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The Unsung Hero in Fundraising Campaigns Isn’t Raffles—It’s Sweepstakes!

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One misconception we hear regularly relates to Sweepstakes’ free Alternate Method of Entry. Organizers generally worry that people won’t buy entries if they can get them for free. Alternate Method of Entry: For a sweepstakes to be legal, you must offer a free entry option. How to Run a Sweepstakes Fundraiser.

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Nonprofit Innovation Toolkits: Methods To Invent, Adopt, and Adapt Ideas to Deliver Better Results

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Generate new ideas. Thinking Hats: To generate new ideas. This is not the only social design toolkit. Lucy Kimbell: Social Design Menu Method. Imagine scenarios of use, and provoke and inspire alternatives. Has your nonprofit used design thinking for strategy, problem solving, or new idea generation?

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The Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits

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It’s a common misconception that nonprofits don’t focus on financial goals since they’re not generating a profit. This method?focuses?on funds and generating?GAAP?financial ability to generate transparent, reliable reports?at How are Nonprofit’s Financial Goals Different? What is Fund Accounting?

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7 Ways Nonprofits Can Automate Donor Retention

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Here are seven excellent methods of increasing donor retention and how to automate them. This feature auto-generates a unique URL for each donor to take them to your online donation form. Alternatively, you can create a new form from scratch and format just one page header of your form. First impressions are essential.

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10 Ways To Segment Donors To Improve Nonprofit Fundraising Effectiveness

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Communication method. Generation demographic. According to a 2013 report by Blackbaud, each generation of donor has different giving tendencies. But it still important to know which donors prefer giving through the traditional post, or like to give via alternative payment methods like paypal vs your websites online portal.

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Four Nonprofit Web Accessibility Best Practices for 2022

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Include text alternatives for all non-text elements. A screen reader or other assistive device won’t be able to interpret what an image is depicting unless you include text alternatives for the device to interpret. All images that provide meaningful information to users should include either descriptive alternative text or a caption.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

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I’ll be sharing tips and techniques on how to generate ideas or “brainstorming” techniques. When To Use Brainstorming or Idea Generation Techniques in Training. Brainstorming is very useful for staff meetings to generate ideas for different programs or campaigns. What is Brainstorming? . Basic Approaches.