September, 2022

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Creating Fundraising Systems for Your Nonprofit

The Fundraising Authority

This is a two part article on how to create fundraising systems for your nonprofit. In Part 1, we will talk about what fundraising systems are and why they are important for development. In Part 2, we will show you how to create systems at your organization. One Seriously Stressed Out Nonprofit. Let me tell you a story. It’s about a nonprofit I once worked with.

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4 Types of Donor Personas for Effective Nonprofit Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Ask any nonprofit fundraiser if he or she wants to increase the results of their fundraising efforts and you’ll get a resounding “yes”! The next question, of course, is how? The answer is in understanding your goal and audience, and then matching your pitch to the prospect. In other words, you create donor journeys. . If you’ve never done so, developing donor journeys (also known as donor journey mapping) can feel like quite an undertaking.

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Developing a Grantmaking Strategy That Works for Your Nonprofit

NonProfit PRO

One of the most important roles a nonprofit can play is that of grantmaker. And, while there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to crafting a successful grantmaking strategy, there are a handful of key strategies that any nonprofit can deploy.

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Digital Strategists, Innovators, and Drivers Build a Relevant Future

.orgSource

Remember Blockbuster? Technology eats business models for breakfast. In 2016, I wrote a post titled, “Could Membership Organizations Become a Dying Model?” This article still has a top slot in my site’s analytics. It seems the question isn’t settled. But time and technology have me looking at the issue through a different lens. Six years […]. The post Digital Strategists, Innovators, and Drivers Build a Relevant Future appeared first on.orgSource.

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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 Associations Can Leverage the Power of Artificial Intelligence

Association Analytics

The post How Associations Can Leverage the Power of Artificial Intelligence appeared first on Association Analytics.

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Activating Damage Assessment System for Hurricane Ian

VisionLink

Currently focused on Flo rida’s Gulf Coast, Hurricane Ian’s particular track, combined with the shape of the bay, means that significant storm surges may inundate the Tampa Bay region. Because of the slow-moving storm, other more distant areas may also receive large amounts of rain or coastal surge. To help, Avancera Partners has activated Visionlink's public-facing Damage Assessment tool for emergency managers and non-profit relief agencies preparing to respond.

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5 Simple Steps to Take Right Now to Plan Your 2023 Golf Fundraiser

Nonprofit Tech for Good

If your nonprofit is thinking about planning a golf fundraiser in 2023—whether it’s a brand new event or an established tournament—there are a few simple steps to take right now to make sure your outing is set up for success. 1. Start With Technology. The right technology tools are key to easy planning and successful execution of a golf fundraiser. Because golf events have unique components—like handicaps, flighting, hole assignments, scoring—having a platform that’s specifically designed for go

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Here’s Why Your Nonprofit Team Isn’t Hitting Its Goals

NonProfit PRO

Your nonprofit likely has many goals it wants to accomplish, ranging in priority and timeline. Some of these goals may be broad and worldly, while others are not. However, for you to lay a path to accomplish your goals, your nonprofit should follow a similar structure for writing each of your goals. .

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28 Super Engaging Ideas for Giving Tuesday, from Campaign to Marketing

Wild Apricot

Ah, Giving Tuesday. This international day of giving is a nonprofit’s dream, but there sure is a lot of competition with other organizations! In order to make Giving Tuesday your most profitable day of the year, it’s so important to get.

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Why practicing data hygiene can benefit your association staff and members

Nimble AMS

According to the Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study, over half of association professionals say investing in business intelligence and data analytics is a top priority, yet only one-third would rate their organization’s data as excellent or very good. What is the state of your association’s data? You can take steps to improve the quality of your member analytics by investing in data hygiene across your organization.

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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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Grantmaking: What’s Participation Got to Do with It?

sgEngage

In philanthropy, unlike democracy, there is often no way for people to participate–to share what they think or to influence decisions. People impacted by the grants typically have no say in who gets the funding, for what, how much, and for how long. Those at the top decide. In recent years, that model is being challenged. Lots of grantmakers are intrigued by participatory grantmaking.

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The 5 Rules of Successful Annual Appeal Fundraising Letters

The Fundraising Authority

An organization’s annual fundraising appeal letter is a yearly letter that gets sent out to your current donors asking for general operating funds for your nonprofit organization. It usually gets sent to every donor in your donor file (or at least, every donor that has been active over the past several years) and normally gets sent out around the same time each year (the time of year differs by nonprofit, but once you pick a time of year, you normally stick with it).

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[Free Webinar] 10 Digital Marketing & Fundraising Trends to Prioritize in 2023

Nonprofit Tech for Good

At the end of each year, Nonprofit Tech for Good suggests which digital marketing and fundraising trends nonprofits should prioritize in the following year [ read the 2022 trends ]. In 2023, traditional digital marketing and fundraising strategies, such as email marketing and monthly giving programs will continue to perform well, but new social media platforms and fundraising tools will likely become more widely adopted by nonprofits worldwide.

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How Storytelling Can Help Personalize Donor Communications

NonProfit PRO

Storytelling can entertain, educate and entice people to act. Nonprofits have more stories at their fingertips than any other organization. Nonprofits that create an internal storytelling culture can excite staff and volunteers, entice new supporters, strengthen relationships with donors, and raise more funds.

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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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The why and how of fundraising

Hands on Fundraising

If you’re writing that year-end appeal or anything that goes to your donors, you’ll be more successful if you understand the “why” and “how” of fundraising. At first, you’d say it’s pretty easy, right? How is the way to do something, why is the reason you do something. “Why” and “how” matter to your fundraising […].

