Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

When leveraged with other communication channels, direct mail can generate significant engagement and gift-giving from donors. Direct mail fundraising can also feel more personal for donors, especially when your messaging aligns with their preferences. Top Direct Mail Fundraising FAQs What is direct mail fundraising?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

Building a donor-friendly website is a complex job – part marketing and part technical. Start With the Basics: Platform, Domain Name, and Site Map The first thing you need to do in building your non-profit website is choose a platform. You know what it is, but donors and others will struggle. Next, you need a site map.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Check out these seven tips to enhance your event registration page: Customize your event page Use a fundraising thermometer Promote your event sponsors Include videos Add social sharing buttons Provide seating options Embed maps to the event 1. However, you can help fix this issue by embedding a map onto your event registration form.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 11, 2011

I recently attended the US launch event for Historypin is a new (and free) application for Android, iPhone, or the web that arranges photos, videos, and text in the context of time and location (leveraging the Google Maps API). It’s a way of interacting with other people, other places, and other times from anywhere you are.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

The solution is to have a recipe or rather, a plan, that maps out all your fundraising for the year. You see, your annual fundraising plan is a treasure map that leads you to the exact activities that will raise the most money for your nonprofit over the course of the coming year. So how many donors should you try to renew?

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Greater Giving

AUGUST 21, 2023

Aly Sterling Philanthropy explains that nonprofit strategic planning is the process of aligning your organization’s goals with your values to provide a dynamic performance map for the future. Your board will understand their roles in the “big picture” and how they can contribute to your nonprofit’s success over the long term.

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Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Where did the donor come from? This granular-level data uncovers the precise path a donor took on your website that led to a donation. These insights can give you a clear picture of what parts of your website — pages, images, forms, buttons — are working to drive conversions and which ones need some help.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 9, 2022

Include fundraising fees, the subscription costs for your donor management system and other online tools, insurance, postage for appeals … everything! The money you raise should come from a variety of sources including individual donors, foundations, and events. Build your donor base up to 1,000. Finding new donors takes work.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 17, 2013

And donors are no different. When it comes to donor acquisition, the concept is the same – donors want to know WHY they should donate to your cause and HOW their contribution will be used. If you want more donors , your online donor acquisition strategy should include a little selling. Here’s how.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2019

Here are the four most effective ways prospect researchers can contribute more donors and dollars: 1. Make more accurate gift capacity estimates. Gift capacity is a sensitive subject—you can’t work with major donors without having a few missed estimates. You’ve done the research on your prospect and you know the bigger picture.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Improving Business Process with Process Maps : Is it really an improvement if you can’t measure the impact? You’ll get a look at the roadmap for where we’re going, our strategic vision, and the long-term big picture for Financial Edge NXT. This is also a great place to see some of the new updates in action.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

Development officers, executive directors, event planners, consultants, and emerging leaders came together to discuss fundraising trends, donor retention, DEI (diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace) strategies, and so much more. “Map out the story you need to tell. The dollars will come later in their donor journey.

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sgEngage

MARCH 17, 2022

Their donors, staff, and board members have extensive knowledge of local needs and organizations, and they also have relationships with local leaders in business, government, and education. Thirty percent have no paid staff and are operated by donors or trustees. 3) Providing Mutual Support . 6) Funding or Engaging in Advocacy .

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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. Avoid stretching images if they live next to content; you don’t want to end up with a skewed or blurry picture.

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Candid

JUNE 2, 2021

While we are most commonly known for tools and resources like GuideStar profiles and Foundation Maps, we are currently bringing together our data repositories so we can seamlessly capture a full view of the field. . based donor-advised funds and more than 200 charitable sites, including AmazonSmile and Facebook.

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Classy

MAY 17, 2021

As the largest fundraising day of the year only continues to grow, now is the time for your organization to begin mapping out its strategy to make the most out of your December. Clarify why a corporation would benefit from this collaboration, including things like increased brand visibility and exposure to a unique donor base.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2013

Picture this: Bob : “Jim, I’d like to introduce you to my friend Alex. What about continuing the conversations you have with first time donors – those who have taken a big first step towards a long term relationship with your nonprofit? Nothing is more important than the first email a new donor gets. Click here.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Data reports and personal snapshots are often generated separately, then placed side-by-side with the hope that the juxtaposition of hard metrics with an emotional picture and blurb will resonate with a wide range of people. In June, Tides partnered with Rhiza on a data mapping pilot using their Insight software. and "to what ends?"

