Elevate Your Nonprofit’s 2024 Goals With Data-Driven Development Strategies
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 19, 2024
Here are three questions nonprofits should ask in order to implement a data-driven development strategy in 2024.
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NonProfit PRO
AUGUST 8, 2022
How do we best utilize the rest of the summer to advance our development work and, more importantly, how do we create a sense of productivity and accountability that permeates our organizational cultures throughout the year? Here are some best practices.
NonProfit PRO
MARCH 14, 2024
Hiring a new member of your development team is exciting. Here's how to recruit and retain fundraisers — the smart way.
NonProfit PRO
MAY 2, 2022
The development function of many nonprofits has been lacking for some time, and there are two reasons why. Richard Perry offers advice on the key indicators of donors who are willing to give and how you can better manage officers' time.
NonProfit PRO
AUGUST 3, 2022
Whether internal issues, external challenges or both are affecting your ability to maintain and advance your mission, searching for and securing strong fundraising leadership and investing more resources in your development team can help you build a more resilient nonprofit organization.
NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
Between the Great Resignation and many people reconsidering their career goals, your team members may be re-evaluating their commitment to your workplace. You can solidify priorities today to set you and your team up for a successful 2023, and, importantly, retain your best people.
NonProfit PRO
APRIL 26, 2022
This is especially troublesome when it comes to our development staff as we tend to send them out to create relationships with key donors on behalf of our organizations. For as long as I can remember, people have been concerned with the high rate of employee turnover in the nonprofit industry.
NonProfit PRO
AUGUST 26, 2022
Nonprofit board members are typically not ready to lead the succession planning. With no succession plan in place, there may be a long gap in leadership before another executive is on board. Nonprofits should manage leadership transitions in advance in case there are unexpected departures.
NonProfit PRO
JULY 14, 2023
CURE International is building an open-source electronic medical record system that will be available to other hospitals in developing countries. The system will allow hospitals to safely and reliably digitize, store, and easily access patient data in one centralized system.
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 3, 2022
In your experience, have you dealt with board volunteers that have contributed the right combination of time, talent and treasure needed? Do board members in your organization understand their roles and responsibility to assist their nonprofit generally and with fundraising specifically?
NonProfit PRO
OCTOBER 4, 2022
If you're a frontline fundraiser, you know that phone call or meeting where you are talking to the donor live really matters. Here is an easy-to-use checklist that ensures you won't miss a step when talking to the donors on your caseload.
NonProfit PRO
APRIL 5, 2022
As a nonprofit professional, you probably recognize the need for a solid technology foundation and strategy. But maybe you aren’t quite sure how to take the next steps for your organization.
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
One of the most important roles a nonprofit can play is that of grantmaker. And, while there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to crafting a successful grantmaking strategy, there are a handful of key strategies that any nonprofit can deploy.
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 28, 2023
Performing well as a sole contributor doesn’t necessarily predict great performance as a manager. Here's how organizations can build these managers’ capacity to lead so they can transition responsibility to their direct reports and free themselves up for more critical tasks.
NonProfit PRO
OCTOBER 26, 2022
In the nonprofit arena — like in healthcare — there are best practices, systems and protocols that keep the organization functioning at peak capacity. Much like the human body, when an area is weak or neglected the nonprofit and its mission suffer.
NonProfit PRO
MAY 19, 2023
If major gift fundraising is Morton’s, social fundraising is McDonald’s. We’re not talking about the food; we’re talking about scale. The great thing about the scale of social fundraising is that you get a lot of data. So, here’s what the fast food of fundraising has to offer other income channels.
NonProfit PRO
JUNE 22, 2023
Jennifer Rubin and Terry Pearl of 360 Philanthropy Group shared an anonymous nonprofit case study that relied on storytelling via social media and email to raise $57,000 in unrestricted funds in two weeks. Here’s a look at their recommended social media strategy.
NonProfit PRO
OCTOBER 3, 2024
Let’s take a look at current software trends to consider as you plan your nonprofit’s technology mix for today and the future.
The NonProfit Times
OCTOBER 15, 2024
UNICEF has developed guidelines for AI use. From that foundation, AI use policies and guidelines should be created, shared, and iterated upon to keep pace with the rapid development of AI technology. CSO leaders must create structured guidelines for AI integration to address risks and ensure ethical deployment.
NonProfit PRO
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Here's some advice on how to develop your ask strategy so you can find year-end success. This is the busiest time of the year for fundraisers.
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
OneCause unveiled new developments for OneCause AI, a suite of artificial intelligence tools built directly into its fundraising platform.
