Forum One

AUGUST 16, 2023

Though annual reports can come at any time, a key component of finishing the calendar year off strong is to ensure that you are reporting on what you’ve achieved and identifying where there is room to grow. Then you can begin looking at your data with a direction and purpose in mind. Goal setting matters a lot here.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

How much will it cost for you to accomplish what you have in mind? If you can find 10 good grant leads — we can usually find at least 10 hot leads when we do grant research for our clients—then you can fill your grant calendar and keep your grant pipeline full all year long. Celebrate those 10, and then find 10 more.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

In the following blog post, we will delve into practical strategies to help your nonprofit maximize its efforts during the crucial calendar year-end period. Stay tuned to discover actionable insights that can truly make a difference. It goes without saying, but calendar year-end is a critical time for many nonprofit organizations.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2022

Knowing the potential pitfalls and ultimate goals of your event makes a huge difference. Keep your Giving Day top-of-mind year-round. Create a clear work plan or communications calendar. Remember that this is a major achievement for your donors and celebrate accordingly. Start at least six months early.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 19, 2023

To get the best results from your welcome process, be sure to: Personalize your member welcome letters: Celebrate your new members with a letter tailored to them by including details like their name and membership level. An updated event calendar. Relevant online forms and chat rooms. Exclusive content like articles and webinars.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 30, 2022

Every June, the LGBTQ+ community and allies come together to celebrate love and friendship, to show how far the equality movement has come, and how much more work there is to do. This annual publication documents legal, political, and social developments in 54 countries and four European institutions over the past calendar year.

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Media Cause

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

moments when something just clicks and we’re able to see a question or challenge in an entirely different light. . Celebrate progress along the way to your goals. Make sure you acknowledge with your team that every step forward (and every new idea) makes a difference and that success isn’t all about the final deliverable.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Why not celebrate the start of spring with some terrific nonprofit events? Why we like it: each year, 16NTC attracts some of the best and brightest in the third sector, both in the crowd and on the stage, and 2016 is no different. Check out our full calendar of the Best Nonprofit Conferences of 2016 ! Where: Spartanburg, SC.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

To help you build your content plan, Neon One has created a 2024 Nonprofit Calendar that you can download as a PDF or add to your existing personal calendar. To download the calendar or learn more about nonprofit content planning, here’s a quick overview of this article: What’s in Neon One’s 2024 Nonprofit Calendar?

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Other gatherings and receptions at the end of each day provide ample opportunities to introduce yourself to like-minded fundraisers who can share ideas and support with you. State & Regional AFP Conferences Did you know that there are tons of different AFP conferences? Check out our recap of AFP ICON 2023 here.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 12, 2022

This isn’t to underplay Christmas’s role but to include the other moments of the fall and winter calendar which are culturally significant to minorities within our potential donor pool. That said, the holidays, and even Christmas itself, means many different things to different populations.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Remember, too, that many supporters wouldn’t mind the chance to re-live their prom days in an inclusive space that didn’t exist when we were pinning on corsages and renting limos. Alternatively, participants can all be given a sheet they need to fill in as they go to different tables. Get Inked for Charity. Night Out for a Cause.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Taking part in Giving Tuesday can mean many different things—from participating in an organized service project to donating to a nonprofit to smiling at a stranger. Make sure you’re tailoring your messages to different groups of people by creating multiple contact lists, like a segment of new supporters and a segment of longtime supporters.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

This strategy helps educate them that you have a lot on tap already and that you won’t be dropping everything to sell poinsettias, publish a cookbook, enter a national contest, or write a letter to a celebrity asking for money (or whatever else they’ve come up with). You may have different buckets.

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Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

Starting with a focus on retention, below are different tactics you can explore immediately after your virtual event or campaign to support your donor retention strategy. Each event you host provides you with treasure troves of new content opportunities to build your social content calendar. Send thank you messages immediately.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Thousands of nonprofit pros rely on our annual Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar to discover skill-building, strategy-slaying, network-enhancing nonprofit events. The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar is ready for upload right into your Google or Outlook Calendar with a single click. What are you waiting for?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2018

When you have worked in a field a long time (for me it has been over 3 decades), you have to keep an open mind about remembering and reflecting on what you have heard before — looking at as if it was new. Each month I create the task list organized with different color codes for different types of work/life.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Giving Tuesday is a day that all nonprofits circle on their calendar each year. It’s the global day dedicated to charitable giving, and celebrated the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. With that in mind, here are three ways to help your organization stand out this Giving Tuesday. In 2017, 2.5

