Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

To be able to telework, people usually need five things: a computer or tablet, broadband Internet, access to work email, access to work documents, and a phone. The processing power of our mobile phones roughly doubles every 18 months as does storage capacity, as do Internet speeds with the advent of faster 4G and 4G LTE mobile networks.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2023

If you’d like to talk about these issues, join us on Nov. This is a person who comes to one meeting a year, and doesn’t return the CEO’s phone calls, or leaves a 6 am voicemail in response saying, “Tag, you’re it.” They don’t solicit their personal contacts. If you’d like to talk about these issues, join me on Nov.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 8, 2024

Ask those same association executives what they’re doing to try to solve their data issues and they’ll likely say they have a staff member dedicated to cleaning things up, but it’s a constant moving target. Examples of this kind of data would be your members’ cell phone numbers. So how do you make a Fresh Start?

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fusionSpan

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The issue, however, is that data comparisons are tedious, repetitive, and time-consuming. In a member-based organization, associations need to compare contacts, sales, orders, memberships, and objects before implementing a data migration. In the screenshot below you’ll see contact data for 2019. At the bottom of the report.

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Achieve

MAY 24, 2024

Building up a robust contact list is easy when you have a strong multichannel marketing strategy. For example, if a donor gave to your organization in the past and optionally added their phone number in the donation form submission, you’re permitted to opt them into your campaign on their behalf.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Remove duplicates, correct inaccuracies, and validate contact information like email addresses and phone numbers. Encourage users to keep an eye out for common issues, such as missing phone numbers, outdated email addresses, or incomplete donor profiles, and instruct them on how to advocate for a data append.

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Qgiv

MAY 14, 2021

Should our nonprofit address these issues? Do our supporters want to hear from us about these issues? Some issues might just require close monitoring while others may require a press release that’s approved by your CEO. Who is our go-to person for understanding tech issues or issues with our website?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

A neutral palette of browns or grays, and just a touch of an accent color like yellow or orange, suggests a serious issue. But for some organizations, such as those that work with children in foster care, women fleeing abusive partners, or those serving undocumented immigrants, the issue is just too sensitive.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 12, 2020

Always add new contacts to your address book. Make sure your signature includes contact information. Pick up the phone to discuss the issue after two or a maximum of three rounds of a conversation thread. Don’t use reply all unless absolutely necessary. Label your attachments appropriately. Summarize discussion threads.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 14, 2021

Frequent and consistent contact with local media raises the odds of getting some great exposure. Emphasize what makes your story different, and how it is relevant to issues that are already hot topics. Provide good contact information, including email addresses and phone numbers of people reporters can contact immediately.

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TechImpact

AUGUST 27, 2013

Office phones. Another common communication tool that poses maintenance and sometimes service issues. Also, remote employees might not have their own office phone, or always have access too it, making it necessary for staff to include their personal cell phone number as a method of business contact. File sharing.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

The IT press was buzzing in late April about the free portable WiFi embedded by Microsoft in select May 6 Forbes Magazine print issues. Available on news stands now, so check one out if you see a new issue while in line at the grocery store. The phone is a project of Sumit Dagar and the Indian Institute of Technology.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Element #6: Contact info for questions. Offering the phone number and/or email of someone the donor can contact with questions is good customer service and shows how open you are to receiving input from them. Their thoughts are more important than yours on this issue! Element #7: Real signature. What do THEY think?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

You’re probably asking for an amount that’s a stretch for you and it’s going to bring up all kinds of personal issues for you, especially if you have a negative mindset around money or wealthy people. Contact them and thank them again for their donation. Would you be available this week or next for a phone call?

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Flexibility Create goodwill by working with families when issues arise. For schools that manage their own billing processes, this means giving rigorous attention to payment due dates and quickly contacting the family to investigate the reason. Tuition is a significant expense for families. private school annual tuition is $12,594.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2023

The close-up eye contact from video meetings can be intense —on your meeting screen, it can feel like everyone is looking directly at you all the time. Perhaps replace meetings with a phone call or a recorded status update. Plus, seeing yourself on-screen is, at minimum, distracting, and often downright unnerving.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2021

In terms of issue area, giving to: Public-society benefit organizations grew 15.7% (14.3% Moving donors from their first gift to their second continues to be a chronic issue for the sector. direct mail, email, social media, text, phone, advertising, website), targeting different donor audiences. adjusted for inflation).

