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Online Fundraising as We Move Toward a Post-Pandemic World

NonProfit PRO

As we continue to recover from the COVID-19 crisis, so many aspects of our lives have gone virtual. We’re working on virtual teams, getting together with friends and family in virtual meeting rooms and, for those of us who work in nonprofit development, fundraising virtually, too.

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TikTok for Nonprofits: The Beginner’s Guide

Wild Apricot

First launched in 2017 as a short-form video sharing app used mostly by teens, TikTok has exploded in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic. As people look for entertainment and connection during long periods of lockdown, the hilarity, quirkiness.

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Order Up! Delivering Content Your Audience Actually Wants

Association TV

Let’s start this off with an analogy (we know you love those). A customer orders a pepperoni pizza. Instead of pepperoni, a Hawaiian pizza shows up at the door. The customer didn’t get what they wanted and now they’re disappointed. They might try the same place again and hope the mistake gets fixed, but if it doesn’t that restaurant will likely lose a customer.

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How Well Do You Really Know Your Donors’ Emotions?

NonProfit PRO

You’re a nonprofit insider. So you already know how significant people’s emotions are when it comes to supporting your mission. But have you ever thought about whether those emotions can be quantified? .

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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 community-centered fundraising means to me

Hands on Fundraising

Fundraising builds communities. Those communities might be based in a particular geographic area. Or they might encompass the world, but a specific interest. But the goal is the same: find the people who care a lot about the mission. Fundraising is an important way to build community. Because for many people, giving money is how […]. The post What community-centered fundraising means to me appeared first on Hands-On Fundraising.

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Nonprofit Strategic Communication: Internal Branding and Messaging

Bloomerang

If you are working to master the messaging of your mission to share with the public, start by looking within. Sounds very spiritual doesn’t it? But really, good nonprofit strategic communication begins within an organization before ever setting out to share with everyone else. . Before you communicate with an audience, get together with your board and staff and get your stuff straight.

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The philanthropic response to the rise in Asian hate

Candid

On March 16, 2021, eight people were murdered in Atlanta. Six were Asian women: Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Yong Ae Yue, Xiaojie Tan, and Daoyou Feng. In the wake of their deaths, individuals, communities, and organizations have shown solidarity with words, actions, and millions of dollars pledged to end anti-Asian discrimination, violence, and hate.

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Encourage Recurring Giving: 3 Simple Digital Strategies

sgEngage

The average recurring donor gives an astounding 42% more per year than one-time donors. In other words, if your organization isn’t actively offering and promoting recurring donations, you’re likely missing out on a decent portion of potential revenue. These programs are widely adopted across the nonprofit sector as part of organizations’ regular fundraising efforts, because they provide a consistent, predictable source of income while also helping donors feel like they’re making a positive impac

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How to Find and Work with a Nonprofit Virtual Assistant

Get Fully Funded

Sometimes the only thing standing between you and launching a successful fundraising campaign to fund a new, needed program is an extra set of hands. It may make sense to hire someone to give you that help, especially if that person has the skills you need and can work remotely. What you need is a nonprofit virtual assistant or VA. A virtual assistant is an independent contractor who provides services for clients while working from their home office.

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The Employee Retention Credit: What Nonprofits Need to Know

Blue Avocado

Originally enacted as part of the CARES Act in March 2020, and subsequently voted into law last December, the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) may now be claimed by eligible employers—and that includes tax-exempt nonprofit organizations—that previously received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. Since most eligible employers opted for a PPP loan instead of claiming […].

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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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Fundraising During COVID: What Nonprofits Should Plan For In 2021

CauseVox

We’re now a few months into 2021 and a full year into the COVID-19 pandemic. With vaccine rollouts underway, nonprofits are still wondering: how do I fundraise during COVID? Will there be a return to in-person events and normal fundraising for 2021? No one can predict exactly how vaccination rollout and the pandemic will play out this year. But we can plan carefully to ensure that fundraising is successful regardless using the latest insights and strategies. .

