Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

By Jen Frazier , President at Firefly Partners – a women-owned, LGBTQ+ certified, and minority-owned digital marketing agency that develops accessible online experiences that empower progressive organizations to thrive. A/B testing can help determine the most effective sending days and times for an organization’s unique supporter base.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

It’s not surprising if volunteers are reluctant to scrutinize themselves in the mirror. That’s probably why more organizations don’t have a process for evaluating the board of directors, or if they do, that assessment is not continuous. As I’ve said before, without trust, you may have volunteers but you don’t have a team.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

According to Marketing General Incorporated’s 2021 Marketing Benchmarking Report, 50% of associations surveyed believe lack of engagement is the top reason members didn’t renew. Use your data to find out how your customers interact with the organization and how it changes over time, which can help you understand member journeys.

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Achieve

MAY 19, 2022

In this quick guide, we’re going to cover four tips to help your team stay organized when. Matching gift software would help you find these opportunities. Volunteer Manager: This team member recruits volunteers, trains them, and communicates with them during the event. planning your next charity auction.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 29, 2013

So when I saw that The Millennial Impact released benchmarks. The benchmarks are based off results from the Millennial Impact Survey , which was conducted by Achieve, a creative services agency that works with organizations to understand how Millennials get involved in causes. How the Benchmarks Work.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

In this six-part blog series, we’re highlighting key digital features your organization can start implementing now to boost fundraising this fall. Instead of picking up the phone to call a friend, we might text them an address or a date and time to meet up for lunch or a volunteer shift. Volunteering. What is mobile messaging?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Donors, especially millennial donors, are motivated by specific issues and causes and typically do not have allegiance to specific organizations. This means that nonprofits have to compete with each other for donors’ attention and resources as they gravitate towards causes rather than organizations.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 25, 2024

If your organization sends out a member newsletter, you have a solid communication method on your side! Here are a few best practices that can help you as you get started with your member newsletter and your communication strategy as a whole. Channel the audience reading your newsletter—what’s helpful to them?

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Care2

JANUARY 21, 2013

Are people who like or comment on these videos signing up for organization’s enewsletters, are they donating money, volunteering, taking an advocacy action? These are the types of questions we hope to see answered in the upcoming video benchmark study for nonprofits being conducted by Edelman, See3 Communications, and YouTube.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2019

The data can be used to help your organization craft your next online fundraising and marketing plan. 2018 Benchmarks Study :: Download. If you work at a nonprofit or NGO, please volunteer 6-8 minutes of your time and take the survey. Most of the reports listed are based on U.S. nonprofit research. Published by Classy.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2024

Learn more: How to Convert Peer-to-Peer Event Participants into Monthly Donors If your organization is committed to a better donor experience, read on to learn how to give your P2P fundraising events new energy with activity tracking. For your organization, the benefits are twofold, too. What Activity Will Appeal to Your Donors?

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M+R

JUNE 5, 2023

Along with Richard Vigurie, they honed an analog skill every politically active organization now tries to do digitally: find your people and activate them. As digital citizens break off into smaller and smaller communities — and have seen every type of marketing copy and tactic in the book — organizations and institutions need new inroads.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

Next Thursday, we''re holding a webinar that will dive into the key findings from the 2013 Blackbaud Online Marketing Benchmark Study – to indicate where your organization''s performance stacks up in relation to your peers, as well as what you can be doing better to speed your journey to online success.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 15, 2020

per month – or $425 a year, according to the Blackbaud Luminate Online Benchmarks Report. According to NextAfter , only 14% of organizations prompt one-time donors to upgrade to a monthly gift (also known as a recurring gift) during the donation process. Monthly donors give $35.46 4) Experiment with default donation amounts.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 29, 2022

Which business or organization comes to mind first? Every organization needs to take a slightly different approach. Here are my top five tips to help every nonprofit craft a winning digital ads strategy: 1. Use benchmarks to set your budget. Think of a brand , any brand. Create a layered advertising funnel.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 3, 2021

We see that organizations of all sizes rallied their employees to give and serve others in their local communities and around the world. The smallest company size considered in this report, 0 – 1,000 employees, had the highest overall giving and volunteering engagement rates. This was approximately a $6.1 million increase from 2019.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2024

For professional fundraising teams, expanding your pool of prospects could include asking board members , volunteers, and major donors to provide a list of colleagues, corporate contacts, family, and friends, anyone they can recommend who has the capacity to give and an affinity for your cause. Stories help us pay attention.

