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Design Series: Understanding Audience Needs

Forum One

While understanding audience needs is the basis of all good strategy and user experience processes, end users often get lost or deprioritized in the design phase. Brainstorming together is another great way to get your teams working towards the same goals. Create a safe space where all voices are valued and respected.

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Anatomy of a successful capital campaign committee meeting

Candid

Some committee members may only attend a few meetings, while others may participate through an entire phase of the campaign. After all, a capital campaign can involve wildly different tasks—ranging from reviewing big-picture development progress down to choosing a color scheme for your public phase marketing materials.

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Turning Crisis into Community: How to Make Emergency Donors Lifelong Supporters

The Modern Nonprofit

However, the real challenge begins when the initial urgency subsides and public attention shifts away. The post-emergency phase sees many organizations grappling with a decline in donations, a critical period where strategic donor engagement can make a difference.

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Data as Decision in Grantmaking

sgEngage

Deciphering Key Questions It is equally as important to determine what to collect as it is to identify what we can stop giving our attention. In addition to these traditional elements of data collection, datamaking requires an additional three elements.

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How to Design an Effective Nonprofit Staff Retreat: A Lesson from Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Did it help you accomplish your organizational goals? Knowing those principles, I anticipated that the retreat would be meticulously planned and organized, with clear intent about goals. What are your goals and objectives? Our theme, “A Patchwork of Connections,” brought us back to these goals throughout the day.

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Interview with Shonali Burke: Analytics Tell Stories

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What were the specific goals and KPIs for the campaign (assuming web traffic and key purchases?) Overall, when we went into the first phase of the campaign, we had two goals: to secure at least three Blue Key Champions , and to get 6,000 keys ordered between May 9 and June 20 (World Refugee Day). Why important?

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Member Renewal Letters: A Complete How-To Guide (Free Template Included)

Neon CRM

In membership programs , it’s all about the details—and there might be one seemingly small detail that your organization isn’t devoting enough attention to: The all-important membership renewal letter! Don’t beat around the bush during this phase of the letter. Why Send Membership Renewal Letters? Get To The Point—Ask Them To Renew!