Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2016

Knowing that those three days are so jam-packed with content, I often get asked what bbcon offers for arts administrators, and the answer is…a lot! So I went ahead and picked out some of the top sessions for Arts & Cultural organization to make planning your conference journey just a little bit easier.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

If your organization has facilities or exhibits related to arts, culture, history, or other aspects of your mission, advertise them to parents. Of your nonprofit’s marketing channels, you can most easily leverage three of them for parents: Your website. Email marketing.

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OneCause

MARCH 14, 2023

What marketing channels should we use? Here are a few marketing channels to consider: Traditional advertising: Many nonprofits still find success through traditional advertising methods, such as including a print ad in the local newspaper or a hanging a flyer in the window of a local coffee shop. Now, speaking of event day….

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2006

Linktribution is given to Alan for designing the flickr contact acquisition behavior scale. On the other hand, a connoisseur , is a person who has a great deal of knowledge about the fine arts, or an expert judge in matters of taste. Yup, I might be a Contact __ (BK added rhymes with score and begins with W).

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Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

It doesn’t mean asking your board members to share a list of contacts. How to Write Fundraising Materials That Raise More Money: The Art, the Science, the Secrets by Tom Ahern Writing persuasively. Influence, New and Expanded: The Psychology of Persuasion and Pre-Suasion: Channeling Attention for Change by Robert B.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 11, 2022

Materials You Need to Recruit Corporate Sponsors Finding sponsors requires a little art and a little science. Recruit people for the committee who have business connections in the community and most importantly, are WILLING to ask their contacts for a sponsorship for the event. Personal contacts are CRITICAL in securing sponsorships.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

Contact Us 3 Individuals and Organizations to Ask for Donations When asking for donations, it’s key to tailor your asks to the person or group you are asking. Applying for grants is an art form in and of itself, and research and preparation are key. What are the most effective communication channels for soliciting donations?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2016

Did you know that contact information and RFM (recency, frequency, monetary) data are enough to turn an unwelcome phone call into a happily given gift? Even minimal added data points can make a difference in creating personal contact with your donors. Every time you contact your donors—or they contact you—it is a learning opportunity.

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Marketing Relationship Donor Arts 20

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Custom reports offer a real-time picture of your supporters across all channels. EveryAction's organizing toolset is trusted by major labor unions and advocacy groups - providing them with access to SmartVAN, the gold standard in voter contact technology. #10. Match your contact records to nearly 100 social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2013

Big Listening is the art of gaining insight by tracking topical online conversations over time. They take the curated content we share with them and translate it out to their audiences through the communications channels they maintain. There’s more to it than posting a tweet with a link and then move on.

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

Multi-channel marketing is the practice of communicating and marketing across many channels. By leveraging multiple communication channels—email, mobile, direct mail, websites, social media, paid and earned media, SEO, and more, you expand your reach to engage new donors and supporters. Why is it important for nonprofits?

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

Besides emailing past attendees and creating a dedicated silent auction event website, there are other steps you can take and channels you can leverage to promote this event effectively. The first channel we’ll talk about is social media. Ask sponsors to promote your event on their social media channels. Promote your event.

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Care2

DECEMBER 28, 2010

I hope that 2011 will be about getting back to basics and mastering online fundraising, that is the art and science of fundraising via an organization’s own website. I’d also like to see nonprofits master the art of writing. Fundraising is all about channel integration. Jocelyn Harmon: Care2.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2015

Leveraging the networks and personal brands of your staff as champions can help your organization’s communications strategy have more impact. With a few guidelines and a little training, employees can use social channels effectively in service of your organization’s mission AND their own learning.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2021

Arts, culture, and humanities fell 7.5% (-8.6% Even better, pick different strategies to use across multiple channels (e.g., International affairs -related causes grew 9.1% (7.8% adjusted) . Foundations grew 2% (0.8% Health organizations fell 3% (-4.2% I wonder what they did with the money and whether it helped.”.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Choose a day and actively encourage donations and sharing through all your social media channels, such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Snapchat. You can promote a match through all your frequent channels of communication whether it be social media, email, or a newsletter. You can buy art supplies online at Michaels !

