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First-Time Donor Retention: 3 Nonprofit Best Practices

NonProfit Hub

There are many considerations to go over, including what types of campaigns to employ, what fundraising strategies to exercise during these campaigns, and what your revenue goals are. . Start boosting your donor retention rate by focusing on those who are just giving to your nonprofit for the first time. Call your new donors. .

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Four Staff Recruitment Strategies to Decrease Nonprofit Turnover

Pamela Grow

One of the best ways to attract talent is by creating a culture that encourages retention from the get-go. This could include a quick cognitive exercise or a series of short quizzes. Pay attention to retention concerns and address them in a productive and timely manner so that each team member feels valued and supported.

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Four Staff Recruitment Strategies to Decrease Nonprofit Turnover

Pamela Grow

One of the best ways to attract talent is by creating a culture that encourages retention from the get-go. This could include a quick cognitive exercise or a series of short quizzes. Pay attention to retention concerns and address them in a productive and timely manner so that each team member feels valued and supported.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Using Posters To Spark Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 90 minutes, we did two exercises that helped participants identify their target audience and then build out a persona, a fictionalized character that described motivations, barriers and identifies the right content and channels to use. Then it was time for a simple exercise. Write a target audience definition.

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The Nonprofit Marketing Funnel: Up Your Comms Impact with This Strategy

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Not everyone moves down to the next stage, but for those who do, you want to pay attention to who they are and how you reached them. If you have a lot of campaigns that can sometimes feel disjointed, the funnel exercise is a great way to unify them. Talking to people at the different stages is how you really build trust.

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Elevate Your Fundraising Game with These Essential Nonprofit Books

Pamela Grow

Donor-Centered Leadership (Amazon link) Train Your Board (and Everyone Else) to Raise Money: A Cookbook of Easy-to-Use Fundraising Exercises by Andrea Kihlstedt and Andy Robinson Whining about our boards. Before you deride print as old-fashion, know that print donor newsletters are the biggest contributors to legacy giving and retention.

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Webinars: Designing Effective Learning Experiences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. The first 90-minute webinar to introduced the content. This mirrors what you might do in a face-to-face workshop.

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