sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle. Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. Learning, we do naturally.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

BoardSource found that non-profit boards that conduct self-assessments are more likely to have a clear mission and vision, and they are more likely to be effective in achieving their goals. In relationship building, trust is the place to start. Our new governing model makes us work smarter,” Andrea observed. “I

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The Storytelling Non-profit

MARCH 7, 2022

Some organizations go further to work in 90-day increments. It can enhance your campaign’s effectiveness by: Allowing you to sequence messaging in a way that moves the audience towards your goals. Building audience engagement over time as you reach the climax of the story arc or campaign. Step 1: Define your timeline.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

But while it may seem tempting to toss your organization’s own time and money into that pool, what does it mean to build an app? As a reader of this, you’re probably in a decision phase around how to build out your nonprofit’s mobile strategy towards impact. Here are 2 nonprofit apps that worked — and why. Charity Miles.

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EveryAction

APRIL 5, 2023

By asking the right questions , clearly advocating for your organization’s needs, and building a clear roadmap , you can make sure your board understands your situation and supports your ultimate goal of helping your teams work more efficiently and effectively through technology. Let’s dive in.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Uncover the step-by-step process of defining goals, selecting prompts, implementing initiatives, and measuring impact in this comprehensive guide. Define Your Goals : Begin by outlining your organization’s goals for leveraging ChatGPT. ” Instructions: Share your nonprofit’s communication objectives and goals.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Today, I want to help get the most out of your non-profit storytelling efforts by helping you decide where to take your work next. If your non-profit is just getting started with storytelling your next best step is to work on setting goals for storytelling. Additional reading on goal setting you might find helpful.

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CauseVox

JULY 14, 2022

You set a period of time, a goal amount, and a purpose for the fundraiser. It’s incredibly common to use a capital campaign for physical spaces, whether that’s building a new building or renovating an old one, but you can also use them for equipment, starting up a new program, or to meet any one-time need in your organization.

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Greater Giving

MAY 12, 2021

They understand the donor’s desire to help and have proven their dedication to reaching the goals of the nonprofit. The Cultivation Phase. Learn their reason for becoming active in your nonprofit as you share stories about the work you have completed, projects currently going on, and the future plans that will need funding.

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Candid

MAY 10, 2023

To spread the word about a new initiative or build awareness around your mission-driven work, effective communication with your audiences is key. To set your next campaign up for success, we are breaking up the process of building a campaign into five simple steps. This is where a communications campaign can come in handy.

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Achieve

MAY 10, 2021

Traditionally, capital campaigns are broken down into seven phases: Pre-Campaign Planning. Defining your campaign’s core objectives and determining a working revenue goal. The Quiet Phase. Identifying prospective major donors, developing those relationships, and securing roughly 65% of your total revenue goal. .

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In the anti-rape movement, we see the work of ending violence as dismantling systems of oppression, like sexism, racism ableism, classism, homophobia, etc. To build a meaningful advocacy campaign, it needs to start with a real, human story of why we’re here and why people should care. Identify Your Own Story . Understand Your Audience.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Capital campaigns are intended to raise money for a specific project, issue, or program, or to meet an overall, designated fundraising goal. The capital campaign lasts for a set period of time, and is generally broken up into multiple phases. What is the public phase of a capital campaign?

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Between 1980 and 2020 , the working white population has declined from 83% to 63%, while the minority working population has doubled. Strategies to diversify nonprofit boards can be divided into three broad phases. Phase 1: Triple A’s - awareness, attitude and action. Phase 2: Implementation. Asian American.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 24, 2021

When you started researching to build your nonprofit’s first website, what did you encounter? At DNL OmniMedia, we work with nonprofit organizations to custom-build a site that meets their unique needs. These services are often out of range for new nonprofits building a site for the first time.

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Achieve

JUNE 8, 2023

You start discussing your goals with donors, but they don’t understand why you’re asking for such large gifts. They’ll shape the entire campaign, from the specific fundraising goal you seek to raise, to the case for support you develop and discuss with donors. The plan feels pieced together, and your early efforts lose steam fast.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

In today’s world, nonprofits rely on their technology to help bring them closer to their goals. In this guide, we will provide an overview of nonprofit technology consulting essentials, Team DNL’s services, and what you can expect when working with a firm: Why work with a nonprofit consulting firm for tech?

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Classy

JULY 9, 2021

Capital campaigns are time-limited efforts with a large fundraising goal for a specific need. They typically have four phases of implementation: Planning: includes setting a budget, gathering volunteers, setting your goals, and researching prospective donors. Read Next: The 4 Phases of a Modern Capital Campaign.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Many AMS vendors use the same basic implementation phases: Onboarding, Discovery, Implementation, and Launch. What’s important, and where the difference lies, is how they approach those phases. We build best practices into the implementation process to make sure you get the most out of your new system from day one.

