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Check it out, mate! The 2024 M+R Benchmarks Study is here!

M+R

The latest edition of the annual M+R Benchmarks Study has arrived, and here’s your ticket to ride. About a quarter of nonprofits had active peer to peer mobile messaging programs in 2023, driving event attendance, recruiting volunteers, and generating donations and advocacy actions. The 2024 M+R Benchmarks Study is here!

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5 Ways to Manage Volunteer Expectations

Volunteer Hub

Exceeding volunteer expectations is the best way to retain them. What are your volunteers hoping to gain? Here are 5 ways to manage volunteer expectations. Establishing your expectations for volunteers and understanding their expectations for your program early is key. What does a good experience look like to them?

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Volunteer administration: What has changed in recent decades?

ASU Lodestar Center

Hager Associate Professor of Nonprofit Leadership and Management, Arizona State University. Results from my most recent Volunteer Management Capacity Study are now posted at the Association of Leaders in Volunteer Engagement (AL!VE) Is that the case for volunteer administration? VE) website. The world is moving fast.

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Your Guide to Year-End Fundraising Best Practices

Nonprofit Tech for Good

However, this is not a universal rule. Common benchmarks include the number of new donors, the number of new email subscribers, or volunteer sign-ups. Sending emails between Tuesday and Thursday and between 9 AM and 12 PM or 6 PM and 9 PM can also increase open and response rates.

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Supercharge Your Intern Program: 18 Proven Assignment Ideas Across Marketing, Data, & More

Whole Whale

Or, perhaps there is a backlogged idea of gathering your volunteers for a small appreciation event that an intern can help arrange. Online training for nonprofits Join Whole Whale University Learn from our decade of experience with courses, webinars, templates, and guides! Visit Campus 15.

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How Do You Measure Up? [Benchmarks Webinar]

Care2

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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How can nonprofits partner with underserved minorities to build better communities?

ASU Lodestar Center

In engaging in interviews with nonprofit agencies, there is a common trend among practitioners who have clients, volunteers, and staff who are of a primarily homogenous make-up. What does it look like to benchmark progress with intercultural and interracial outreach and collaboration? Implications for the nonprofit sector.