Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The MGO is a big deal because it requires a unique skill set: A love for people A genuine dedication to your cause A good storyteller (and ‘question asker’!) But not all of these may be immediately on display when you’re interviewing someone – so you have to ask the right questions to find out! What makes you nervous?

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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. Here are ten practical steps to help you navigate the process: 1. They may be more receptive to conversations about furthering their charitable legacy.

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sgEngage

JUNE 20, 2023

With such high stakes and near-constant evolution, decision makers need to be confident on compliance basics to ensure you’re asking the right questions of your vendors and counting on them to deliver the partnership that today’s complex compliance environment requires of you. Here are 5 key questions to get you started.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2023

To make fundraising a little easier for nonprofits, we put together this list of nonprofit fundraising best practices. Each of the items below is a best practice your nonprofit can use to raise crucial funds for your mission. Your stories should answer these questions for donors and inspire them to give. Read on to learn more!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Multiple, practical action steps are presented below to advance your fundraising based on the survey results. These action steps are designed to correspond with the developmental stage of your fundraising program. Not all fundraising programs look alike. The post starts off with general guidance.

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VQ Strategies

MAY 17, 2023

Driven by the power of volunteer energy and grounded in comprehensive research, the Initiative for Strategic Volunteer Engagement launched to answer this exact question. Just today, the Initiative has released Activating the Power of Strategic Volunteer Engagement for a Better World: A Conversation Starter for Funders and Nonprofit Leaders.

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.orgSource

JULY 25, 2023

Jane and Amy shared insights about the opportunities and challenges of integrating AI into marketing programs. I wasn’t able to cover Jane and Amy’s conversation in one post, so I’m taking up the thread again here. I would also ask you questions about your company and its industry. After Bard responds, the files can be deleted.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2021

There are three main components to integrating impact management practices in your organization: continuous evidence building, participant-centered program management, and integrated financial management. However, in a robust impact management practice, everyone must be involved in the evidence generation and use process.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Read on for our major donor cultivation best practices for helpful tips you need to successfully steward these important donors. The first item on the list seems obvious, but it’s easy to forget or overlook past supporters, especially if there wasn’t a major gifts program before. Best practices for stewarding your major donors.

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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? Does this question reflect the mission of my organization?

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 4, 2023

I am absolutely loving the conversations I’m having with my guests, some of whom are clients, while many are not. For example, Lindsay Currie of CUR has a Board that practices anticipatory planning and has an innovation fund. So in October of this year, we launched the Associations Thrive podcast.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Practice Critical Thinking The Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory can perform 10.51 Applying reflection, reasoning, and individual experience to problem-solving is not part of the Summit supercomputer program, but it is an approach that is invaluable in making advantageous business decisions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

To help you dive right in, this posts provides an overview of the tools available, best practices, and examples to make your chosen AI writing tool work for you. It can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way. And then everything changed.

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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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The Storytelling Non-profit

JULY 25, 2020

I recently ran a survey in our community to ask folks what their big challenges are these days and what would feel like an absolute miracle to do inside their fundraising or communications program. The current reality we find ourselves in is deeply impacting our ability to make decisions about our fundraising and communications programs.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Based on industry best practices and your unique organizational needs, your new AMS can help you optimize and improve your current processes. During your vendor discovery meetings, resist the urge to turn the time into wish list sessions. For example, does your association offer a learning program and is advanced credit tracking a need?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Written by Findjoo , this is the second post in a series of three about best practices in digital marketing and fundraising for membership organizations and associations. Thankfully, many social media networks will have mechanisms that will allow you to have a private conversation. Respond to messages fast. Respond to messages fast.

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sgEngage

JULY 12, 2022

Many funders have made a real effort to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their grantmaking practices, but how this looks in practice can vary widely. Grantmakers are looking to one another to share effective practices and case studies. 3. Grantmaking Practices: Infuse Grantmaking with Empathy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

In this post, I’m sharing my slides , resources , and practical engagement tips with a higher purpose. That purpose, of course, is to build a life-long relationship with alumni of your nonprofit’s program or school so that they are a donor and champion for your organization. Connect Alumni with Current School Experience.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2023

With the ability to continuously learn and adapt to new information, ChatGPT can remember past conversations and constantly iterate based on user prompts. Due to the vast amount of data that goes into training and optimizing ChatGPT, the AI-enabled tool can summarize ideas and answer questions with general accuracy. Be specific!

