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5 Strategies To Nurture Active Board Engagement

Bloomerang

Calendar as a symbol: A real reminder To build on the idea of acknowledging efforts, you can use a detailed calendar to show your appreciation. This special calendar isn’t just for marking dates; it carefully notes important days like board members’ birthdays.

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Making Your First Donor Retention Calendar, Step by Step

Connection Cafe

Your Fundraising Career Empowerment Guide , was given a 5 star review by About.com. . Make a donor retention calendar to keep your donors loyal! Step Three: Put it all Together in your Donor Retention Calendar. Once you know WHO to focus on, what does a donor retention calendar include? Today it’s 27%.

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Twitter Community Organizing Rules for Non Profits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

An organization needs to cultivate relationships with influencers through interaction. Just like any real world activist, motivation is triggered by empowerment and shut down with arrogance. Interaction: Asking questions and commenting back when someone has an answer is creating a “conversation.” People follow their interest.

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Apps for Youth, By Youth

Tech Soup

Our Time (Facebook) is a nonprofit dedicated to youth empowerment through the voting process. iPad, iPhone, MacOS) is a student planner that helps you keep track of your class schedule, track your grades and GPA, manage homework assignments, and create an interactive calendar. iStudiez Pro.

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How to Prevent Burnout at Your Nonprofit, From the Experts

Classy

Employees now have more access to stress management resources and empowerment to seek the support they need on an individual level. You could say, “That project sounds great, but my calendar is full and I don’t have the ability to commit to that right now.” Q: WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND AN EMPLOYEE DO TO RECOVER FROM BURNOUT?

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Convio 2008 Innovator Awards

Care2

Constituent Empowerment. Changed from brochure to interactive website, multi-facteed file building strategy and acquired over 1000 new names per month and have converted about 1% to donors in 6 weeks. Each year, Defenders sends out Calendars. Created a wall of 5,000 signers' photos. Winner: Children International.

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Customer Story: Spur Local Raises Over $1M With Their Give Local Campaign

CauseVox

Rooted in values such as equity, collaboration, resiliency, empowerment, and community, Spur Local actively promotes visibility, stimulates discussions, and serves as a catalyst for positive change in the region. Despite their simplicity, these pages included an events calendar and interactive map.

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