Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2017

One important part of effective digital measurement is being able to benchmark your performance relative to your organization’s past performance or compared to peer organizations. One excellent resource to use for benchmarking nonprofit digital results (in the US) is the annual M&R Benchmarks study of nonprofit digital advocacy. For the past 11 years, this study has gathered comparative metrics from nonprofits on email, social media, social advertising, fundraising, and web engagem

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Achieve

APRIL 26, 2017

Thousands of Palm Beach County residents committed to improving their health during Palm Healthcare Foundation’s. Let’s Move: Commit to Change Physical Activity Challenge. As the agency chosen to build Palm Healthcare’s new Drupal website we were excited to contribute beyond our technology expertise and start hitting the pavement to support this local initiative.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 26, 2017

Talk to anyone associated with a nonprofit organization, and they will tell you that there isn't enough grant money. Yet according to The Philanthropy Outlook by Marts & Lundy, giving by foundations is predicted to increase by 5.9 percent in 2017 and by 6.0 percent in 2018. And this increase is of vital importance given the uncertain future of government funding levels.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2017

"Customers fall in love with or hate brands because of customer service," explains Flavio Martins, author of the book, Win the Customer. Customers call it quits when brands neglect them and fail to deliver what they need and want. If you are leading a company, focus on these six key ways to make your customers fall in love with what you do , says Martins: Deliver awesome service with awesome value.

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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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Connection Cafe

APRIL 26, 2017

Fundraising professionals continuously seek better methods to cultivate individual donors and obtain major gifts. To that end, making the right first impression is vital. In the very first meeting with a potential donor what you do, why it matters, and how they can help should be crystal clear to your audience— and all are absolutely critical to moving the supporter relationship forward.

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