Charity Village
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
The Government of Ontario announced applications are now open for the Indigenous Economic Development Fund, which provides grants and financing to Indigenous entrepreneurs, businesses, communities and organizations. The fund helps promote economic development and improve employment opportunities for Indigenous people.
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Square Financial Services opened applications for the 24 Squared grant initiative in partnership with the Community Foundation of Utah.
.orgSource
AUGUST 8, 2022
To make a point about technology and its impact on the future of work, Hugh Lee, Co-Founder of Fusion Productions, told me this story: “Several years ago, we invited some young presenters who were developing cutting edge farming technology to digitalNow.
.orgSource
MAY 28, 2021
What magic will– Define your association as the go-to source for education and career development? Engage members to click, like, share, download, purchase, and participate? Generate revenue, increase recognition, and build reputation? It’s a tall order, but no wands or capes are involved.
.orgSource
MAY 23, 2023
Orientation is a good opportunity for the CFO to develop a rapport with incoming volunteers and an understanding of their individual capabilities. Describe the board development programs that will be available in the future. Developing a consistent format that allows for easy comparison across months and years.
The Fundraising Authority
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
In Part 1, we will talk about what fundraising systems are and why they are important for development. They had one full-time development director on staff, but everyone – including the staff, the board, the volunteers, even the donors – was constantly worried about fundraising. One Seriously Stressed Out Nonprofit.
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 12, 2024
Several development directors recently asked me about consulting as a side hustle, which made me consider three critical things.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
OCTOBER 22, 2020
Cabral, MA, CFRE, MFIA , founder of Development Consulting Services , which serves both fundraising professionals and executive directors new to fundraising, wanting to excel in their fundraising role, or advance in their career. Groups need to be willing to embrace them to see increasing returns on the health of their development programs.
NonProfit PRO
AUGUST 15, 2022
As the Great Resignation continues, learning and development opportunities have proven key to retaining employees. The good news is that this can be done with a few, easy-to-implement strategies and on a shoestring budget.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JUNE 24, 2023
By Coralie Meade Rodriguez , Senior Production Specialist at Firefly Partners – a women-owned, LGBTQ+ certified, and minority-owned digital marketing agency that develops accessible online experiences that empower progressive organizations to thrive. Understanding WCAG Standards WCAG stands for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
It’s like you’re trying to develop excuses not to go out and fundraise — and you’re a fundraiser! It’s amazing to me the wild stories nonprofit leaders and fundraisers make up in their heads about why donors are not giving.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Implement and Test : Develop and implement your ChatGPT-powered initiatives. The following prompt and instructions can help you develop it. The following prompt and instructions can help you develop it. The following prompt and instructions can help you develop it. Output as a table.” Output as a table.”
NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
There is a lot of talk in our industry about developing a culture of philanthropy. But what does developing a culture of philanthropy really mean in the day-to-day life of a nonprofit professional? It’s the hot buzzword these days at strategic planning sessions and board retreats.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Survey questions covered website and email communications, online fundraising, social media, and professional development in the nonprofit sector. The 2023 report is based on the survey responses of 1,732 nonprofit professionals that subscribe to or follow Nonprofit Tech for Good on social media.
Association Analytics
JULY 20, 2021
Build : In addition to “cost”, another challenge for in-house development is time. The next step is to develop everything from scratch, including performing integrations with all of your other software platforms and building all the dashboards and visualizations for your performance metrics. And we all know that time is money, right?)
Nonprofit Tech for Good
AUGUST 24, 2021
For nonprofits to survive – and thrive – in this new normal, it is essential to understand the all-in-one technology platforms available to help your organization develop an effective virtual fundraising strategy.
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 30, 2023
As we move forward in a new year, nonprofits that work hard and work smart can boost gift income to enjoy record resource development years. I want to highlight 10 pragmatic ways that nonprofit leaders can more effectively ask for and secure gifts that will fuel their missions.
NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Here are some things to keep in mind as you develop your year-end fundraising marketing strategy. In line with campaigns throughout the year, end-of-year marketing campaigns should focus on an organization’s mission and stay true to its branding.
NonProfit PRO
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Calling all development, marketing, and nonprofit tech enthusiasts! Join StratusLIVE and our guest speakers for the Future of Fundraising — an inspiring professional development event. New York City, Chicago, Seattle, and the surrounding areas to learn trends within development.
.orgSource
MARCH 25, 2024
To share the responsibility as well as the achievements, teams should develop these objectives together. If the board needs convincing to include those dollars in the budget, share these statistics from the ClearCompany Blog: Employees who have access to professional development opportunities are 15% more engaged.
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