The Fundraising Authority

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Talk about your mission, of course, but don’t treat your readers like they are prospects who have never heard of your nonprofit before. Thus, don’t belabor your explanation about what the organization does or the mechanics of your work. Your “choir” needs to see and feel a connection to your work.

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Candid

MARCH 5, 2024

They’re more comfortable partnering with nonprofits that have a substantial track record of success, which takes time to establish. Start by planning for success Before asking for money, you need to lay some essential groundwork. You can learn more in our Get your board fundraising course or find additional guidance at Boardsource.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Determine who’s likely to register for an upcoming conference, which member is likely to donate, who will complete a professional development course, and more. Read the rest of MCA&F’s story: The Marine Corps Association & Foundation Nimble AMS Success Story. Streamline manual tasks. Read now

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Your hopes for today: brilliant success? How do we get a telling the story about why this all important? For the rest of the morning, we learned about design thinking by doing it through “ A Crash Course in Design Thinking.” The questions: What do you hope to learn today? Your biggest insight about network leadership?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 24, 2020

Fresh, timely content is more vital to the success of your nonprofit’s digital campaigns than it has ever been. Finally, and of course, to effectively reach all audiences your blog (and website) must be mobile-compatible. 7) Tell the story of a community served by your nonprofit. Blog Design Best Practices.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2014

To kick off our new success stories. section of TechSoup.org we launched a contest last month for great digital inclusion stories. We called it the TechSoup ‘Digital Connector’ Story Challenge. We of course got lots of great stories, and our winner is the Pottsboro Area Library. success stories.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Completed certification courses? . Enrolled in continuing education or training courses? . Ask if any will submit a story or picture to showcase their success. In your annual report, ensure you humanize your data by including interviews or member stories. Advanced certifications in your field? .

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Judi Sohn

NOVEMBER 21, 2009

While I’m trying to stay awake a little longer, here’s a story of how United Airlines did something very right. While other passengers would have of course preferred to be on their way to Philadelphia, no one seemed overly angry or upset. It’s been a whirlwind week.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Just wanted to let you know that the Winter 2013 Juicy Blogging E-Course will be happening January 11-February 1, 2013. You can learn more about the class on my website, brittbravo.com , and read 13 blogging success stories from past students in the September 2012 issue of the Juicy Blogging News.

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

It’s what determines your chances of success or failure. As a best practice, use a constituent relationship manager (CRM) such as those included in EveryAction’s guide to picking a nonprofit CRM to help organize and monitor your campaign’s success. Every successful advocacy campaign needs passionate advocates. How old are they?

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The Nerdy NonProfit

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Technical aspects such as web accessibility and mobile-friendliness are crucial for an effective course. And, you’ll likely need a learning management system to handle course delivery. Write a course that targets what the learner needs. Let’s say you’re creating courses for Valerie (or any other volunteer you can visualize).

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Arts and cultural organizations are the sources of some of our favorite DipJar stories. Today’s story comes from the small but mighty state of Rhode Island, where The Gamm Theatre has been providing great cultural programming for almost 40 years. The fundraising success of The Gamm is important. DipJar plays a role as well.

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Candid

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It turned out to be a provocative prompt, with nonprofit professionals weighing in with answers that ranged from “Yes, of course” to “traditional annual reports are a thing of the past.” That said, we believe that the annual report is a key tool for inspiring donor confidence by telling a compelling story to demonstrate your impact.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Sharing individual stories of need are more personal to donors than an overview of the broader impact. Begin the appeal with an emotional story or a powerful statistic related to your mission. Stories of personal need yet to be fulfilled have the power to inspire donors and make your appeal unforgettable.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Just look what happens over the course of five years when donors have an 80-90% retention rate (right-hand image) versus a donor retention percentage in the low-40s: By improving your retention rates through multi-year commitments, the lifetime value increases by almost 3x! Does this r eally improve donor retention?

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Candid

MARCH 22, 2022

The answer: tell an engaging story. But how exactly do you craft a story, and digital storytelling strategy, that will draw new supporters’ interest and spur your followers to act? Next it's really understanding how to properly develop your story so it has the problem, the solution, the impact and the ask, right?

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Candid

APRIL 20, 2023

Here is how you can craft a road map to social media success. In a year, what will success look like? Here are a few examples: Increase awareness and expand your audience: success is measured by an increase in followers, but you could also track things like shares, reposts, and retweets. Set a time period for the test.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2021

Now that Slack is part of the Salesforce family, combining the #1 CRM and the trailblazing digital platform, here’s how together we’re creating the digital headquarters for a success-from-anywhere world across the education, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors. But with Slack, they were able to build morale and resiliency.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

Keys to Datamaking Success Many of the tools and techniques that we have learned about data design and collection continue to be relevant in datamaking, such as: Ask clear questions and prioritize which data points, or combinations of data points, are most relevant to answering the questions.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 3, 2024

This begs the question: What should community college completion look like, and what measures of attainment equate to success in this higher education sector? So, in considering whether students should complete their course of study at a community college, it’s essential to understand and accurately reflect what their enrollment intent is.

