Neon CRM

AUGUST 10, 2023

Nonprofit conferences are a great opportunity for industry professionals to hone their skills, network with their peers, and learn innovative new strategies to help their organizations thrive. Nonprofit conferences can feature a variety of topics, like fundraising, marketing, nonprofit tech, and leadership.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

“Where do I look to find grants for my nonprofit?” It’s a burning question so many nonprofits have, and to be honest, I can’t say that I blame them! Think about it: what could your nonprofit do right now with a $5,000 check?? (I Or maybe your Executive Director or Board wants you to focus on certain ones? Determine costs.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 15, 2011

Delivering our “mini-keynote” for the PMDMC Social Media Intensive is NTEN’s Membership Director, Amy Sample Ward, co-author of Social by Social, a handbook in using social technologies for social impact. But you still need a clear strategy, a sound plan of attack, and a method of evaluating your results.

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Blue Fox

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Is your nonprofit ready? I think my operations coordinator found a sample on some website. Look, it’s helpful that your nonprofit found a sample policy on the interwebs for free. But that’s all it is – a sample. And your liquid assets are unlike that of the organization that wrote the sample.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2019

By Gary Wohlfeill , Director of Marketing at CrowdRise , who works with partners to develop highly engaging fundraising campaigns and leads the marketing team in developing the CrowdRise brand. The nature of why a supporter chooses to fundraise for your nonprofit is most likely a personal one. Calm their concerns.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 17, 2021

Advice for nonprofits on going from web forms to results. Together they are a powerful set of tools for nonprofits, especially with integrations to automatically sync data between them. Sample Apps or Tools: Ninja Forms with Salesforce extension. Sample Apps or Tools: Form Assembly. Gravity Forms with Zapier . Formstack.

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 14, 2023

One of the most important lessons a nonprofit practitioner can learn in their career is that budgets are moral documents. The more accurate and insightful that executive directors and finance teams can be when predicting revenue, cost, and ROI, the better equipped their organization will be to sustain and grow its mission. Let’s do it!”

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Qgiv

APRIL 6, 2021

Matt Hugg is an author and instructor in nonprofit management in the US and abroad. He is president and founder of Nonprofit.Courses , an on-demand, eLearning educational resource for nonprofit leaders, staff, board members, and volunteers, with thousands of courses in nearly every aspect of nonprofit work. This is good news.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Andrew Marone, Platform Developer, Salesforce Platform Developer Certified . It’s been pretty amazing getting to see the different aspects of our development process as well as so many talented teams. Dave Domagala, Director of Customer Support . Banwar, Director of Enterprise Sales? Fun fact about Andrew.

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Candid

AUGUST 25, 2022

I had recently joined Madison House Autism Foundation as the Director of the Autism After 21 Utah Project (AA21 Utah). As is often the case for smaller nonprofits, everyone was involved in development. I was absolutely amazed by what was available to nonprofits for free through the library.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Crystal Dionysopoulou is the founder and Creative Director of Lucid Fox , a dynamic web design and development agency that puts people first. She draws on years of experience as a UX designer and front-end developer to guide the creation of the perfect website for your organization from start to finish. Get in touch ! .

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

This is the third article in a three-part series on finding the best consultant for your nonprofit. Here are some sample questions: 1. One truth which must be reckoned with is that in the nonprofit sector, “he who has the gold makes the rules.” . Read parts one and two. . Investigate the budget. .

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Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

When I talk with nonprofit and foundation leaders, many ask me how to ensure they get the right consultant for their projects. Here’s my advice for finding the right consultant for your nonprofit. . Your nonprofit feels ready or has a clear need to bring in a skilled consultant, but how do you find the right one? . Key staffers?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2022

Your nonprofit is growing, reaching more people and changing more lives, and it’s time to think about hiring staff for your nonprofit. Check out our guide on When and How to Pay Yourself a Nonprofit Salary to get yourself on a path to getting paid. Founders of nonprofits often want their first hire to be a fundraiser.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

One of my great joys in my long career in nonprofit technology has been seeing the extraordinary success of so many women in our field. Gender equality is one of the 17 new UN Sustainable Development Goals. According to the nonprofit American Association of University Women , the U.S. Nonprofit Technology Leadership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2015

Terry and Rusty Stahl have just published a new book, “ The Talent Development Platform ,” that provides strategic and practical information to help nonprofits guide, nurture, and strengthen the next generation of nonprofit leaders. It also includes an individual professional development assessment.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 20, 2021

What you need is a nonprofit virtual assistant or VA. But through shared documents and calendars via cloud-based platforms, the Executive Director of the horse rescue has the extra help they need to get everything done. Do You Need a Nonprofit Virtual Assistant? Nor should you. So, if you need help (and I know you do!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2013

E-Book #1: Fundraising and Marketing Tips for Nonprofits. Once you download the Fundraising Ideas e-Book you’ll gain insight into: 6 Steps to a Well-Measured Social Fundraising Campaign by Beth Kanter, Social Media Expert and Author of Measuring the Networked Nonprofit. Want to Raise Money Online?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2021

Here are a few 2021 key findings from the report to help us retain and upgrade nonprofit donors: . Despite these documented leaps in giving for 2020, many nonprofits are now wondering about giving patterns moving forward. Moving forward with how to retain and upgrade nonprofit donors in mind. adjusted for inflation).

