October, 2021

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Good Governance Makes Data the Asset It Should Be

.orgSource

Is a hacker haunting your future? Or is your data dilemma more like a recurring headache? Data shouldn’t be a challenge. It’s an asset that should work for you. Two-point-five quintillion bytes of data are generated online daily, according to SaaS Scout Research Group. Data is the meta product of every sale. With each transaction, […]. The post Good Governance Makes Data the Asset It Should Be appeared first on.orgSource.

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[WEBINAR] Top 10 Digital Marketing & Fundraising Trends To Watch in 2022

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Date: Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Time: 1pm EST / 10am PST (2 hours). Presented by: Heather Mansfield , Founder of Nonprofit Tech for Good. Cost: $20 (USD). Based on the blog and webinar series called 101 Best Practices for Nonprofits , this webinar will feature the top 10 digital marketing and fundraising trends to watch in 2022. In addition to discussing the highest-performing trends of 2021 that will likely continue into 2022, the webinar will also highlight trends that are likely to emerg

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Why Nonprofits Are Leaving Facebook

NonProfit PRO

Did you know 90% of Facebook users live overseas? That's just one reason why nonprofits are increasingly looking for alternatives to Facebook. At some point, I anticipate that there will be increased shifts away from the platform. Here's why.

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Cut The Clutter: Choosing the Best Videographer for Your Association

Association TV

There are a few different paths you can take to produce video content for your association or business. Freelancers, marketing agencies, production studios, recent communications grads with a DSLR and a twinkle in their eye are all fantastic options.

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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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How to Get Actionable Data From Surveys – 11/3/21

Association Analytics

The post How to Get Actionable Data From Surveys – 11/3/21 appeared first on Association Analytics.

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ADA Compliance and Your Website

Byte Technology

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was created in 1990 with the aim to ensure that disabled individuals have the same level of opportunities as everyone else. This means that any company that provides service for the general public must ensure that its structure has room for or can accommodate people living with disabilities of any kind. In 2003, ADA compliance was extended to also include websites and mobile apps.

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[FREE WEBINAR] How to Grow Donor Retention in 2022: Ask, Thank, Report, Repeat!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2021. Time: 1pm EDT / 10am PDT. Presented by: Kelly Ramage , Training Specialist at DonorPerfect. Cost: Free. Effective donor retention strategies require you to determine your baseline, define success, and measure your progress toward your goals through reporting. So at their most basic, how do your donor retention strategies work?

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Push Through To Find the Next 100 Monthly Donors

NonProfit PRO

Over the years, I’ve worked with nonprofits of all sizes — small, midsize, large — when it comes to monthly donors. A few of those smaller organizations started out earlier this year with 15 monthly donors. Now, a few months later, they are at 65 by introducing just a few additional ways to generate new monthly donors.

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What Should I Handle Internally When Hiring a Video Vendor?

Association TV

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Building a Digital Ecosystem Around Your AMS

Association Analytics

The post Building a Digital Ecosystem Around Your AMS appeared first on Association Analytics.

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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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2021 Nonprofit Data Breach Protocol Resource Round-up

Blue Fox

Let’s face it… the last two years have kind of been a dumpster fire. The last thing you want to add to your list of “things I never want to experience again” is a data breach. If your nonprofit organization falls victim to a data breach and you find yourself screaming #WHATTHEFOX, don’t worry, help is on the way. Our team [ that’s us ] of numbers nerds, cybersecurity champions, and FinTech experts compiled this handy data breach protocol resource list to keep

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Member Value Equals Sponsor Value

.orgSource

Digital Strategies Deliver the Goods If an abrupt pivot wasn’t part of your previous business experience, it’s on your radar now. One of my personal pandemic resets taught me that sometimes a sudden challenge is also an “aha moment”. Of the many shifts in strategy.orgCompanies made over the last year,orgCommunity’s approach to sponsorship […].

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How to Decide Which Fundraising Software Your Nonprofit Should Use

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Emily Rose Patz , Senior Copywriter at DonorPerfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Though recommendations from third parties may help you narrow down the wide selection of nonprofit CRMs available, only you and your team know what’s best for your organization. There is a fundraising software that will help your staff manage fundraising campaigns and donor data efficiently and engage and grow your donor base.

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The Tools Your Nonprofit Needs To Boost Its Peer-to-Peer Success in 2021

NonProfit PRO

Organizations are requiring more robust software functionality to ensure virtual and hybrid campaigns connect as deeply with participants and donors as in-person events. In response, peer-to-peer software vendors are offering more tools for organizations and participants to engage in richer and more meaningful ways.

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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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Fall Fundraising Ideas For Nonprofits In 2021

Wild Apricot

This is a guest blog post by Vish Vass , Senior Vice President and Managing Director at GiveCentral. Fall is here! Changing leaves and cooler weather means it’s time to prepare for the thick of fall fundraising. For many, this is the time to.

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Building a Digital Ecosystem Around Your AMS – 10/21/21

Association Analytics

The post Building a Digital Ecosystem Around Your AMS – 10/21/21 appeared first on Association Analytics.