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. How the sector understands and engages in knowledge work is crucial to the success of philanthropic efforts. Information is all around us. Data is a decision.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 17, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit leader who needs advice on who the best prospects are to ask for legacy gifts. Dear Charity Clairity, My board wants us to develop a legacy giving program. What does this look like in practice? .

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 4, 2023

I am absolutely loving the conversations I’m having with my guests, some of whom are clients, while many are not. For example, Lindsay Currie of CUR has a Board that practices anticipatory planning and has an innovation fund. So in October of this year, we launched the Associations Thrive podcast.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This letter doesn’t go into detail about the nonprofit’s programs. Your thank-you letter should be conversational and sound natural if read aloud. Element #6: Contact info for questions. Rewrite your letter using the Kitchen Table technique , which makes it much more friendly and conversational. Element #4: Hero language.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 21, 2010

This afternoon I had the pleasure and honor of spending a few hours with members of the Charity Technology Trust/Charity Technology Exchange team, part of the TechSoup Global network , exploring their options for creating programs or services to build and foster community throughout their network. Who is the community? Next steps.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Financial Management Luminary Session Panel Discussion: Using Your Voice in a Sea of Change *don’t miss* Your finance team touches all aspects of your organization—grant programs, fundraising goals, vendor management. That makes you a vital part of any change management conversation, but you may not always be asked to the table.

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Global Giving

JULY 25, 2017

Jessamine Chin Director, VMWare Foundation Who She Is: As Director of the VMware Foundation, Jessamine Chin leads engagement for VMware's 20,000+ employees and heads their worldwide, social impact programs. A: We often start the conversation with the “solution”—meaning we start with the talent and go in search of a problem.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Once your website is designed and structured according to this technique, it becomes easier to update it when those needs change by asking these questions: Which tasks don’t apply anymore? The answers to these questions will help guide your design decisions anytime you encounter organizational changes… or global pandemics.

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Candid

MARCH 28, 2023

To stay focused on our users’ needs, we’re creating a set of persona archetypes based on in-depth conversations with current and potential users. This raises the question of whether we may be able to help get the information they need more quickly and efficiently. We do this through a program called Follow Me Home (FMH).

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sgEngage

MARCH 21, 2023

And that work can come in a variety of forms: work by your grantee to fill out long applications with questions about programs, finances, staff, sustainability, and internal controls that get read and then filed. Or it can be your research and conversations to confirm the dedication to a shared mission.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 3, 2014

Let’s Talk About Succession Planning: Getting the Conversation Started. Starting the Conversation about Succession Planning. Its focus is on the practical. Consider the types of questions that should be asked as part of a succession planning effort: What are the significant challenges facing the organization now?

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Candid

AUGUST 23, 2023

In practice, this might mean considering where your nonprofit has a chance to grow, recognizing when ways of working need to adapt to changing conditions, or opting to rethink your mix of programs. Rather, leaders will likely find themselves revisiting those questions and asking related ones down the road.

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Volunteer Hub

JUNE 9, 2023

Here are a few best practices that will help motivate and engage your volunteers. Engage in meaningful conversations with your volunteers, delving into their personal lives to establish a genuine connection. When asking questions, consider their motivations for dedicating their time.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Here are 16 uncommon and practical donor relations tactics that will delight and surprise your donors: 1. However, there is nothing more powerful than having parents of children who has benefited from a program make calls to donors thanking them for their donations and sharing the impact your programs have had on their children.

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Bloomerang

MAY 13, 2021

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. With the right set of donor discovery questions, you will be able to determine the donor’s needs. Do not present any solutions or programs until you have an idea of what the donor wants.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Practice with mock calls. Prepare for donor questions. Track and incentivize successful conversations. Here are the key components to any phonathon script: Introduction: Answer the most basic questions: Who are you? Practice with mock calls. Create a standardized script. Schedule calls when donors are home.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As founder and chief leadership development officer at the Kansas Leadership Center, respectively, O’Malley and Fabris McBride have led thousands of people through programs to help them engage in the act of leadership. A movement that inspires more people to practice leadership where they can and when they can. That’s our big goal.

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