Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

While the end of the year can be a time to relax and unwind, it’s also a season for nonprofits to ramp up fundraising. Your plan should include your campaign’s messaging, theme, channels, and follow-up plan, for starters. During the giving season —October, November, and December—supporters are gearing up to send last-minute donations.

Campaign 98

Campaign Giving Tips Mail 98

M+R

AUGUST 14, 2023

Focused on audience and message research, M+R’s Gwen McGarry will moderate a panel featuring smart colleagues Nehal Mahmoud, Amanda Person, and Laurin Gonzalez as they share super interesting and useful findings from all kinds of usability, creative, survey, and focus group research over the last year or so! August 16: Fewer Guesses.

Audience 52

Audience Research Free Test 52

M+R

AUGUST 7, 2023

As we close out summer and head into fall, M+R is presenting a full slate of webinars that are designed to jump-start your fundraising plans. Spoiler alert: we’ll be talking influencers, creative testing, Scout Quest, and more.] [Spoiler alert: we’ll be talking influencers, creative testing, Scout Quest, and more.]

Test 52

Test Broadcast Influence Fun 52

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 2, 2022

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question come from a nonprofit employee who want advice on whether suspense or emotion is a better hook in a fundraising appeal: . It also channels fear of missing out (FOMO). So, it’s a good use of several principles of persuasion and influence.

America 94

America Charity Mail Channel 94

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Dear In the Digital Wilderness, No doubt about it, embracing digital marketing and fundraising strategies is certainly a new frontier for most nonprofits. Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Do you have any thoughts?

Analytics 111

Analytics Digital Tools Measure 111

sgEngage

MARCH 4, 2022

In the first half of 2021, OneCause conducted a survey of 1,026 Social Donors to explore how giving has evolved during the pandemic and what lessons we’ve learned from the virtual fundraising pivot. Personal connections are most likely to influence donations. . Personal connections are most likely to influence donations.

Studies 85

Studies Experiment Giving Generation 85

Forum One

JULY 27, 2021

Though it has changed in shape during the pandemic, here are seven tips on how to use your digital ecosystem to enhance your fundraising. As people are spending more and more time online, digital fundraising is vital for mission-driven organizations to achieve and surpass goals. . Which digital channels get you the most traction?

Digital 47

Digital Tips Fundraising Evaluation 47

Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2023

Is the secret to growing your fundraising hiding in your CRM? Your supporters are ultimately in charge of their own journeys, but you can certainly take action to influence and guide them. It just might be! Your nonprofit CRM is much more than a storage space for addresses and phone numbers. Do you have a planned next step for them?

Data 96

Data Gift Relationship Interaction 96

Media Cause

JANUARY 10, 2023

Considering marketing channels. Determine what marketing channels your supporters frequent and how friendly those channels are for marketing merchandise. To learn more about your audience’s preferences, consider asking them through surveys and online polls. Partner with influencers.

Product 52

Product Marketing Nonprofit Audience 52

The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 2, 2021

They are strongly influenced by friends. They want to engage on their own terms and are more likely to respond to social media influencers and short videos of real people. Make your fundraising social. When you host your next online fundraiser, take the time to reach out personally to millennials in your network.

Causes 124

Causes Support Volunteer Generation 124

Achieve

AUGUST 18, 2023

It’s no secret that effective marketing helps maximize the fundraising potential of your nonprofit’s events. For events that have a high fundraising potential to start, such as live auctions, being strategic in your marketing efforts can lead to significant revenue generation. Let’s get started! End with a call to action.

Marketing 52

Marketing Ideas Sponsor North America 52

Classy

APRIL 22, 2021

When it comes to sustainability, Classy ’s core competency is our ability to empower the environmental nonprofits who use our platform to activate their online fundraising. We keep their missions in mind as we build reliable, secure, and robust fundraising tools that drive sustainable revenue to fund their missions. They do this by: .