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Forum One

MARCH 20, 2023

We’ll have lots of goodies, helpful tips, and advice, and would love the opportunity to meet you and learn about your nonprofit communications activities. [Breakout Session] Increasing Your Nonprofit’s Impact with Service Design Wednesday, April 12th, 12:45 – 1:15 pm Now more than ever, people rely on technology. Stop by and say hello!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2019

By letting each volunteer create an individual donation page, they can easily post it on social media and ask their friends and families for support. Campaigns like this are extremely successful for some organizations, especially ones who have a strong social media presence. Click here for a free template.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2018

By Katy Teson , a content strategist at Wired Impact , an organization seeking to make powerful websites something all nonprofits can afford. She also writes about digital marketing with helpful and actionable advice on Wired Impact’s nonprofit marketing blog and for their online guides. Growing your mailing list.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 11, 2017

It’s a new year and that means a new, comprehensive benchmark report on the performance of nonprofits using Luminate Online. The new Luminate Online Benchmark Report is a powerful asset that studies over 500 organizations and their online marketing and fundraising efforts. And, these organizations aren’t beginners.

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CauseVox

APRIL 13, 2022

After seeing thousands of organizations raise millions of dollars with peer to peer fundraising campaigns, we have put together this quick guide to show you how you can engage with your community to run a winning peer to peer fundraising campaign in 2022. Learn more about how CauseVox can help you run a winning peer to peer fundraiser.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Robust CSR software helps alleviate the struggles of managing your company’s philanthropic initiatives and measuring impact, so you can focus on driving employee participation and making bigger waves with your efforts. It will help them participate in volunteer programs, sustainability initiatives, and other CSR activities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Facebook Fundraisers are a relatively new fundraising tool, but they’re already driving a major boost in revenue for some nonprofit organizations. The 2019 M+R Benchmarks Report observed that for certain nonprofit sectors the impact has been “dramatic,” and for health nonprofits, in particular, it appeared “nothing short of transformative.”.

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M+R

AUGUST 14, 2023

A creative and meticulous research program will help you breathe life into your messaging and allow you to connect with your audiences in a more impactful way. Learn how to grow your leads, reinforce your multichannel calls to action in fundraising and cultivation, and turn out event participants and volunteers.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Recurring donations are gifts to a nonprofit organization made by a donor on an ongoing basis, typically monthly. Nonprofit organizations benefit from recurring donations because they provide consistent revenue streams and help organizations maintain long-term relationships with supporters. And donors like it.

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M+R

AUGUST 7, 2023

A creative and meticulous research program will help you breathe life into your messaging and allow you to connect with your audiences in a more impactful way. Learn how to grow your leads, reinforce your multichannel calls to action in fundraising and cultivation, and turn out event participants and volunteers.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 23, 2023

Congratulations, all your data is now tucked neatly into organized rows and easy-to-access fields. There’s a rule of thumb home organizers use that says you should always keep your belongings in a place where you can see them, or you risk forgetting that you have them. You have a donor database ! What’s in there, anyway?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Or, perhaps you’ve just been tasked with putting together the annual report for your organization for the first time. The annual report includes things like your organization’s major accomplishments, benchmarks, and constituent success stories. This helps the report to be less dry and more relatable. . Create a cover.

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sgEngage

JUNE 25, 2021

This past year proved to us the importance of engagement and relationships with each other, organizations with which we are affiliated, and communities that we are a part of. Grandparents missed their grandchildren, volunteers missed their time helping others, and groups missed the fellowship they had with one another.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

According to the latest M+R Benchmarks Study , monthly giving increased by 11% in 2022, making up 28% of all online revenue. Even as overall giving slumps, this increase is significant because it means that more organizations are receiving reliable funding on a monthly basis. Organize them into groups based on their gift sizes.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 17, 2024

After all, organizations can raise up to 31% of online revenue in December , as reported by M+R Benchmarks. We used merge tags to include the date of when their last gift was given to help personalize it further,” says Heather Thompson, Chief Development Officer at Norwescap.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 9, 2022

Diversity is essential because it provides us with insights from multiple perspectives and helps to ensure that we do not ostracize essential, but less highlighted needs. Bethan Harries found that “bigger, more established/well-resourced and White-led organizations tend to be more successful” than BIPOC-led nonprofits in resource cultivation.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

For many organizations, year-end fundraising campaigns represent a significant portion of their annual revenue. Spending some time planning your year-end fundraising activities will help you connect with donors, inspire them to support your work, and start building donor relationships that will carry over into the next year and beyond.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 18, 2023

Especially in the beginning of their employment, many benchmarks beyond gift income must be mutually agreed upon. For starters, every professional and volunteer team member can and should be engaged as messengers and enthusiastically sharing the story of the nonprofit with their respective networks.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 10, 2022

If you are generous, you have a heart that seeks to help people and make them happy. Your fundraising goal should be reasonable and reachable, while still presenting enough of a challenge that donors will rise to the occasion to help meet it. Hold a volunteer event. Generosity is one of the most important values in life.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2017

This webinar was presented on December 19 to more than 1,900 nonprofit staff worldwide and focused on what’s new and next in online communications and fundraising to help nonprofits prepare for the future and embrace being an early adopter. JOIN] The Internet of Things for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. The Revival of Email.

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