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sgEngage

MARCH 6, 2024

This is a story about acknowledging how there isn’t one piece of software that can solve all your problems, which is why the extensibility of your systems is so important. Next, the script would run over the course of a few days/weeks to populate everything. Magic, I tell you! I needed to know how to get past this final hurdle.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Your e-newsletter matters more to the success of your campaign than you might think! The two working in conjunction can greatly increase the success of your fundraising efforts. According to many reports , email marketing is the best channel for return on investment. Provide quality content.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 5, 2024

Personal stories and heartfelt messages can do what numbers alone cannot – they can touch hearts and change minds. Email Segmentation: Crafting Messages that Resonate Each supporter is unique, with their own stories and reasons for joining your cause. Let’s give your supporters the microphone and let their stories roar.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

But those of us who have seen the color of our hair change during the course of our careers in asking for gifts know there are no guarantees. Attitude plays a huge role in determining how successful solicitors will be. This makes a compelling case that successful fundraisers possess and display mojo because they have earned it.

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CauseVox

MAY 27, 2021

In this two-module masterclass, fundraising expert Joe Garecht will teach you how to build a successful major donor program, no matter the size of your non-profit. Use these items as templates to create successful proposals and major donor asks for your non-profit! Take this course by registering to the left or bottom.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Dreamforce 2022 education keynote simultaneously looked back at the recent successes of Salesforce in the education sector while looking forward to exciting innovations on the horizon. Inspiring stories from institutions like USC Annenberg and the Queensland University of Technology regaled how Salesforce has helped transform operations.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 13, 2021

And of course, the highlight of all highlights: our incredible world-changing customers. During the Nonprofit Cloud keynote, we heard from International Justice Mission on how they are partnering with Nonprofit Cloud to deliver unique digital experiences to create more impact, support constituents, and find success from anywhere.

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Achieve

MARCH 18, 2024

Successful nonprofits know that humans respond to stories. The right story catches our attention and makes us more willing to listen to the hard numbers and details that ultimately convince us to take action. Storytelling matters in grant writing for two key reasons: Stories help you stand out. Stories make things real.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Pottruck 's book, Stacking the Deck , teaches readers a nine-step course of action leaders can follow from the first realization that change is needed through all the steps of implementation, including assembling the right team of close advisors and getting the word out to the wider group. Developing a clear, executable plan.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Properly recording and managing funds that your organization receives is critical to ensuring the overall success of your organization, inspiring trust among donors, and increasing the likelihood that donors and grantors will continue to support your mission in the future. and tell the story of how?those?resources This method?focuses?on

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 7, 2023

It’s long been documented that the most successful nonprofits have (1) a board that plays a critical role in their fundraising and (2) built a strong collaborative partnership between the board and leadership staff. Of course, so many of you have already given this year, thank you so much for that. Please let us know.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 26, 2024

Each of those trends of course are important; however, it is about the bigger picture. There is no shortage of frameworks and methodologies for measuring, assessing, and articulating social impact; however, one element that we must not lose sight of is our qualitative data and stories.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

His story of loss and commitment has inspired millions of people across the world to make promises to themselves and others.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2022

Of course, if your organization has the bandwidth, photos and videos are a major plus. ? However, even if your form is mobile-friendly, branded with your logo, and tells a compelling story, what if no one sees it? This is why major donors have an enormous impact on your organization’s overall revenue and success.

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VisionLink

JUNE 14, 2012

VisionLink''s Lois Ann Porter and myself are participating in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation''s gathering of their grantees and contractors focused on improving postsecondary success for students. Thus, the Gates Foundation''s focus on postsecondary success and completion is part of their U.S. domestic agenda.

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Care2

AUGUST 28, 2009

The folks who run Story of My Life , a website that encourages everyday people to chronicle the stories that make up their life (aka anthologies) and share them online with friends, family and future generations, has cooked up a new project aimed at nonprofits. Did I mention that the Story Tellers Project is grant funded?

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Forum One

JANUARY 4, 2022

Let’s take a look back at a few of the amazing client projects that have been recognized over the course of 2021. To mark its anniversary, NRDC launched an immersive storytelling experience featuring powerful stories and moments from the last 50 years. I’m Determined.

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