Get Fully Funded

JUNE 14, 2023

Part of creating great donor communications is personalizing each message to its recipient, making them more engaging. As a small nonprofit, you have limited resources to connect with donors but adding a few personal touches to messages is a low-cost and easy way to strengthen your supporter relationships. Phone call. Social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

Her team at Cause Fokus uses empathy-based marketing to turn passive audiences into loyal advocates. In order to win back trust and stay top-of-mind, nonprofits must focus on establishing emotional connections with their audience through consistent, high-quality content. Make eye contact with your audience. Say their name.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

We had close to 2,000 fundraising friends sign up, and we kicked things off by surveying the audience about their year-end fundraising goals (which we defined to include Giving Tuesday ). The response was overwhelming and we received a ton of really great questions. Your burning end-of-year fundraising questions answered!

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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2022

Komen found that many peer-to-peer fundraiser participants were resistant to ask their friends and family to donate to a cause they supported during the pandemic, a time when many were facing financial and personal hardship. In this guide, we’ll walk through the process that Komen used, as well as the fundraising and audience growth results.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 19, 2021

If you’re curious about where your organization stands in its digital transformation, ask yourself three questions: 1. Do we deliver personalized, meaningful engagement for both supporters and recipients of our programs and services? The pandemic forced BBBSA to quickly transform deep, in-person connections into virtual relationships.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a board member who wants advice on hosting in-person events vs. continuing with virtual fundraising. . Take this opportunity to ask what would make people comfortable attending an in-person event.

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Bloomerang

MAY 25, 2021

Any experienced marketer would tell you that understanding one’s audience is key to success in communication. After you identify the goals and objectives of your communication efforts, you can identify an audience. Each goal may have several different audiences in which you want to communicate to. . Pain Points. Occupations.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The two-prong approach gave those who were eager to socialize again the chance to attend the in-person gala, and everyone else could tune in from home—with both groups watching the same live auction and bidding on the same items, which kept everything fair. Prioritizing the Live Gala Experience Brought in Big Bucks.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 1, 2023

What could be more personal than a good old-fashioned conversation? It gives your audience a voice, agency, and the all-important opportunity to ask questions. Fun fact— Watson was developed to answer questions on the quiz show Jeopardy! Members with technical questions can get documented responses quickly.

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Top Nonprofits

MAY 24, 2021

The recap is provided to allow our audience to learn from other nonprofit leaders. We know in-person programming is slowly coming back and you need to bring back your audience members who have fallen quiet during the pandemic. How will you keep both audiences engaged? New virtual audiences. Let’s find out.

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2021

Audience research is changing—along with a changing world—to help us on our quest to better understand audience behavior, needs, frustrations, and successes and ensure products and services are successful. Audience research is here to stay. Audience research is here to stay.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 4, 2022

Most of the associations we have spoken with are returning to in-person meetings and conferences in 2022. This begs the question, “ should you continue to host hybrid or virtual events in the post-pandemic world? ” For example, you may have wanted to ask questions like: “What if we hosted our event for free?”.

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fusionSpan

AUGUST 17, 2023

But while an org’s content will already be focused on a particular domain, their audience of members will break down into multiple niches all with their own unique combination of interests. When that’s the case, content personalization becomes a crucial part of your membership experience.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

The question has to be asked, then. Whether it is online through social media networks, or in person at the local pub running a fundraising event, making ensuring your nonprofit is visible and always in front of your target audience is important. Sign-Up for Nonprofit Insights for Targeting Volunteers in 2015. Go to them.

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The MatrixFiles

AUGUST 5, 2022

At the end of the conference, there was an Open Forum, during which select speakers took questions from the in person and virtual attendees. The final question of the Open Forum was “what is one thing you would recommend to communications professionals?” I love this advice from Megan, which is why I’m blogging about it.

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AccelEvents

JULY 20, 2020

When choosing a virtual platform, though, it is important to ask the right questions so you can be sure that it will provide the right features and benefits for your event. To help you to discern between platforms, and to prepare you for choosing the right one, we’ve prepared a list of questions to have on hand.

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2021

Unfortunately, if you can’t have in-person events or if you don’t have a big marketing budget, finding new donors can be difficult. . Here are three questions whose answers will give you guidance on how to start serving donors. Question 1: What are our donors’ needs? Question 2: What is your core belief and expertise?

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Whole Whale

APRIL 13, 2022

Questions to ask a potential vendor (PDF). Questions to ask Vendors. Are they talking about the mobile audience, and how their design will accommodate users on smaller screens? How many meetings are in person vs remote? Are they able to do a few in person meetings? RFP Resources and Templates. References (1<5).

