sgEngage

AUGUST 10, 2021

Mostly, I open lots of messages with which I don’t truly engage. In our current engagement tracking, we tend to rely very heavily on opens as confirmation our message was enjoyed and appreciated, but I think we all know that’s not really an accurate tracking mechanism. To be successful, we have to change with it.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2021

As the world starts to open back up after the COVID-19 pandemic, now is an excellent time to re-imagine the various components of your organization and whether or not an in-person fundraising event makes sense. This blog will focus on some innovative tips for in-person events. . Host an outdoor in-person fundraising event.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Adapting to Changes in Facebook Fundraising Tools: A Guide for Nonprofits When you run a nonprofit, you’ve likely leaned on social media platforms for fundraising. However, the recent announcement about changes to Facebook’s fundraising tools may have you rethinking your strategy.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

You see, if the email doesn’t get opened, you get no donations. Your fundraising email subject line has ONE job: to entice the recipient to open the email. Dismissing the subject line will cost you opens and it will cost you donations. There is a split second when we decide whether or not to open the email. Big mistake.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Knowledge work is growing because it sits at an important intersection between grantmaking and equitable change. Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 5, 2022

“Change is inevitable, growth is an option.” – John C. It’s no secret that as a global society we’ve had a few changes thrown at us in the last few years. Even aside from a global pandemic, an ever changing landscape of technology and politics have caused all of us to have to navigate change. All About Change.

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 10, 2022

There’s a reason for this change: storytelling is extremely important to good fundraising. Sometimes this conversation happens in person or on the phone. You should also tell the person why their story, in particular, would be compelling for donors to hear. Make sure the person leaves 30-60 minutes open for your time together.

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Media Cause

MARCH 15, 2021

There are so many big things, scary, unexpected things that changed us as individuals, families, communities, and a collective human race in 2020, that as I was trying to write this blog post, it was hard to know where to start. Turns out that this last thing in particular—reading—didn’t just change me in 2020.

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Top Nonprofits

MAY 24, 2021

Changes are happening in 2021. We know in-person programming is slowly coming back and you need to bring back your audience members who have fallen quiet during the pandemic. What could a dual, virtual/in-person program look like? Many in our conversation were able to see a positive change in their audience during 2020.

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Forum One

JULY 8, 2021

People are unique individuals, so it’s important that your email personalization matches their uniqueness. Email personalization helps ensure your emails stand out as relevant and worth engaging with. As part of personalizing your email strategy, always look for ways to increase engagement. Make the sender a person.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 4, 2021

What if you could skip that step, and instead create an open door for sponsors to offer up their own donations—without even having to ask for money? Let your sponsor guide the conversation to how they want to participate in your nonprofit work , and use that information to create a wide open doorway for a sponsorship. Open That Door!

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Predictive modeling reveals future outcomes and trends with greater accuracy than traditional methods, enabling proactive decision-making and change management. Analytics can be personalized for individual customers or users. Several providers offer open source or limited free access, which is a great way to test options.

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M+R

DECEMBER 1, 2021

This is the first in a series of posts about ways you can prepare your organization for the upcoming changes in the 2022 election cycle. If you’re one of those nonprofits (or if, like us, you personally received 82,533 of those 13 billion texts), get ready: 2022 is going to look a lot different.

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Candid

JUNE 15, 2022

While Candid has been privileged to benefit from more resources than many nonprofits, we share the pervasive challenge felt across the social sector of tight budgets, restrictive grants that can take us off mission, and a struggle to make the long-term investments needed for meaningful change.

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 17, 2024

In this guide, we’ll review five game-changing strategies you can use to activate your marketing potential and bring in more supporters, let’s begin! For instance, you’ll want to track email open rates, social media likes, and click-through rates to gauge performance. Feature your auction items Your auction items are the main event.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Although there may be many others involved, the person in charge becomes the face of success. values or a growth mindset, continuous feedback, and open communication, you will foster an environment that encourages employees to support one another. My personal goal is to make opportunities for the future leaders at AIIM.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 2, 2024

Learn to Reinvent By definition, transformation means a dramatic change. And the key to managing people through change is emotional intelligence.” They make the cultural shifts that enable thinking and problem-solving in ways that are compatible with rapid change. And what do people fear most? ” That’s a tall order.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Note from Beth: As we head into the holiday season and year-end giving, I invited Amy Neumann to share some thoughts about giving and her new book, “ Simple Acts to Change the World.” Simple acts change the world. One of the greatest gifts anyone can give to another person, in my opinion, is the gift of helping others.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 23, 2011

During the opening plenary at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, NTEN executive director Holly Ross demonstrated the biggest problem facing people who work in nonprofit technology. Holly responded to the problem with a simple challenge to the audience: she asked everyone at NTC to change one person in his organization.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

Change is universal and inevitable. Change is disorienting. Change clouds your horizons and paralyzes your courage. Today’s ever-increasing pace of change is relentless. Each of the Flux Superpowers helps you see change in new ways, develop new responses to change, and ultimately reshape your relationship with change.

