Mon.May 23, 2022

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To Raise More Money, Invest in Connecting Your Staff

NonProfit PRO

The best advice I can offer is to think not just about your donors during this time, but, more importantly, your staff. How has your staff recently connected with your mission and strengthened their relationship with your cause?

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Father’s Day Fundraising: 9 Ideas That Will Get People Donating

Whole Whale

Father’s Day is a great day to plan a fun fundraising campaign to honor the Dads in our community. Also, Dads can be notoriously difficult to find a gift for as there are only so many coffee mugs, golf balls, and ties one person can need. Giving your supporters a way to celebrate their Dad and give back can be a wonderful tradition to start in a community.

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How to Deal With Territorial Attitudes in Your Organization

NonProfit PRO

Your work as a fundraiser is to help donors experience the most possible joy through giving by enabling them to give to projects and programs that light them up and will help change the world. And it follows that it should be your goal to create an environment that makes this process easy and delightful for your donor.

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Webinar: The New Fundraising Event

DipJar

Post Pandemic Models that are Raising More. During the pandemic, virtual events allowed us to engage more people, broaden our reach, and include audience members who hadn’t been able to participate in the past. This has transformed the fundraising landscape where Hybrid events are the buzz word. But let’s dive deeper into what a hybrid event is, specific models to use for you program, your budgets, and your event design.

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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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Vanguard Charitable Survey: More Than 1 in 3 Donors Contributed to Disaster Relief Efforts

NonProfit PRO

More than 1 in 3 American donors gave half or more of their charitable contributions to disaster relief efforts in the last year, such as the Ukraine humanitarian crisis, COVID-19 relief, and natural disasters like wildfires.

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7 Guiding Principles for a JDEI Policy That Isn’t Just Hot Air. Plus, a Free Sample Policy!

Blue Avocado

For those who have spent the better part of their careers working on equity issues, recent events have been wrenching–and cause for hope: the Black Lives Matter movement is finally entering the mainstream. But just like those obligatory corporate environmental sustainability statements, it has become hard to tell what’s real and what’s just PR. There […].

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OneCause – G2 Crowd Leader in Fundraising Software

OneCause

The post OneCause – G2 Crowd Leader in Fundraising Software appeared first on OneCause.

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How to Build a Future-Ready Workforce?

Gyrus

To create a future-ready company, first, you need to identify your company's current skills. Then, you need to understand what skills you need for the future.

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Donor Communications: The Essential Guide to Segmentation

Qgiv

Laura Kruisenga, President & CEO, Kennari Consulting – Laura works with clients to build their annual fundraising programs with a particular focus on events, communications, and staffing. She is regularly featured as a presenter at local workshops and seminars on fundraising. Laura graduated from Adrian College with a degree in business administration and has over 20 years of fund development experience and is certified in the use of several databases, including Raiser’s Edge and Giftw

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Nonprofit Networks | A Fundraiser’s Handbook for Successful Networking

Donorbox

You’ve heard this before: Teamwork makes the dream work. It takes a village. We know how important networking is in general, but do you know how important it is as a nonprofit professional? And do you know how to build that vital network? In this guide, we’ll look at how you can seek out, build, […]. The post Nonprofit Networks | A Fundraiser’s Handbook for Successful Networking appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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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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Being Digital-First

fusionSpan

Most modern business leaders are still underutilizing the power of technology in today’s digital world. But, in reality, being digitally first does not imply having all of the software tools available; rather, it entails having the proper ones. Technology is essential, but it’s only a piece of the puzzle. A digital-first strategy must be customer-centric to be successful.

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For Data-Driven Nonprofits! Beta Customizable Dashboards Are Here

Qgiv

Every nonprofit has unique needs, which means the data you need readily available isn’t what another organization might need. That’s why we updated Qgiv’s dashboards to be customizable, with drag-and-drop insights to help you build a dashboard packed with data that tells a story about your campaigns, events, and donors! They’re every data-driven nonprofit’s dream.

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We've Improved Our NortonLifeLock Program: What You Need to Know

Tech Soup

The TechSoup team and our corporate partners are always working to provide better, more affordable solutions for our nonprofit members. To that end, we've streamlined our NortonLifeLock program to enable our members to protect more devices at their organizations.

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The Future of Funding: Darren Walker Shares 3 Ways Donors Can Serve Nonprofits

Saleforce Nonprofit

Americans donated a record $470 billion to charitable organizations in 2020. On the surface, that’s excellent news for nonprofits. Yet a closer look at the data reveals key challenges: Not only did most Americans fall further behind financially during the pandemic, there were fewer donors giving larger sums. As nonprofits work to serve greater numbers of people, they’re under increased scrutiny from sophisticated philanthropists to report on impact.

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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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A Guide to Social Media for Nonprofits: 10 Best Practices for Strategy Creation

Qgiv

It’s no secret that social media is one of the most important marketing tools a nonprofit can invest in. Almost three-quarters of all American internet users are on at least one social media platform and spend an average of two hours every day scrolling through social media feeds, liking, sharing, and commenting on posts. With such a massive presence in people’s everyday lives, social media makes connecting with your network of supporters easier than ever.

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Creating Jewish Connection with Harold Grinspoon Foundation + Salesforce

Cloud 4 Good

Since 1991, the Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF) has invested more than $230M into a collection of programs seeking to make Jewish life and Jewish community more connected. HGF creates opportunities for Jewish people across 40 countries to celebrate their culture, traditions, and values through engaging and educational programs. Among these programs are the PJ Library, which gives away roughly half a million Jewish-themed children’s books around the world each month, and JCamp 180, a program

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When to Use Illustration in Your Creative

Media Cause

Illustration is everywhere. The practice has become a major part of brand design and only continues to grow in popularity. As more brands explore adding illustrations to their creative portfolio it is important to know when to do so because using them incorrectly can waste time and resources. As a designer and illustrator, I’m constantly weighing the pros and cons of using photos or illustrations.