Thu.Nov 04, 2021

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64 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The National Retail Federation expects online holiday sales in the United States to shatter previous records by reaching at least $218.3 billion in 2021. By shopping at any of the 64 online stores listed below, socially conscious and ethical consumers can channel some of their spending power this holiday season into the nonprofit sector and the Greater Good.

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How Effective is Your Donation Process?

NonProfit PRO

In order to raise more funds for your cause, you must create a frictionless donation process, from the very first visit and all the way to checkout. But, how can you know if your donation process sets you up for success? And if it doesn't, what can be done to improve it? To help you answer these questions, we created the "Fundraising Optimizer." Check it out and find out, it's free.

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200+ Amazing Free or Cheap Nonprofit Software Tools

Wild Apricot

Feeling like you're doing too many tasks by hand? That's because you probably are. Although nonprofits are often resistant to technological change, there are many software solutions that can solve any manual task your nonprofit is doing right now.

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How a Community Foundation Increased Its Grantmaking Five-Fold To Meet Need

NonProfit PRO

We offered small fundraising challenge grants that coincided with a statewide giving week. As a result, our cohort of small, rural organizations that had little experience with online fundraising was able to raise more than $34,000 in one-week — a notable figure amidst lockdowns and financial uncertainty.

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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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Feeling overworked? Modern association technology can lighten your workload.

Nimble AMS

As an association professional, do you feel like you’re working harder than you were a year ago? If you answered yes, you aren’t alone. . In the 2021 Association Trends Study from Community Brands, 78 percent of people who work at professional membership organizations say their staff is working more than they were a year ago. How will they address the increased workload?

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How Do You Track and Record Recurring Gifts?

NonProfit PRO

As recurring gifts have no end date, so this is not like your typical major gift pledge where you get big amounts over a limited period. Recurring gifts are counted when received, so only actual payments are measured in the account system.

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Social Fundraising 101 – Are You In?

NonProfit PRO

Peer-to-peer fundraising dissected and explained. Social Fundraising 101 will prepare you to create, lead, or improve your peer-to-peer fundraising program. This 10-lecture series will help you understand the past, present, and future of peer-to-peer fundraising, what elements are critical to its success, and where the landmines might be. You will understand how to increase revenue, increase retention, and increase acquisition.

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Using Donation Page Infographics to Drive Monthly Giving

Bloomerang

As you know, securing recurring donations is an excellent way to create sustainable revenue for your nonprofit. While receiving a windfall from a major donor or hosting a particularly successful campaign is a reason to celebrate, setting up something like a monthly giving program or running a recurring donation drive now will give you even more reasons to celebrate in the future. .

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Six Pro Tips for a Great Giving Page to Boost Year-End Fundraising

Donor Search

Are you ready to launch your End-of-Year online fundraising campaign? Start by building a thoughtful giving page. Your giving page should aim to convert each visitor into a donor. Your giving page always needs to reinforce the urgent need for support that you’ve conveyed in your appeal messaging.

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Church Volunteer Scheduling Software: Exploring the Benefits of VolunteerHub

Volunteer Hub

VolunteerHub is the best volunteer scheduling software for churches and religious organizations, here are 5 reasons why. Many churches and religious organizations rely on the support of volunteers to make their ministries possible and achieve goals. Unfortunately, recruiting volunteers is one of the biggest challenges that religious organizations face.

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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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sgENGAGE Episode 214: The Keys to Online Donor Retention

sgEngage

Is donor retention different when the donor is acquired online? In this episode, you’ll learn more about ways to improve donor retention for online-acquired donors. Joining the podcast today is Rachel Clemens, Chief Marketing Officer of Mighty Citizen. Listen to today’s conversation to learn what Rachel thinks about building relationships between donors and organizations, the role of segmentation, and how language factors into donor retention.

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Food Charities Create Networks of Resiliency with the Tackle Hunger Map

Tech Soup

In 2020, one in five U.S. residents sought out food assistance. That was an increase of 50 percent from the year before, according to Feeding America. The increased need continues to be seen across the country as families contend with rising costs of living. But it's not that there isn't enough food to provide for those in need; it's a matter of getting the right food to where it is needed at food charities when the needs arise.

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Nonprofit Guide to Facebook Political Ads

Whole Whale

The 2020 election cycle brought a new wave of political advertising to the digital sphere, as well as new restrictions. In fact, Facebook instated a strict ban on political advertising after the polls closed in November 2020, in an effort to limit the spread of misinformation — this Facebook political ads ban remained in effect until March 2021, with only a few exceptions for advertising during the Georgia Senate runoff elections in January 2021.

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Roundtree Launches New Podcast, Next Donor

Roundtree

Roundtree Launches New Podcast. Premier donor-marketing firm releases podcast featuring conversation from nonprofit leaders on what it takes to cultivate and grow a strong donor base. Roundtree today announced the launch of its new podcast, Next Donor. The podcast will feature conversations with renowned nonprofit leaders about what it takes to grow a donor base and lead a thriving organization.

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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 Best Practices for Dashboards that Drive Effective Action

Donor Search

Last week we made a case for using data dashboards to visually–and dynamically–communicate the state of your nonprofit’s fundraising efforts on screens across the organization. This week, we’ll share five best practices in creating (and maintaining) dashboards for major gift fundraising.

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DonorPerfect CommUNITY Conference Highlights: Rave Reviews & Recordings

DonorPerfect

Community-Based Fundraising with Oregon Food Bank C. Nathan Harris, Vickey Schwoeffermann, Vivien Trinh, Celia Ferrer The Community Philanthropy team at Oregon Food Bank recently transformed their approach to resourcing an end to hunger and hunger’s root causes. As individual staff and as a team, their performance is no longer evaluated based on the financial outcomes Read More ».

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Our mobile event app is here!

AccelEvents

We are very proud and excited to announce the release of our Mobile Event App! Here’s our press release with all of the details: Thursday, November 4, 2021 – Accelevents, a leading all-in-one customizable and flexible virtual and hybrid event management platform , announced the release of a Mobile Event App for event attendees yesterday at their Q4 Product Update Event.

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An Interview with BWF on the Value of the RFP Process

Cloud 4 Good

Conducting formalized purchasing processes represents an essential aspect of any business seeking to maximize return on investments and improve organizational outcomes. Request for proposals, or RFPs, help define projects, set expectations, and ensure the right clients and/or vendors are selected to help businesses grow effectively and efficiently.

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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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5 Top Trends in the 2021 State of Nonprofit Marketing Report

Saleforce Nonprofit

We are excited to release the 2021 State of Nonprofit Marketing Report in partnership with the Salesforce.com research team. This report contains responses that have been analyzed from 390 nonprofit marketers around the world as part of a broader survey of 8,200 marketers, including corporations and nonprofit organizations. People have shifted online in record numbers throughout the pandemic, which has resulted in digital overload and fatigue for many of us.