Green 52

Green Project Influence Policy 52

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

have further validated the effectiveness of text-to-give fundraising. give fundraising for everyday use, versus only for emergency or disaster relief. The results of the survey were very encouraging for the current and future state of mobile giving. Channel of Influence. Donation Thresholds.

Attitude 95

Attitude Mobile Giving Canada 95

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

As vacations end, students return to school, and the final days of summer approach, your nonprofit is busy gearing up for your year-end fundraising strategy. You’ll want to host creative fundraisers alongside the giving day to attract attention to your nonprofit and maximize donations. If not, this guide is the resource for you.

Social 78

Social Broadcast Social Media South Carolina 78

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Much has been written and many have prognosticated about how new and emerging fundraising channels, fueled by technology, would spell the end of direct mail as THE predominate fundraising conduit. This research begins to answer a few of the pressing questions, including: Who and what influences giving decisions?

Influence 33

Influence Giving Charity Mail 33

Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

Digital channels have made it affordable for brands to communicate their message to a broad audience. Email marketing is an effective channel but your message is often isolated to people who already know you exist. In this case, Online Fundraising Ideas (7 Strategies & 63% More Donations) has a downloadable checklist.

Digital 111

Digital Marketing Guide Chapter 111

Achieve

AUGUST 13, 2015

Fundraising & Philanthropy Australasia Magazine. They want to lend their knowledge and experience as well as time to help a cause, – aspects which have not changed over the last four years of survey responses. The real power of the Millennial is the influence they can have on their peers. This piece originally appeared in.

Problem 40

Problem Fundraising Generation Causes 40

Neon CRM

AUGUST 24, 2023

You might look at these reports if you’re attempting to get an understanding of the larger macro-economic factors influencing your own operations. Let’s take three different trends reports and outline how to use them to optimize your fundraising strategy. How to use it : Define what you want to get out of the report itself.

Hype 52

Hype Research Marketing Benchmark 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

We could tell that some of the confusion and resistance we were seeing around adoption was due to organizations’ inability to look past the technological nature of these new channels. But what sorts of hurdles are arts groups facing in terms of human resources and management attitudes, and which channels are working for them?

Arts 110

Arts Social Media Studies National 110

NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

As vacations end, students return to school, and the final days of summer approach, your nonprofit is busy gearing up for your year-end fundraising strategy. You’ll want to host creative fundraisers alongside the giving day to attract attention to your nonprofit and maximize donations. If not, this guide is the resource for you.

Social 41

Social Broadcast Social Media South Carolina 41

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Their marketing has tangible results: in 2012 alone they raised $33 million, and over $8 million of that was raised through their online fundraising platform. As each fundraiser shares their campaign with their personal network via word of mouth and online, the number of people who know about charity: water quickly multiplies.

Charity 128

Charity Lesson Marketing Digital 128

Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

A diverse and holistic fundraising strategy is crucial to a nonprofit’s success. Whether you are fully dependent on donations or utilize a variety of revenue sources like government grants, corporate partnerships, major contributions, or membership fees, successful fundraising is key to maximizing your impact on your mission.

Raise 98

Raise Strategy Help Fundraising 98

Everyaction

APRIL 30, 2018

With so many other influences vying for their time, attention, and financial support, it can be difficult for Alumni Engagement offices to ensure that alumni are retaining a sense of connection to the university. Using surveys to ask for input shows alumni that their thoughts are valued. Clear and simple online donation forms.

University 40

University Practice Tech Mail 40

Everyaction

APRIL 30, 2018

With so many other influences vying for their time, attention, and financial support, it can be difficult for Alumni Engagement offices to ensure that alumni are retaining a sense of connection to the university. Using surveys to ask for input shows alumni that their thoughts are valued. Clear and simple online donation forms.

University 40

University Practice Tech Mail 40

NTEN

AUGUST 6, 2012

NTEN member and geographic web and mobile software developer Azavea, in collaboration with Temple University's Center for Security and Crime Science, just released ACS Alchemist , an open source tool that makes it easier to access US Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) data.