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Care2

AUGUST 28, 2013

In my experience, the biggest difference in the varying payback on a Care2 multi-channel donor acquisition campaign (or any online acquisition) tends to be the total number of fundraising appeals that an organization sends to its supporters. The Art of Fundraising. Email marketing is mainly a numbers game.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 19, 2021

While your email contact list and website are great advertising tools, you’re probably only reaching your existing donors and supporters that way. Expand your reach by partnering with a media organization and advertising your event through external channels. Then, start advertising across all of your available online channels.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

We sent e-mails to our personal contacts and the GOH database. Another small nonprofit that has created a social media campaign specifically for the Pepsi challenge is EngAGE: The Art of Active Aging , which promotes successful aging for those living in affordable senior apartment communities in southern California.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2019

Read more about retaining members: 7 Ways for Arts & Cultural Organizations to Retain Members. In 2011, 26% of people had at least one visual arts membership. Digital membership cards can be downloaded and instantly added to your members’ digital wallets, ensuring a no-hassle membership experience! That dropped to 22% by 2017.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

One of the great pleasures of my job is working with Convio clients who are true innovators in nonprofit marketing and fundraising to define how we can collectively move the state of their art forward.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

It’s part art and part science. There are plenty of ordinary happenings that can grab a headline, such as your nonprofit’s annual student art contest or upcoming 5K. Search for the right person to contact as well as a general email for news tips. Ask the media relations professionals at local hospitals to share contacts.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 15, 2013

The competition your organization faces for patron dollars has never been hotter, and savvy organizations have started taking advantage of channels, like Peer to Peer, that have not been traditionally part of their fundraising mix. The competition for a share of the beverage market was heating up – so they branched out!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2010

Note from Beth: Last month I had the pleasure of presenting on a panel at Association of California Orchestras with Marc van Bree , an arts and social media blogger I met in 2007. However, most of the donors were definitely social media contacts with whom I have had more in-depth conversations. The lessons for arts organizations.

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Bloomerang

JULY 30, 2021

An M+R benchmarks study found that nonprofit text messaging audiences grew by 26% in 2020, outpacing growth for other popular channels like Facebook and email. Below is an overview of how you can get off to a great start when: Collecting opt-ins and contact details. Collecting contact details and fundraising with SMS opt-in.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Now, we’re getting into the art of thanking donors. Someone once told me they were reluctant to contact monthly donors and remind them of their recurring gift. By the way, you’ll find a playlist of donor thank-you videos on our YouTube channel. Donors are different, as is the best way to thank each donor.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Channel Marketing Manager. When doing this, you can get their email address and other contact information without holding up the line. Social / Mobile Uncategorized arts and culture event fundraising tips mobile apps nonprofit email marketing Online Fundraising online ticketing ticketing' Guest post by Ryan King, Blackbaud’s Sr.

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EveryAction

JUNE 20, 2023

These updates will help you meet what many of us understand to be four of the most important criteria for solid supporter engagement: right message, right supporter, right channel, right time. Education, art, and culture can receive the support they need to flourish. Activate supporters with Mobilize. And so much more.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 23, 2022

DonorPerfect is a one-stop fundraising software solution that helps nonprofits manage everything from donations, contacts, reporting, email, and other fundraising initiatives. It helps your team manage donations, contacts, receipting, reporting, communications, and fundraising initiatives from a single system.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

But interestingly, Yugma is now integrated with Skype, which totally changes the whole audio on a separate channel issue. I had been encouraged to look again at Yugma , because they said that Linux desktop sharing would happen before the end of last year. Well, it seems that it still is “coming soon.&#

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 27, 2011

And while youre at it, check out some of our other forum videos on the ASU Lodestar Centers YouTube Channel. Take a look at the video below in which participants answer the question, "What does the forum mean to you?" Research Friday: "Really, How Many People Volunte.

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See3

MARCH 12, 2008

What this means is that you can do more embedding YouTube into your site, allowing people to upload video to your YouTube channel from your site and having people leave comments on your site that will end up in your YouTube comments. Partners already using the APIs include Animoto, Casio, Electronic Arts, Helio, KickApps, Slide, and TiVo.

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Care2

MAY 8, 2009

We think of these sites as new marketing channels, albeit interactive, to use to reach our various audiences. Nonprofits, like all organizations, need to research each channel, then approach the appropriate ones strategically. Were also doing our first show on blogtalkradio.com; well see how that works out.

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Care2

JUNE 5, 2009

For now, direct mail fundraising -- especially when used in a multi-channel strategy -- continues to bring in the most revenue. Maximize email signup opportunities across your websites and social media channels. Websites like Facebook, MySpace and YouTube are among the top 10 most trafficked sites in the US.

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

The more data points you have on your donors—from email and street addresses to job titles and company names, giving capacity, philanthropic history, contact preferences, and general interest—the more you will be able to target your asks and create fundraising campaigns that speak directly to them.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

In the words of Vinay Bhagat, CEO of Convio : “Donors increasingly prefer online channels. When we talk about issues such as independent journalism, preserving the arts, and tolerance for different views, we get good results -- in the mail and online," he says. Its part of the Whats Next Boomer Business Summit.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

The survey also showed that 55% of those polled expect ROI from email to become higher than any other digital channel. The clear benefits of email was demonstrated by the 67% of respondents who said that email has contributed to a boost in their sales. For more details, check out the full survey.

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