Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Software solutions keep the nonprofit sector in motion. 67% of nonprofits use a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to track donations and manage supporter communications. That’s just the start—nonprofit software tools come in many varieties, offering support for marketing, event planning, form building, and much more.

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Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

Technology for nonprofit development and fundraising is quickly changing. In the TechSoup premiere our new #NPLive interactive series of video events, join us to discuss The Future of Fundraising online in the social media matrix on Tuesday, May 24 at 11 a.m. Pacific time. Why Has Fundraising Online Shifted so Quickly?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

To create a listening post to understand the questions and concerns from nonprofits about implementing an effective Facebook presence. To engage and discuss techniques and tips for using Facebook effectively for nonprofits. My experiments were quite granular: What gets more interactions - sharing video or photos or links?

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 10, 2023

Nonprofit conferences are a great opportunity for industry professionals to hone their skills, network with their peers, and learn innovative new strategies to help their organizations thrive. Nonprofit conferences can feature a variety of topics, like fundraising, marketing, nonprofit tech, and leadership.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

That might be why a giving officer’s average span to stay at a nonprofit organization is less than three years. These stats were compiled by the team at Blackbaud, long-time stand-out providers of nonprofit technology. They’ve been applying science to major gifts fundraising to help nonprofits raise funds more effectively.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 13, 2021

It’s crucial that you choose the right CRM solution for your nonprofit, but that can be significantly more difficult when there are multiple strong contenders on the market to choose between. Nonprofit CRM Comparison: Top 7 Solutions. Choosing the Best Nonprofit CRM for Your Organization. Overview of CRM for Nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2010

For the past few years whenever I doing a training or speak about nonprofits and social media and more recently when we’ve presented about the book, The Networked Nonprofit , someone always raises this concern: “Social media is a time suck.&#. Source: Valdis Krebs. Run the impact report to help you identify influencers.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The nonprofit world reached a “Tipping Point” in 2020: we believe the future of our industry will look significantly different from its past. . At Blackbaud, we believe this future – the future of the nonprofit sector – will be supported by Data Intelligence. . What is Data Intelligence? .

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 10, 2022

GivingTuesday encourages people to give back and celebrate the holiday season by making donations to their favorite charities, and nonprofits. Think of actionable steps and physical outcomes, such as reaching a benchmark on new construction or funding a specific program. Using QR Codes for Nonprofit Fundraising.

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Everyaction

JUNE 11, 2018

M+R Benchmarks Report , 40% of nonprofit website visitors in the year 2017 were using a mobile phone - a 9% increase from the year prior. Here are five things that all nonprofits should be doing in 2018 to keep up with mobile trends. According to the recently released. Getting started with peer-to-peer text messaging is easy!

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Standardization around portfolio tracking, donor interactions, documenting proposals, and next steps is critical to the health and sustainability of any fundraising program. It will establish rules, expectations for gift officer interactions, and coordinates activities amongst staff. are clearly documented within the database.

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NTEN

MAY 17, 2013

Vanlue Fundraising tips, some new (and free!) As you refine your fundraising strategy and explore new ways of connecting with donors, check out Blackbaud ''s 2013 Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits to compare your organization to others and gather new ideas. New to Salesforce? to "Salesforce security settings."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2010

It is the synthesis, sense-making, and sharing of the abundance of stories, knowledge, tips, resources, and wisdom that is happening in real time in the form of e-books or blog posts. One question that bubbled up was about specific techniques to measure or benchmark your nonprofits social media strategy and execution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Facebook is also a great tool for nonprofits. Four tips to help you get started. More people can find out about your Nonprofit because your Facebook Page gets indexed and is searchable inside and outside (i.e. No limit on the number of people who can express their support for your nonprofit by becoming your fan.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In the nonprofit world, this tracking process is referred to as moves management. At DNL OmniMedia, we help nonprofit organizations use their technology for more effective fundraising and donor stewardship. Moves are the various connections and steps a nonprofit takes to usher a donor toward giving. What is moves management?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Development officers should use every interaction to meaningfully engage every donor in a movement towards their next gift. Be sure to provide opportunities for interaction between leadership, senior officers, and newer talent. On the first visit, the donor should understand that the meeting is for fundraising purposes.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 23, 2013

Blackbaud’s just-released Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits found nonprofit website traffic was down 14 percent in 2012 compared to 2011. The study reported traffic decreased across 18 of 19 nonprofit verticals , with Canadian organizations being the exception. (It What can nonprofits do?

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2017

Like many nonprofits and social enterprises you may be scratching your head and wondering how an Instagram presence can help you contribute to social good in a creative and heroic way. It’s time to add something else to the mix—let’s start thinking about the value of Instagram for nonprofits. paid for your posts to be seen ).

