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4 Important Membership Trends Every Museum Needs to Consider

Connection Cafe

It’s 2019, and a whole lot is changing in the museum and nonprofit world. That’s not to mention how strained museums already are in terms of resources. According to the American Alliance of Museums, the average museum has 6 volunteers for every paid staff member , a ratio which s oars to 18:1 in museums with budgets under $250,000.

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Donor Management Software: Buyer’s Guide + 16 Top Solutions

Bloomerang

When my sister first started working with a nonprofit museum, she had a lot to learn about the fundraising process for the organization. The museum had notes saved in their donor management software about the seating preferences for their major donors and that particular donor preferred their regular seat toward the front.

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Games Games Games

Museum 2.0

Museums have used games to engage visitors for decades. SR: I came to games before I came to museums. My grandmother cheated at Candyland and uno. :) Games, I think, have a nice Venn diagram of overlap between museum lovers. I love thinking we're getting new museum lovers through games. How did you get into museum games?

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Walk in Your Visitor’s Shoes: How to use the Buyer’s Journey to increase Attendance at your Arts & Cultural Organization

Connection Cafe

The most important thing to remember is to find channels to reach your target visitors : the people most likely to visit your zoo, museum or aquarium or to attend a performance. . At this stage, you can talk more about your organization and ideally, you’ll have a contact name and a way to communicate with them. Retention .

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A Comprehensive Guide to Nonprofit Database Segmentation

Neon CRM

Increasing retention: Increases in retention can come from better engagement and improved abilities to track those that are in danger of leaving your organization. Finally, you have her son Tim, who is 25 years old and works as a curator at a museum. To learn more about our platform, contact us for a demo.

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5 Metrics Fundraisers Need to Know to Retain Their Donors

Connection Cafe

Donor retention is undeniably critical to meet your nonprofit’s revenue goals , but it can be tough to know which efforts result in higher retention levels or upward movement of donors. That’s why we put together a list of the five essential metrics you need to know, as a fundraiser, to achieve higher retention rates.

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Making the most of mid-level

M+R

Major donors get the fanfare, the galas, the special one-to-one contact. And, unfortunately, the reverse is also true—what seems like a minor drop-off in your mid-level acquisition or retention rates can create enormous drag on your revenue. . Small-dollar donors are often the solid foundation, the activists, the heart of the movement.

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