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Training on your new database

Robert Weiner

A question was posted to a listserve for nonprofit techies looking for tips on training staff on a new database. The trainer needs to understand the database, present technical concepts clearly and without jargon, teach at the students' level, and be incredibly patient. Train end users on a sample database, not production data.

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4 Easy Ways to Acquire New Donors for Your Nonprofit with Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

To help them fundraise you can share sample email copy , social media posts, and other copy or images they can re-purpose to make their own fundraising asks. This can get people motivated to ask friends and family for their support, and as they ask more people for support, you’ll have even more new donors you can add to your database.

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Autism After 21 Utah Project: Lessons from a first-time fundraiser

Candid

(It doesn’t hurt that SLCPL is a very pleasant place to spend an afternoon diving through databases.) . I have learned how to deep dive into Foundation Directory, align our grant asks with funders’ typical award amounts, and use Candid Learning’s sample letters of inquiry (LOIs).

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Does your nonprofit mission statement drive donations?

Candid

Then we used a random number generator to select which of those records would be pulled into our nonprofit mission statement studies’ sample. . Two studies conducted with a sample of 200 of the thousands of nonprofits in America is hardly grounds to re-work your fundraising and communication strategies.

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The Ultimate Nonprofit RFP Guide

Whole Whale

Try our RFP Generator RFP Resources Submit your RFP to the best nonprofit RFP databases Want to move things along quickly? Technical Requirements : Integrations with existing databases, systems, and CRMs. Use our simple RFP generator, SNORKL. Organization background and mission: You have a mission and vision statement , right?

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6 Ways to Create Buzz Around Your Charity Golf Tournament

sgEngage

The golfer donor is a segment that nonprofits of all types and sizes want represented in their donor database. Start with a prompt to create a skeleton sample golf tournament marketing plan that your team can further flesh out with your content, or verbiage for promotional emails.

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The Busy Fundraisers Guide to Picking a Nonprofit Email Provider

Bloomerang

Does it play nice with your donor database ? Maybe it is built into the donor database like Bloomerang and already taken care of for you. Are there sample automation sequences to help you get started? 11 Things to Look for in a Nonprofit Email Provider . Compatibility . half price) on one of those drinks. . Automation.

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