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How to Prevent Donor Fatigue in a Nonprofit

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If you don’t know then go back through your calendar, your emails, and your notes and make a list of everything you’ve done in the past 12 months and put it in this form: Ask Non-Asks (Feel-Good Stuff) If there aren’t 3 times as many non-asks compared to asks, you have a problem. How often are you being asked for something?

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Does Your Nonprofit Need a Website Revamp? How to Tell

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Make sure your email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses are all current. If it’s an annual event, update the calendar with the dates and information for the following year (or a TBD notification) as soon as this year’s iteration ends. For instance, large text should have at least a 3:1 contrast ratio.

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How to Conduct an Honest Mid-Year Fundraising Evaluation

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If you operate on a calendar year, your fourth quarter will be your most lucrative by far. Remind yourself that you have plenty of time to make adjustments and additions to your fundraising calendar to catch up. Did you maintain a 3:1 ratio , providing donors with three warm touches between Asks? Thank-you texts or phone calls?

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Tech Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace: Tips for Avoiding Collaborative Overload

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According to Rob Cross’s research, knowledge workers spend 90 to 95 per cent of their time on the phone, responding to e-mails or in meetings. A quick glance at your calendar shows that you spent hours in meetings, answering emails, or working on shared documents but you can’t remember why. Sound familiar? Take a trend-line view.

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How to structure your nonprofit social media plan

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Start with a Social Media Editorial Calendar In order to plan out your social media, you first need to create an editorial calendar. An editorial calendar is basically just a content map or a guide that helps you map out your nonprofit’s content (including social media) for the year. Don’t let this term scare you.

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[VIDEO] Raising More Money By Asking (And Answering) Better Questions

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And I’m not talking about specific donor, I’m talking about in terms of your work calendar. What do you think the ratio is of you talking versus the donor talking? Should I call you on the phone periodically? Will you make a phone call? Are you interacting with donors daily, weekly, monthly, never?

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Why is multi-channel marketing important for nonprofit fundraising?

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But your grandparents might appreciate a phone call or even a written note with the reunion details. Include instructions for giving, including links, buttons, and addresses or phone numbers donors can use to give. Cell phones have become a near-ubiquitous tool in modern society. In America alone, 97% of adults own a cell phone.

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