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Bloomerang

MAY 25, 2023

Many volunteer coordinators spend hours exchanging emails and phone calls with potential volunteers, only to have the majority of their prospects fall through. Prompt Volunteer Shift Scheduling Another major inefficiency that many nonprofits face is the issue of creating volunteer schedules.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

What you can do to speed up your thank-you process Here’s an exercise I took my team through to address the issue of a too-slow donor acknowledgement process. I began by gathering everyone who touched the gift and/or the thank you from the minute the gift arrived until the minute the acknowledgement letter left our office.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 13, 2022

There were two instances this year where I made gifts over and above what I had intended and they both involved personal contact from someone in the development office (director or gifts officer). I’ve narrowed my giving down to organizations that issue informative and concise reports about what they are achieving with donors’ contributions.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

When looking to connect with DAF holders, start with people whose contact information you already have. It is probably a good idea to contact your donors and prospects and see if they have a DAF managed by Fidelity. Then again, they might choose not to disclose this information—however, it’s worth an email or phone call to find out.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

this is to officially inform you that we are verifying all over the world issues on natural disaster affected persons. 3) Phone And Fax Number. (4) On this regards, do not hesitate to contact me for more details and direction, and also please do update me with any new development. Text: United Nations Headquarters.

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Robert Weiner

JANUARY 30, 2012

Attenuation, This e-mail has been issued to you in order to Officially inform you. which was issued to you by an International Lottery Company. contact the agent in-charge ( Mr. Henry Ben) via e-mail. below to find appropriate contact information: CONTACT AGENT NAME: Mr. Henry Ben. PHONE NUMBER: +22999511139.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The platform features tools like click-to-call advocacy, email message delivery, and social advocacy , empowering nonprofit supporters to take action on issues they care about. #5. Match your contact records to nearly 100 social networks. We ensure fast, expert answers for your "how to" questions and technical issues. #14.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2023

They can also reach out to donors and ask for their cell phone number or birthday month to be appended to their record. If you have a lot of lapsed commitments, ask a board member to locate the donors on social media or get new contact info from people in your organization. They can make sure member records are spelled correctly.

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VQ Strategies

JUNE 22, 2021

Who is the key staff contact person or volunteer leader? Which questions can they answer on their own and which issues require a check-in with leadership? email, phone, in-person meetings)? Clarify responsibilities. Who has responsibility for which results? Define levels of authority. Agree on time commitment and timeline.

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Greater Giving

JULY 23, 2021

One of the biggest issues that nonprofits reported with virtual events (detailed in our State of Nonprofit Fundraising publication) was guest engagement. The livestream is the only point of contact between guests and the cause , so it must look good, sound good, and maintain excitement and tension throughout to keep people from walking away.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Text-to-give is a powerful donation tool that offers donors a way to easily give to their favorite nonprofits right from their phones. However, in general, the text-to-give process looks like the following: With your text-to-give platform, you’ll set up a shortened phone number, known as a shortcode. Live support. Integrations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2016

The first thing I did was to take a walk at the Stanford Dish , a nearby nature hiking area, without my mobile phone. During my walk, I reflected on my participation last March in the annual National Day of Unplugging , a 24-hour digital detox when you don’t use technology, Internet, or mobile phone in order to reduce stress.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

13 Issue 1 (Winter/Spring 2012), “Language, Identity and Politics” and is re-published here with permission." NTEN – "What if you found out that one-quarter of your subscribers were reading your emails on their mobile phones? " The Age of Mobile Email Has Arrived. Are You Ready? As of November 2011, 89.6

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 19, 2022

Personalized engagement is about understanding the needs and preferences of the people you serve —from communication channels like text messaging or phone calls to the history of engagement with your organization—and empowering your team to meet people’s needs each time they engage with you.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 20, 2019

My favorite parts of the book include Evenson’s techniques for effective customer service via the phone and for properly responding to customer complaints. First, for effective customer service via the phone : Verbalize what you are doing – explain to your customer what you are doing throughout the phone contact.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MAY 20, 2018

My favorite parts of the book include Evenson’s techniques for effective customer service via the phone and for properly responding to customer complaints. First, for effective customer service via the phone : Verbalize what you are doing – explain to your customer what you are doing throughout the phone contact.

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Media Cause

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

While not every organization has a specific project manager labeled role on their team, every project should have a main point of contact or dedicated member in charge of seeing the project to completion. 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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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

We’ve rounded up a list of specific examples of virtual opportunities, organized by nonprofit issue area, that solve real problems and are easy to execute. Virtual actions that solve for urgent issues: FOOD BANKS. Urgent issues. Urgent issues. Virtual solutions. Supplies are disappearing (food/financial). HUMAN SERVICES.

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Volunteer Hub

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

These issues have been compounded over the past year with so many restrictions keeping people at home and away from others. You should clearly advertise all possible volunteering roles as involving no contact with others. You should also provide clear contact information; both email and a phone number.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 18, 2023

Consider the community you serve, the social issue you’re tackling, or the change you want to make in the world. Secondary research can help you better understand the broader context of your target audience and the issues your nonprofit addresses. This purpose should be the core of your mission statement.

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