Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2020

Changing Higher Ed Episode 43: Raising Money for Universities during COVID with Scott Roberts and Tim Hill . Higher education fundraising is even more critical as colleges and universities navigate the unexpected and unpredictable financial situation caused by the current COVID-19 pandemic. How are they able to raise money?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be familiar with important information on the organization’s website, social media sites, YouTube channel, and other assets. Help maintain membership hygiene by ensuring donor records are accurate, spelled correctly, and that bouncing emails are cleaned, etc. Offer to help write (or edit) fundraising emails or letters.

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2013

Leads acquired online are often best nurtured through social networks and converted in the mail, or over the phone if you're after monthly donors. Direct mail donors give more if they are hearing from you via email and social networks. In this webinar you'll learn about: Building social media into your email and website.

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Qgiv

JULY 6, 2022

Many universities find giving days to be a useful way to raise money for their programs and various funds. Create a multi-channel marketing strategy. When you’re reaching out, it’s best to use a multi-channel approach to get maximum engagement from your donors. Planning a Giving Day. Pick a date.

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Achieve

JANUARY 6, 2021

You have “donors” – not “email donors,” “direct mail donors” or “online donors.”. Plan stories across all channels based on your audience. Don’t forget to incorporate an ask through phone calls during this month. . Launch the campaign with direct mail, followed by two emails and a solicitation on the last day of the year. .

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

Utilizing the internet, email and social media has substantially expanded the visibility of nonprofit organizations worldwide. The 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report shows that, regardless of generation, online is now the preferred channel for donations. In-house AI expertise. McKinsey’s data supports this idea.

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2023

Make a list of these companies and determine who will make an introduction, whether by a phone call or email. Give sponsor shoutouts (be sure to tag their accounts) on all your social channels for additional sponsor visibility and engagement. This could be a standalone package or built into your title or presenting sponsorship.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Unlike the broader EOY season (more on this in a moment), Giving Tuesday revenue is still primarily driven by email: on average, 55% of total revenue on and around Giving Tuesday was attributed directly to email. But even though overall revenue went up, email revenue remained flat, with only a 2% increase. .

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This guide will explain how the process works and ways to optimize your campaigns to raise more from this channel. Text-to-give (also known as text-to-donate, text-to-pledge, or text fundraising) is a form of mobile fundraising that asks donors to send a keyword to a text fundraising phone number.

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NetWits

JUNE 7, 2012

Even though December is a universally-accepted annual benchmark that signifies conclusion, certain sectors have their own benchmarks that they count on for donation surges. Make use of every channel you’ve got available. We should alway be looking for new and creative ways to drive online giving throughout the year.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

These materials should be easily shareable across multiple channels—email, social media, direct mail, and SMS—so your fundraiser can easily reach as many of their peers as possible. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and pursued a career in sales.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2021

Giving USA 2021 , produced by Giving USA Foundation and Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy , reports total giving grew 5.1% Even better, pick different strategies to use across multiple channels (e.g., direct mail, email, social media, text, phone, advertising, website), targeting different donor audiences.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2020

With merely a click of a mouse or tap on a phone, individuals can quickly learn about and donate to nonprofit organizations. Digital fundraising, specifically on social media channels, provides a way for nonprofits to connect to younger generations who do not have the time nor desire to receive lengthy appeal letters or printed newsletters.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Thousands of nonprofits use EveryAction every day to raise money, manage offline fundraising through pledges and grants, send emails, run nonprofit digital advocacy campaigns, and so much more. Each year, EveryAction users send hundreds of millions of emails and raise hundreds of millions of dollars. #3. Get support when you need it.

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DipJar

AUGUST 6, 2021

These tips can apply to any type of organization looking to manage volunteers, whether you’re working with a business, nonprofit, school or university, or other community organization. Post your volunteer opportunities on several different channels, from social media to your website to email newsletters. Let’s dive in!

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Nonprofits should look at direct response lessons from podcasting, email, social media, and texting campaigns. Focus on optimizing donation channels for mobile. Evaluate telethons and phone banks – what makes people donate on the spot? Study email subject lines and opening sentences that motivate instant open rates.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

You can find new donor prospects by booking speaking engagements at community groups, clubs, churches, universities, anywhere you think you can find people who will be interested in your work. Use your personal social media channels to let your friends and family know about your work. To do that, you have to get people’s phone numbers.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 7, 2023

Knowing how to write effective fundraising emails is an increasingly important skill. Email is one of the most popular fundraising channels: 48% of donors prefer to receive updates and appeals in their inboxes, and email beats out social media, phone calls, and other digital channels in terms of fundraising performance.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

