Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Your nonprofit is just the conduit for donors to accomplish their philanthropic desires. Focusing on donors as partners instead of focusing on money can make a huge difference. When I focus on donors, it’s a matter of which program they want to support. Donors give to causes that matter to them. Y’all.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In practice: 1) The Brain Donor Project. The Brain Donor Project’s end goal is to get you to register your brain for donation after your death—a major ask that is likely to be shocking or even offensive to some people. Additionally, people who are familiar with your org will know to look there for the most up-to-date info.) .

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Classy

AUGUST 6, 2021

Making the donor experience as easy as it can be directly impacts your nonprofit’s ability to acquire donations. Tailoring campaign materials to specific donor segments also adds a layer of customization that encourages giving. For example, let’s say a donor wants to give $250 to The Salvation Army.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

Building a donor-friendly website is a complex job – part marketing and part technical. You know what it is, but donors and others will struggle. Write some sample content for your website and request feedback from someone who is a great writer as well as friends and family members who don’t know anything about your organization.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In our experience, it’s a good idea to send at least five emails during your year-end campaign to ensure your message makes it out to donors- remember, not everyone is going to see every email you send. Think about what will get your donors emotionally invested in your work, and then showing them how they can make a difference.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Focus on donors, not money. But you need to shift your thinking to the source of the money—your donors. Make sure you are taking care of your donors throughout your plan. When you focus on your donors, you will get a better result. Your donors will feel like they are a part of your work and not just an ATM.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 17, 2010

HOW TO: Turn Slacktivists into Activists with Social Media – "Throughout the non-profit world, organizations struggle with social media’s impact on the volunteer and donor cycle. It seems that everyone is trying to bring younger donors into the fold. These are some of the common refrains I hear from nonprofits.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Repeat repeat donors. Take advantage of one of those random holidays to foster some recurring donors: Email your one-time donors from the last year with an invitation to repeat their donation. Repeat donors. I see what you did there, @wholewhale… Here's the one day in June to encourage repeat donors.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 7, 2012

We welcomed the following experts: Amy Sample Ward , Membership Director of the Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN). Sample Ward started off the discussion by speaking about creating a community that welcomes user-generated content. Using Donor-Generated Content. Paula Goldman , Director at Omidyar Network.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 24, 2012

Think of a 95% confidence interval as an indication that if you were to take 100 different samples from the same population, the test would "outperform" the control in about 95 of the samples. Did you note above that "significance" requires your sample observations to be representative of the greater population?

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

We are here to talk about where to find potential donors to support your cause. We’ve got a good old-fashioned donor acquisition webinar for you today. But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond these webinars or if you’re a first-timer, Bloomerang is also a provider of donor management software.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Spend time building your donor base by doing things like online fundraisers, fundraising appeals, starting a monthly giving program, and asking folks within your network for donations. Candid’s Foundation Directory Online database provides access to over 140,000 foundation and corporate donors.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 8, 2011

—– In a previous post, I discussed some of the highlights from recent reports about the impact of celebrities and data on Millennial donors. But does it just list the info@ email? This can build trust, but can also increase engagement by providing relevant calls to action on the very first click. Allow for feedback.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Signing up for a new donor management platform is exciting. Getting all of your old donor data cleaned and ready so that you can move it into the new system? While migrating donor data is one of the most important steps in implementing a new CRM, it’s also the part that’s most time-consuming, mind-numbing, and prone to error.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 2, 2018

One of the most commonly asked questions we receive at HEPdata is, “How do I make my donors aware of the benefits of matching gifts?” Below are 10 simple steps you can take to raise donor awareness. Nonprofits need to educate donors on the benefits of matching gifts. Remind donors during your phonathons.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 4, 2017

We sent several of our best representatives to meet our fellow nonprofits and take in the latest tech info from the sessions. By committing resources to making sure that the data you take in is accurate and that your existing data is current, your donor database will be more reliable and save you money in the long term. More Secrets.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

Valerie Harris will focus on what is required when you commit to attracting and maintaining major donors, understanding how major donors think, and how to optimize your communications for this important donor segment. We are here to talk about major donor stewardship. Major donors equal your most significant givers.

