Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

They can’t be expected to keep track of their giving status–especially if you’re on a fiscal year and they think in calendar years. . Please put it on your calendar for next year as a ‘must do.’ If not, give these donors a phone call pronto. Don’t count on them remembering. Most donors are well-intentioned; they’re just busy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

This blog post shares some thoughts. According to Rob Cross’s research, knowledge workers spend 90 to 95 per cent of their time on the phone, responding to e-mails or in meetings. A quick glance at your calendar shows that you spent hours in meetings, answering emails, or working on shared documents but you can’t remember why.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 10, 2011

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! I called them up, let the phone ring 10 times, and nobody picked up.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 9, 2022

As we approach the end of the calendar year, many of your donors will be thinking about end-of-year donations to your organization. Keep these 7 hints in mind as you build your strategy and contact Cloud for Good today for additional opportunities to transform your technology with Salesforce. .

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

Include your ad campaigns in your content calendar to maximize their return on investment. When scheduling your ad campaigns, keep in mind that some months are more lucrative when it comes to donations. Facebook allows you to upload phone and email lists as a target audience. There are also several tools for scheduling your ads.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

However, for donors who might prefer a more secure giving option, include a link to your online donation form in the text of your giving letter, or even print a QR code that directly links to your donation form that your supporters can scan with their phones. Make sure your form is in great shape. Thank your donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 29, 2017

Meet my colleague, Meico Marquette Whitlock, who is the Founder and CEO of Mindful Techie. I had an opportunity to interview Meico about being a Mindful Techie. You have now moved into the area of “Mindfulness and Technology,” what inspired the move from nonprofit techie into mindfulness?

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Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

In a survey of 200 nonprofit organizations, Freewill found that nonprofits using virtual technology plan to steward major donors as follows: Phone conversations (21.6%). At a minimum, try a mix of three channels (email, social media, phone, etc.). Create a blog post with “can’t-miss moments”. Emails (19.9%). Direct Mail (19.2%).

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Formally, your mind begins organizing, “Study for this long on these dates, write paper one at this time and on this date, and so on and so on.” Organizing the Calendar. I tend to write my processes out on a piece of paper or occasionally log important or reoccurring tasks in a Google Calendar entry. Reward Yourself.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2015

And, every year when the calendar flips over, we embrace reflection and setting goals. We focus more capturing the sunset on our mobile phone to share on Facebook , than simply enjoying it. Stillness is different from mindfulness, a coping technique that teaches people to live in the moment and meditate to reduce stress.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 5, 2022

To stay grounded and thriving in life, you need to know when those times are and dig in, put your phone down, silence your ringer and be where your feet are. other words, you need to be there mind, body, and soul. And, I have yet to come across anyone in life who has been successful and not had to work hard to get there and stay there.in

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2010

His definition of the problem is that it gets in the way of sustained mindfulness in order to get something meaningful done. What is the solution? It is a balancing act in your calendar and to do list. Take Breaks: There’s nothing like shutting off the damn computer or mobile phone and going for a walk.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2021

To stay grounded and thriving in life, you need to know when those times are and dig in, put your phone down, silence your ringer and be where your feet are. other words, you need to be there mind, body, and soul. And, I have yet to come across anyone in life who has been successful and not had to work hard to get there and stay there.in

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 28, 2021

To stay grounded and thriving in life, you need to know when those times are and dig in, put your phone down, silence your ringer and be where your feet are. other words, you need to be there mind, body, and soul. And, I have yet to come across anyone in life who has been successful and not had to work hard to get there and stay there.in

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Mike blocks out time for solo thinking and reflection on his calendar and they avoid scheduling meetings one day week (Friday). He puts all his to do and tasks on his phone – so there is a separation of thinking/reflection time and tasks. He admits that they can’t always stick to it, but try to the majority of the time.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 24, 2011

As they mention on the Working Wikily Blog , they are releasing the findings of the study in a more dynamic form because they want the organizations and funders to be part of telling this dynamic story. The study was funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The John S. and James L.

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NTEN

AUGUST 4, 2011

CoP's offer groups within the nonprofit technology sector an online space to connect, as well as the opportunity to hold monthly webinars or discussion phone calls. Designed with peer knowledge sharing in mind, CoP's aim to provide an established point of reference along with a network of support and resources.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Not only that, but with the move to more and more online giving (there was a 32% increase in online revenue in 2020), events like #GivingTuesday have become an even more important part of your fundraising calendar. Keep in mind, the average donation during a matching campaign is 51% higher than without! Be specific.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This is your go-to dashboard for all the latest conference details with easy access from your laptop, tablet, or mobile phone. Check out the full conference agenda and add events to your calendar. And don’t miss John Kenyon ’s blog post on his top tips. Find a full list of all attendees, speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors.

