CauseVox

APRIL 29, 2021

Need to create your 2021 fundraising plan? Register for the course, “How To Create A Fundraising Plan For 2021” for only $115. “If And as far as fundraising planning goes, your fundraising plans were thrown off. Creating a Fundraising Plan. Creating a fundraising plan may seem daunting.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2021

In part one of this series, I outlined my top six fundraising strategies for 2021: . Investing in digital-first fundraising and marketing communications. This year, commit to customizing and offering options (email, direct mail, text, etc.). Author information Claire Axelrad Fundraising Coach at Bloomerang Claire Axelrad, J.D.,

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

While the end of the year can be a time to relax and unwind, it’s also a season for nonprofits to ramp up fundraising. Studies have repeatedly shown that the human brain responds positively to altruism and people are hard-wired to give because it produces feel-good emotions. It’s their last chance to make tax-deductible donations.

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NTEN

JANUARY 5, 2012

Yet we spend a lot of time trying to persuade people by focusing on the 5% rational brain with statistics, rational arguments and feature lists. Yet we spend a lot of time trying to persuade people by focusing on the 5% rational brain with statistics, rational arguments and feature lists. It may be worth using the proportion online.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 11, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Dear Charity Clairity, I’m wondering if you have a data point readily available in your brilliant brain? The best information we have is from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) reports. Have a question for our Fundraising Coach?

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

The Campaign Workshop is an award-winning political consulting firm that specializes in targeted communications, digital, mail, and video for advocacy and political campaigns. Be up front about exactly what you need, be it a petition signature, volunteer hours, committee membership, or peer-to-peer fundraising.

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Whole Whale

MAY 20, 2021

Fundraising is a HUGE field and there are many great oranizations that help improve the quality of the sector like the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). This group is a go-to for many fundraisers looking to learn and improve their skills. List of Nonprofit Fundraising Companies. Aly Sterling Philanthropy.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

However, with a read-a-thon fundraiser, you can give your supporters the opportunity to slow down and crack open a book while also teaching young students the value of reading and escaping into exciting stories. What is a read-a-thon fundraiser? How to host a read-a-thon fundraiser. Why should you host a read-a-thon?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 20, 2023

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question come from a fundraiser and donor who wants advice on how to handle poor donor engagement: Dear Charity Clairity, I’m a fundraiser, but also a donor. Did I offend the previous fundraiser? Sometimes wearing both hats is challenging.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The last year has seen a lot of nonprofits dipping their toes into online fundraising for the first time. Spinal CSF Leak Foundation was among those numbers when they ran their first peer-to-peer fundraising campaign on CauseVox. In years past their annual Duradash fundraiser raised about $5000 when through their event.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

There are two parts to thanking donors: Connecting with the donor’s brain by providing a gift receipt and more importantly, touching the donor’s heart by letting them know they are heroes for giving to your organization’s cause. You make the brain connection when you give them the data they need for their records.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Elizabeth Abel will explore the role of the board in elevating fundraising activity and discuss effective strategies to recruit, engage, and deploy diverse board members as fundraising ambassadors. Yeah, engaging those board members to be fundraising ambassadors. Is it okay if I go ahead and get this party started?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

When a good story is shared, scientific research shows our brains connect to storytelling can have on us: Stories are remembered 22x more easily than data, facts, and stats. Storytelling engages our sensory cortex in the brain , allowing the listener to feel, hear, taste, and even smell the story. Direct mail. Newsletters.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 16, 2014

For most of us, the month of December generally means two things: fundraising letters and holiday parties. In other words, the fundraising nerd in me comes alive! That said, a funny thing happened to me recently: As I was reading through a stack of direct-mail pitches, I began to feel grumpy, agitated, a little Scrooge-like.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

Communication specialists who will help your campaign attract new supporters through email campaigns, social media, phone calls and direct mail, and events. While facts and figures reach the logical side of our brains, stories appeal to the emotional side. Your solution should be related to specific actions your nonprofit is taking.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

HBR's Dan Pallotta thinks it's unethical that your organization doesn't spend more time and money on fundraising. We think it's unethical that this crazy yo-yo guy hasn't been worked into a fundraising campaign. Read more posts on our blog. Them's fightin' words to a lot of commenters. He will seriously blow your mind.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

If you want to learn more about the technical side of SEO optimization, check out the article below: Fundraising Nonprofit SEO: 10 Tips to Optimize Your Website 13 min read Read Now 4. Contact: Tells website visitors how to get in touch (typically with a contact form, office address, and mailing address).

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

writing assistant for fundraising? because this tool has transformed my life as a nonprofit fundraiser, and I believe it will do the same for you… Have you ever been faced with writing something and wished that you had an assistant to do the work for you? First, almost every fundraising program includes appeals.