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40+ Ideas to Light a Fundraising Fire Under Your Nonprofit Board Members

Blue Fox

Inform, guide, motivate, and recognize your board members and watch them become your fundraising heroes! Grab your pumpkin spice latte! Fall is in the air. That means fundraising season is right around the corner. Many nonprofits (most?) depend on giving season (and Giving Tuesday) to raise a significant chunk of their annual funding. In 2020, U.S. nonprofits raised $2.47 billion dollars.

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Before Publishing Your Annual Appeal, Ask Yourself These 5 Questions

Bloomerang

I’ve offered you checklists , FAQs and e-guides with templates for writing donor-centric annual appeals. I stick by them as a place to begin. They offer an outline of all the elements an effective appeal should include. In this blog post, I’m going to talk about how to evaluate those annual appeals before you publish them so you know you’re sending out the best possible ask. .

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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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3 Reasons Every Nonprofit Tech Project Should Begin with a Discovery

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Brian Greenwald , Nonprofit Superfan at Generate_Impact – a human-centered technology services company focused solely on celebrating and serving humanitarian, social impact, sustainability and for-profit-for-good organizations and causes. Ok, first of all, you may be asking, what is a Tech Discovery? A tech “discovery” is the initial, independent phase of a technology project where key analysis, design and planning are performed BEFORE a buy or build decision is made.

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How Your Nonprofit Could Get Banned on Social Media

NonProfit PRO

Imagine this: You run a domestic violence shelter, and your fundraising team is starting to realize that your ads aren't bringing in the money they used to on social media. Or, perhaps you lead a clinic related to women's health, and since reproductive rights is a lightning rod issue, the algorithms on social media decide that it's too hot a topic for ads.

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Professional Fundraising: Everything You Need to Know About Getting Outside Help

Wild Apricot

In a world dominated by social media and digital technology, fundraising trends, strategies, and best practices evolve at a rapid pace. New and creative ways of asking for donor support emerge so quickly that it can be hard for organizations to keep.

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ASAE Demo Days October Preview

Nimble AMS

ASAE Demo Days is the perfect opportunity to learn about select products and services for associations. . See how you can arm your team with the tech they need to win everyday. A recent association trends study by Community Brands shows that only half of association professionals feel their organization is technologically prepared for the future.

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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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100 Fundraising Email Subject Lines That Will Get Donors to Open Your Email

Get Fully Funded

A good fundraising email subject line can make or break your request for funds. You see, most people focus just on the email itself and the subject line is an afterthought. Big mistake. You see, if the email doesn’t get opened, you get no donations. Read that again. Your fundraising email subject line has ONE job: to entice the recipient to open the email.

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What Hocus Pocus Can Teach You About Major Gift Fundraising

Bloomerang

Every October, I watch the 90s classic “Hocus Pocus.” Believe it or not, I’ve found that there are parallels between one of the greatest Halloween movies ever made and major gift fundraising. Keep reading and follow along like I’m Binx leading you into the graveyard for safety! 1. Steward donors and encourage them to become loyal to your organization. .

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8 Best Practices for a Successful 2022 Golf Fundraiser

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By GolfStatus.org – an event management platform specifically for golf fundraisers. The past 18+ months have been challenging for the nonprofit sector, but golf tournaments have provided and continue to provide an opportunity to gather safely, raise crucial dollars, attract corporate support, and steward donors and sponsors. With 2022 approaching and plans for spring events firming up, now’s the time to consider the lessons learned from successful golf events held throughout 2020 and 2021.

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Social Media for Nonprofits, Part 2: Strategies for Instagram, LinkedIn and More

NonProfit PRO

Social media can help nonprofits connect with supporters, volunteers and donors more easily. You can leverage social media marketing strategies to boost your engagement — but the best tactics differ from one platform to the next.

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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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Project Management for Nonprofits: How It Can Help + 16 Software Tools to Consider

Wild Apricot

Your nonprofit organization has an important mission to accomplish and with that comes a never-ending list of initiatives to implement, events to organize, campaigns to execute, and relationships to maintain. The success of your organization depends.

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3 member mistakes and how your association can avoid them

Nimble AMS

To deliver a great member experience, you must keep mistakes to a minimum. . Here are some common mistakes and how to avoid them using a modern association management software (AMS) system. 1. Not personalizing member communications. . Sending generic member emails does nothing to show members you understand and care about their needs. But sending targeted, personalized communications does.

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Ideas You Can Use To Thank Donors During the Holidays

Get Fully Funded

The season of gratitude is upon us and there is nothing more important you can do than thank donors for their support this year. After all, the season of giving is also almost here and before you start asking and asking, do some thanking first. Here’s why: go back to basics for a minute. Fundraising is all about relationships. . If all you do is ask, ask, and ask some more, that’s not much of a relationship.

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International Pronouns Day: 3 Ways You Can Celebrate at Your Nonprofit

Bloomerang

The third Wednesday of October is International Pronouns Day. The day seeks to make respecting, sharing, and educating about personal pronouns commonplace. In today’s blog post we will examine how we can participate in our fundraising work! What are pronouns? . They are words used instead of a noun in a sentence. For example, in the previous sentence “they” is the pronoun used in place of the word pronoun.

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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.