CauseVox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Even if you don’t follow a definitive fundraising calendar, it’s still vital to come up with a year-end fundraising plan—and stick to it. Here’s an example of a SMART year-end fundraising goal: We have a goal of raising $15,000 from #GivingTuesday through December 31st through a peer-to-peer fundraising campaign and an email campaign.

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CauseVox

APRIL 13, 2021

Evaluate your website and emails, and make sure the messaging for your peer-to-peer fundraising campaign is: Easy to understand — Your messaging should make it obvious why your organization has launched the peer-to-peer fundraising campaign. Build Recruitment Emails. An email (or “P.S.” Sample “Registration Now Open” email.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

But through shared documents and calendars via cloud-based platforms, the Executive Director of the horse rescue has the extra help they need to get everything done. Don’t assume a nonprofit virtual assistant is limited to basic clerical work like data entry and responding to emails. For most, these are accounting or tech-related.

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EveryAction

DECEMBER 19, 2016

The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar. Browse the calendar or get it for Google or Outlook. The 2016 Nonprofit Email Deliverability Study. Nonprofits sent a lot of emails this year - how many do you think actually ended up in supporters' inboxes? The 100 Best Nonprofit Websites of 2016. The Stacks.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Did you know that nearly one-third of individual fundraising happens during the month of December and 12% of giving happens in the last week of the calendar year ? . Tip 1: Maximize your year-end fundraising emails. Your year-end fundraising email strategy is critical to your overall fundraising success.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

For example, Qgiv provides AI to help your organization write peer-to-peer emails, as well as other donor communications. Using generative AI can help you create tailored emails, social media prompts, donation appeals, and more. ChatGPT Prompts for Nonprofits: Get Started Today [Samples].

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The terms “LYBUNT” and “SYBUNT” are often used to segment communications to donors that have given before but not within the current calendar/fiscal year. Here’s a sample: Dear [donor first name], I’ve been thinking about you and wondering how you are. These are considered to be “ recently lapsed” donors.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Sample fundraising calendar Be sure to update your quarterly and monthly totals for the year, comparing them to your original goals. Sample SMART fundraising goals Reflect on Your Focus Areas Begin by asking yourself some key questions related to your goals and focus areas. Are you on track to meet your goals?

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Classy

MAY 12, 2021

When you’re ready to apply your learnings, download The Nonprofit’s Social Media Content Planner , for sample posts, best practices, and a template to make planning your posts a breeze. The following seven steps help you navigate the confusion about what to post on which channels and when. The result? Get Started With Your Free Download.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Use this Complete Toolkit for Nonprofits for a sample timeline to get on track with your communications. Start planning your communications calendar now. Pro Tip: Write out your emails and social media posts ahead of time and schedule them to be sent out ( check out these free social media scheduling tools ).

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NetWits

JUNE 6, 2011

Think about the websites you most visit: Facebook , Google’s Gmail , Calendars and Docs , Yahoo , Netflix , NYTimes , Friendster –what, you don’t use Friendster anymore? These could be included online or in email newsletters. Well, my point is that all of these sites have user logins.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 31, 2021

Use this Complete Toolkit for Nonprofits for a sample timeline to get on track with your communications. Start planning your communications calendar now. Pro Tip: Write out your emails and social media posts ahead of time and schedule them to be sent out ( check out these free social media scheduling tools ).

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

You should periodically perform a nonprofit self-audit to see how your website, email marketing, and social media are performing. It’s easy to lose sight of your core messaging and your audiences when you’re choosing platforms, comparing fees, and scheduling emails. Are you quickly asked for your email address? What’s working?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

And yet the most charitable giving that happens in all of the calendar year is December 31st. Versus, “If you plan to give this year, will you reply to this email by the end of this week to give me a sense of when that will be? Does the calendar year matter to you? It is not too late. Do you plan to give this week?

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Create a broad annual online marketing calendar, which lays out the major marketing initiatives, campaigns, and priorities for the entire year. Note , this was adapted from the book Social Change Anytime Everywhere by Amy Sample Ward and I. Online advertising, your email list, etc.). Send 2-3 emails each month.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

One of the best ways to stay in touch with your donors on a consistent basis is through a nonprofit email newsletter. When done well, email newsletters can be fast and cheap for you and heartwarming for your donor, basically meeting everyone’s needs. The right nonprofit email newsletter format. Your regular email (e.g.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Block off time on your calendar for fundraising planning. For example, if you have “Spring Campaign” on your calendar for April, and you plan to raise $8,000, how will you raise $8,000? Will you combine your online campaign with email marketing? How many emails will you send? Will you have an online campaign?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

The way a consent agenda works is that you agree to email out ALL information a week or so ahead of the Board meeting, and all Board members agree to review the information before coming to the Board meeting. Ask him if he’d like to use a different email address to make sure he gets the info.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Pull reports on your most active donors and supporters, and send them a special email a few days prior to #GivingTuesday. Outline your campaign plan, and ask them to mark their calendars and spread the word in their networks. Prepare a simple marketing toolkit with sample social media updates, relevant imagery, and links.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

For any of these ideas make sure you have the following technical elements: Event name, date, and details in an email/flyer/social post. Email system like Mailchimp or Emma to message a larger audience and collect attendee information. Canva is a great tool for designing images. Website or event page so people can find it.