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Association Analytics

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

If you have analytics without a plan, it won’t serve your goals. In this initial phase, don’t get hung up on data quality. It’s important to socialize your analytics plan and make it a part of your work culture. Here are some high impact and easy ways to put your data analytics to work. Step 1: Create a Plan.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

With one shift in our understanding about data, we can reclaim a sense of wonder, creative agency, and value in our data work: Recognizing that information does not equal data and data does not equal knowledge. Building knowledge is a social process where we make meaning together. We utilize datamaking as part of shared meaning making.

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Forum One

AUGUST 9, 2023

While the bulk of the hands-on work of content migration will happen near the end of development, you should start planning for this phase as soon as the project starts. Some key things to consider early on include establishing your content goals and policies: What content will be most impactful on your new website?

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Blue Avocado

MARCH 5, 2024

Over the years, I have worked with many founder-led (or until-recently-founder-led) organizations. For staff, working in a start-up nonprofit is often an exercise in mindreading. They may hew to an established strategic plan or question ambitious fundraising goals, for example. That desire doesn’t change.

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fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

As a Fonteva premier service partner , our team of certified experts have been working with Fonteva since 2014 and completed more than 80 implementations and migrations. What makes a successful Fonteva implementation Designing and building a tech solution is only one part of making a successful Fonteva implementation.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 28, 2021

As we say goodbye to 2021 and look ahead to 2022, we are reflecting on our work in the last year. We hope these posts are helpful pieces to revisit or delve into for the first time, as you think about 2022 and your digital goals.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

We can help you move analytics to the top of the list by giving you tips to build a business case and how to articulate it to others. Let’s build your business case to make data analytics a top priority: 1. Improved efficiency that will reduce manual work, optimize processes and eliminate redundancy. This is not a long process.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Stellar service When it comes to initial services, many AMS vendors use the same basic implementation phases: Onboarding, Discovery, Implementation, and Launch. Where the difference lies is how they approach those phases. Here are four qualities to consider as you search for your next AMS vendor: 1.Stellar They should go further.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Due to this collective mastery, your work offers an invaluable skill set that uniquely positions development professionals for leadership at nonprofit and philanthropic agencies. Your work behind the scenes is to establish a structure—plans, systems and processes—by which the nonprofit may reach its advancement goals.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Does direct mail work? Yes, direct mail fundraising does work. This builds up your reputation as an established, trustworthy organization. Conduct research about your organization’s specific market, working to identify marketwide consumer and technology trends. Mail enhances trust and credibility. The market landscape.

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The Storytelling Non-profit

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Year-end fundraising campaigns that meet their goals happen as a result of good planning and excellent project management. But year-end fundraising campaigns that exceed their goals happen because there is a compelling story behind them. Goal – Could be overall amount raised, number of gifts, number of new donors, etc .

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Our team can help you define what kind of behaviors you want for your system, from what you want to happen when you create a new contact, to what platforms and services are essential for your association’s goals. Comprehensive tech ecosystem The key to effective Salesforce integrations is understanding the ecosystem we need to build.

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AccelEvents

JULY 26, 2021

Content marketing is an online marketing process where written, visual, or audio content promotes a goal. . Your content curation will depend on the goals of your event. Set strong foundations by developing an online event strategy: Map out the event goals. Your event goals should be part of a broader marketing campaign.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

One major gift-size donation can be the difference between meeting your fundraising goal and not. After all, this is a group of people who already support your work. Your nonprofit won’t be able to do that if the data you’re working from is outdated, inaccurate, or cluttered with irrelevant data points.

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Forum One

MAY 23, 2022

In order to lead effectively, you must always have a 3000-foot view of the end goal, but be able to answer the fine detail questions around the development as well. Give us an example of what you’ve been working on lately? Don’t be afraid to speak up if some of those early decisions could be improved upon for later phases.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 3, 2023

Often, organizations set their giving levels by identifying what they already consider a major donor; setting specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound (SMART) goals for how they would like to grow their major donors; and setting parameters from there.

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The Fundraising Authority

MAY 8, 2021

Why Google Ads Work Google Ads are incredibly effective because they are displayed to people searching relevant terms in Google. If you ever worked with Google AdWords in the past, then you already know Google Ads (it rebranded in 2018). For example, it helps nonprofits understand how ads work. How Does the Program Work?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In other words, your Board should help you see problems before they occur, they should evaluate how well things are working, and they should help you find new and better solutions. Plus, it’s responsible for ensuring that you meet goals and keep promises to the public, donors, and beneficiaries. And what should they NOT be doing?

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