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One Thing Most Nonprofits Stink at (Donor Retention) and How You Can Change It in 2019

Connection Cafe

First, believe deeply – in your heart and then in your brain – that donors matter. Vanessa Chase , Philanthropy for All. Creating a communications calendar with a minimum of 12 touches per year. Building a culture of philanthropy throughout your organization. Joyaux , ACFRE, Joyaux Associates.

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4 Ways AI is the Next Big Game-Changer in Museum Membership & Attendance

Connection Cafe

Instead of racking your brain trying to come up with another engaging iteration of the same email, AI can help write it for you, and you’ll only need to spend a couple brief minutes checking it over. Measure Attendance Patterns to Drive Renewals. AI has also has the capacity to simplify other donor communications for you.

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The NMC Symposium for the Future: Prepping for Virtual Keynote about Nonprofits in 2020

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This post is an inspirational message and reminder that stubborn visionary optimism drives accomplishments and that half measures and incremental steps just don’t seem to get us very far when it comes to education. Last year , I heard Jerry Michalski use the metaphor of the global brain in talk about the future.

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One Thing Most Nonprofits Stink at (Donor Retention) and How You Can Change It in 2014

Connection Cafe

First, believe deeply – in your heart and then in your brain – that donors matter. Vanessa Chase , Philanthropy for All. Creating a communications calendar with a minimum of 12 touches per year. Building a culture of philanthropy throughout your organization. Joyaux , ACFRE, Joyaux Associates.

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[VIDEO] Building a Better Grants Strategy Post-COVID

Bloomerang

First, we’re going to have like a little bit of an overview of what’s happening in the world of philanthropy. So what’s happening in philanthropy? So when you put together your grants calendar, it’s really based on the prospect research. So here’s what we’re going to be covering today.

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[VIDEO] How to Talk about Legacy Giving Without Seeming Creepy

Bloomerang

And I understand the impulse to avoid the subject, no one likes to face their mortality, but that’s not really what legacy philanthropy is about. It lights up the pleasure centers of their brains, it gives them what is called a warm-glow feeling. And this person called it creepy. Not today and really not ever.

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[VIDEO] How to Get a Return on Your Nonprofit Technology Investment

Bloomerang

Adult brains don’t learn new things that easily. Sometimes a system owner is like the person whose budget pays for that product, so director of development, VP of development, philanthropy manager, whatever title you have in your org. Those meetings will stick around on their calendar. Be nice to your people.