The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Getting development teams and their nonprofit boards to work in alignment can be challenging. Tensions often arise when both sides start to feel that they aren’t getting the support they need. Fundraisers often lament that board members are shirking their commitment to helping fundraise. Board members feel like they’re being asked to make uncomfortable “asks” of their social networks, without the support they need to do it well.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Dmitry Ivanov, our General Manager, reviews how the year has gone since our acquisition by Personify.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Set a good example for your employees and follow through on everything you say you are going to do. If you promise to get an employee an answer, get it for him or her. If you say you'll send a team member a report, do so. As the Nike campaign/slogan so aptly says, "Just Do It." Too many leaders don't follow through. Perhaps they get busy. Perhaps they forget.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

How do you build a movement for institutional change? That's the question we've been grappling with as we start the OF/BY/FOR ALL initiative. Our goal is to help civic and cultural institutions become more representative OF, co-created BY, and welcoming FOR their diverse communities. We've see this model succeed at the MAH and at other community-centered organizations around the world.

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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.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

To help you bring out the best in your team, you need to get close and understand their skills, abilities, and motivations. So, the authors of the book, Your First Leadership Job , recommend you hold getting-to-know-you conversations with each of your direct reports. Ask these open-ended questions. Let each team member know the purpose of the meeting in advance.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Forward-thinking companies understand that both their employees’ purpose and their community’s social good needs play into their corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Creating and running a successful CSR program these days is no longer a “nice to have,” it is the new expectation. If you are not convinced yet, take a look at the open letter that Blackrock’s Chairman, Larry Fink sent to CEOs last year.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

At Blackbaud, we take a unique approach to our employee matching gift program, one that is popular amongst other corporate giving programs. With our matching program, Blackbaud empowers employee philanthropy through individual choice. Through this approach, Blackbaud achieves much higher than the average participation rates of 9% for year-round matching programs – in fact, in 2017 22.7% of employees took advantage of their matching benefit.

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