Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2016

Good instructional design and delivery engages people’s brains, eyes, ears, and bodies. People pay attention more, they learn something, they retain it better, and there is a better chance of them applying what they learned. People can’t be as focused on content when they been sitting longer than 20 minutes.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2019

I left private legal practice for nonprofit fundraising to get away from the less relational aspects of the service provider-client relationship. I loved building trust, meeting clients where they were most comfortable, and taking a relationship-above-all approach to my work. Treating Donors Like Customers (But Not in a Bad Way).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2011

My panel was about how nonprofits can work effectively free agents, individuals interested in social change but not a traditional nonprofit staff person or volunteer. It struck me that it was all about relationships. I truly believe that the more engaged the audience the better learning and the better retention.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

This video of Mary Beth Westmoreland and Steve MacLaughlin forecasting how and where nonprofits, technology, and even user experience will intersect during this upcoming year is total brain candy for anyone in our space. Relevant even for a nonprofit designer like me. A great trend for all of us.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

This video of Mary Beth Westmoreland and Steve MacLaughlin forecasting how and where nonprofits, technology, and even user experience will intersect during this upcoming year is total brain candy for anyone in our space. Relevant even for a nonprofit designer like me. A great trend for all of us.

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Trend Tech Meme Retention 20

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Tom Iselin will show you how to increase your likability and “memorability” among donors that will deepen relationships, help you raise more money, and create greater donor loyalty. We got five excellent tactics for you that’ll help you raise more money, and improve your donor relationships through personal branding.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2022

The biggest mistake that nonprofits make at the end of year is not building relationships throughout the year with donors. Share your impact and build that relationship. Relationship + Results = Recurring Revenue. When a donor reads your year-end appeal, their brain is working fast to answer this question: “Is this for me?”

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Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

You can then leverage this information to build relationships with these donors and encourage future donations. When people read stories , chemicals like dopamine and oxytocin are released in their brains. Recurring donations are important for your nonprofit’s donor retention strategy.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 11, 2021

So most of you are hoping to get strategies about how to strengthen your volunteer donor and staff relationships and sense of community. . You’re building trust, you’re building relationship, maybe even friendship. Also, perhaps you’re interested in the podcast and reflections that I’ve learned. All right.

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Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

You can then leverage this information to build relationships with these donors and encourage future donations. This means that the information you capture through online fundraising automatically syncs in Bloomerang, which helps you build relationships with donors and supporters so you can retain them for years to come.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 30, 2018

The field observes and analyzes human relationships through behavioral aspects including geography, biology, law, psychiatry, and political science. Year one donor retention rates for a monthly giving program can be as high as 80% due in part to this theory. Here’s what you need to know. What is Behavioral Science?

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

it will impact another important metric—your donor retention rate. The hours and days immediately after a donor completes a gift are invaluable times to start building relationships with your supporter. While it’s easy to reduce a receipt to a very transactional email, you can turn it into a powerful donor retention asset.

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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. I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation. . Make sure your messages are inspiring, specific, relationship-building.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2021

A relationship rife with possibility. That donation they sent you gave their brains a shot of happiness chemicals. Whether or not this “first date” gift turns into a real relationship depends on you. Donor retention rates are higher with monthly donors, 70% compared to 40-50% for single gift-makers. Ah, the new donor.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Adult brains don’t learn new things that easily. What vendor relationship is really solid? If you can prioritize things, if you can track budgets, if you can set your team up for success, if you can manage and grow a healthy, trusting relationship with your software partners, that’s all you need.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

Well, your database, I’ve said this, your database is like your brain, right? Like your fundraising brain. Relationship reports for accuracy. All right, relationship reports for accuracy, other relationships. ” Might have a gift acceptance policy with something in it about pledges somewhere in my brain.

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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). Follow up, say thank you, and start building the relationship. It’s hot.

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