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Bloomerang

MAY 3, 2021

My last article of this two-part series, “ Nonprofit Giving Trends and Future Fundraising Strategy ,” began a discussion of smart fundraising strategies to take advantage of best practices and current trends. It covered broad brush strategies all nonprofits today should incorporate into their donor fundraising/marketing mix.

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Kindful

JUNE 3, 2021

A lot of nonprofit professionals think businesses have deep pockets. But many are struggling with the same set of problems that nonprofits have. Many nonprofits also believe corporations should support them to be good corporate citizens and give back to their community. What other types of nonprofits do they sponsor?

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Whole Whale

APRIL 28, 2023

In the world of nonprofit organizations, board involvement in fundraising is crucial for long-term success. Here is a sample board skills assessment: Board Member Information What is your name? Here is a sample statement to the board of directors: “Dear Board Members, I hope this message finds you well.

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Achieve

JULY 28, 2021

There’s no question that the past year or so has been tough on nonprofits. COVID-19 brought on unique challenges for nonprofits of every size, affecting how we define. Waivers created through electronic waiver software are extremely helpful tools when it comes to mitigating legal risks your nonprofit might encounter.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Nonprofit Technology Link Love July 30, 2008 Here are posts from a small sampling of bloggers I regularly read: Holly Ross shows her geek cred in a great post about DNS. Be Helpful.

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Everyaction

JANUARY 16, 2018

A new year means new resolutions, and for nonprofits that often falls into the category of better fundraising practices. For the next few months, we’re taking an in-depth look at key features and tools that make for a successful development program. Enter our new series, “New Year, New Heights.” But it doesn’t have to be.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

It is about how you cultivate and develop your network. Colleague Miriam Brousseau tagged me and several other “close professional ties” asking us for resources on nonprofits and content strategy. I asked Miriam if she would summarize what she learned about nonprofits and content strategy in a guest post and here it is.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 15, 2017

posted by Abby Elsener Assistant Director of Development, ASU Foundation. The blurring lines between government, nonprofit and for-profit sectors have led to innovative vehicles to fund interventions that address society’s most intractable problems.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Manager, Direct Marketing Fundraising Services, long-time staff of the national nonprofit Feeding America , knows better. Founder John van Hengel developed the concept of food banking when he was a soup kitchen volunteer. Make use of a New Donor Welcome Kit that contains sample content. Aaron LaMonica-Weier , Sr.

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NTEN

APRIL 22, 2014

I remember going to an amazing unconference led by Ash Shepherd and Amy Sample Ward a number of years ago in Portland. What are some of the lessons you''ve learned as the former Executive Director of Oregon Walks that you''ll be bringing to NTEN? Being an executive director is a remarkable experience. By the way, thanks, team!

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

After three days of exploring ideas, gathering feedback on projects and concepts, and thinking critically amongst nonprofit peers, the Idea Accelerator gave participants the chance to switch gears and think about how to put their ideas into action.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2009

Nonprofit tech experts team up to help others master ‘social tools for social change’. Eight leading experts in social media and nonprofit technology have joined forces to create Socialbrite.org, a hub that showcases social tools for social change. He advises both Fortune 500 corporations and nonprofits in social media strategies.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

We are here to talk about the board’s role in fundraising and resource development, one of my favorite topics, and we got one of my favorite people also here to talk about it. So, again, it’s board roles and fundraising and resource development. This is not a trick at all and you all are really in for a treat.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Yet too many nonprofits still don’t prioritize donor retention strategies. . You may know I love applying lessons from other disciplines to nonprofit fundraising and marketing; recently an article from Merkle inspired me to consider how the social benefit sector might use commercial business insights to increase donor loyalty.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2013

Colleagues Allyson Kapin who founded a web agency called Rad Campaign (they designed my blog) and Amy Sample Ward, who the NTEN Membership Director (and I’ve known since 2007 ) have published a new how to book called “ Social Change Any Time Every Where.” Develop shared language. Click to see larger version.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Executive Director. As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit expert to highlight a research report or study and discuss how it can inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. Kellogg Foundation , was designed around the fusion of three outstanding nonprofit academic centers.

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Double the Donation

AUGUST 21, 2021

According to a peer-to-peer fundraising study by NonProfit PRO and Frontstream, 43 percent of nonprofits engaged in peer-to-peer fundraising said that fundraising made up more than 50 percent of their revenue. He previously served as director of IT consulting at a fundraising event production company focused on nonprofits.

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NTEN

JANUARY 28, 2013

Over the last few years, NTEN has been working with nonprofits to understand how to better wrangle all the data they’re creating and what’s available to them into improved results: more mission impact. In 2010, we organized an online workshop we affectionately titled “Taming the Data Monster.”

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