Mon.Oct 11, 2021

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Best Advice for Making Peer-to-Peer Hybrid Events Successful in 2021 and Beyond?

NonProfit PRO

Here's how to make peer-to-peer hybrid events successful in 2021 and beyond from Sue Citro, chief experience officer for Best Friends Animal Society; Nick Ellinger, chief brand officer at Moore; and Peter Panepento, philanthropic practice leader at Turn Two Communications.

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The (2020) Data Is Clear: Donors Respond During Times of Crisis

Bloomerang

And they plan to keep giving. Recently I had the opportunity to present a Bloomerang Academy class on 2020 Giving Trends and what they mean for the rest of the year. Despite a global pandemic and tough economy, 2020 was buoyed by extreme generosity on the part of donors—which is a great sign for how we’ll wrap up 2021. Throughout the early days of the pandemic, one of the most frequent questions I received was “should we fundraise right now?

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End-of-Year Fundraising & Marketing Workbook

NonProfit PRO

Download this End-of-Year Giving planning workbook to help you organize what you learned from last year’s campaigns, decide what strategies you want to employ for this year, and set your sights on your goals for the coming months.

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Recognizing Volunteers: 5 Creative Tips

Volunteer Hub

Recognizing volunteers effectively can positively impact your retention rates. Check out these five ways to recognize volunteers today. Actively recognizing volunteers is one of the most important components of volunteer engagement and retention. Volunteers today are looking to provide their time and potential financial resources to organizations that offer them value in exchange for their commitment.

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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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Instagram To Match Seven Users’ Fundraisers Through Giving Tuesday

NonProfit PRO

To celebrate Instagram’s 11th birthday on Oct. 6, the social media platform announced it would match Instagram fundraisers of seven artists and creators through Giving Tuesday.

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How Malala Fund’s Innovative Grantmaking is Revolutionizing Education for Girls

Saleforce Nonprofit

This blog post was originally published on 12/11/2021. It’s being re-published today in honor of International Day of the Girl to highlight Malala Fund’s important work around education for girls. Schools in nearly 90% of the world’s countries have closed at some point this year to help slow the spread of COVID-19. For many students, these school closures could mean the end of their formal education.

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How to Write Fundraising Emails That Hook Readers

The Storytelling Non-profit

When I talk to other non-profit professionals about email fundraising, many of the questions I get asked boil down to how to capture and keep people’s attention. Really, this is the modern dilemma for anyone doing direct response marketing on any channel of the internet. Understanding how to write fundraising emails that hook readers can be a game changer.

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Comprehensive Guide To Year-End Giving

CauseVox

Once we hit November and we’ve gotten through Halloween, Daylight Savings Time, and the first frost, it’s officially the holiday season – and for nonprofits, that means it’s also time for year-end giving campaigns. Nonprofits receive 50% of their annual donations between October and December. Why is year-end giving such a big deal? The reason is twofold: first, it makes sense to align with the holiday season, a time of generosity and giving back.

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How To Go Beyond Happiness

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Jenn Lim is the CEO Of Delivering Happiness, a company she and Tony Hsieh (the late CEO of Zappos.com) cofounded to create happier company cultures for a more profitable and sustainable approach to business. Lim ’s mission is to teach businesses how to create workplaces—led with happiness and humanity—that generate more profit, sustain all people at every level of the organizations, and share how we can make an impact by being true to our authentic selves.

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What is Happening with GoFundMe Charity?

Donorbox

GoFundMe has become a popular tool to raise funds for medical, education, and emergency costs. Since its start, over 50,000 nonprofits have used GoFundMe to raise funds through crowdfunding. In 2021, GoFundMe is closing its GoFundMe Charity wing leaving nonprofits scrambling for a new online processor to run their crowdfunding campaigns. Nonprofits have several options […].

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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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Leadership Lessons From Kent Taylor, Founder Of Texas Roadhouse

Eric Jacobsen Blog

From cover-to-cover of Made From Scratch you’ll learn the leadership lessons of the late Kent Taylor , founder of the restaurant chain Texas Roadhouse. In the new book, Taylor recounts how he built the restaurant chain from the ground up after being rejected more than 80 times as he pitched the idea for the business. His approach to business was often out-of-the-box, however, his business lessons and leadership lessons from the course of his life and career and invaluable.

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10 Ideas to Excite People About Attending Prayer Meetings

Donorbox

Prayer is the most powerful tool we have to connect with God. Many assume prayer is a solitary activity, but the power of prayer grows if shared amongst the congregation. Prayer meetings can be a chance to share God’s message and build strong relationships with the church and its parishioners. Historically, prayer meetings have been […]. The post 10 Ideas to Excite People About Attending Prayer Meetings appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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Top 5 LMS customization options

Gyrus

Customization of LMS is the key as each enterprise has unique characteristics in its training needs and objectives, employee profiles, and operational structures and systems.

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System Update: Mid-October 2021

Qgiv

Features and Enhancements. Very exciting news for auctions! You can now schedule your push notifications ! No more hovering by the computer, waiting to send bidding reminders. Kindful users, you may want to pull your donors and transaction data into the CRM, even if the donor opted out of communication from your org. To facilitate data management, we’ve added the option to Override User Opt-In to the Kindful integration settings.

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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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December Open House

Big Duck

The post December Open House appeared first on Big Duck.

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Campaign Consultant, Marketing and Data Services in the US or Canada

Cloud 4 Good

The Campaign Consultant is responsible for developing offline marketing campaigns and other complex segmentation that is critical to our customer’s ongoing day-to-day operations and overall fundraising success. The Campaign Consultant works closely with the customer, the customer’s strategic marketing partner, and internal team members to build and execute comprehensive plans to meet customers ongoing and ad hoc needs.

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