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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A CTA is an invitation to take action, such as donating, volunteering, signing up for something, signing a petition, pledging to do something, etc. Be aware of key accomplishments, metrics, testimonials, and milestones. You can sign a petition, forward info from the site, or more if you are so compelled.”.

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Phonathons: The Fundraiser’s Ultimate Guide & 15+ Top Tips

Double the Donation

Non-pledge close: For those calls that don’t end in success, it’s important to help close the conversation gracefully to maintain the relationship with the donor. Automating pledge verification via email. Increasing matching gift eligibility awareness is only going to help your campaign. Tracking call results. B: Be persistent.

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Major Donors: How to Attract (and Keep) Them

CauseVox

If you’ve been in the fundraising game for a while, you’re aware of the important role major donors play. One way to ensure that the ask is being made on a consistent basis is by implementing pledges. Once you’ve done your research, be sure to park this info in a place where you can easily reference and update (like a CRM ).

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5 Ways to Use Donor Data to Increase Retention

NonProfit Hub

As your team thinks of new ways to manage your donor data, be aware of unique software tools that are designed to help nonprofits make sense of their supporters’ giving history. You might gather this info by asking donors to fill out a survey, or by conducting research in your community. Reports like: Overdue pledges.

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Nonprofit Technology News for February 2014

Tech Soup

The online protest was to raise awareness on NSA mass surveillance practices and also to promote ‘Aaron’s law’, a response to the 2013 suicide death of activist Aaron Swartz who was convicted of hacking data on an academic website and getting a sentence of 35 years in prison. It uses the info for targeted ads.

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10 Ways to Find Monthly Donors for Your Small Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

Your volunteers are aware of the needs of your nonprofit and likely to give if you offer them the chance. If you want to bring in lots of new monthly donors at once, consider holding an event where you specifically ask people to make a monthly pledge. But an automatic monthly payment will be just right for some Board members.

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Why Celebrity iCloud Hacking Should Matter to Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

Many people aren't even aware that the Find My iPhone feature on iPhones and iPads is regularly syncing your data and your location with the cloud. My colleague Ariel has more info on staying safer online and how pledging to do so is the first step. Turn off auto-sync on anything that may give access to sensitive data.