Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Every nonprofit website visitor is a potential donor. The challenge is grabbing your visitor’s attention. If you can tug at their heartstrings during those critical first few seconds, a well-designed site will lead your nonprofit website visitor straight to your donation page, where they will feel moved to contribute.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Nonprofits rely on donations and unless you are independently wealthy and able to self-fund your organization, you’ll need to share with folks a request for donations. Listen, starting a nonprofit is NOT a “build it and they will come” activity. Your nonprofit is just the conduit for donors to accomplish their philanthropic desires.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

But out of this huge challenge, we’ve seen some amazing creativity crop up as nonprofits revamp their fundraising approaches to be safe and successful. But success in an online fundraiser goes further than just getting the attention of potential donors. The last couple of years have been all about virtual when it comes to fundraising.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

How will you grab the attention of your donors when their inbox is already full and they barely have time to read what’s already there? How will you convey your message in as few words as possible so you make the most of every second you have their attention? Remember, you’ve only got a few seconds of their attention!

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

If you pay attention to the news, you may have recently heard about a major Internet hacking of celebrity phones and devices , in which hundreds of photos were leaked to the wider Internet. And it should serve as a stern wake-up call to all nonprofits and social change makers to shake the complacency off our security standards.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

One of the best ways to stay in touch with your donors on a consistent basis is through a nonprofit email newsletter. Purpose of your nonprofit email newsletter Your email newsletter has a specific purpose. The right nonprofit email newsletter format. Random doesn’t cut it. Neither does boring. It’s meant to.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Given the design restrictions on Page design, having a solid content strategy can get results and help differentiate your nonprofit. Include links or photos with your status updates to help your posts stand out in the Newsfeed and draw more attention to your Page. How should a nonprofit make that decision? Any guidelines?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. Y’all will just have to live with overlapping series. I have too many ideas be sequential. I promise (!)

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. Y’all will just have to live with overlapping series. I have too many ideas be sequential. I promise (!)

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2021

Facebook is a powerful marketing tool for small nonprofits, but the real gold is in a robust nonprofit email list. Facebook is loud and crowded with content competing for attention. It’s time to get your Facebook followers to share their email addresses so you can build your nonprofit email list. I know it’s frustrating.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Any nonprofit, no matter how small, can land donations on Giving Tuesday by visualizing the perfect donor and making a powerful, inspiring first impression. Each year on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, nonprofits around the world use the #GivingTuesday hashtag to tell their stories online in the hope of reaching new, passionate donors.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2023

That’s a nonprofit marketer’s dream! Like any nonprofit grant , rules come along with the Google Grant. As a result, nonprofit marketers run into issues, and it can be hard to find time in your already-busy schedule to troubleshoot them. Capture attention with your headlines. Getting started can be exciting.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

You work for a nonprofit that is totally stuck in the donor acquisition cycle from hell. If that sounds familiar, then what your nonprofit lacks is a sound donor management strategy. Donor management refers to the strategies and processes a nonprofit organization uses to cultivate and maintain relationships with donors.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 10, 2017

This keeps users from having to scroll or click around to find what key info and will help to focus their attention on taking action. Simple Language + Content. Thus, the language you use should cut straight to the point in defining your mission and be easy to read (meaning it only features short, common words).

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Disclaimer: This checklist is by no means a complete list of protocols your nonprofit should consider putting in place when hosting a charity raffle. It’s easy to capture contact info for raffle ticket?purchasers.?? Pay attention to start and end dates. purchasers.?? You can apply discounts for multi-ticket?purchases

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Disclaimer: This checklist is by no means a complete list of protocols your nonprofit should consider putting in place when hosting a charity raffle. It’s easy to capture contact info for raffle ticket?purchasers.?? Pay attention to start and end dates. purchasers.?? You can apply discounts for multi-ticket?purchases

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Imagine that someone just donated to your nonprofit (yay!). Communications and development teams pore over donation page language and messaging, but too often they’ll leave the details of “donation confirmation” up to their donation tool. The quickest way to do this is with a canva template and the Canva nonprofit program.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

This is our earth month edition of nonprofit technology news. OpenSSL is nonprofit open source software that provides security on e-commerce and other websites by creating an encrypted channel between your device and the website. For more info on this, I like Laura Orsini’s plain language description on ReadWrite.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Yesterday, I had the huge honor and pleasure to present the keynote at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits ‘ NPTech Conference, eStrategy in an iWorld. To talk about the evolution of nonprofit technology we really need to pick a place to start, because the beginning could be anywhere. Analog Tactics. Holistic Tools.

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

Super, you know, active in the nonprofit community, down in Houston. The mission, vision, values that may be on your websites, on your nonprofit’s websites, we’re going to talk about how you can incorporate those in your messaging. And speaks all over the place, she’s got a lot of clients. But happy you’re here.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 29, 2021

But don’t do that right now because I am so excited to have one of my favorite people in the nonprofit sector. I’m the nonprofit education manager over at Qgiv. You want to keep this group of people very engaged with your nonprofit because they are more than just peer-to-peer participants who engage with you once a year.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

We don’t have the language to talk about drug abuse and really aren’t equipped to be able to help them live a healthier lifestyle and address chemical use directly. In our nonprofit sector, I think we use that a lot. So they’ll go to different programs but when they come back home, our. You’ve got me fired up.”

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey: As most nonprofits have these days is that renewal rates have been declining and that’s been consistent. we do tests where we send dozens of donations to nonprofits to see how we’re treated as donors. . That was some awesome, awesome info. So let’s go to the next slide while that is happening.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

We are here to talk about the next wave, what are those emerging trends in nonprofit social media marketing. We’re going to talk about Emerging Trends in Nonprofit Social Media Marketing. You have to know who you’re talking to, and you have to speak their language, and you have to gain their trust. I’m Steven.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 26, 2009

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology CiviCRM and Drupal (& Joomla) January 26, 2009 CiviCRM was the first nonprofit-focused open source CRM (one of only two, at this moment.) I do agree with Jon to some extent.

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Care2

APRIL 20, 2009

frogloop Home frogloop Home Receive monthly updates Subscribe to our RSS feed Follow frogloop on Twitter Most Popular Posts Social Network ROI Calculator Social Networking for Nonprofits: ROI, Tracking Tools and More "While Theyre Hot!" To be honest, my eyes just glaze over reading most of them because they say the same old thing.

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