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6 Tips to Improve the Results of Your Nonprofit’s Annual Fundraising Appeal

NonProfit PRO

A nonprofit's annual appeal is a critical campaign to sustain its good work. Here are six techniques you can consider that have led to improved results in recent campaigns.

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Nonprofit Giving Trends and Future Fundraising Strategy

Bloomerang

You may be wondering where to focus your fundraising as we emerge from the fog of 2020 and into, perhaps, a less cloudy future when it comes to nonprofit giving trends. Wonder no more. The data is available, and we know dire predictions of the death of philanthropy early in the pandemic have been disproved. People continued to give more generously than before – often referred to as a “ bump ” – and the predicted “slump” never really arrived. .

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New Monthly Donor Stats From M+R Benchmarks

NonProfit PRO

The importance of converting those one-time donors to give monthly in 2021 is crucial for your overall retention. That will really help you grow your fundraising revenue. .

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Making the world more accessible with web design

Candid

When architects and construction professionals start designing a building, one of the first things they have to consider is accessibility. Good building accessibility means creating spaces that can be used by anyone. It includes, but isn’t limited to, people who use wheelchairs, canes, and those with vision or hearing impairments. Accessibility by itself refers to the “ability to access.

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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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Tim Gunn and Other Celebs Support Extra Life United

NonProfit PRO

Extra Life partnered with DreamHack for Extra Life United Presented by DreamHack, which took place April 23-25, 2021.

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April Update: New tips and features in Boot Camp

Wild Apricot

This month, we’ve finished redesigning our online learning videos to reflect the many changes we have seen in Wild Apricot in recent years, and now we're happy to announce that Boot Camp 2.0 is now live! We've also added several new resources.

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Championing Neurodiversity in the Nonprofit Workplace

Tech Soup

April commemorates Autism Acceptance Month , kicked off with World Autism Awareness Day on April 2 as observed by the United Nations. This year, we are honoring Autism Acceptance Month by sharing some best practices and resources on how to best support neurodiverse folks in your workplace and wider community. Uplifting diversity, equity, and inclusion remains an overarching goal for many organizations.

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Photos And Videos In Fundraising Communications

Kindful

When it comes to donor communications , we often spend hours writing and creating the perfect appeal. There’s the all-too-important first sentence, the critical P.S., a powerful ask, the perfect subject line or teaser, and so much more. With all that energy going into the copy, the videos and photos included in the appeal can sometimes seem like an afterthought.

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6 Ways To Sell More Tickets For Your Nonprofit’s Fundraising Event

CauseVox

When you put on a fundraising event, the most important element of success is ticket sales: if no one shows up to your event, none of your other metrics will be successful. As we’ve moved into more and more virtual or hybrid events , nonprofit leaders have been asking how to get people on board for this new style of event. How do you successfully sell tickets for fundraising events that may be virtual or look different from the way it’s always been?

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Secrets To Starting Your Career Off Right

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Gorick Ng is a career adviser at Harvard Collage and during the last four years, he’s interviewed more than five hundred interns, early career professionals, managers, and executives, across the globe. Now, he’s distilled everything that he’s learned into a step-by-step guide – his new book, The Unspoken Rules: Secrets To Starting Your Career Off Right.

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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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7 Reasons Why PayPal is Not the Best Option for Churches (& Its Alternative)

Donorbox

If your church or religious organization is considering using PayPal to accept donations, it might be worth thinking again. PayPal is a widely used payment method for many purposes. But, using PayPal for churches can have some disadvantages. In this post, we’re sharing 7 reasons why PayPal online giving isn’t the best option for churches. […].

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System Update: Late April 2021

Qgiv

Features and Enhancements. We’ve got a lot of great features and enhancements this time, including a Givi app update coming soon. First up, if you’ve hidden an item category until the start of your auction event, the Givi app will now show a countdown to the start of the category, instead of showing, “no items to display.” We’ve also introduced new sorting options for items in Givi so your donors can find exactly what they’re looking for.

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How can organizations leverage microlearning to deliver effective learning experiences?

Gyrus

Microlearning offers bite-sized, small learning units with just the right quantity of information to hit on target. It has been scientifically proven that bite-sized pieces make the transfer of learning 17% more efficient.

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3 Smart Branding Strategies for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Beth Singer , Principal at Beth Singer Design, LLC – a design and communications firm specializing in nonprofit organizations to help them fundraise, educate, and promote membership and events through design solutions. As passionate as we all are about our causes and their corresponding missions, from the inside looking out, sometimes we lose sight of the actual goal of our communications.

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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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10 Types of Fundraising Event Software for Virtual Events

Qgiv

Virtual events have skyrocketed in popularity, with more and more nonprofits moving to the digital space to facilitate traditional face-to-face engagement efforts like auctions, galas, and walkathons. To bring your virtual event to life and provide an experience that’s just as enriching as an in-person one, you need the right fundraising event software.

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