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NTEN

AUGUST 8, 2011

We'll be posting highlights from this meeting of the minds on the NTEN blog. When using a recruiter, try to find someone on an hourly basis to help out with resume reading and phone screenings, then set up the interviews on your calendar. In today's installment, we tackle the CTOs' top five staffing tips.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

They also offer a guide for cause-based campaigns as well as customer support on the phone or online. Depending on what you donate, you'll receive notes, photos, or a calendar from the students. For more Teespring stories, check out the TechSoup blog. Unlike Indiegogo, Causevox does not have a nonprofit verification status.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

You might even offer a small branded item, like a t-shirt or calendar for the coming year, to motivate your supporters to give. As we mentioned before, it can be difficult for your supporters to find time for a big Giving Tuesday event if it isn’t on their holiday season calendar. Book a venue, entertainment, and catering.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2009

Matt Sharp , Director of Operations and Technology, Packard Foundation Last week, when I started as Scholar in Residence at the Packard Foundation, I sat down to use the computer in my office to write a blog post. She offered me a helpful list of tips and Outlook 2007 cheat sheets, the Foundation's email/calendar or productivity system.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Like the phone companies, the gas companies, even the internet companies. And they wrote an entire blog post about why they did that. I mean, I think in the back of our minds, we all knew this was very likely. That’s my blog posts. all my blog posts and pretty much anything I have going on is linked to there.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Be Mindful of Your Participants’ Time. “ Zoom fatigue is real, so it’s important when creating a virtual fundraising event to be mindful of duration and timing, as well as ensuring that all content offered within your event provides value and actionable takeaways. This helped to keep all of our messaging about the event in sync.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And when you are kicking off your fiscal year or your calendar year, set those expectations high so people know what they can do to be helpful. So could each of our board members over the course of the year thank 25 people, make five phone calls, write five thank you notes, write five emails. Here’s our event calendar.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

They also offer a guide for cause-based campaigns as well as customer support on the phone or online. Depending on what you donate, you'll receive notes, photos, or a calendar from the students. For more Teespring stories, check out the TechSoup blog. Unlike Indiegogo, Causevox does not have a nonprofit verification status.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Start with a Social Media Editorial Calendar In order to plan out your social media, you first need to create an editorial calendar. An editorial calendar is basically just a content map or a guide that helps you map out your nonprofit’s content (including social media) for the year. Don’t let this term scare you.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The following blog post is by Shana Masterson and Jonathan Cass. Offer a registration fee discount and promote it heavily in all of your communications - email, social, phone, etc. Communications calendar - Plan most of your email, website and social media communications in advance, you will thank yourself later!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 24, 2022

In this blog post, TapKat shares their top 10 best practices for launching and promoting successful online sweepstakes. Most importantly – display QR codes that link to your sweepstakes website so donors can enter easily from their mobile phones. 1) Choose a Great Sweepstakes Prize. Show off the prize at your facility.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

By Sean Kosofsky , is the Nonprofit Fixer and founder of Mind the Gap Consulting. Audience size, breadth, and depth: If your organization has big lists, lots of traffic to your website or blog or social media pages, or big crowds at events, there are many ways to turn this into a donor benefit. News release mentioning the benefactors.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2007

Jodie Evans, Dana Balicki, and Rae Abileah bravely put their CODEPINK website up to the scrutiny of some of DCs best online marketing minds. When collecting information, separate users home phone numbers and cell phone numbers. Google Calendars is an easy way to get your nonprofits events directly to the people.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 20, 2022

For retention-minded fundraisers with a strong donor cultivation plan in place, the early days of a new calendar year might even be busier than any day in November and December. In cases where this year-end gift was not their only gift during the calendar year, be sure to mention any past giving.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Article Outline Plan the outline for your next blog post or newsletter article based on a topic. Likely Questions Anticipate questions that will come up in people’s minds. I’ve scheduled some time in my calendar for us to talk on the phone about this opportunity: [INSERT CALENDAR LINK].

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

Picking up the 500-pound phone and calling donors was a big struggle for me. So I consider myself an introvert, and as an introvert, there are a lot of things that I really dislike about the phone, right? Phone calls can feel a bit intrusive to me. So I’m still not in love with the phone, right? I hate phones.”

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

We have our clients use a calendar so they can color code their Asks, Warm Touches, and Communications to make sure donors aren’t being overasked. As you write blog posts, social media posts, appeals, and newsletter articles, keep your message focused on your mission. This helps tie things together in the donor’s mind.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

Picking up the 500-pound phone and calling donors was a big struggle for me. So I consider myself an introvert, and as an introvert, there are a lot of things that I really dislike about the phone, right? Phone calls can feel a bit intrusive to me. So I’m still not in love with the phone, right? I hate phones.”

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