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OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

ways to bring in fundraising dollars and engage supporters is the time-tested fundraising event. If you’ve got event fundraising on the brain, you’ve come to the right post. Here, we’ll walk through 10 steps to putting together a fundraising event that’s out of this world.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2022

In this roundup, I compiled the best year-end fundraising advice from several nonprofit consultants in my network. If you had one piece of advice for successful end-of-year fundraising what would it be? From Tom Ahern , professional copywriter, coach, author of 8 fundraising books , and town crier for donor love. Start earlier.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 31, 2009

Watching multiple clients raise astonishing amounts of money through the mail this year. Being in Moscow in October and participating in a brain storming session for a Russian professional fundraising organization. Riding my horse in my first cattle roundup.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 12, 2012

In addition to having a very well formatted website and some catchy social media content, the study itself is useful to nonprofits looking to engage those in their 20s and 30s in advocacy and fundraising. What better way to get inside the brains (and hearts) of the under 35 team by inviting them into a leadership role?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Jacobwith will show you five powerful and simple “must do’s” to cut through year-end fundraising noise, help increase your Giving Tuesday success, and increase donor retention. We are here to talk about Five “Must Dos” for Year-End Fundraising Success. Yes, it is year-end fundraising season. Lori: I think we should.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

Online fundraising has been on an upward trajectory for years. But because of pandemic-related restrictions on in-person interactions, online fundraising increased by 32% in 2020. After a year of significant growth, online fundraising grew by a more modest 3% in 2021 , and the number of gifts increased by 5%.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 30, 2013

Supplement Annual Revenue – deferred giving is revenue over-and-above traditional fundraising efforts such as direct mail/annual fund, special events and individual giving. You’ve mentored some people new to the industry along the way and enjoy your status as a community brain trust on all-things-planned giving.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Online fundraising has been on an upward trajectory for years. But because of pandemic-related restrictions on in-person interactions, online fundraising increased by 32% in 2020. After a year of significant growth, online fundraising grew by a more modest 3% in 2021 , and the number of gifts increased by 5%.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Here’s the first lesson of Fundraising 101: fundraising is not about begging. . I think that’s why so many people who start nonprofits decide they hate fundraising before they even try it. I remember trying to sell calendars as a public school fundraiser when I was about 8. And I decided I didn’t like fundraising.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60) This year they did something a little different.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 13, 2011

After years as a donor, she started getting every mailing with her husband’s name spelled wrong. Months of planning went into a fundraising concert, only to have the afternoon arrive to the tune of tornado warnings on every channel. And if you want that old ED’s brain back, ask yourself if you are a hungry zombie?).

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Social Media and Fundraising. For 2014, our NPTech experts made strong predictions about charities doing more multi-channel marketing or going beyond email and direct mail into social media. However, another trend that is emerging is that we'll be discovering the limitations of social media in fundraising.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So, if you’re like a lot of fundraisers, here are some of the challenges that you’re probably dealing with right now. Like a lot of the stresses and fears we have, especially around fundraising, have really become magnified over the past year or so. There we go. Clicker is back in action. .

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 22, 2011

It would be rude to NOT stop by their table and say hello but you must have had too much pasta because your brain seems to be functioning a little slow and you just can't remember the name of your donor’s spouse. 4) Track results. 5) Train your employees and provide them with the freedom to use the information.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

A picture is worth about 60,000 words, because studies have shown that the human brain processes images about 60,000 times faster than it does plain text. Ira: So everybody knows that old adage that a picture’s worth a thousand words. That’s actually wrong, though.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

It may be mean rethinking multi-channel campaigns, particularly use of direct mail as Allyson Kapin writes on the Frog Loop blog. While there’s a lot of discussion targeting youth in online fundraising through micro-payments etc, which is sexy, the 50+ category is really the next huge dollar opportunity for nonprofits.”

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 20, 2021

Once upon a time, a fundraiser was super busy. Neuroscientists would tell you that the brain processes facts and stories differently. Your brain naturally becomes more skeptical when you hear facts first. Your brain gets absorbed in the story and it drops its guard. What should she write?

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

So, if you’re like a lot of fundraisers, here are some of the challenges that you’re probably dealing with right now. Like a lot of the stresses and fears we have, especially around fundraising, have really become magnified over the past year or so. There we go. Clicker is back in action. .

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sgEngage

APRIL 4, 2023

Send time-sensitive fundraising messages Like digital channels, fundraising text messages tend to see higher conversion rates when the ask is timely. Include fundraising texts closer to campaign deadlines, whether that’s a Giving Day , late December or another timely campaign to increase ROI.

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