Mon.May 10, 2021

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Webinar: Stewardship & the Art of Saying Thank You – May 20

NonProfit PRO

Statistics say it takes 7 personal touches to go from a first gift to the second. Join CharityEngine’s Erin Crotty, as she shows how to set up a system of demonstrating gratefulness for your various donor types: sustainers, new donors, annual fund donors, and more.

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25 Online Fundraising Ideas Perfect for Any Cause (Social Distancing Approved!)

Wild Apricot

Wondering how to raise funds now that we can’t leave our houses? You’re not alone. COVID-19 has completely changed the landscape of fundraising, and the foolproof methods nonprofit professionals have always relied on are now out of the.

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15 Successful and Safe Outdoor Fundraising Event Ideas

NonProfit PRO

Especially while navigating the effects of the pandemic on fundraising, outdoor events are a great solution to bring your supporters together to champion your cause safely. Heat up your summer with these outdoor event ideas!

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Accessibility on Social Media

M+R

Read time: 6 minutes. In our ongoing work to assess and improve our practices, M+R has been digging into a more comprehensive approach to developing ethical creative. . For organizations with big missions to make the world a better place, it’s essential that we consider the context in which we are producing creative. Our society is marked by inequities of race, gender, ability, and more—and the content we create can either challenge these inequities or reinforce them.

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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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What’s the Cost Per Sustainer?

NonProfit PRO

Sometimes, fundraisers ask me: “What’s the cost per sustainer?” Let me explain a few different types of cost.

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12 ways “all lives matter” manifests in nonprofit and philanthropy

Nonprofit AF

Hi everyone, before we get to this week’s topic, thank you to those of you who voted on the new.

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The Nonprofit’s Donation Page Checklist [GUIDE]

Classy

Your donation page is your organization’s most valuable tool. An underwhelming first impression or a poorly structured design can be the difference between converting a visitor or losing a donation. . That’s why we’ve created this step-by-step checklist to help pave the way to increased conversion rates, revenue, and donor satisfaction. . Download Your Donation Page Checklist.

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What are Donor Impact Reports?

Whole Whale

Donor Reports present a great opportunity to share organizational wins and losses throughout the year. Annual nonprofit reports are great for the big picture impact of the organization, however they only come once a year. An annual cadence of reporting is not great for keeping donors engaged throughout the year which is where donor impact reporting comes in.

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Fundraising for your nonprofit in the start-up phase

Candid

Reprinted from NEO Law Group. After a domestic nonprofit takes the first exciting steps of incorporating and filing its Application for Recognition for Exemption (Form 1023) with the IRS, it may be surprised to find out that it may take the IRS six months, or even much longer, to grant the nonprofit its official tax-exempt status. An organization that is ready to go out and start fundraising and receiving donations to further its mission may not want to wait that long!

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4 Steps to Getting Started with Google Ads for Nonprofits

Tech Soup

Google Ads is a powerful tool that your nonprofit can leverage to grow your audience. Google Ads is the force behind the ads we see every day online. They range from those "sponsored" Google search results, to the commercial that plays before a YouTube video, and even those display ads we see sprinkled throughout a blog or news source.

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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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CharityVillage announces new screening services for recruiting staff and volunteers

Charity Village

As the trusted recruitment partner to Canada’s nonprofit sector, CharityVillage is excited to announce new screening services to assist organizations when recruiting staff and volunteers. In partnership with ModoHR Technologies Inc (“ModoHR”), CharityVillage will now offer the ability for nonprofits and charities to process background searches on ModoHR’s ScreeningCanadaTM web application, Canada’s most compliant and […].

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System Update: Early May 2021

Qgiv

Features and Enhancements. You can now append recurring frequency shortcuts to form URLs so that the frequency is pre-selected when a donor accesses the form using that URL. The payment and merchant account info for your forms now display on the My Qgiv page in the control panel. Also, Payment Channel now appears on peer-to-peer and Qgiv donation and registration reports.

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Mobile Learning: Why is it a must-have for organizations?

Gyrus

Mobile learning is a cost-efficient way to enhance your employee's skills and knowledge. Multiple organizations worldwide have taken the m-learning path with success.

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Breaking Down UX, Design & Tech Silos Through Component-Based Design

Forum One

When designing and developing a website or application, a challenge is that roles and tasks can often operate in silos. While in some cases this is fine, in many others it takes away from the ability to collaborate more closely and ultimately build an even stronger solution. To tackle this challenge, we recently piloted a new component-based design approach that prioritizes real-time collaboration.

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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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What Makes A Great Company

Eric Jacobsen Blog

About a decade ago, Inc. magazine featured a compelling article about author and leadership expert Jim Collins , who has studied leadership for more than 30 years and penned multiple best-selling books. I still remember the lessons learned from that article. Two of the most powerful takeaways from the article for me are Collin’s definition of a great company : “To be great, a company has to make a distinctive impact.

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A Powerful Strategy to Work Smart At Your Nonprofit

Bloomerang

The single most important lesson I ever learned. Begin with the why. Always. If you don’t, you’re likely to work very hard and not achieve much of value. Why? Because you didn’t begin your endeavor by asking yourself: . “What’s the value in this work upon which I’m about to embark?” . “Why am I doing this?”. This may be the most powerful strategy in your entire toolbox.

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