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How To Involve Volunteers in Your Virtual Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

Virtual volunteering is on the rise this year. Since your volunteers are integral to your nonprofit’s success, they can also be part of your virtual fundraising efforts. Here are three fundraising areas where you can include volunteers.

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1 Million Trailhead Badges: Lessons from Salesforce.org’s Trailhead Journey

Saleforce Nonprofit

If you’ve been part of the Salesforce community for a while, you’ve certainly heard of Trailhead — the fun way to learn about all things Salesforce. You may have even earned some badges. Behind the scenes, there’s a Salesforce.org team that dreamed big and delivered on Trailhead to the tune of six-figure results. As we cross the milestone of having 1 million Trailhead badges earned, now is a great opportunity to reflect and share key takeaways on what our team learned through the process of desi

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How Purpose-Driven Tech Is Blending Business and Charity

NonProfit PRO

Pairing profit with purpose in the age of greater transparency is vital to ensuring companies drive meaningful change in the world in which we all live. And charitable giving is becoming an essential component of consumer brand engagement with purpose-driven technology leading the way.

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Building a Tech-Driven Legal Aid Network for the 21st Century

Saleforce Nonprofit

By: Al Schwartz, Executive Director, CARPLS Legal Aid. In Illinois, even during “normal” times, there is a shortage of legal help, with only around 450 Legal Aid attorneys for 13 million Illinoisans, of whom 31.6% live in near poverty. And in most civil cases (typically those covering issues of housing, family, and consumer law), people represent themselves because there is generally no right to legal counsel in civil matters.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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The NonProfit Voice Ep 54: Demystifying Nonprofit Tech — It’s Everyone’s Responsibility

NonProfit PRO

Mark Becker is joined by Mitch Stein, co-founder, CEO and chief impact officer at Pond, and Kristin Giant, co-founder and chief growth officer of Pond, in this episode of The NonProfit Voice Tech Series. Listen to learn how they dispel common nonprofits tech myths and encourage nonprofit to shop for technology tools.

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Building Diverse & Equitable Nonprofit Boards: A Panel Discussion with Sector Experts

Charity Village

Original Broadcast Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2021. Summary: Earlier this year, Statistics Canada released the results of a survey exploring the diversity of charity and nonprofit boards in Canada. The results confirmed what many in the sector already know – that those who identify as immigrants, persons of colour, LGBTQ2+ individuals, persons with a disability, and […].

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September Update: What's new with WildApricot this fall?

Wild Apricot

Discover more things you can do with WlidApricot this fall. We've added a new integrations page on our website, explaining all the tools you can use to automate more and provide your members with more value. As well, see our latest blog post, including.

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How to Instantly Boost Morale: An Unlikely Source of Inspiration When Facing Nonprofit Burnout

Bloomerang

As nonprofit professionals, we often wear many hats and work long hours. No matter what your role is within your organization, you’ve likely seen the ugly face of nonprofit burnout from time to time. Daily tasks, to-do lists, e-mails, and phone calls can be passion’s worst enemy at times. If you are in need of a quick morale boost, this blog post is for you.

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Fill In the Gaps with Freelance Experts from Fiverr

Tech Soup

Just like any other business, NGOs rely on the expertise of skilled individuals to fulfil essential needs. Even at a small nonprofit, specialists are needed for IT tasks, grant applications, and practical daily needs. These organizations also tend to rely on donations, which often equates to a fluctuating and unpredictable income, sometimes making it difficult to hire new full-time staff members.

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Diversity in Design: Inclusion Won’t Fix a Broken System

Media Cause

The other day I attended an information session for a new initiative centered around increasing diversity in design. It was created and hosted by one of the largest design firms in the world, and because of their reputation and great PR team, the call was filled with designers, architects, and executives all ready to join the cause. I was there for the same reason.

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How to Design a Seamless & Personalized Digital Donor Journey

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio

The average nonprofit uses five or more different software platforms to create their donor’s journey, making the experience clunky and disjointed. If you want to design a magical online giving experience for donors, making their journey as seamless as possible is key. In this webinar with expert Tim Sarrantonio, you’ll learn the fundamental steps to create an immersive and personalized online giving experience for your donors.

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Qgiv Partner Showcase: Bloomerang

Qgiv

What does the name Bloomerang conjure in your mind? A TV show? Cable network? Something to help edit photos into video? Or maybe an Australian throwing tool? Believe it or not, the latter is a major part of the story. The story goes that company co-founder, Jay Love, was attending a fundraising conference and caught a session by Adrian Sargeant. For decades, Adrian has been espousing the values of focusing on donor retention as a top-line metric of the health of an organization.

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CommUNITY Conference – Session Spotlight: How to Create Donor Personas to Better Engage Your Community

DonorPerfect

COMMUNITY CONFERENCE | OCTOBER 5-6, 2021 REGISTER FREE NOW There are limited hours in your day and a growing number of channels in which you can communicate and engage with your donor base. What if you could become a more effective and efficient communicator through the creation and implementation of donor personas based on the Read More ». The post CommUNITY Conference – Session Spotlight: How to Create Donor Personas to Better Engage Your Community appeared first on Nonprofit Techno

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What Are The Best Ways To Leverage Blended Learning Platforms?

Gyrus

Many organizations are using blended learning platforms. It smartly integrates the best of both online and offline training methods.

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Me vs. We: Fundraising communications for the collective good

Big Duck

The post Me vs. We: Fundraising communications for the collective good appeared first on Big Duck.

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Nonprofits Are Leveraging the Cloud, but Does It Have to Be So Complex?

Effectively managing cloud technology is getting more complex. From cybersecurity concerns, vendor lock-in, cost increases, or lack of transparency on costs, it can quickly get out of control. Knowing what you can control and finding a platform that’s built with nonprofits in mind is key.

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The Coming of Age of a Robust Web-Based Authoring Suite

Forj

Several years ago on this blog, we reviewed two web-based content development apps: Claro (from domiKnow) and Composica. Recently, domiKnow reached out to us to get our opinion on the current iteration of their web-based tool, domiKnow | ONE, which contains an updated version of Claro as well as many other tools. At the time of the last article, domiKnow had created a robust web-based app in Claro.

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How to ease tension between communications and development departments

Big Duck

The post How to ease tension between communications and development departments appeared first on Big Duck.

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7 End-of-Year Fundraising Campaigns We Love

Qgiv

As the end of the calendar year approaches, your nonprofit is probably preparing for its annual end-of-year appeal. We want to help! So we looked through a bunch of our favorite end-of-year fundraising campaigns from 2020 and put together eight examples to inspire you! These examples are from Qgiv clients and use our online donation forms and peer-to-peer fundraising software.

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Monthly Donors: Who Are They, Really?

Qgiv

Alexa Langford is Vice President of Giving Sciences at One & All. She leads the agency’s team of data scientists and insights analysts. Alexa works closely with other members of the Giving Sciences team, clients, internal account service, Media and Creative teams, and strategically aligned vendors, to manage and deliver innovative analytics solutions on time, on target and within budget.

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Nonprofit Technology Kick Start: Free World Class Board Meeting Software

Looking for cost reductions for your nonprofit? Why not consider modernizing with a digital board management system that's designed to work with remote meetings, with immediate cost reductions if you still distribute paper packets to members? Get going in less than an hour on a fully hosted cloud solution built on the latest technology that runs on any device - from desktops to tablets and smartphones - without any installation.