NTEN 57

NTEN Open Source Influence National 57

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2017

With so many potential connections and over 104 social media networks, utilizing this powerful communication channel to support your campaign or event may feel overwhelming. Focus on the social channels that work with your brand. Reddit, Quora, and Digg provide discussion channels. Fear not, as help is on the way!

Social Media 29

Social Media Digital Life Media 29

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2012

”— the fundraiser and strategist in me can't help but think how this kind of behavior and interaction applies to ways nonprofits are trying to engage with their constituents. Does social media influence their “offline” behavior/engagement toward your organization? Surveys: Basically, ask people again.

Facebook 51

Facebook Ratio Influence Social Media 51

Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fundraising Nonprofit Email Benchmarks You Need to Know 14 min read Read Now Use Newsletters to Build Connections The primary goal of your newsletter will be to educate your readers about your community and how your organization is working to make the world a better place. Send a survey! There’s probably more than one reason.

Digital 52

Digital Ideas Business Donor 52

OneCause

JANUARY 31, 2024

ways to bring in fundraising dollars and engage supporters is the time-tested fundraising event. If you’ve got event fundraising on the brain, you’ve come to the right post. Here, we’ll walk through 10 steps to putting together a fundraising event that’s out of this world. Set up for the big day.

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Registration Hosting Images 52

NTEN

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

There is little debate that online communication, fundraising, and advocacy have become important parts of the modern nonprofit's fundraising and marketing mix. In 2009, Convio's clients alone used the online channel to raise more than $921 million (up from $777M in '08), send more than 3.8 Alan Cooke, Convio.

Online 74

Online Giving Convio Mobile 74

Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Yesterday I went along to the Mobile and Digital Conference in London , organised by Fundraising magazine, to hear first-hand about how, in a fast-changing world, charities are using social, mobile and digital media to reach new audiences and raise more money. Author: Julia Woodcock. So what were some of the main themes from the day?

Charity 51

Charity Digital Cancer Offline 51

Kindful

MARCH 16, 2021

Nonprofit software helps organizations manage their day-to-day functions like administration, fundraising, donor relations, accounting, marketing, and more. Fundraising. How you can use it: With Golden, you can run background checks, collect signups, and measure the influence of your volunteers automatically. Form building.

Software 52

Software Free Paypal Google 52

NTEN

JULY 19, 2012

Referencing the Millennial Donor Report , when it comes to trusting a nonprofit organization, the factors that influence Millennials, are relationship driven - based on personal connections to the leadership, or the organization. With Millennials, it's all about multi-channel engagement. So, how do we engage this generation?

Relationship 61

Relationship Generation Build Mobile 61

M+R

JANUARY 31, 2023

In that spirit, we’re taking a look back at December fundraising — our Nonprofit Year-End 2022 Wrapped. We surveyed our nonprofit clients to dig into the trending hits and surprise breakout stars when it came to 2022’s year-end fundraising playlist, with detailed results from 21 organizations. Let’s dig in! Invest in SMS.

Fundraising 105

Fundraising Gift Digital Trend 105

Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

HR can also provide advice on conducting employee surveys. Communications colleagues can help you develop the right messaging and select the most effective communication channels to get heard. Their ability to influence peers over time is the type of champion you want and need. Executive Support. Increase Employee Giving.

Program 28

Program Giving Companies Storytelling 28

Bloomerang

JUNE 20, 2023

Online fundraising has been on an upward trajectory for years. But because of pandemic-related restrictions on in-person interactions, online fundraising increased by 32% in 2020. After a year of significant growth, online fundraising grew by a more modest 3% in 2021 , and the number of gifts increased by 5%.

Ideas 98

Ideas Guide Online Fundraising 98

Bloomerang

JULY 20, 2023

Online fundraising has been on an upward trajectory for years. But because of pandemic-related restrictions on in-person interactions, online fundraising increased by 32% in 2020. After a year of significant growth, online fundraising grew by a more modest 3% in 2021 , and the number of gifts increased by 5%.

Ideas 79

Ideas Online Fundraising Tips 79