will have different needs — e.g., associations are different businesses than research and policy institutes — so do what is more directly connected to your mission and goals. This framework is known as digital governance.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 15, 2021

Create an annual budget and work with your Board to adopt the budget. If you’re starting today, mark six months from now on your calendar and set a goal of making sure you have the fundraising strategies in place to keep bringing the money in over the next six-month period and beyond. Examine the revenue side of your budget.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Powerful platforms like Bloomerang also allow you to create donor segments for more targeted research and communications, view donor engagement and generosity metrics per supporter, and track fundraising campaign progress. Your fundraising plan should include an event calendar so that you have ample time to prepare for each event.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The Marine Mammal Center (TMMC) is a marine mammal hospital and science research facility in Sausalito, CA. As any facility with visitors should, it has a gift shop which sells intangible support items ( Adopt-a-Seal ) as well as very tangible ones, like warm socks with various marine mammals on them.

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Qgiv

APRIL 9, 2024

When creating your social media strategy, research what tools can help you expand on your goals to make the maximum impact you can. This post features a video of animals available for adoption and encourages people with matching names to come and adopt, providing a conversation starter for community members in the comments!

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

An effective website strategy includes defining the people, processes, roles, and responsibilities across the organization—from programs and development to operations and research—that create a framework to make sure the entire organization is aligned on how to use digital communications effectively.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

If your Board adopted a budget for the fiscal year, your fundraising goal is the same as the total expenditures, plus at least 5 percent for cash reserves. Go after 10 grants: Do your research , and identify 10 solid grant prospects. Another way to structure a plan is in a calendar format. When you strive, you thrive.

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Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

Despite heavy adoption of technology across the space, recent data from Forbes found that 1 in 4 nonprofits are still “not sure” how to approach their events in 2021. Research has shown that first-time donors who receive a personal thank-you within 48 hours are four times more likely to give again. Download the Virtual Events Toolkit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2011

He didn’t go as far a saying that granular privacy controls would spark a revolution in sharing, but someone on the call mentioned research by Norman Sadeh to support this theory. Warren referenced 1/9/90 rule of online community sharing – that 90% of people lurk, 9% share regularly, and 1% share a lot.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 8, 2016

Today’s topic will outline a 6 step process to grants research. Developing a set of project descriptions to guide your funding research can help with this process. With this information, you can also establish an overall grant strategy which will, in turn, guide you in setting up your grants calendar for the next 18 months.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2009

The first steps are simple once you have policy/philosophy in place and the right mix of bottom up/top down adoption or acceptance of social media. Here's how the Red Cross handbook states it: Step 1: Get Social Media Savvy Initiate personal social media use: Explore the tools you’d like to adopt by using them in your personal life first.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 11, 2015

These principles are still true today, but a lot of changed with the adoption of online professional social networking sites such as LinkedIn. There’s a lot of research and writing about weak links being potentially more powerful than strong ones. Think about what happens to your closet if you don’t organize it.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 15, 2014

Keep in mind that moving to Office 365 will require a great deal of research and planning -- even if you end up doing all the work yourself. Directory Synchronization requires an extra server, keeping your exchange server around indefinitely, and possibly changing how you end up migrating your email, calendars, and contacts to Office 365.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Nonprofits are adopting telework faster than most other types of organizations, including commercial companies. We can easily calendar with them, do email, do Internet searches, make calls, instant message, text, and conference on them. Tablet adoption is very brisk. That's around 1.3 billion of us doing it.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

If nonprofit demand is poised to ignite a revolution in the adoption and use of AI in back-office applications, the uprising will begin with the following three “skirmishes” – immediate and current impacts of AI on nonprofit administration: Routine Administrative Tasks. Then, it automatically sends alerts to involved parties.

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Kindful

MARCH 16, 2021

What it does: Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Meet— Google Workspace is a collection of Google productivity tools that help your team collaborate efficiently. Schedule a virtual meeting using Google Calendar and Google Meet. Free and affordable productivity software. Google Workspace.

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Care2

JUNE 4, 2009

» Tuesday Jun 02 2009 Social Media Webinar on June 10th Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 09:14PM | by Allyson Kapin Mark your calendars for one of the best webinars on integrating social media into your campaigns. 60) Search « Why Nonprofits Need to Grow their Online Lists | Main | Is Direct Mail Dying or Dead? com , Inc.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Not only that, but with the move to more and more online giving (there was a 32% increase in online revenue in 2020), events like #GivingTuesday have become an even more important part of your fundraising calendar. Other Examples: An Adopt-a-Family campaign for families in need Movember: growing a beard for charity in November.

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Achieve

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Conduct audience research using your donor database to determine your supporters’ demographics and preferred communication platforms. Incorporate contests or challenges into your annual social media posting calendar to generate organic engagement with your followers. Do your research to find the right partner for your organization.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 18, 2022

Do your research and see what grant opportunities are out there, get their deadlines on your calendar, then start working your way through the list. Product sale customer list: When you raise money through a product sale (like a t-shirt or calendar sale), you may be excited to see all the new names and emails populating your database.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 15, 2009

It was an Austin Meetup.com online community and monthly meetings that allowed us to stop dreaming about chickens and actually jump into building a coop and adopting seven pullets (young hens). The National Renewable Energy Lab publishes a lot of information about current research and methods of converting the sunlight into electricity.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2009

I've been having a lot of fun researching some metaphors for the future and of course, I went straight to the Jetsons. I had joked with Jerry that one downside is the inability to remember our calendar - and that with this socialness will our friends eventually collaborately remind us of our appointments. (It

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Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2022

They will know you’ve taken the time to research their past involvement and create a personalized message rather than a generic appeal. Additionally, you can conduct prospect research to develop a better understanding of your prospects’ abilities and likelihood to give.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

So, anyway, Dr. Adrian Sargeant and Elaine Jay do a lot of research on donor retention and fundraising. Dr. Russell James, who’s done a lot of work in this area, finds, through research, that estate donors increase their annual giving by 75%. It’s because they’ve, essentially, adopted you as a family member.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Uncategorized A Simple Nonprofit Donation Form Example (and Why It Works) 8 min read Read Now Help Donors Vet Your Organization Many donors will research a nonprofit organization before they decide to make a gift. Once you’re a member, you may also be able to share your events on their community calendar.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

adoption strategies ( remix from Association 2.0). Research to incorporate in instructional materials. tools can provide quick and dirty market research tools or the ability to do an environmental scans for strategic planning. The growing adoption of wikis in educational. True adoption of Web2.0 It's messy.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 3, 2016

When at the same exact time, the same system could also be used by your Research and Development team to learn production best practices, lab safety etiquette, and how to explain product features to that same marketing department! “We book everything in our company calendar. Analytics and Metrics. LMSs can do that!

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Nonprofits Source

JANUARY 23, 2023

After all, nonprofits can increase donations by an average of 126% by featuring a mobile-responsive design, according to online giving research. Through Google for Nonprofits, you’ll have free access to everyday productivity tools like Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Docs, and Meet. Ensure it’s secure.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

2d Code is a must read for the early adopters. Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc. Known as micro-volunteers, these individuals offer one or two hours a week to complete “Challenges” in the areas of technology, design, research, etc.

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