Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

LLMs are meant to produce conversational human language responses. Keep in mind that the more specific the model gets and the more specific the training dataset, the better outcomes you’ll find. The more detailed data you give the AI, the better answers you’re going to get back.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 26, 2022

She explained how to use Blue Ocean Strategy to give your organization the edge in crowded digital markets. Great conversation, a little bubbly, and treats at the Innovation Summit. This format uses informal conversations to explore key questions and weave thoughts and ideas into a collective tapestry of knowledge.

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.orgSource

JULY 25, 2023

I wasn’t able to cover Jane and Amy’s conversation in one post, so I’m taking up the thread again here. One that comes immediately to mind is the SWOT analysis,” Jane said. Customer surveys can give you valuable insights into your customers’ thoughts and feelings about your company. Customer surveys.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2024

Individual giving has seen a steep decline, with donors becoming more selective about the causes they support. In order to win back trust and stay top-of-mind, nonprofits must focus on establishing emotional connections with their audience through consistent, high-quality content. Authenticity builds trust.

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Bloomerang

MAY 28, 2024

One of my favorite colleagues and co-host of our Eskin Fundraising Training Non-Profit Empowerment webinar series, Rhanda Luna, has been hired as Director of Corporate Giving and Special Events for SAFE, based in Austin, Texas. You can enter all relationships with an open mind and a focus on positive collaboration.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Ask probing questions, consider a variety of opinions, including ideas that may be unpopular, and insist on objective analysis. Giving every employee, no matter how junior, the opportunity to share ideas and the agency to manage their work creates an expectation for thought leadership across the organization.

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Neon CRM

MAY 17, 2024

A phone call gives you the opportunity to build real personal connections with the people who support you. Calling to thank donors for their support after they give a gift can strengthen their bond with your nonprofit, leading to higher donor retention and engagement rates. Do you have any questions about our work or how you’ve helped?

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Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2024

Conversely, a toxic, dysfunctional, or low-performing board can destroy your nonprofit. How do you recruit board members and onboard them to be high performers who give generously of their time, treasure, and talents? Empower them by giving them the training, tools, and inspiration to lead effectively.

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

Sharon Rice ,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy, explains the new roles like this, “An integrated strategic plan gives everyone in the organization a voice, especially the professionals from marketing and membership. They are charged with posing and answering significant questions like these: Why was our organization founded?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 27, 2024

Brad Jacobs Some of my favorite leadership lesson takeaways from the book, written in an easy-reading, conversational and friendly style, include: Successful people are self-aware enough to avoid the following three impediments to effective leadership : The belief that you’re right, no matter what. No side conversations.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

DECEMBER 4, 2018

With Giving Tuesday behind us, it's time to highlight just a few of the organizations who ran stellar campaigns, activated supporters, and beat their fundraising goals. The Middle East Children’s Alliance is a top-tier example of building a compelling donation page that maximizes conversions when it counts.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 4, 2024

Individual giving declined in 2022 , and 70% of nonprofits expect giving to continue to decrease or remain flat. Offer suggested giving amounts. For example, you can create groups based on supporters’ giving habits, such as donation recency, type, amount, frequency, and reason for donating. Enable recurring donations.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

More objective decision-making—Clarity about your own goals, values, and priorities makes tough decisions easier and will give you confidence in your choices. Clear thoughts about tonight’s dinner or the report that’s due next week from your mind and live in the moment. Create space for conversation. Observe behavior.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 4, 2019

By Scot Chisholm , CEO and Co-founder of Classy ––a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. The Concept of Integrated Giving Empowering Everyday Donors. Their common thread? Donor-Advised Funds.

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Bloomerang

JULY 16, 2021

Which leads to the question: You’ve been laid off. 2) Know the answers to these three questions: What are your strengths? Be prepared to ask questions about the organization’s mission and where they’re headed. Keep in mind you’re not just negotiating salary. The pandemic hit the nonprofit sector hard.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2024

But when you’re lean on resources and human power, just producing blog posts and updating your website feels like a miracle, never mind SEO or a content strategy. So, if your nonprofit works in environmental conservation, use a keyword research tool to identify common questions like “how to support local environmental initiatives.”

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Candid

APRIL 4, 2023

A funder’s personal and meaningful connections with nonprofits play a pivotal role in guiding their giving decisions. 4 actionable tips for growing your nonprofit funder network Now, it’s time to get the conversation started. Pro tip: Liking and sharing is the easy part, but if you really want to stand out, try to spark a conversation.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

As a grantmaker, questions are your tools. But are you asking the right questions? We will also give you seven questions to ask yourself about your questions, to make sure they are relevant, clear, respectful, and useful. Why Change Up Your Questions? And are you asking them in the right way?