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Classy Welcomes Ford Foundation COO Depelsha McGruder to Its Board of Directors

Classy

As Classy steps into our next chapter with our recent Series D funding and new CEO Christopher Himes , we are also thrilled to announce the appointment of Depelsha McGruder to Classy’s Board of Directors. McGruder, the Ford Foundation’s Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer, oversees Ford’s global operations and finances for its offices in New York, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

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How Loggerhead Marinelife Center is Raising Funds to Save Sea Turtles

DipJar

Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) has protected endangered sea turtles and the ecosystems they depend on for more than 40 years. Annually, the Center works to protect and monitor nesting and hatching sea turtles, rehabilitate sea turtles, conduct pollution prevention and marine debris removal initiatives, and provide free education programming to all.

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Onward: The Future of Fundraising Is Here

Classy

It’s been 10 years since my co-founders and I launched Classy as an online fundraising platform to mobilize and empower the world for good. What started as a small fundraiser for cancer research has now raised over $3 billion for social and environmental causes—and we feel like we’re just getting started. . That’s why today, I couldn’t be more excited to announce that Classy has raised $118 million in Series D funding led by Norwest Venture Partners.

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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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8 Hard Truths About Church Giving (Insights & Actionable Tips)

Donorbox

Church and money. When these two subjects combine, the atmosphere can get uncomfortable and tense. A lot of people have a lot to say on church giving. How right is it to use guilt to get people to give? Are churches talking about money too much? How much of a church’s time and energy should […]. The post 8 Hard Truths About Church Giving (Insights & Actionable Tips) appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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Nonprofit Email Marketing Benchmarks 2021

Tech Soup

Seeing as how it is one of the original forms of online communication, it's pretty astonishing that email marketing has continued to maintain a central role in our daily lives as nonprofit professionals. How does email marketing fit within your nonprofit's communication strategy? Does your nonprofit even have an email marketing strategy?

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9 Signs You’re a Sponsorship Expert

The Sponsorship Collective

We all dream of being an expert in something, right? Yet to achieve that goal, you must possess a degree of mastery over a topic or area. If you’ve been at this sponsorship thing for long enough and perhaps you’ve enrolled in one or more of my programs, you may have indeed become experienced enough […]. The post 9 Signs You’re a Sponsorship Expert appeared first on The Sponsorship Collective.

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Meet Christopher Himes, Classy’s New CEO With an Obsession for Verifiable Value

Classy

After a decade of building Classy into a sophisticated fundraising platform that has helped raise $3B for thousands of nonprofits, and on the heels of Classy’s recent Series D funding announcement, Classy Co-Founder and CEO Scot Chisholm has decided to transition into a full-time executive chairman role and hand the reins to longtime Classy partner, Christopher Himes. .

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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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Ask Rita: Recording Conversations in the Workplace—Do I Have to Put Up with This?

Blue Avocado

Dear Rita: We recently met with an employee who has had a long history of not performing their job responsibilities as expected and of showing reluctance to accept our guidance to improve and meet expectations. At this meeting, we planned to give the employee a final written warning. During the meeting, we raised the subject […]. The post Ask Rita: Recording Conversations in the Workplace—Do I Have to Put Up with This?

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The Virtual Food Drive: Turning a Website Visitor Into a Donor

NTEN

The news is filled with stories about the unemployment rate and the nonprofit organizations working hard to support their communities. Perhaps you try to help by donating online or purchasing a few extra things at the grocery store to donate for the local food drive. But times have changed when it comes to collecting donations for those who are food insecure.

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Running Your Nonprofit’s Accounting Department During Covid-19 and After

Blue Avocado

When stay-at-home orders hit a year ago, was it a seamless transition for your nonprofit, or was your bookkeeper sneaking into the office early on Saturday mornings to scan documents and do work on your desktop version of Quickbooks? Your organization may be in the latter category, perhaps because you never expected something like Covid-19 […].

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Navigating Your Upgrade from Drupal 7

Forum One

Are you ready to upgrade your organization’s Drupal 7 website? Now is a great time to get this ball rolling, as well as an opportunity to tackle your team’s larger website wishlists. At Forum One, we work with a great many nonprofits and government agencies that run their websites on Drupal. Drupal allows them to customize complex workflows, as well as design and develop based on audience needs—all the while being flexible enough to optimize over time.

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Donor Engagement Guide: 8 Key Steps to Better Retain and Engage Donors

Are your donors your biggest fans, or are you lacking donor loyalty? The truth is, your donors have expectations of what their relationship with your organization should look like. This ebook will help you learn how to live up to those expectations!

