Connection Cafe

APRIL 6, 2020

Ensure a healthy distribution of donors and prospects across development stages, like qualification, cultivation, and solicitation. This seems to be enough time to settle into good development work but not so often that it’s burdensome to spend some quality time on the process. Develop a Deliberate Approach to Stewardship. Healthcare Nonprofit Nonprofit Fundraising coronavirus COVID-19 healthcare developmentWhen a storm is coming, you prepare.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 15, 2020

One such way is through professional development programs. . These programs help your staff members develop skills that can be applied at your organization for more efficient processes and a productive work environment. . Understand why development is important. .

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2013

If it weren’t for development staff, many nonprofit organizations would be out of business tomorrow! If we receive a $100 cash contribution and enter it into our development office’s software, it needs to be tagged with the donor’s designation, such as “Building Fund” or “Meals for Homeless Children”. Remember, our Development Office keeps us in business, while our Finance Office keeps us out of jail!

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2019

Development and f inance teams have their own unique but overlapping responsibilities around the management of revenue.? Looking to empower your development and finance teams to better collaborate? Development is responsible for the revenue that funds the mission and keeps the lights on.? . The reality is that development and finance operate in the same f undraising and f inancial relationship management solutions.?

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

As you start to develop your member engagement strategy, it’s important to familiarize yourself with the essential methods for doing so effectively. Let’s walk through three primary opportunities for developing an engagement strategy. Your board members are the face of your nonprofit.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2018

Contrary to popular belief, this sentence from Rudyard Kipling’s 1889 poem is NOT referring to the historic lack of cooperation between hospital marketing and development departments. It is true, though, that most hospital marketing and development professionals seem to live in separate hemispheres. In spite of the fact that both departments rely on excellent communications to achieve their desired outcomes, there is little to no work product developed or created in common.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 25, 2011

Since I am a web developer, the core of my development workflow is, for sure, a browser. IRC and Pastebin rock my world for getting help in troubleshooting problems, and IRC is great just for chilling with other developers. Consulting Development Technology Zen Software webBut not just one browser, or any browser. Several. Chrome has become my everyday browser, although Firefox is making its way back into my heart, now that Firefox 4 is so lean and zippy.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Learn more: Register for Blackbaud University’s “ Best Practices: Finance and Development—Partnering for Financial Success ” online class. Everyone in your organization plays a part in financial stewardship, but the roles of finance and development are prominent. Development raises the money. Development reports back to donors how the money was used. Development focuses on raising unrestricted funds. Finance supports investment in development and communications.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 24, 2016

How to Train and Develop Millennials. It is important that we try to understand exactly the training and development challenges that they may represent. In order to develop an effective learning plan to account for this particular generation, it is best to play to their strengths. Social media, in theory, should be a detriment to an individual’s development. The post How to Train and Develop Millennials appeared first on Gyrus.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 2, 2019

It’s so easy to get caught in the day-to-day of our jobs and think of “professional development” as something that only happens at work or that requires a lot of extra time or money (or both). Have you discovered other great free or low-cost professional development opportunities that others should look into? Arts & Cultural Companies Faith Communities Foundations Healthcare Higher Education K-12 Schools Nonprofit networking nonprofit careers professional development

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2020

Develop an overarching technology strategy. Once your year-end giving campaigns have drawn to a close and all the dust has settled, you should be in an excellent position to get a strong sense of your strengths and weaknesses to start developing a tech strategy. How to develop a nonprofit technology plan. Of course, there are a wide variety of reasons that nonprofits might choose to devote some time to developing new technology plans.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 28, 2018

fundraising donors DevelopmentNonprofit fundraising events are a great way to raise money and increase your organization’s profile at the same time. Not only do they allow you to land big donors in person, they also provide a chance to make an impression on important members of your community, enabling you to grow your brand along with your dollars.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

In 2015, 193 world leaders came together at the United Nations to launch the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , a universal call to action adopted by all nations to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people can enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. The goal isn’t just to execute a successful event in Boston, but to develop a cross-company, city-wide model for skilled service in support of the SDGs that can be replicated in other cities across the country.

