Wild Apricot

APRIL 10, 2017

As a long-time volunteer manager, Elisa Kosarin has seen many colleagues move up and out of volunteer engagement, but she suggests not lament them. They’re the ones who will elevate the profession.

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Volunteer Management Time 101

Achieve

APRIL 10, 2017

The following blog first appeared on. Philanthropy News Digest. . If you’ve ever talked to or heard from a consultant about how your organization can and should reach younger donors, I’d almost guarantee you were told something like, “Wait till they turn seventy-five,” or, “Your young donors are fifty-five.”. But is that right? Should you only focus your fundraising efforts on Silents and boomers?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2017

In 2016, overall charitable giving increased 1 percent and online giving was up 7.9 percent on a year-over-year basis. These results are based on the largest analysis of charitable giving data and come from the 2016 Charitable Giving Report. Released under the Blackbaud Institute for Philanthropic Impact, the report analyzes trends from more than $23 billion in fundraising revenue from 2016.

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Donation Online Blackbaud Chart 59

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2017

posted by Christopher Haines Artistic Director & Co-Founder, iTheatre Collaborative. To borrow from the song: “Art is a many splendored thing.” Difficult to objectify and quantify. Art is also very subjective. Again borrowing: “One man’s trash is another man’s art.” So, what is the value of art? Recently, I attended a conference on arts education.

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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.

Donor

Connection Cafe

APRIL 10, 2017

My recent paper, Remarkably Outstanding Implementation: The Foundation for Positive ROI with Target Analytics , is now available. As I prepared and wrote this paper, several thoughts occurred to me about the importance of measuring ROI for nonprofit analytics projects that I thought I would highlight for you in this post. It is appropriate to expect positive ROI from data analytics, but remember that expectations must be fueled by actions!

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 10, 2017

Recently, there’s been a notable uptick in the number of campaign websites being built and shared (likely due to something that happened last year ). But we have noticed that many of these campaign websites are modeled after more typical websites, which doesn’t help them to drive interest in their cause or effectively get their message across to their target audiences.

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