Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

With a good nonprofit content plan, you can focus on creating timely, effective content instead of scrambling to cook up last-minute communications that don’t move you toward your goals. 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.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 13, 2022

While goals are vital to success, SMART fundraising goals help make sure you’re setting goals that you just can’t miss. Can’t miss” goals! In some form or fashion, we’ve all heard how essential goals are. Set a goal! Set a goal! Set a goal! Goals, goals, goals….

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Check out this video to learn more: The Boys and Girls Club of Indianapolis reached 101% of their fundraising goal on Giving Tuesday 2020 by using Qgiv’s platform. You might even offer a small branded item, like a t-shirt or calendar for the coming year, to motivate your supporters to give. Team up with local news. Plan a trivia night.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Making a wish list of things that your nonprofit needs to accomplish its goals, projects and mission is important. Measurable Outcome. Remember, campaigns that raise funds for regular expenses and general needs usually don’t work on crowdfunding platforms, because people don’t see a measurable outcome. Make a Wish List.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Second, year-end giving gives nonprofits an opportunity to use a big chunk of their resources to meet their annual fundraising goals, and it gives donors a last chance to get a tax-deductible gift out the door. At CauseVox, we’re all about helping everyone to meet their goals – donors and the causes they support.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2020

They can commit to 545 miles, minutes, or any other measurable metric, and their participants are really embracing it! My favorite features: Their events calendar. With nearly 50 virtual happenings on their calendar during the month of April alone, they make social distancing and community building look easy!

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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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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Make a calendar – outline all activities you want to share, plan activity that integrates with overall organization messaging and schedule them in advance (tip: make a calendar). Set realistic fundraising goals – social media fundraising is still in its infancy so don’t expect huge gains right away.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Think of it as your roadmap to success, guiding your organization not only in compensating for any lost funds but also in meeting your current goals and reaching your long-term destination. To kickstart the planning process, define specific and measurable goals aligned with your organization’s mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 7, 2011

If you are having an office celebration or having an interesting event, share it with a twit pic. Build a team (Twitter takes a lot of time investment), decide what your goals are, and set up a plan to get there. Decide how you are going to attract influencers and set goals for recruits. Decide how you measure results ( ROI ).

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 19, 2019

They set team goals to avoid little kingdoms. This year they are on-track to break the 70% retention barrier and have already bested their stretch fundraising goal for the year. Make your donors smile, celebrate their generosity, and tell them how they made the world a better place. There are no silos. Can you do like they do?

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Care2

JULY 13, 2011

Your bloggers won't stay committed to blogging regularly unless they understand your goals for blogging. Celebrate your volunteers? What will you be measuring? Help them set up an editorial calendar or blogging schedule. Are you trying to start a conversation? Demonstrate expertise? Foster community? Get press leads?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

They set team goals to avoid little kingdoms. This year they are on-track to break the 70% retention barrier and have already bested their stretch fundraising goal for the year. Make your donors smile, celebrate their generosity, and tell them how they made the world a better place. There are no silos. Can you do like they do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

The goal is to identify and analyze how museums are using Twitter and suggest best practices as well as some possibilities for the future. My research has been in three areas, first finding and following "official" museum Twitter accounts and tracking subscribers, followers, number of posts and other measurable data.

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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. Clear Goals and Objectives. as well as year-over-year comparisons for each metric. Get Rid of the Velvet Rope.

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Whole Whale

JULY 10, 2021

Create a PUBLIC calendar invite. Create a public calendar invite on Google (and others) to remind your audience to take action on Giving Tuesday. This will give you a way to give an early action that will then show up on their calendar, phones, and even e-watches, increasing the chances people will act! Check your reputation.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Ebook The Annual Fund Giving Guide: Planning an Annual Campaign Learn More Setting Goals for Your Annual Appeal Your annual appeal’s send date might depend on your individual nonprofit’s mission. No matter when you send your annual appeal, it should support your overall annual fundraising campaign and the goals you set for it.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 26, 2013

Staff also follow up with all participants and team captains to let them know the total amount raised so this information can be shared and celebrated with the team members. This personal outreach helps AIDS Arms show they truly value all the hard work their participants put in to meeting the LifeWalk fundraising goal.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2016

Many athletes use Fitbits or other devices to help track their progress towards fitness goals. There is no harm in keeping things light, for example, by celebrating the beginning of the new fiscal year as an opportunity to tidy your records and start fresh. Procrastinate at your own risk, but don’t say we didn’t warn you!

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The final months of the calendar year bring out the best in all of us. Holiday celebrations and time spent with family and friends help us reconnect to the things that matter most and prepare to start fresh for the new year ahead. Review your overall annual goal. Set a SMART goal for your campaign. Identify your audience.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Strategies for achieving those goals. Regularly outlining the goals and objectives of the organization, as well as the strategies and action plan for achieving them is good practice. Step 1: Outline the goals and objectives of your organization. Financial projections. Volunteer recruiting. Record keeping. Board recruiting.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Your goal in the first part of the letter is to get your reader’s attention. Share measurable results of what you have achieved with other donors’ gifts. Set up a calendar of mailings and plan ahead. Celebrate the beginning of this partnership! THE APPEAL LETTER: HOW TO DRAW YOUR DONORS IN. Tom Ahern). Penelope Burk).

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Sarah Olivieri will dive into a strategic framework designed to break down your big audacious goals into clear, easy-to-understand components. Long-term goals I’m seeing. And that is the fuel or the food that gives you the ideas about what goals make sense for your organization, and what goals you might even come up with. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Set Clear and Measurable Goals. Setting specific goals will help motivate your team and give a real focus to all your efforts. The Giving Day Playbook offers some specific examples and templates for setting measureable goals for your participation. Also, remember that goals can go beyond dollars and cents.

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Neon CRM

JULY 27, 2023

With a well-crafted, tech-driven communications plan, you can reach your audience, engage them, and achieve your goals. Starting Your Nonprofit Communications Plan with SMART Goals Your goal may be to raise engagement, but that’s not a SMART goal. SMART goals are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 8, 2009

But it’s important to realize the differences between a short-term campaign (minimal upfront work, strong word of mouth, modest goals, and real-time virality through Twitter) and a longer one. We had one simple goal for people to accomplish on the donation site: donate. We set the right kinds of goals up front.

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