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Gyrus

APRIL 29, 2019

Individual development plan system for an employee that makes so much sense that has a different way to be developed depending on their own career objectives need

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 9, 2017

With EveryAction Development, we’ve made it truly simple to manage your donors in one, unified platform, giving you more time to focus on your organization’s mission, raise more money, and operate more efficiently. Recently, I caught up with Melissa Wyers, Executive Director of EveryAction, to chat all things EveryAction Development. What is EveryAction Development? EveryAction Development is what nonprofits have wanted but didn’t think was possible.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 21, 2016

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) present us with a great opportunity to address the world’s most pressing issues and, as we are quickly learning, we need to work together across sectors and borders to strengthen our means of implementation. Foundations 2016 Partnership Exchange Partnerships philanthropy SDGs Sustainable Development Goals

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EveryAction

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The Corps Network National Conference is an annual gathering of national, state, and local leaders in the fields of workforce development, community service, and conservation. Our conference committee is working to develop a three-day conference experience that will advance the grants management field and exceed the expectations of the leaders and change agents that attend our annual conference. Presented in collaboration with African American Development Officers Network (AADO).

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

When you’re managing an understaffed development team, you’re always rearranging your to-do list. Once you’ve identified your mid-level donors, it is time to start developing a mid-level donor program. This program will borrow from the strengths of your development team as a whole. At least one development staffer on your team should focus on cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding mid-level donors. Take advantage of EveryAction's Development Tools to make it count.

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Gyrus

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The Role of Coaching in your Learning and Development Program. As Learning and Development professionals it is time to ask ourselves… What does this mean to our industry? They are both incredibly talented, attempting to improve themselves, and they just need help realizing their full potential; in order to develop the necessary skills to climb up all the way to the next level. In summary, coaching is a unique value added concept to a learning and development program.

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EveryAction

MAY 15, 2019

The donor category with the highest retention rates from last year were mid-level donors who gave between $250-499, so it is particularly important for nonprofits to develop strong, multi-channel strategies for retaining this group of supporters. This is a growing area of digital strategy for fundraising and acquisition, and it’s becoming more important for nonprofits to develop in-house expertise.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

What does professional development look like when you are busy delivering programs and managing mission-critical tasks? We know it can be frustrating to find the time to invest in your professional development, and difficult to know which providers are best for you. That’s why we developed a unique education program for and by nonprofit professionals. At NTEN, professional development is our mission. As a nonprofit professional, how do you learn?

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Getting development teams and their nonprofit boards to work in alignment can be challenging. Even if your development team and your board work well together, there is probably more that the executive director, development director, and board chair can do to ensure that the organization is taking advantage of everyone’s strengths. First things first, you should be able to articulate to your board what role you’d like to see them have in your development plan.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

AUGUST 17, 2020

The 3 Best App Testing Strategies for Busy Developers. Are you a busy developer who is working hard to put together and release a cutting-edge, modern, useful, or in-demand app that will capture the attention of users? Test Early on in the Development, and Often.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Through HHF’s award-winning LOFT leadership and workforce development program, tens of thousands of students and young professionals are connected to each other and to mentors and resources. Their work focuses on building a pipeline meant to serve and empower our community, consisting of three parts: civic engagement, issue advocacy, and leadership development. Latino Victory is developing a pipeline of Latino leaders who will fight for the issues that matter.

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Gyrus

MAY 17, 2016

The words training and development are mostly used together in the corporate world and are seen as activities focused on improving the knowledge, performance and productivity of the employees. Training programs are organized by the organization to develop employees' knowledge and skills as per their job requirements. On the other side, development is not directly related to job requirement, rather it aims at the generic development of the individual employees for the long run.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 17, 2013

Most people understand that their Development and Finance Departments are both critical to the success of their nonprofit organization. Your Development Department is the “face” of your organization in your community. Every day, your Development staff members are competing with every other nonprofit organization on earth (potentially) for a share of the pool of dollars available from donors.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 12, 2019

Read these seven member development ideas and start providing more value to your members Members typically join associations because they want to grow on both personal and professional levels.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Nonprofits have so much to learn from subscription based businesses like Netflix and Spotify. Here's how your nonprofit can implement and benefit from a subscription business model

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Gyrus

APRIL 29, 2019

Competency developments support software training that developing competencies improve individual and overall organization performance to help businesses

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

It's offline fundraising tools were built for development pros. EveryAction's sophisticated and modern development toolset was built by nonprofit fundraisers, for nonprofit fundraisers. Thousands of nonprofits use EveryAction every day to raise money, manage offline fundraising through pledges and grants, send emails, run nonprofit digital advocacy campaigns, and so much more. If you're not already an EveryAction user, here's 50 reasons to make the switch today. #1.

