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Hitch Your Wagon to a Star—Find the Right Partner for Success

.orgSource

A comment Adele Cehrs, CEO and Founder of When + How agency, made stayed with me. Adele, who thrives on a healthy dose of risk, said this, “Chutzpah is what drives me and other entrepreneurs to keep reinventing ourselves. If you could bottle that it would be a wise idea for association CEOs to take […]. The post Hitch Your Wagon to a Star—Find the Right Partner for Success appeared first on.orgSource.

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Harnessing the Power of Evaluation for Effective Programming

NonProfit PRO

When a nonprofit is able to invest in proper program evaluation, the returns can be major: stronger processes, improved performance and a supercharged impact. Here are seven tips for harnessing the power of evaluation. .

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Your Ultimate Guide to Membership Management Software for Your Nonprofit

Wild Apricot

Managing a membership organization takes a lot of work. There are many moving parts: reporting, outreach, marketing, database management, event planning, and payment processing, just to name a few! If you’ve found this article, you probably have.

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Dvon Williams Named CCO for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

NonProfit PRO

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has announced Dvon Williams as Chief Communications Officer (CCO). In her new role, Williams will lead external and internal communications, thought leadership, and influencer relations.

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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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How you can save your appeal

Hands on Fundraising

Everybody has an opinion about your appeal. Not every opinion should matter. I’m a fundraising copywriter. Case statements, email appeals, and especially mail appeals. I love it. It’s one of my favorite things to do. But over the years, I’ve also noticed I get the same questions. You too? Maybe I can help you head a […]. The post How you can save your appeal appeared first on Hands-On Fundraising.

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American Leprosy Missions’ Award-Winning Direct Mail Appeal Replaced Lapsed Grant Funding

NonProfit PRO

With the understanding that the Infectious Disease Research Institute was stopping the progress of early research, American Leprosy Missions created a direct mail piece that would target donors with a higher giving propensity.

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The State of Nonprofit Technology

NonProfit PRO

A look into how technology has transformed the way nonprofits operate.

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Nonprofits: Know Your Social Media Platforms

The Modern Nonprofit

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Social Media Platforms for Nonprofits. It’s hard to be an expert in any one social media platform, yet legitimate businesses and nonprofits are expected to maintain several different accounts. But it’s worth the effort — becoming well-versed in the various platforms is a vital part of your nonprofit’s marketing strategy, and your accounts can serve as important venues for cultivating relationships with your supporters.

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4 Time-Saving Benefits of a CRM Integration for Nonprofits

Saleforce Nonprofit

By: Hannah Durbin, Content Specialist at Classy.org. Whether your nonprofit has a two-person team or a staff of 200 employees, every opportunity you take to improve your daily operations can make a difference in reaching your fundraising goals. The first step toward efficiency is consolidating your fundraising technology. An integration between your customer relationship management (CRM) platform and online fundraising platform is a simple time-saving solution that can help you collect all of yo

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January 2022 equity update to the community

NTEN

2021 was an eventful year at NTEN as we continued to promote, work towards, and model equitable practices internally and externally. To ensure that NTEN continues to grow in our equitable operations, part of our process is to annually review efforts made to the practices outlined in our equity commitment and identify where we can push forward or expand on those efforts in the coming year.

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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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Short service may not always equal a small payout

Charity Village

There is a popular belief amongst employers to this day that the law in Ontario about severance pay is ‘one month per year.’ For decades this has been viewed as a sort of golden rule and is mistaken by many employers to be written law. The truth is quite different – there was never a […]. The post Short service may not always equal a small payout appeared first on CharityVillage.

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Be intentional with making your content inclusive. Here’s how.

Big Duck

The post Be intentional with making your content inclusive. Here’s how. appeared first on Big Duck.

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Canada’s Volunteer Awards

Charity Village

Have you ever wondered how you can show your appreciation for an amazing volunteer in your community? Canada’s Volunteer Awards is a comprehensive volunteer recognition program, and is now accepting nominations in five categories and five regions of Canada until March 4, 2022. For individual volunteers, there are three categories: Emerging Leader for youth between […].

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The Nonprofit Super Bowl: Charitable Giving on New Year’s Eve

DonorPerfect

“While Giving Tuesday is typically the highest day of the year in the number of transactions processed, New Year’s Eve is always the highest dollar-volume fundraising day of the year – or as we’ve nicknamed it – our Super Bowl.” – Tom Gimpel, DonorPerfect Vice President of Product Development & Delivery Why is New Year’s Read More ».

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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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5 Tips For Success With Your Hybrid Event Onsite Tech Support

AccelEvents

By Rachel Rose, Senior Customer Service Manager, Accelevents. Calling all event organizers who are using our trailblazing hybrid event option : are you looking for ways to simplify this process? Marrying the best of both in-person and virtual worlds can be simplified with the help of an onsite support tech person, which you probably already have in place. .

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How to Become a Donor Retention Powerhouse

Donor Search

Donor retention beats donor acquisition every time. Why? It can cost 50-100% more to acquire new donors than the amount those new donors actually give. In fact, if you spend the same amount on meaningful touchpoints with existing donors, you’ll see a steadier stream of bigger gifts over time.[1] [1] 3 Reasons Why Donor Retention… The post How to Become a Donor Retention Powerhouse appeared first on DonorSearch.

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From Year-End Fundraising to Year-Round Engagement

Big Duck

The post From Year-End Fundraising to Year-Round Engagement appeared first on Big Duck.

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Why You Need to Care About Documentaries in 2022

Association TV

If only someone would make a documentary about it. The classical definition of a documentary is a movie, television or radio program that provides a factual record or report. But that’s not exactly the whole truth anymore. Twenty years ago, crowds flocked to movie theaters to watch two-hour long feature documentaries like the Oscar-winning Bowling for Columbine, or the rightfully alarming An Inconvenient Truth.

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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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Organizational Communications Trends for 2022

Forum One

The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated how critical communications is to an organization’s success. It will be no exception in 2022. Communications is now expected to happen with a tap of a button and be on the go. Over the last two decades, organizations’ ability to communicate with constituents has significantly evolved, and this trend is expected to continue in 2022.

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How Documentaries Engage Entirely New Audiences For Maximum Impact

Association TV

If only someone would make a documentary about it. Twenty years ago, crowds flocked to movie theaters to watch two-hour long feature documentaries like the Oscar-winning Bowling for Columbine, or the rightfully alarming An Inconvenient Truth. Audiences wanted to get informed on current events. To understand the latest findings on a facet of nature, humanity or culture.

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How Documentaries Engage Entirely New Audiences For Maximum Impact

Association TV

If only someone would make a documentary about it. Twenty years ago, crowds flocked to movie theaters to watch two-hour long feature documentaries like the Oscar-winning Bowling for Columbine, or the rightfully alarming An Inconvenient Truth. Audiences wanted to get informed on current events. To understand the latest findings on a facet of nature, humanity or culture.

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