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Media Cause

JULY 21, 2021

I’m writing this for whoever has been contemplating making a career change. For a while, I convinced myself that it was too late to make that big of a change. I started seeking out more ways I could get closer to design in my personal life, which led me to creating designs for my family and friends.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2022

It is defined as open-source software that doesn’t require the support of a trusted intermediary and it has no governing body. With the third iteration of the internet already on its way (hello cryptocurrencies and augmented reality), Web3 will continue to usher in new technologies, forever changing the way people interact.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 22, 2015

So how does an organization get people to open their emails rather than instantly relegate them to the virtual trash bin? Consider these four tricks for increasing email open rates by tapping into the inner psyche we all possess. • So insert a query in the header and see if doing so increases open rates. In a word: psychology.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

They appeal to those who may be interested in volunteering because they enjoy helping others or have a personal connection to the cause that the organization supports. Keep all of this important personal information organized and in a secure database. Open communication will help build long-lasting relationships with volunteers.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

This not only matters when looking for fundraising ideas during COVID, but also in general since there’s always going to be a level of risk associated with any in-person event. Not having an in-person event? There are several in-person event considerations you should think about regardless of the style of event you’re hosting.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

My role in the project is to the facilitate the training sessions, design the overall training, facilitate openers and closings, help prep the curriculum, and deliver modules on digital strategy and social media. I facilitated a number of openings, but we also got to experience a few opening exercises they use at the Starfish School.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

He outlines the importance of education for all humankind and the power of education to change our world. You’ll find personal anecdotes from my own journey, and the experiences of friends and those throughout history who have successfully used education to change their own life and to enrich the lives of others,” shares Keyes.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 5, 2024

New Year's Resolutions for leaders : Don't micromanage Don't be a bottleneck Focus on outcomes, not minutiae Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times Conduct annual risk reviews Be courageous, quick and fair Talk more about values more than rules Reward how a performance is achieved (..)

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2019

The Art of Change Leadership demystifies the psychology behind our reactions to change and offers a powerful collection of tools to inspire individual and collective transformation quickly and more effectively, explains author of the book, Cheryl Cran. Cran also explains the differences between a Change Manager and a Change Leader.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

According to The Council of Nonprofits 2023 Nonprofit Workforce Survey , almost three quarters of nonprofits that completed the survey have current openings at their organization. Consider building queries like “All pending requests assigned to staff member X” or “all open Activities assigned to staff member X.”

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 7, 2024

But the good news is that nonprofits benefit from higher open rates compared to regular marketing emails. Your real test lies in converting these opens into donations. Your Welcome Email According to Campaign Monitor, Welcome emails have a whopping 91.43% open rate. Looking for inspiration? How are you making your donor feel?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 30, 2022

While many changes have been positive, others have been more challenging for both leaders and employees. However, another 33% changed the size of their organization based on increased demand, and almost half (48%) of those surveyed expected to add employees in the next 12 months, with 72% of U.S.-based Opens new window.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2014

This is one of the first reports using “Personal Health Data” in aggregate, using data points around sleep tracking to look at a natural disaster. As Jacob Harold mused on Twitter, “In such a moment of something so powerful and scary as an earthquake, technology can only observe.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 6, 2017

Many nonprofits are moving to open office floor plans with flexible seating. The three biggest problems associated with open office plans are: noise, interruptions, and a lack of privacy. There is also this mini-conference room for 2 or 3 person meetings. But there are challenges, too.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 27, 2021

Leave it to leadership and communications expert, David Grossman , to decide to write a book called, Heart First, Lasting Leadership Lessons From A Year That Changed Everything. David is so in tune with providing timely, critical, actionable advice, how-to’s and tips for leaders.

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EveryAction

MAY 2, 2023

No matter how your nonprofit organization is making change in the world, it’s impacted by others’ decisions, whether those decisions come from local and national legislators, corporations, institutions, or others who hold power and shape the way we live our lives. If possible, include a photo of the stakeholder!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 22, 2020

Transparency about programmatic approach, results, governance, and finances are just a few ways a nonprofit can be open about its work, and this openness must start with the board. Transitioning to Google Drive is not something that will happen overnight, and like any organizational change, it will need to be managed carefully.

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