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When Can We Meet with Donors Again?

NonProfit PRO

For most of the past year, the question of donor meetings was a no-brainer. We just couldn’t meet with donors and prospects face-to-face, which had, for so long, served as the gold standard in desired engagement, especially when soliciting major gifts.

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4 excuses for not creating a donor newsletter

Hands on Fundraising

You don’t have a donor newsletter? Why not? Starting a new project can be scary, I know. It’s one more thing on the to-do list. But effective donor communications, including a donor newsletter, mean better and longer donor relationships. And that means more funding. So here are some excuses – and of course, the arguments […]. The post 4 excuses for not creating a donor newsletter appeared first on Hands-On Fundraising.

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A Roadmap to Multichannel Marketing For Nonprofits

NonProfit PRO

Multichannel marketing is all about choice. It is important for the simple reason that you must be where your donors are to engage with them. .

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Strategic Communication: External Nonprofit Communication

Bloomerang

Once you and your team have worked together to fine-tune your internal nonprofit strategic communication initiatives by constructing a mission statement, vision statement, and identifying your core values, you can now start to strategize your external nonprofit communication efforts. There are several forms of external nonprofit communication which include: Website Content.

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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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3 Ways to Support Autistic Employees in the Workplace

Saleforce Nonprofit

By: Philip Bartey, CEO of Autism Plus. For the second year in a row, we’re still celebrating Autism Awareness Month during a global pandemic. Given the challenges of COVID-19 restrictions, it is even more important for us this year to ensure that we are spreading more awareness, understanding, and acceptance of autism and neurodiversity. By sharing the stories and achievements of people with autism, we aim to help people understand the impact of autism and offer meaningful ways to be better, mor

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Write a Call-to-Action (CTA) That Inspires Engagement

The Modern Nonprofit

Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Write a Call-to-Action (CTA) That Inspires Engagement. What’s a CTA? And Why is it important? A call-to-action (CTA) is a statement designed to get the person reading it to take specific action. Traditional advertising provides us with the most obvious examples; as a consumer, you’ve certainly encountered a CTA like “Buy Now!

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18 Parent-Teacher Association Fundraising Ideas For During (And After!) COVID-19

Wild Apricot

To say the last school year has been tough is an understatement. Just like every other function related to schools, Parent-Teacher Associations have had to pivot quickly. And after a year of trying to get creative, you may be hitting a wall when trying.

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7 Benefits of Stored Payment Information

Nimble AMS

Over the weekend, I made an embarrassing number of online purchases. Of course, I made several purchases from Amazon. Nothing that I absolutely needed, but checkout was quick and easy. Amazon never asks me to enter payment information at checkout. Instead, payment information is stored under the Manage Payment Options under My Account. The concept is brilliant.

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8 Creative Auction Ideas that Drive Results & Deliver Wow Factor

OneCause

The post 8 Creative Auction Ideas that Drive Results & Deliver Wow Factor appeared first on OneCause.

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Inferring Gender for Personalized Ads on Social Media

Cloud 4 Good

As a frequent Salesforce Social Studio user, I often find myself exploring the new avenues that the tool offers. While diving into a Cloud for Good-specific Workbench within the Analyze feature, I discovered something interesting pertaining to the demographics of the individuals who interact with our brand on Twitter – over 90% of the individuals are classified as male within the social platform.

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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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How to Start a 501c6: Ultimate Guide to Registering a 501c6 Nonprofit

Donorbox

When people hear the word nonprofit, they automatically think of a local charity or large organization like the Red Cross. Nonprofits can include a large variety of organizations, including those focused on for-profit businesses. If your organization fits within the guidelines, you can register with the federal government and your state as a 501c6 nonprofit […].

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Lessons from MotivateMonday | Five Social Media Trends You Need to Know

Pamela Grow

Social media is an ever-changing landscape. What’s next? Join us as Julia Campbell shares the five latest trends in social, from Tik Tok to stories to takeovers. Click here to download the slides from this MotivateMonday session. And sign up for the Grow Report to get notifications about the next MotivateMonday , our free 30-minute flash training held every Monday at 1 pm EST featuring the leading trainers and thought leaders in the nonprofit sector.

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How Can Leaders Support Boundaries?

NonProfit Hub

Boundaries are needed in many areas of our lives: finances, relationships, friendships, how we spend our free time, and how we spend our time at work. Establishing them and sticking to them can be challenging. But, like a moat around a castle, boundaries are meant to protect. . For many of us, the boundary or dividing line between work and home has become blurred.

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A/B Testing: How to Boost Engagement for Association Websites

Velir

If you’re an association marketer, member engagement is a key measure of your success. You can track member engagement through conversions on your website like email newsletter sign-ups, call-to-action click-throughs, downloads, and article shares. A/B testing is a great way to look at these activities and figure out how to optimize them to maximize member engagement.

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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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Be The Manager You Admired

Eric Jacobsen Blog

As a manager, you've undoubtedly worked for other managers in your career. You've likely worked for good managers and for not so good managers. One of the simplest things you can do to ensure you are a good manager is to think about what you liked and disliked about your past managers. Then, adapt your management style to include the things you appreciated most from your past good managers.

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5 Facts About Online Learning To Help Drive Your Nonprofit Training

Care2

If 2020 (and the beginning of 2021) has shown nonprofits anything, it’s that online engagement is real and it’s not going away anytime soon. This trend has affected your donor relations and online fundraising , but also your internal operations, such as educating and training staff and volunteers.

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Job Skills and Resources to Support Our Communities

Tech Soup

There are some great free and low-cost job training opportunities out there right now, particularly compliments of Microsoft. There is the extraordinary Microsoft Global Skills Initiative that offers free employment training and certification in the 10 most in-demand and well-paid jobs. This is a key necessity for many of the members of the communities we serve.

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Why You Need a Content Strategy

Forum One

It’s not enough to build a new website—organizations need to create meaningful, cohesive, and sustainable content to attract and engage audiences. How do you achieve this? With a well-thought-out content strategy. Content strategy is more than just your content: it’s how it helps you achieve your goals, where it lives, how it is digested, and how often it is updated.

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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.

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A look at 15 best and (almost) free mind mapping tools for nonprofits

Candid

Let's imagine a tree, a spider, or an octopus. Or anything else with a center (read: core idea or problem) and shoots (related points to consider for that idea realization or problem solving). Each branch, tarsus, or arm has its own, smaller offshoots, also crucial for the whole organism to work. The same principle lies at the heart of a mind map. It's a visual representation of keynote thoughts centered around the main idea.

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