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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. Provide them with graphics, sample posts, press releases, email templates and more.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 10, 2023

Report The Nonprofit Email Report Learn More 4. The event also featured two keynotes, one from Afua Bruce and Amy Sample Ward, co-authors of “The Tech That Comes Next: How Changemakers, Philanthropists, and Technologists Can Build an Equitable World”; and a second by Lisa Mae Brunson, CEO of Wonder Woman Tech.

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NTEN

JULY 30, 2010

Amy Sample Ward is great at aggregating news and notes about nonprofits. I think we'd all do ourselves and our audiences a favor if we read this article from Jake Brewer and The Sunlight Foundation : " Rethinking Advocacy Email." Leave a link in the comments here, or add on the community calendar here:[link].

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.orgSource

MAY 14, 2024

The following ideas are a sample of the talking points. For example, how to know when a Chatbot is appropriate and when a human can be more effective or how to make an automated email feel like a personal invitation. As you can imagine, the discussion was lively, far-reaching, and challenging to consolidate in a single post.

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NTEN

JUNE 4, 2010

Nancy Schwartz asked our community and other nonprofit communities a few weeks ago about their favorite nonprofit email newsletters. She was nice enough to share back this great slide deck about email newsletter best practices and strategies. She also provides a link to a sample dashboard one nonprofit is using.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Consider asking follow up questions in future campaign emails or surveys.​. For your p2p campaigns to be successful, your campaign web pages and emails must be mobile responsive. If you haven’t revamped your page and email templates in several years, it’s probably time to update them with an eye for mobile responsiveness.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

You need a “yes” to each one before adding that funding prospect to your final prospect list and your grant calendar – thus, meeting the 3-Way Fit Test. Newsletters I make it a point to subscribe to several email newsletters to stay on top of the newest grant opportunities available. This may be a city, region, state, or country.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

Philadelphia's Net Tuesday livestreamed a talk by Amy Sample Ward on building a multi-channel campaign. TechSoup Taiwan and Greenpeace Talked Email Marketing at Net Tuesday Taipei. Toronto, ON: Measuring & Engaging Your Email List. Charity & Nonprofit Analytics Meetup: Email. Seattle, WA: May Mixer.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 18, 2012

When I joined Convio after 5 years as an event fundraiser, I was first introduced to the Communication Calendar while working with the Events360 and Komen 3-Day Events. Check out two sample communication plans in our recently published Social Media Kick Start Guide for P2P Events. Author: Robyn Mendez. What’s Going To Work?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 4, 2017

This is just a sample of the secrets MacLaughlin revealed during his NTC session. There Are New Rules to Email Fundraising. Email fundraising is exploding in the nonprofit sector. Powerful new tools and technology are making email fundraising even more effective. Deliver value in every email: Inboxes are crowded!

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

It’s important to have a place that you can link to for more information and for follow-up, instead of sharing news or updates only in a tweet or facebook message, and especially if it is just in an email newsletter. A blog can also help people find out more about you or find other ways to stay connected to you. Test Drive It.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

As the calendar ticks down towards the end of the year, the fundraising focus shifts to #GivingTuesday – the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, a philanthropic response to the commercial shopping days of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Don’t try to do everything – concentrate on just a few things your organization excels at.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

There those who say the perpetrator(s) didn't just hack one account at a time , but rather, hacked into one person's account that then gave access to anyone connected with that person via phone book, text, or email. Disable Automatic Cloud Uploads and Enable Automatic Security Updates.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

Toronto, Canada: Measuring & Engaging your Email List. Burlington, VT: Social Change Anytime Everywhere with Amy Sample Ward. Manchester, UK: Charity & non-profit analytics meetup: Email. You can apply to be a NetSquared organizer or find your closest event on the global calendar. Thursday, May 9. Tuesday, May 14.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 4, 2009

My friend Gabriela of One Love Alliance forwarded me an email today from Slow Family Living that said: "Remember? I'm telling you, this is just a sampling. I'm telling you, this is just a sampling. It's supposed to be Comfort and Joy. Not stress and overwhelm. Don't forget to. And truly Enjoy this holiday season."

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Mention the donor in emails directly about the event they sponsored. Mention the donor in emails year-round relating to the program they supported. Mention the donor in a dedicated email blast or several. This can be 4 emails a year dedicated to sponsors who give the org $10K or more. Recognition/Appreciation.

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The Fundraising Authority

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Maybe you need to create an appeal for an email campaign, a proposal, or a new set of thank you letters and you’re at your desk just wishing that coherent sentences would magically start appearing? I have used it to help me write appeals, emails, thank you letters, and draft some 1 and 2-page proposals. Fundwriter.ai Fundwriter.ai

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