Media Cause

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Understanding your nonprofit audiences—their hearts and minds, wallets and worlds—is critical to successfully communicating in an election year. Policy and marketing team members within your nonprofit can make a great team to plan accordingly. Use the thought starters below to consider how your team should pivot and plan.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

If you loved our 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2019 calendar! Throughout the year we'll be updating this calendar with even more conferences, updated ticket prices, and event hashtags. Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar 2019. It's finally here! Nonprofit Management.

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Calendar Conference Las Vegas San Diego 111

sgEngage

MARCH 6, 2024

Back to that summer of 2020, I had a calendar script running that populated student and teacher Google calendars with their class schedules. Stale” calendars or no calendars? “No No calendars” wasn’t going to fly now that folks had seen the benefit of pre-populated calendars. It wasn’t great. What is better?

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The.orgSource and.orgCommunity teams send our best wishes to our clients and friends for a happy and productive 2023. Jamie Notter, Co-Founder at Propel , showed us how to integrate culture, strategy, and execution to help teams deliver peak performance and improve employee retention. “If Our Year in Review.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2021

Keep in mind that 990s are considered to be public documents. One of the best ways leaders can equip their team is to give them a high-level understanding of the organization’s support and expenses. This “big picture” information equips your team to answer questions from the public and funders. See #2 above.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

If you loved our 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar get ready for our new, improved, and updated 2018 calendar! Throughout the year we'll be updating this calendar with even more conferences, updated ticket prices, and event hashtags. Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar 2018. It's finally here! Nonprofit Management.

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Calendar Conference Las Vegas DC 85

Qgiv

JUNE 14, 2021

Create a fundraising calendar for your nonprofit’s development plan. Use your nonprofit development plan to distribute team responsibilities. With these ideas in mind, take a look at your organization’s development plan and search for any room for potential improvement. Create a goal chart to guide your team during this process.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2023

BoardSite’s features are designed specifically with nonprofits in mind. These steps are necessary to ensure that your entire team is on the same page, but if they’re not done efficiently, it can hold your board back from being truly productive. If you’re not communicating regularly, board duties end up out of sight, out of mind.

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Media Cause

JULY 29, 2022

If you have an open mind for trying new things, your creativity will expand and grow. You can express your creativity in the way you communicate with supporters, in how you approach challenges at your nonprofit, or the way you balance your calendar. A small step you can take is trying out different approaches to tasks.

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Tips Artist Calendar Mind 96

EveryAction

JANUARY 11, 2023

He likely didn’t have grassroots campaigns in mind when he uttered those words, but Twain’s advice is spot-on for grassroots advocacy practitioners as they make a plan to engage the new Congress. Meeting these three milestones before the end of the month will get your grassroots team back on track just in time to launch your 2023 campaigns.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 13, 2021

My calendar and ‘To Do’ list were written in a notebook. Google Calendar has many rivals in the marketplace, but for meeting the scheduling needs of a busy nonprofit, I can’t imagine a more effective tool. When you accept invitations via email, the meeting gets automatically added to your calendar. With a pen.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Communication is the most important tool a project manager and their team has to help clients achieve their goals, especially in the ever-changing landscape of the current workplace. Every facet of the organization benefits from a project management role team member and communicating in the most effective way possible.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Create a start and stop routine (and add it to your calendar.). This is a classic example of Intention Deficit Disorder (IDD ) or being busy without a clear purpose or outcome in mind. . So, if you have 30-minute meetings as your default, your calendar will block 20 minutes or 25 minutes instead. . But you’re not a robot.

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Life Tech Create Work 78

Candid

MAY 31, 2023

Check out our specially curated reading list of 16 free nonprofit books perfect for any summertime occasion: If you’re short on time… Is your calendar booked solid with fun plans between Memorial Day and Labor Day? Find Your Why: A Practical Guide for Discovering Purpose for You and Your Team by Simon Sinek.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 18, 2024

I was doing the work of an entire department while trying to build a team and steer a clear course for my organization. Rest is a necessary and important productivity tool—and an important part of doing the inner AND outer work of being a mindful changemaker. There were days I didn’t feel like getting out of bed.

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Work Calendar Life Proposal 90

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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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Not MarTech: Tools that marketers use to go about their workday, like Google Calendar, Slack, or Zoom, are usually not part of MarTech and would only be a part of the marketing technology landscape if used as a conversion action. Every organization needs to keep their business goals in mind and focus on how they plan to accomplish them.

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Media Cause

JANUARY 20, 2023

Create a Content Calendar After performing an audit, identifying any gaps in your existing content, and planning for refreshes, you’ll likely have a lot on your to-do list. This is where a content calendar (and project plan!) A content calendar helps ensure all your content is aligned with any key dates for your organization.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2022

A giving day was attractive to our team because they are time-limited, technology-driven, can raise a substantial amount in a short time period, and often increase the number of first-time donors to an institution. Keep your Giving Day top-of-mind year-round. Create a clear work plan or communications calendar.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

If you’re part of a small nonprofit team, consider giving your website an upgrade so it can handle donations directly. in a calendar quarter. Establish Your Own Donation System The upcoming changes remind us of something important: It’s about time you had your own sandbox to play in. of every $100 you raise.

