Connection Cafe

AUGUST 20, 2014

And now we have people pouring water on each other all in the name of fundraising. As a proud professional who works in the nonprofit industry, I am thrilled fundraising is making headlines. Because of this, ALS has 71,000 new donors. So why is this new wave of fundraising fraught with fear? Simply madness.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Even if your success doesn’t make national news headlines, you can execute a great giving day that propels your annual giving program forward. While donors might think that a giving day is just one day, the most effective annual giving shops treat day of giving as a midpoint in a larger strategy to acquire and steward new donors.

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2023

Charitable giving is essential to your nonprofit, but fundraising can be one of your most daunting tasks. Blackbaud Institute’s 2022 Charitable Giving Report marked a 9% increase in overall giving from the previous year. With donations and goodwill on the upswing, it is critical to understand how to fundraise for a nonprofit.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

If you’re reading a blog post with the words “capital campaign” and “board” in the headline, you might be spiraling through questions that are keeping you up at night (hopefully, it’s not 2 a.m.): Position your organization for even greater success by having a strategic donor engagement cycle in place—for all donors, not just board members.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

If I’m a donor heading to your site to make a year-end gift, here’s what I’m thinking: Don’t Make Me Give You My First-Born to Donate. They have a good headline at the top of the page, and they use a three-column layout that mirrors their branding throughout the site. In other words, lose any unnecessary fields on your donation form.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The key is to begin, said Linton Myers, Director of Innovation and Incubation at Blackbaud, and keep trying, even if the first attempt is not a slam-dunk. “Risk-averse leaders look at failures as a time loss, resource loss, or budget loss,” Myers said. Instead of thinking what happens if I fail, think about what happens if I don’t try?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Top States for New Donors & Online Donors Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 23rd, 2010 Blackbaud has a tremendous amount of data about the nonprofit sector. Excludes donors giving $1,000 or more in 2009.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 13, 2018

If you haven’t watched fundraising expert Joe Garecht’s Heating Up Multichannel Fundraising webinar or read his Raising Money through Multichannel Communications white paper, we highly recommend you do so. Multichannel fundraising can take place across a variety of communication channels , commonly categorized as online and offline.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 28, 2020

Join Blackbaud and Accordant for the Advancing Community Health Webinar Series. For years, the fear has been donors will not support non-traditional community impact initiatives. Donor Alignment. Donors want to see impact. The Right Community Impact Fundraising Case. Community Collaborative Philanthropy.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

From #batkid to #GivingTuesday, the Next Generation of American Giving to Content Marketing for Nonprofits , storytelling to social fundraising, retention rates to relationship building, the roundup below covers it all (and everything in between). More and more donors are giving online, especially towards the end of year.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2015

Nevertheless, the reasons these stories make headlines is because they are the exception, not the rule. Your organization has to decide how to best protect its data, including sensitive information on donors and fundraising efforts. Having a mobile-friendly approach to engaging donors has never been more important.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Without in-person events and amid increased competition for attention online, being able to reach, engage, and convert new donors online effectively is critical. Real-time fundraising thermometer. Donor-focused content. Interlochen knows that their campaign results are only possible because of their generous donors.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Just When You Thought Direct Mail Was Dead Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 10th, 2010 It’s baaack! 37% of respondents said that they respond using the charity’s website when they get a fundraising letter in the mail.

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