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Fundraising Best Practices: How To Host A Successful Peer-To-Peer Event

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Encourage your fundraisers to start and join teams to compete for fundraising badges like the top fundraising team and the team with the most donors. It all comes down to your donor retention strategies. Another way to increase your retention rate is by asking the donor to turn their one-time donation into a recurring donation.

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How to Host a Read-a-thon Fundraiser

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However, with a read-a-thon fundraiser, you can give your supporters the opportunity to slow down and crack open a book while also teaching young students the value of reading and escaping into exciting stories. With badges, you can celebrate your participants when they hit their fundraising goals. What is a read-a-thon fundraiser?

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Use New-Hire Employee Badges

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Sunday, August 29, 2010 Use New-Hire Employee Badges If you lead an organization that uses employee ID badges, considering using a different color or a special designation on the badges for newly hired employees for at least their first 30 days and ideally up to 60 days. Some people call this a "hello" culture.

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Every tactic here is as much about retention and appreciation as it is about perks. A digital member badge that can be shared on social media. Can you adapt the training for donors as a group teaching session? Some of the items on this list may not seem like perks, but they are ways to make donors feel special or connected.

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How to Host a Dance-a-Thon Fundraiser

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For another entertainment option, try partnering with local dance studios or connecting with local dance teachers to see if they’d be willing to lend their time to teach your fundraisers some simple choreography or basic dance lessons. You could also consider adding a live band to the entertainment lineup to mix things up every now and then.

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Top Five Factors That Drive Employee Loyalty

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Employee pay often is not the most important driver for employee retention. To learn more about employee retention and the reasons employees decide to leave an organization, read Overland Park, KS author Leigh Branhams book, The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave. In fourth place is an organizations financial stability.

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Use A Board Of Advisors

Eric Jacobsen Blog

The Leadership Challenge -- "This book examines the practices that make leaders effective and teaches aspiring leaders how to inspire and lead others," explained Burkus. Coaching is the difference between giving orders and teaching people how to get things done. Dont limit your time for only your direct reports.