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EveryAction

MARCH 5, 2019

A shocking amount of nonprofit Development departments couldn't tell you what their current donor retention rate for the year is. As a general rule, retaining existing donors costs less than acquiring new ones. Current donors are a curated universe who have already demonstrated a belief in your organization’s mission, and willingness to take action toward it.

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Gyrus

AUGUST 9, 2016

The Importance of Training and Development for Start-ups and Small Businesses. With the hectic nature of start-up organizations today, one can easily make a claim that it is never too early to evaluate the effectiveness of a structured Learning, Training, and Development program. Without a Training and Development program, the following scenarios tend to present themselves in various manners across and organization: Process Creation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 28, 2020

One of my favorite lessons from the book, The DNA of Leadership , is the importance of being a developing leader. Developing leaders: Create the next generation of leaders Are great listeners Grow talent by challenging others to take on more than what they think they can do Are open, honest and direct Model the behavior they want to mentor for others If you haven't read Judith E. Developing Leaders Eric Jacobson on Leadership and Management Leaders Leadership Management

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Find the free stuff

MARCH 25, 2020

Are your current freelance developers failing to deliver quality work, hard to communicate with, lacking the attention to detail, or just not delivering projects on time and budget? Are you buckling under the pressure of the rising costs of in-house developers? Yes, The post Why Hire Professionals for Mobile App Development?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 5, 2016

In part one of this series, “ 5 Cases for Building Nonprofit Operating Reserves ,” I outlined how reserves provide stability and promote strategic decision making for nonprofit organizations. This week, let’s examine common factors that organizations should take into account when considering how much to set aside for their operating reserve. How much should you designate for the operating reserve? In classic consultant speak, I’m going to say “it depends.”

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Amundsen did the research and developed a methodical plan. The metrics in the Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study will provide a great baseline for helping you develop a methodical plan to meet your fundraising goals and objectives. Life is unpredictable. So why do some thrive in the unpredictability while others fail? Jim Collins and Morten Hansen tackle this topic in Great By Choice.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 14, 2019

How can fundraising professionals, especially those working for smaller organizations, improve their own fundraising skills? And what can organizations do better to attract and retain fundraising talent?

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Our Development Program Planning Guide includes great strategies for donor retention to help you maximize your investment in Giving Tuesday donors. #GivingTuesday is right around the corner! Whether you’re still putting together your plan, or just double checking to make sure that everything is ready to go, here are seven tips to decrease your stress and increase your fundraising this year. For even more helpful tools for maximizing the money you raise and , check out our.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 1, 2016

We should not be able to compel software developers to sabotage security protections that they carefully built for excellent reasons. Silicon Valley has a problem. In our quest to build better products and better meet the needs of the world for information, we built the most amazing system for effortless government surveillance as a byproduct. It is now incumbent on Silicon Valley to remedy this situation.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

James Dallas for how to identify and develop emerging talent in your company/organization. From the book, Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change , comes this useful checklist from author H. Dallas recommends that each question should be graded on a scale of 1 to 3, with 3 being the best.

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SocialFish

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Frequently, these intentions are related to personal development. We all know the classic, “I”m going to get in shape this year” resolution, but whether we share them or not many of us also have development objectives that are more work related–things we want to work on or improve, or areas of responsibility we want to add, or new endeavors we want to pursue. In human organizations, everyone takes personal development very seriously.

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 24, 2018

These are six of the biggest issues that development staff should be keeping an eye on this Halloween, and how to overcome them. Digital fundraising is an indispensable part of every nonprofit’s Development program, as younger generations of donors rely almost exclusively on the internet to facilitate their charitable giving. This October 31 st , it’s not ghosts and ghouls that most nonprofit fundraisers are worried about.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2016

“The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected” – an inspiring thought on how we will achieve the formidable Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Namely, Dr. Kanem highlighted how the SDGs are goals for everybody – developed and developing countries alike – and that success depends on global involvement.

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