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Facebook Tools Change Guide 98

Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

With a shared message and combined efforts, collaborations can have a huge effect on your nonprofit’s visibility while also fostering a community of like-minded groups that can continue to work together to help make an impactful change in your community. Meet your supporters where they are to keep your cause at the top of their minds!

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Marketing Guide Nonprofit Channel 52

M+R

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

An editorial calendar— so you can keep track of and plan for big moments in advance, like oral argument and amicus brief deadlines. A calendar also will help you identify quieter moments where you’ll want to create some tactics that can keep the conversation going (rallies in communities across the country, a reporter roundtable, etc.).

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Issue Media Calendar Comparison 87

sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2023

Work with the finance team and other stakeholders to ensure that your goals are SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time Bound). By now, you have a clear picture of your opportunities and goals, so it’s time to build a work-back calendar and activate your organizations around a development plan.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

If you don’t have this kind of documentation, outline what you as the communications team see as the goals. Outline your digital communications goals and how your team will contribute to your organization’s overall mission. An outline is the right start for a more detailed plan that you complete in January.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

But keep in mind that there is a right and wrong way to do marketing. . Once you have a goal to guide your team, you’ll then need to find out who your target audience is and how best to reach them. Create a content calendar. Keep inclusivity in mind when designing your site. Operating without a clear marketing strategy.

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Marketing Social Media Nonprofit Integration 52

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

Your fundraising plan should include a detailed activities calendar showing all the various ways you plan to generate funds during the year. Self-funding and just sharing results with your followers is robbing them of the opportunity to be a part of the team! Many supporters feel a real connection when they send that donation.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

With that in mind, we thought we’d offer up a few strategies proven to WOW event participants. Make sure that you keep clear records of who participated last year, what team they were on, and how much they raised. Frank Barry gives some great tips on creating a year-round communication calendar. Create an “Experience”.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

“When you’re working alone or as part of a small team, tasks big and small mount up fast. It’s like ergonomics for the mind. 1) Save Time Using A Calendar App For Meetings. Your contact simply compares their calendar to your published availability and self-selects an agreeable time. Short on time?

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Professional Time Tips Business 81

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 ? . With that in mind, here are some year-end fundraising tips to help you make the most of your online fundraising efforts. Spend some time crafting your subject line.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

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. Analyze with actionable data in mind.

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Report Data Metrics Analysis 71

Whole Whale

JUNE 22, 2021

We conduct these via video for those who are remote, along with a daily staff meeting held every morning for each team member to recap what they did the day before and what their priorities are for the day ahead. Developing a daily route can be helpful in terms of productivity and getting your mind in the GTD (getting things done) zone.

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Work Tips Music Adwords 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2017

Having too many platforms and tools for collaboration can confuse and annoy your team and partners. More and more we are beginning to recognize the risk of communications overload, and organizations are trying to simplify the workflows for teams. It is important for your team to have the right amount of structure in their workflow.

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Collaboration Tips Tech Nonprofit 120

Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Or could your next event benefit from a bigger team? Create a leadership team. With enough volunteers, you might even have the team necessary to expand your work to new locations and better serve your community. Create a leadership team. Has your nonprofit identified an unaddressed need within your community?

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Volunteer Program Roles Training 87

sgEngage

JANUARY 26, 2024

To ensure your campaign’s success and reach diverse audiences , tap into the reach and brand visibility of like-minded businesses through a corporate partnership. For example, if you agreed to advertise your partner on social media, create a campaign calendar that details when, how, and which platforms you’ll use to promote their brand.

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Awareness Campaign Business Collaboration 70

Achieve

JUNE 2, 2021

Postcards are short snapshots of your nonprofit, and your marketing team can decorate them with photos of your constituents, volunteers, events, or graphical elements. Postcards don’t take up much space, and an attention-grabbing photo can convince supporters to hold onto it and keep your nonprofit in the back of their minds. . ?. .

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Mail Course Campaign Digital 94

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Not automating the matching gift process for your team. One popular deadline structure falls at the end of the calendar year. Solution #2: Sending Email Follow-ups Regarding Unclaimed Matches Many donors are still match-eligible for contributions made earlier in the year⁠—but their gifts are not likely top-of-mind. Misstep #1.

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Gift Giving Companies Philanthropy 59

Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

According to the calendar, we’re supposed to start counting our blessings around Thanksgiving and work our way up to total and complete joy by New Year’s Eve. As a nonprofit director, you probably already have your organization on your heart and mind 24/7. Block off five minutes a day for gratitude mindfulness.

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