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Media Cause

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Understanding your nonprofit audiences—their hearts and minds, wallets and worlds—is critical to successfully communicating in an election year. And yes, earlier this year, Sesame Street’s Elmo broke the Internet when he asked the simple question, “How is everybody doing?” For nonprofits in the U.S. Then, rinse and repeat.

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Bloomerang

JULY 26, 2021

Then ask yourself these questions: Is your mission clear and compelling (i.e., Here are some questions to ask: . Are there multiple giving options, including recurring and suggested amounts? Are there multiple giving options, including recurring and suggested amounts? Is it easy to see how to give offline?

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Association Analytics

OCTOBER 10, 2022

With all of these tools and lists residing throughout your organization, a centralized data repository is a solution that will give your staff easy access to all of the data within your association. This is important for conversion metrics or click-through success metrics. Keep in mind, attribution is not an exact science.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Cycle of Giving You need donors who give because they love the work your nonprofit is doing. This is called transformational giving because it transforms the donor’s life as well as the lives of those you’re serving. In order to keep those donors giving you must complete the Cycle of Giving. Make sense?

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Bloomerang

MAY 13, 2021

The nonprofit leader talks about gift-giving opportunities only after they have uncovered what the donor wants to accomplish. The focus is getting to know the donor through a series of discovery questions that you’ll ask with the donor’s permission, of course. Their gift-giving potential or financial position. So, be patient!

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Candid

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In this blog, we explore what to do when you get a rejection to a grant proposal and share questions you should ask the funder if your grant proposal isn’t selected. Then, you can start asking questions. This question can help you understand where to best spend your time and energy. Do you think I should apply again?”

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Once we hit November and we’ve gotten through Halloween, Daylight Savings Time, and the first frost, it’s officially the holiday season – and for nonprofits, that means it’s also time for year-end giving campaigns. Why is year-end giving such a big deal? Creating A Plan For Year-End Giving 2021. Goals don’t come out of thin air.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

We make information into data when we explicitly attach it to a question and explicitly or implicitly connect it to an approach for making sense of it. Datamaking can enhance capacity building efforts through group questioning and analysis. Information is everything that is coming at us. However, to have data requires intention.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

And for Oatly, that is on purpose; I am exactly the customer they have in mind. For instance: Customer Relationship Management systems (CRMs): help us track donor interactions and giving histories. Email marketing analytics: help us track open rate, click-through, and donation conversions. For me, it’s Oatly.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 12, 2022

You need that open rate to be as high as possible, and you need donors to be moved to give. When I first started in fundraising, I didn’t know anything about stringing words together to motivate someone to give. And that does NOT inspire people to give. They aren’t motivated to give. Well, it’s tricky. What would you say?

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Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

When asking for a legacy gift from a donor to your nonprofit, it’s important to approach the conversation with sensitivity and professionalism. Look for donors who have a history of regular giving, long-term involvement, or a personal connection to your mission. Here are ten practical steps to help you navigate the process: 1.

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Candid

MARCH 2, 2022

The more specific the impact you can point to, the better your donors will feel about their gifts and the less likely they will tire of being asked to give. Here are three foundational stewardship tactics to keep in mind before and during your next major campaign: 1. Anchor your messaging in impact. Get your donors involved.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 8, 2021

An added benefit of email marketing strategies is that you can analyze performance and optimize those conversations in real-time. This post offers five ways you can optimize your fundraising campaign and create winning emails as we all prepare for the biggest season for nonprofit fundraising — end-of-year giving. Share their why.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on what to do after a donor says “no” to a meeting. Ask if they have specific questions; then offer to get back to them with more information. Is it children?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2021

Follow the lead of this executive director who launched her two-person nonprofit team into the limelight simply by joining in on the community conversation. All you need to do is register your nonprofit and get the word out to your donors about this effortless way to give. Uncover data that reveals the latest trends in major giving.

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Bloomerang

MAY 30, 2023

is a question every nonprofit asks at some point. Marketing Efforts Should Give First, Ask Second Effective marketing is about building relationships not spurring transactions. To start a relationship off on the right foot, remember it is always better to give than receive. “How do we get more donors?” And for good reason.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

And how will they give if they are struggling to meet their own needs? They might do the work themselves if they had time, but they don’t, so, they give money to you because that’s a good way for them to get the work done. Donors give to causes that matter to them. Donors give to causes that matter to them.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 11, 2023

If you’re like every nonprofit on the planet, you’ve got one thing on your mind: acquiring new donors! And with donor retention rates on the decline, new donor acquisition is a constant topic of conversation. You can also test the use of a pop-up box to encourage giving wherever a visitor happens to be on your website.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

Ryan Jenkins and Steven Van Cohen Earlier this year, the authors shared these insights: Question: When did you decide to write your book and how did the pandemic influence your book? Question: With so many workforces working from home what can leaders do to lessen worker loneliness? Encourage every team member to participate.

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