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Care2

AUGUST 22, 2013

Your board, donors, and activists love it too. Note , this was adapted from the book Social Change Anytime Everywhere by Amy Sample Ward and I. How do think your target audiences will prefer to get info for this initiative? Everyone at your organization thinks the new website is fantastic. Who are the target audiences?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Kari Trent Stageberg, MBA and Jackie Smith will equip you with easy, practical, and actionable steps to help you win back your lapsed donors, including learning how to identify, qualify, and communicate with them. We are here to talk about how to win back your lapsed donors. Full Transcript: Steven: All right. That’s right.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

You may think your data isn't desirable, but if you hold fundraising events and have donor data in your files, provide direct services to your community and have client health records or domestic violence shelter rosters, and so on, then your data is desirable by someone. And these things do it automatically and never sleep.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 1, 2022

One of the best ways to stay in touch with your donors on a consistent basis is through a nonprofit email newsletter. When done well, email newsletters can be fast and cheap for you and heartwarming for your donor, basically meeting everyone’s needs. Stay in touch with donors to create regular communications (consistency).

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 22, 2011

Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. This session focuses on Millennial Donors, with Angela White from JGA presenting. What did they find out in the Millennial Donor Report? Last year, we did research on Millennial donors and it spurred us to do it again.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2023

Because your donors like knowing what their donation made possible. An annual report is a great way to give both donors and the community an overview of what your nonprofit accomplished during the year. But donors don’t want to read a lot. Put yourself in the donor’s shoes – what is she interested in?

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

While there are very few one-size-fits-all social media strategies, there is data that supports exactly what donors and supporters want to hear from the nonprofits they support. Consider What We Know About Donors. Software Advice surveyed a random sample of 2,833 U.S. Consider What We Know About Social Media.

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Care2

JANUARY 15, 2009

Gather demographic info if you don’t already have it. Experiment with A/B Testing: Try sending out two different versions of your e-newsletter to small samples of your list -- either with different subject lines, different copy or both. 60) Search « What Makes A Campaign Go Viral?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Harvey McKinnon and Andy Robinson will discuss how to build stronger donor relationships and how you can use this strategy to improve every kind of fundraising. But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang besides the webinars, we are a provider of donor management software. Is it okay, if I go ahead and kick things off officially?

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

When planning to post about these topics, make sure you are building scheduled posts into your social media editorial calendar to “tease” the event in the days or weeks leading up to it and getting your donors ready to give! I’ve got more tips on creating great videos along with some samples here. Schedule in any organization events.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 4, 2021

Their passion for your mission will show through in their outreach, which makes them a powerful social proof for potential donors. Most toolkits include the expectations , information on setting up a personal fundraising website, suggested goals, sample messages, information on incentives, and more. Have a point of contact.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 15, 2010

43% of donors will give via direct mail and 21% from online appeals. Don’t forget that online donors are wealthier, higher-dollar and younger donors. Remember that your donor is making a personal, emotional statement with their gift. Help your donors make gifts, and offer easy shopping for nontraditional gifts.

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Qgiv

JUNE 8, 2021

If you don’t thank guests for coming or donors for giving, chances are they won’t be back next year. If you have a lot of info to share, consider a newsletter format to avoid spamming your supporters. One of the main reasons donors stopped giving, according to our Generational Giving Study , is that they weren’t asked.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

But if you haven’t ever heard of Bloomerang besides our webinar series, we are a provider of donor management software. So both major donors, but big corporate partners, foundations, all of those things. . And the first fundraiser to get 10 donors to increase their annual gift wins.” You can choose Sandy.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

But if you haven’t ever heard of Bloomerang besides our webinar series, we are a provider of donor management software. So both major donors, but big corporate partners, foundations, all of those things. . And the first fundraiser to get 10 donors to increase their annual gift wins.” Visit our website. You can choose Sandy.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond the webinars, we are a provider of donor management software. And here’s just a sample breakdown, $56 billion for individuals and families, $86 billion for health, $211 billion for education and childcare, $40 billion for transportation. You have like major donors.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang, we are also a provider of donor management software. . We got a lot of questions, probably more than we will get to, but do reach out to Julie, her contact info is there, obviously an awesome person. So thanks for joining a special Wednesday session, this is kind of fun. Yeah, exactly.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The students would prepare for the contest using a series of online practice modules and mobile phone based applications that would test the students on sample questions. Interactive Rich Media Learning Tool for Historical Benefit Info. The competition would progress through in-person competitions to a national competition.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

But if you’ve never heard of Bloomerang beyond these webinars, we’re also a donor management software provider, so if you’re curious about that and want to check us out. But you can see we’ve got some good insights on your donors. Because obviously, consumers are donors, I mean donors are consumers.

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