Mon.Dec 12, 2022

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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

.orgSource

Even small associations tend to stack layers of management like the cake at a royal wedding. As many as five tiers of responsibility (junior positions, middle managers, executive staff, committees, and the board of directors) are not unusual. Depending on the circumstances, these levels either promote efficiency with short, clearly defined reporting lines or create a long, perilous climb before ideas reach decision-makers.

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How Building Genuine Relationships Helps You Raise Money

NonProfit PRO

Have you ever wondered why some nonprofits seem to raise money again and again while others struggle? Their success is based on relationships and donor-centric philanthropy. Here are some ways that your organization can build and utilize this type of communication.

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5 Tricks for Writing Better Fundraising Emails

Get Fully Funded

Wouldn’t life be easier if people opened and read your fundraising emails? And even better, RESPONDED to them by clicking the Donate Now button? It’s frustrating to spend precious time and effort drafting a request for support only to hear crickets. Maybe you check your open rate and see that only 25% of your audience bothered to open the email you spent hours writing. ( That’s average. ).

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The 2023 Fundraising Outlook

NonProfit PRO

In this year’s annual survey, findings from 890 fundraising professionals provided insights into where organizations found success in 2022, common challenges, and what they’re prioritizing in 2023 as they create their fundraising strategies. Arm your fundraising with data and download this report!

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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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Nonprofit explainer videos: 4 tips to inspire supporters

Candid

Picture yourself in a donor’s shoes. Let’s say you’ve been tasked with researching potential nonprofits to partner with on an upcoming funding initiative by doing some online research, using Google, Candid’s nonprofit profiles , or the like. So, you get to work and land on one text-heavy website and another website with a prominent video that describes a nonprofit’s work, mission, and impact.

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2022 Nonprofit Professional of the Year: Vanessa Perez

NonProfit PRO

About a decade ago, Vanessa Perez started her career as a communications intern at Time for Change Foundation. She’s now five years into her role as executive director of that same organization, and her accomplishments have earned her NonProfit PRO’s 2022 NonProfit Professional of the Year Award.

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Why You Can’t Afford To Wait To Buy Donor Management Software

Bloomerang

If you’re ready to buy donor management software, fill out this form and a member of our team will reach out to show you how you can use Bloomerang to raise more funds and make a bigger impact. It’s a busy time of year, which means your time and resources are likely stretched thin. You’re probably looking at your to-do list and wondering what you can put off until next week, next month, or even next year. .

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A Christmas Carol, Updated for Our Times

Nonprofit AF

Hi everyone, this will be the last post of 2022. I will be back on January 3rd. Charles Dickens’s novella.

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Donor Retention: Reasons to Keep Your Supporters Giving Year Round

Greater Giving

At this time of year, we assess our fundraising performance and make plans for next year. But as we kick off 2023 and look back at what worked well in 2022, an excellent tool for evaluating donor retention is to look at the donors that gave last year but unfortunately not this year (LYBUNT) and work on engaging them with new opportunities to give. We need to consider the quality and intensity of the relationship between donors and our organizations.

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The Expert’s Guide to Buying Fundraising Software

Double the Donation

Digital fundraising is more important than ever, and even traditionally “offline” engagement efforts are being powered more effectively and efficiently by newly developed fundraising software. In the move to increasingly software-driven fundraising, it’s time for many nonprofits, schools, higher education institutions, and more to reevaluate their current fundraising toolkits.

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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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How to Build a Strong Digital Presence for Your Nonprofit

Nonprofits Source

Your nonprofit only has a few moments to make a lasting impression on site visitors. In fact, it’s estimated that users will form an opinion about your website in just.05 seconds ! Given that your organization needs to grab people’s attention quickly, it’s essential that you build an engaging website that will encourage users to stick around and explore your content. .

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How To Be An Inclusive Leader

Eric Jacobsen Blog

“No matter your title, or how advanced you already consider yourself to be as an inclusive leader, I believe this book will help you evolve and motivate you to take action,” says Jennifer Brown about her book, How To be An Inclusive Leader: Your Role In Creating Cultures Of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive. The book is the second edition of the bestselling title from 2021.

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?How to Use Data to Build Stronger Relationships

sgEngage

Before we discuss how to use data to build stronger relationships for your nonprofit, let’s start with a philosophical question: What is a relationship? This feels like a simple question but take a few minutes on your own (no cheating—don’t peek ahead) to try and define what it means. Okay, welcome back. Did you struggle a bit, as I did? It’s surprisingly easy to get stuck in a circular definition, using the word to define itself.

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Best Practices to Prevent Donor Fatigue

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Year-end fundraising is crucial for many nonprofit organizations, with an estimated 1/3 of annual giving occurring in December alone. But as end-of-year giving ramps up, so can donor fatigue. This time of year, donors have lots of demands on their resources, which can make them more discerning about where and how much to give their support. In this blog, we’ll look at ways to address donor fatigue and keep your donors engaged year-round.

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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.