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

For many nonprofits, the answer may be related to specific results, such as improving engagement or attracting more donors. This includes updating your social media profile pictures and banners, your website, email images, and your brand guidelines for future reference. Additionally, consider the scale of your brand refresh.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Community Mapping. Community Mapping helps you identify not just the various segments of your audience, but also create a clear picture of which tools/platforms are associated with those groups and which messages are best to target where. You can see an example of a dashboard by visiting my public Nonprofit Tech Dashboard.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Although they are not an IRS requirement, compelling annual reports can sway potential donors and show current donors how their money is helping your organization to make an impact. DREAM’s annual report is doing everything right: beautiful images, student stories, and (of course) thanking their donors. Donate Life America.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 18, 2010

One of the topics was “How to understand social networks through social network analysis and mapping techniques.&# I thought I’d expand on it here. One of the first social networking analysis map was created by Jacob Moreno. When you map your network, it tells you a story. Source: Monitor Institute.

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DipJar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

A marketing strategy is essentially your game plan for reaching prospective donors and turning them into lifelong supporters. Acquire new donors. After you’ve conducted research and feel confident about who is most likely to donate to your cause, you can segment those donors into groups based on their common characteristics.

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NTEN

MAY 1, 2013

nap and dusted the snow off, we want to share the huge outpouring of blog posts, videos, pictures, and other media from the NTEN community. Putting Your LinkedIn to Use, Finding Board Members and Donors , DonorSnap. Cary Walski , MAP TechWorks. Resources from Tech Support Confidential , Cary Walski , MAP TechWorks.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

As Executive Director of the California Symphony she propelled the organization to double the size of its audience and nearly quadruple the donor base. Map out a session grid: I recommend that you ask yourself what you want to get out of bbcon. This will help you pick your sessions. Do you want to hear about technology?

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The Storytelling Non-profit

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Then, I’ll go back through the audio and map out the story. Helping WAVAW to significant develop its individual donor program. Now that you’ve got the big picture facts plus the details, it’s time to add in the emotional experience. 1 – Start with the facts to tell non-profit stories.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

For example, the more time it takes my staff to process a donation and see that the donor is acknowledged, the less time they have to work on mission-critical tasks. Map out on paper (or use OmniGraffle or Visio like I did) how each of your audiences move through your organization, from first contact to the desired action they should take.

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NTEN

MAY 7, 2013

nap and dusted the snow off, we want to share the huge outpouring of blog posts, videos, pictures, and other media from the NTEN community. Putting Your LinkedIn to Use, Finding Board Members and Donors , DonorSnap. Cary Walski , MAP TechWorks. Resources from Tech Support Confidential , Cary Walski , MAP TechWorks.

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NTEN

JULY 28, 2011

A good donor management system. Get the skinny in the report we co-authored with Idealware, " A Consumers Guide to Low Cost Donor Management Systems ", updated for 2011. Our obsession with cool maps is alive and well. We love that longtime NTEN Member David Krumlauf posted a picture of how he was using some NTEN gear.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Your database doesn't track the date of your organization's last communication with a donor, and many of them aren't donating because they never hear from you. Meanwhile half of your donors are unsubscribing from mailing lists because they hear from you too often. Part Two: 5 Steps for Mapping Data. Work on one system at a time.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

By Laura Quinn, Idealware Since most organizations don’t track just one type of constituent, the idea of a single database for all of them—donors, volunteers, clients, email subscribers, advocates and everyone else—is something of a holy grail. For most organizations, this will probably be either donors or clients. (If

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

The organization with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the Lenovo IdeaPad AND will be featured as the "Youth Impact" story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). Poke around the map and see for yourself. Click here to read the full story pictured above.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

A fundraising event will draw attention to your organization and give prospective donors the opportunity to learn more about your cause. When you have clear goals for your event and a detailed map of action steps to work on, you can have a very successful event. Step 4: Map out a budget for this event. Yay, right?

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 17, 2011

You’ve put some thought into what you want to do to raies money and which groups of donors and prospects you want to approach, and how you’ll do it. Fundraising on purpose requires looking at the big picture. This means you need to spend some time at the end of every day to map out the next day’s activities.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2014

The organization submitting the story with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the UnoBook tablet AND will be featured as the “Tech 4 Faith” story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). Poke around the map and see for yourself. Interested?

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 8, 2014

Give us picture s. Yes, pictures. These pictures tell a story. Every time Charity:Water builds a well, they plot it on a map and tell how many beneficiaries made that well a possibility. For more insight on how to connect with your donors, watch this 4 minute video and download The Next Generation of American Giving

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

Many nonprofits have relied on technology as a crucial aspect of standing out from the crowd, connecting with donors, and raising the needed donations to further their cause. However, in the next year, you’re looking to connect with donors and volunteers in new, innovative ways. Do you need to invest in further staff training?

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