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Alleviate Accounting Systems and Staff Training Chokepoints to Power Nonprofit Missions: A Case on How One Oregon Nonprofit Did It

Blue Avocado

Part 1: Innovation is Iterative In 2019, I came to Lost Valley Education and Event Center (LVEC), first as a student for the Holistic Sustainability Semester (HSS), one of LVEC’s programs, and then began employment as LVEC’s bookkeeper, with no prior training in the craft other than management of my own finances and experience with […]. The post Alleviate Accounting Systems and Staff Training Chokepoints to Power Nonprofit Missions: A Case on How One Oregon Nonprofit Did It appeared first

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Reflecting on the National Philanthropic Trust’s 2020 DAF Report

Givinga

The recently released NPT 2020 Donor-Advised Fund Report offers some eye-opening takeaways and trends that show how charitable giving and donor-advised funds (DAFs) are becoming more accessible to everyone. The findings are exciting for us, as we believe that anyone in the world can be a philanthropist if they have access to the right tools […].

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11 ways for board members to engage with your nonprofit’s fundraising

ASU Lodestar Center

Illustration by Yuxin Qin. posted by Jessica Chapman Writer and editor. If your nonprofit has previously harbored the thought that you do not need board members for fundraising, it’s time to reconsider. There’s a lot you can do, and a lot more that you can raise, by engaging your board members in fundraising practices. While engaging board members is the right thing for any organization to do, it isn’t always easy to accomplish.

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Nonprofit Consulting Firms | What to Know + Our 26 Favorites

Donor Search

Running a nonprofit organization can be a ton of work, and sometimes you don’t have the resources internally to handle everything on your own. Luckily, nonprofit consulting firms exist for this very reason.

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Nonprofit Technology Adoption: Why It Matters and How to Be Successful

Organizations like yours are increasingly realizing that technology adoption is only as good as the technology you choose. Statistics from a 2014 NTEN study show that seriously investing resources in training for your staff corresponds to higher adoption and ultimately technology effectiveness. In this report, we’ll give you a high-level overview of how to get your organization in shape for technology adoption and best practices for facilitating this critical process.

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How to Start a Nonprofit in Virginia | Step-by-Step Guide

Donorbox

Welcome to our comprehensive guide on how to start a nonprofit in Virginia. You’re setting a course to join the ranks of leaders contributing to the wellbeing of their communities, but where do you begin? There are thousands of nonprofit organizations in Virginia, with focuses ranging from healthcare to education, arts, animal welfare, and beyond. If […].

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Engaging Networks and Double the Donation Announce Advanced Matching Gifts Automation with 360MatchPro

Double the Donation

Double the Donation is proud to announce a new integration between Engaging Networks and 360MatchPro, providing nonprofits with the most advanced matching gift technology from the leading provider of matching gifts and volunteer grant software to nonprofits and educational institutions. . “We’re very excited to add gift matching to our list of exceptional fundraising features with Double the Donation’s tools,” said Clinton O’Brien, President and COO at Engaging Networks.

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Reflecting on the National Philanthropic Trust’s 2020 DAF Report

Givinga

The recently released NPT 2020 Donor-Advised Fund Report offers some eye-opening takeaways and trends that show how charitable giving and donor-advised funds (DAFs) are becoming more accessible to everyone. The findings are exciting for us, as we believe that anyone in the world can be a philanthropist if they have access to the right tools and technology.

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Qgiv Wins 2021 Excellence in Customer Service Award for Organization of the Year

Qgiv

We’re incredibly excited to announce that Qgiv’s Customer Experience (CX) team has won a 2021 Excellence in Customer Service Award presented by Business Intelligence Group (BIG)! This annual business awards program recognizes those who are helping companies better communicate with their customers to provide a superior level of customer service. Organizations from across the globe submitted their customer service teams and leaders for consideration in the BIG Excellence in Customer Service Awards

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Achieving Organizational Transformation: Pathways to Success

Association executives—and hopefully their boards—know that they are facing perilous times. Driven by the pace of cultural and technological change, they are experiencing major disruptions in the traditional business models that used to guide organizational growth strategies.orgSource offers a straightforward approach to navigating these changes and readying your organization for growth.