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OneCause

MARCH 14, 2023

With this in mind, how should your nonprofit go about effectively marketing your next fundraiser? Once the foundational pieces of the event are secured, it’s time to build out a marketing calendar. Afterall, your attendees aren’t just party-goers—they want to make a difference for your nonprofit.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 14, 2020

Here are a few things to keep in mind while creating your reimagined competitive experience. Don’t let social distancing stop the fun, and keep in mind that not every community building event should be virtual. They have amped up the community aspect of the event, despite attracting a broad audience from many different locations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Celebrate the Accomplishments of Individuals in Your Alumni Network. Celebratory interactions should be a consistent part of your engagement and content calendar, so set up systems to capture and share alumni personal, social, and professional news. Notice the engagement in the comments, with people tagging each other.

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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. A year-end campaign with a goal of $5,000 is much different than one set at $100,000. They don’t get discouraged.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

Several posts offered us different ways to think about personal productivity in an age of unlimited choices. Jacobwith, Firestarters, shared some really great tips about using your online calendar and Evernote. Marc Pittman is hosting next month’s Nonprofit Blog Carnival on celebrating your nonprofit’s cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 3, 2010

To help her celebrate, I invited to write a post with some steps and tips for integrating web content, email, and social media. As you develop your editorial calendar and think about what to say and where to say it, keep in the mind the strengths and weaknesses of various channels. Guest Post by Kivi Leroux Miller.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

If your CSR programs are not integrated across lines of business and support departments, keep in mind this is a journey. A strong CSR program integrated with the brand story can make the difference in purchase decisions and consumer loyalty. Keep in mind, executive teams are really busy! Increase Employee Giving.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Your alumni post on Facebook, addictively scroll through Instagram and celebrate their marriages with custom hashtags; having a social strategy for homecoming helps you find them where they are. Run an online poll to find out what people liked and what could be different. And you’ve probably already got one. Moving Forward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 19, 2007

(I enjoyed Sopheap's recent post about public education about not littering in Cambodia ) After I get back in September, OneWebDay is next community web event on my calendar scheduled for September 22, 2007. OneWebDay is a celebration of the Web and what it means to us as individuals, organizations, and communities. For others, it???s

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2024

Use that data to paint a picture of the different groups of people who are passionate about your cause. Here are some things you can try: Identify different groups of donors and create segmented email lists based on their shared characteristics, like what campaign they supported or the different ways they support your work.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2011

One key truth of Twitter to keep in mind is that information and action flow through links between peers. If one will fit with your topic, it might open your message up to a wider and different audience. If you are having an office celebration or having an interesting event, share it with a twit pic.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

It’s vital to explain why their fundraising participation matters and how their volunteer work and donations will go towards making a positive difference in their communities. Looking for a fun activity to take your kids’ minds off the insufferable summer heat or bitter winter cold? T-shirts, calendars, and other team merch sales.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

While tax deductions are a little extra incentive to get new donors to give before the calendar turns over to a new year, your nonprofit needs to rely more on your story and less on the season or tax credits. After the quick celebration is over, don’t lose any more time in getting started planning for next year’s year-end giving season.

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The Modern Nonprofit

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Festive Fundraising: 10 Inspiring Ideas to Spread Joy and Generosity ‘Tis the season to give, create, and celebrate the goodness within all of us! Introduction The holiday season holds a special place, not just on our calendars, but also in our hearts.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Effective segmentation allows your organization to efficiently reach out to different supporter groups with messages that personally appeal to each group. Keep in mind the important holidays and celebrations that occur during the end of the year, then build out. Celebrate the winter holidays with your supporters.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Every nonprofit approaches their fundraising appeal for the annual fund a little differently. Can you inspire them to make another gift by proactively telling them about how their previous gift made a difference? Put those assumptions out of your mind and pick up these principles instead. Are you sure? Setting S.M.A.R.T.

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Qgiv

APRIL 8, 2024

But Giving Tuesday doesn’t have to be the only nonprofit giving day on your organization’s fundraising calendar. Scheduling a giving day during a different time of year can help you tap into the generosity of donors who aren’t already inundated with fundraising appeals. Donors only have so much capacity.

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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. Connections: Relationships to lawmakers, celebrities, newsrooms. For events, ongoing series, or recurring celebrations online, consider the following options for publicity: 1. Swag or merch: calendars, printables, planners, notebooks.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 30, 2014

This saturation can present its own set of challenges, such as a palpable “event fatigue” among constituents and an indirect competition for prime times on the community calendar. If you have VIPs, speakers, media personalities, local celebrities (or even real ones), encourage them to mingle with the crowd.

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