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Association Analytics

MARCH 1, 2023

Go beyond viewing traditional demographic segments like young professionals or length of membership and dig deep into behavioral segmentation like members who have never attended an in-person event. With this new virtual-only audience segment, they launched a new online course that resulted in nearly $300,000 of additional revenue.

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Classy

AUGUST 9, 2021

To help you capitalize on the biggest donation day of the year, we’re answering top questions from nonprofits that are zeroing in on the year-end giving season. After all, strong storytelling can help build meaningful connections with your audience and even move them to rally around your cause. See Impact Blocks In Action on Classy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2024

While it can be hugely helpful, AI doesn’t do an amazing job writing for the searcher’s intent or your audience. Tailor content to your audience: For instance, Eventgroove enables nonprofits to easily run online raffles. The longer keyword targets your audience more precisely, leading to better engagement and conversion.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 4, 2022

Below is a sampling of important questions to ask. For more questions, please download the complete Identity Questionnaire. What might your target audience get confused about when they think of your organization? What are the 3-4 key messages you feel it is most important for your audiences to know about your organization?

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Forum One

JUNE 10, 2021

Giving is a very personal decision, so why not make it more personal? Today’s supporters see personalization so often on platforms and communications throughout the day, so much so that they come to expect it. Here are five simple steps that you can take to increase online giving with some basic personalization.

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The MatrixFiles

MAY 21, 2021

While “writing for Google” can sometimes feel inauthentic, like you’re trying to game the system, it’s important to remember that what is good for Google and SEO, is also good and beneficial for your target audiences. But the page was written to be informative and address a specific question. It’s actually a win-win! .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2021

A fundraising campaign soft launch—the release of your campaign to a limited audience prior to the general public—allows your organization to establish early momentum on your campaign. Make sure it’s timely, personalized, and has a sense of urgency. You could also try posing a question, like “True or false: $50 can save a life.”.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 4, 2022

1) In-person fundraisers. Let’s start off with the oldest, most classic way to fundraise: An in-person fundraiser. Although in-person fundraisers are the most traditional fundraising method, the fact they were out of the question during the two years of the pandemic has resulted in a surge in popularity. 4) Live auctions.

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

We’d love to hear what questions you have about integrating AI into your social media practice, whether you raise your hand at NTC or send us a message later. We’ll share more after the session and dive into some of the questions we’ll tackle here: Everything’s changing so fast, is everyone already using AI? Template creation.

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EveryAction

JUNE 22, 2016

Unfortunately, there were so many questions from the audience that we weren't able answer them all during the alotted time. Here are some great, thoughtful questions that we received and Brett's email wisdom. " BS: I personally just avoid the first name all together or use [First Name] instead. BS: It depends.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

One person (me) handles the bulk of our copy and content projects. It is trained on a massive dataset of text and code, and it can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way. Like many nonprofits, Eventgroove is a small company. Until I tried it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 11, 2023

What’s more, golfers tap into their personal and professional networks to fill their team for your tournament, which raises more awareness about your mission and subsequently broadens your donor base. Sponsors also want to reach this particular audience of potential clients and customers, which you can leverage to sell sponsorships.

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AccelEvents

JULY 20, 2020

When choosing a virtual platform, though, it is important to ask the right questions so you can be sure that it will provide the right features and benefits for your event. To help you to discern between platforms, and to prepare you for choosing the right one, we’ve prepared a list of questions to have on hand.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Personalized Experiences Create Lasting Impressions Treat each attendee as a unique guest, not just a ticket number. Implement name tags, offer personalized greetings, and create opportunities for one-on-one interaction with key staff and board members. So, how can you transform your next benefit or gala into a donor cultivation haven?

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The MatrixFiles

AUGUST 13, 2022

At the end of the conference, there was an Open Forum, during which select speakers took questions from the in person and virtual attendees. The final question of the Open Forum was “what is one thing you would recommend to communications professionals?” I love this advice from Megan, which is why I’m blogging about it.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Direct mail fundraising can also feel more personal for donors, especially when your messaging aligns with their preferences. Direct mail gives your supporters a physical object to connect them to your organization, making it a highly personal way to reach out. Additionally, audiences are likely to open and engage with direct mail.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Here are six questions to ask your organization before embracing episodic volunteer opportunities. If you only have one person leading these groups, your organization’s campus is small, or the project only has tools for a few people to participate, then you cannot recruit a large group of volunteers! What’s the organization’s capacity?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The next question, of course, is how? The answer is in understanding your goal and audience, and then matching your pitch to the prospect. I’m going to assume that the question that started you down this path is, “How do I get current donors to increase their gifts?” In other words, you create donor journeys. .

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Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2024

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., — Opportunity about to be missed Dear Opportunity about to be missed, You’ve actually named the problem in the way you’ve framed your question. This shows them the impact they will create – this person will get fed – because the donor helped.

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