There isn’t a universal dollar amount that tips someone into the ranks of a major donor – that threshold varies based on the size and budget of a nonprofit. Rather than sending generic emails, use their first name or add a personal note. People give to people – not to email machines. Who Is A Major Donor?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

In this episode of the sgENGAGE Podcast, host Christine Newman is joined by two storytelling experts, Jocelyn Wright and Kirk Lilwall of Blackbaud University. Blackbaud University Organizational Best Practices: Multimedia Storytelling. Blackbaud University. Listen Now: Resources: Jocelyn Wright. Kirk Lilwall. Jocelyn Wright.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Google and Microsoft sent me mobile phones in response to my complaints about the Apple iPhone in-app donation policy. The topic we explored was mobile fundraising, ranging from best practices, integration and why applications on phones haven’t taken off. What phones and apps are they using? What is your objective?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2015

One surefire way to ruin your sleep is to use your mobile phone as an alarm clock. According to scientific research , reading a tablet or mobile phone with its backlit display in bed can make it harder to fall asleep and your sleep won’t be as rejuvenating. The glaring light off the tiny screen zaps your brain of sound ZZZs.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 11, 2016

In that program, I learned many manners in which I could properly present myself in front of the customer, how to effectively summarize the purpose of my existence within a corporate entity, and most importantly a phone etiquette trick that has stayed with me until this very day. Is there a specific channel? Communication Strategies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

Is everyone sitting around the table, but only engaged on their mobile phones or laptops, checking email or looking at social feeds? One recent study at Stanford University determined staff were more creative when they were walking versus sitting and encouraged walking meetings for more innovation.

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Qgiv

MAY 6, 2021

What happens when we combine a near-universal dependence on texting with the desire to do some good? It’s one of the easiest ways to incorporate an additional giving channel without having to break the bank. With more and more supporters signing up for text messages, you must regularly maintain your phone number contact list.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2020

They were able to meet via phone and social media channels, a s well as in person while remaining s ocially distance. . most common change s reported were decreasing the frequency of direct mail/email appeals and cancelling or deferring phonathon campaign s.? Staying Agile .

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Kristine Miller, Program Manager at Gonzaga University, s hared her experience utilizing their fundraising software to develop a data-driven, multi-channel approach to fundraising. Jeremy Wang, Associate VP of Development at Temple University, shared real-life examples for increasing your gift officer productivity.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 6, 2019

Focus your data collection on key areas, such as messaging, channel, audience, and timing. Fundraisers who can take these best practices and reinvent them for university fundraising will more effectively raise money for their organizations. The next step is to create a personalized approach to reaching donors across all your channels.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Using this process to identify different types of donors in your universe is extremely useful in guiding your efforts to segment your list and fine tune the messaging that you use for each group. Did he engage with a recent fundraising email? And the process of building these personas can get very detailed. Click an online ad?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2014

Ben works on Blackbaud’s Corporate Communications Team, is a Graduate Student at University of Texas School of Advertising (Hook ‘Em) and a Mississippi native. Well, ladies and gentlemen of the nonprofit universe, the time has come again. Guest post from Blackbaud intern, Ben Baker. Nope, not a movie. I have seen the light!

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Look what I can do with my phone! Emerging tablet computing devices, such as the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy, promise the benefit of mobile access with a larger form factor than a phone screen, making it much easier to do work in the field. He earned a master's degree in Software Engineering from Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y.,

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Show the impact of your organization in your application, on your website, and on your social media channels. Engage with the grantor before submitting the application – use social media, email, phone and ideally an in-person meeting. Read Grant Seeking 101: Thinking Like a Reviewer to make sure you nail Step 4.

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NTEN

JUNE 25, 2010

Even phone calls aren't phone calls anymore; increasingly they are Voice over IP calls that happen over the internet. It's no surprise that giant phone and cable companies like Comcast and AT&T have made moves to control the Internet. Did you mail them or e-File? How did you pay your last parking ticket? Find your last job?

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The SOAR Model comes from the Libraries of the University of Missouri and focuses on reviewing your organization’s strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results. Tip #5: Pick up the phone and call the funder before you apply. . If the funder doesn’t pick up, send them an email.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The SOAR Model comes from the Libraries of the University of Missouri and focuses on reviewing your organization’s strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results. Tip #5: Pick up the phone and call the funder before you apply. . If the funder doesn’t pick up, send them an email.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

The six primary communications channels used by nonprofits are websites, email, traditional social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn), in-person events, print marketing, and media relations/PR. Email is still the communications workhorse. Only 7 percent didn't send any email appeals in 2016. A new or better website!

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 29, 2024

Keep members in the loop with communications on multiple marketing platforms, including email, direct mail, and text. You can send multichannel communications to members (including emails and letters) reminding them that their membership will automatically renew. Send multichannel communications. Automate annual renewals.

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