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 23, 2023

–> Pro Tip: You can also sort the results by the “Latest transaction date.” Note that the “Number of Interactions” column is already built into this report – have you reached out to these donors yet, or are you seeing a lot of 0’s in this column? How do we reach more people?”

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DNL OmniMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

As a nonprofit fundraising professional, you know that raising major gifts is one of the most strategic efforts your organization will complete. Major gifts are not only a highly-strategic effort, but also a high-stakes one— for many nonprofits, over 80% of their total fundraising dollars come from major contributions alone.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The 2012 Nonprofit Technology Conference is coming to TechSoup’s hometown of San Francisco in April and we couldn’t be more excited! Conference sessions cover a range of topics, from social media to software tools for nonprofits, and are tailored to varying levels of expertise. Cloud Benchmarks: What Are Your Peers Up To?

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Care2

MARCH 13, 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!" Here are my top 10 picks in chronological order.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 6, 2013

I spent the first few days of this week at Blackbaud’s Annual Conference for Nonprofits (#bbcon), and was granted the invaluable privilege of meeting and speaking with many of you : the forces that keep this industry thriving. Do you have a CRM that makes tracking relationships and supporter interactions possible?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Mobile communication is becoming a central part of nonprofit fundraising and advocacy. According to the M+R Benchmarks 2023 report , 62% of nonprofits used text messaging for fundraising purposes in 2022. However, many nonprofits don’t know where to start when it comes to implementing text-to-give campaigns.

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Businesses, nonprofits, and charities who normally host a holiday fundraiser have been forced to move online, and finding ways to connect to once generous donors is tough. . If your nonprofit organization or charity would normally host a holiday fundraiser in-person, then you might consider moving to a virtual fundraising event online. .

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NTEN

JULY 5, 2012

Over 450 people joined us for the 2012 Benchmarks Extra: Facebook webinar we co-hosted with NTEN and the Ad Council last week. Combine all this knowledge with your free copy of the Benchmarks Extra: Facebook study , and you’ll be rocking your organization’s Facebook page in no time! Take some tips from Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

We’re one month out from NTEN’s annual Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) in Washington, DC. The official hashtag, #14NTC , is starting to buzz on Twitter, and I’m getting hyped about connecting with nonprofit leaders from around the globe! This was a gathering of people at the forefront of nonprofit technology.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

As a Master Trainer, one of my favorite models of training adults is the Peer Learning Exchange where a group of participants who are working on a similar project or domain of practices interact regularly to learn how to do it better. You can also set goals for donor engagement, brand awareness, or capacity building for local nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2014

Here are this week’s nonprofit highlights: Nearly 3 out of 4 new donors leave and never come back. It’s here – the 4th annual edition of Nonprofit Communications Trends Report by Nonprofit Marketing Guide. And it’s stacked with useful data derived from the 2,135 nonprofits surveyed.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 23, 2014

Last week, we hosted a webinar around this very topic of technology and innovation within nonprofit organizations called Selling Your Vision: How to Build Leadership Support for New Technology Investments. Technology nonprofit leadership nonprofit technology Online Fundraising technology investment' Position the Ask.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2017

As an educational consultant, I offer nonprofits instruction on best practices around their technology. I often get asked questions about how a nonprofit’s website should look and behave and what benchmarking or evaluation tips I might have. How can a website serve a nonprofit’s mission and vision?

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AccelEvents

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Businesses, nonprofits, and charities who normally host a holiday fundraiser have been forced to move online, and finding ways to connect to once generous donors is tough. . If your nonprofit organization or charity would normally host a holiday fundraiser in-person, then you might consider moving to a virtual fundraising event online. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2016

But for now, Listening and feedback loops are important skills for nonprofit leaders and for organizations to get better results. Do nonprofits and foundations listen to the people they seek to help and act on what they hear? But, most nonprofits do NOT collect feedback in an ongoing, systematic way. The answer is…sort of….

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 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!" Here are some useful tips to increase your e-newsletters performance rates.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 6, 2009

2009 eNonprofit Benchmark Study. “I where are they online already and how do they want to interact with you online (is it in the same spaces or different ones, is it conversations or promotion, etc.)? We Are Media, a wiki-based community project curating resources about using social media in nonprofit organizations.

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Social Media Interaction Government Case Study 105

BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2015

According to Leading with Intent: A National Index of Nonprofit Board Practices 2015 , many nonprofit boards across the country are earning B-minuses for their performance. BoardSource, the country’s leading nonprofit governance consultants, provides some great advice in this week’s guest post.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2016

If you’re not tracking people’s interactions and behaviors on your website, then your relationship is incomplete. This is the next frontier in how nonprofits can truly target and communicate with their supporters and prospects in the digital world. 1:30 PM – Google Analytics to Make Your Organization a Fundraising Powerhouse.

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