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Leverage your online community for maximum member engagement and loyalty

Nimble AMS

Your members want to connect. The Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study reports that the first reason members join associations is to network, and the sixth is to socialize. Is your association maximizing the reach of your online community? With proper practice, your organization can leverage your virtual community to drive engagement, boost retention, and attract new members. .

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Five Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits That Don’t Work (or Why You Aren’t Raising Enough Money)

Get Fully Funded

We hear from folks all the time who are looking for new fundraising ideas for nonprofits, especially fundraising ideas for a new nonprofit. They’re excited to get their fledgling organization off the ground, and they need the funds to do it. They’ve tried what they know to raise money, but it just isn’t working. Or it kind of works but not at the level they need it to.

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Who Qualifies as a Major Donor Prospect for Your Organization? (3 Guidelines)

The Fundraising Authority

The following is an excerpt from our class How to Find New Major Donors and Get Them to Give to Your Non-Profit. Who qualifies as a major donor prospect for your organization? As you are looking for donors to make contact with and insert into your fundraising funnel, you don’t want to waste time. Who can you truly call a “major donor prospect?” Far too many organizations reply “everyone is a prospect” or “everyone with enough money is a prospect.

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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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[Free Webinar] Finding Your First 100 Donors: Donor Acquisition for New Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You’ve probably heard how important individual donors are to the sustainability of your nonprofit organization. For an early-stage organization, though, knowing how to get started can feel like an overwhelming task. In this free webinar , you’ll better understand why individual donors are important to your mission, where to find prospects, how to get your first donations, and what to do once you receive donations to retain a strong donor base. << Register Now >> Please Note

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3 Steps for Launching Successful Giving Tuesday and Year-End Giving Campaigns

NonProfit PRO

Giving Tuesday officially launches the end-of-year giving, and is a great opportunity to connect with current and potential constituents to keep your cause top-of-mind during the season of philanthropy. Here are three ways you can ensure a successful year-end campaign.

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The data/crisis catch-22: How the pandemic created a social sector data gap  

Candid

Chances are you’re aware of how the COVID pandemic—and accompanying shortages, shutdowns, layoffs, and resignations—has wreaked havoc on supply and demand for everything from toilet paper to lumber to used cars. Unfortunately, social sector data has also been impacted. Staff working long hours responding to multiple crises have little time and energy for data collection and dissemination.

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Dreamforce: Four big reasons to attend the Salesforce annual conference

Nimble AMS

The Nimble AMS team is attending Dreamforce 2022 , are you? With over 1,000 sessions you can curate by your industry, role, and interest, you won’t want to miss the annual event, scheduled for September 20-22 in San Francisco. Dreamforce unites our incredible community of Salesforce Trailblazers so we can all learn and grow from each other’s successes.

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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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7 Ideas for Pushing Your Board Forward in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

Blue Avocado

Article In Brief: The Problem: While nonprofits say they support improving diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) actually doing it requires getting the board to buy-in to the need for culture change. Why it Happens:There are many reasons DEIB efforts fail including not being a part of the strategic plan, lack of board champions, and […].

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How to inspire grassroots activism

Socialbrite

Image by Cam Miller (CC BY NC ND). Strategies to combat the epidemic of hopelessness. Post by Eric Anderson. W e all know the sinking feeling of having a long to-do list of big items. Often, we wind up overwhelmed, not knowing where to begin, so we don’t begin at all. For many of us, simply shutting down when faced with many challenges is a coping mechanism.

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Managing Emotions in Workplace Conflict

Charity Village

Original Broadcast Date: September 22, 2022 Summary: Conflict is inevitable in the workplace, yet 70% of people deal with it by avoiding it. Many comment that it’s the emotional intensity that poses a challenge for them. But not all conflict is destructive, and emotions are an important information source to be incorporated into resolutions. And […].

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Direct Mail Personalization Pays Off

NonProfit PRO

As a nonprofit, every penny spent on direct mail needs to be accounted for. It also needs to be justified. However, if you find a simple way to increase your ROI, you should jump all over it. That simple thing is direct mail personalization.

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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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Digging in: who donates to the nonprofits you care about? 

Candid

Ever wonder who donates to a specific organization? Lots of people do—some are curious how an organization funds its work and others are looking for prospects of their own. If you’ve ever tried to research this, you know it’s a challenge! But don’t get discouraged. With just a little digging—using the tools and resources I will share in this blog—you will be able to get a picture of who donates to a particular nonprofit.

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The top five Salesforce Clouds association professionals leverage at their organizations

Nimble AMS

Are you interested in discovering what Salesforce Clouds can do for your association? Because Nimble AMS is built on Salesforce, choosing Salesforce Clouds can take your software investment to the next level. According to Salesforce research, innovation is necessary as member expectations continue to evolve. In the Salesforce State of Marketing report, 84% of marketers surveyed said customer expectations were changing their digital strategies. .

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You Got the Grant! Now What?

Blue Avocado

Nonprofits that do not deliver on the terms of a grant contract are at risk of having to return the funding. Make sure you have a plan. The post You Got the Grant! Now What? appeared first on Blue Avocado.

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The BEST Online Payment Processing for Nonprofits: Our Top 18 Picks

Wild Apricot

The BEST Online Payment Processing for Nonprofits: Our Top 18 Picks If you want to collect donations online (and you do!), you’re going to need an online payment processor. Payment processors are a key piece of setting up your online payment.

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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.