August, 2020

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[WEBINAR] Website & Email Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2020. Time: 1pm EDT / 10am PDT (2 hours). Presented by: Heather Mansfield , Founder and Editor-in-chief of Nonprofit Tech for Good. Cost: $10 (USD). This is the first of three webinars in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits. Those who attend all three webinars will earn of Certificate of Completion from Nonprofit Tech for Good.

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Our Takeaway from ASAE Annual: An Increasing Demand for Data Insights

Association Analytics

Last week our team had the opportunity to attend the ASAE Annual virtual conference. As a key sponsor of the event, we spoke with many association teams at our virtual booth to learn how they are adapting and responding to changes in the market.

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Announcing the 2020 Virtual Event Report: Everything You Need to Know to Run a Better Virtual Event

Wild Apricot

We surveyed over 1,000 membership organizations to help solve all of your most pressing challenges related to virtual events. Read this post to learn the top three takeaways and download the Virtual Event Report to read the full insights.

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Activating for Hurricane Laura

VisionLink

With one of the highest 24-hour intensification rates, Hurricane Laura will be a tremendously serious storm, and another of nearly 300 named disasters from which we build expertise and readiness to offer help. All of us at Visionlink extend our thoughts and prayers to our customers, the communities they serve, and everyone in the path of Hurricane Laura.

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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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Raise More Money - 4 Financial Secrets for Fundraisers

Blue Fox

Fundraisers certainly have their work cut out for them this year. Coronavirus. Racism. Unemployment. Riots. Business closures. Natural disasters. A contentious election year. All of these make for a super challenging fundraising environment. So, what’s a fundraising organization to do? Chances are, you’re already making lemons out of lemonade.

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How to attract new members in a budget-conscious world

Nimble AMS

What can you do to recruit new members when money is tight? Attracting new members to your association is always a top priority. Even in normal times, it takes continued, focused effort. But, what do you do in unusual times like these, when many people have become more budget-conscious? Here are six effective ways to get past the price barrier and encourage more members to join your association: Offer budget-friendly payment options.

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New Report: #AI4Giving – Unlocking Generosity with Artificial Intelligence

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Today, Allison Fine and I are pleased to announce the release our paper, Unlocking Generosity with Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Giving. This paper is the culmination of nearly two years of research including literature and landscape reviews and dozens of interviews with experts around the world. We are grateful for the generosity and foresight of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in supporting this work.

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30 Virtual Event Statistics You Need to Know in 2020

Wild Apricot

Are you considering hosting a virtual event? Check out these 30 stats from nonprofits, membership organizations, and professional event planners to get prepared.

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WestFair Rides

VisionLink

Visionlink is pleased to begin supporting the work of WestFair Rides, an organization based in Westchester County, New York. WestFair Rides is a collaborative nonprofit organization managing ride choices for older adults and adults with vision impairments. They are working to create a network of sustainable, community-based transportation services, with a goal of promoting lifelong safety, independence, and mobility through mutually supportive relationships with aging-in-place organizations, tow

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7 Original Networking Ideas for Your Virtual Event

AccelEvents

At an in-person, live event, networking often just happens. People join breakout sessions, meet in the conference center lobby, or chat over coffee. These impromptu networking opportunities are not possible at a virtual event. It can seem difficult to think of networking ideas for your virtual event, but we’re here to help. . With an online audience, event organizers must work harder to foster meaningful connections between attendees and actively provide networking possibilities. .

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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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Planning a Virtual Fundraising Auction: 7 Core Steps

Achieve

Amid all the challenges and disruptions that 2020 has already thrown our way, tackling a new kind of virtual event might feel like a major undertaking for your nonprofit’s team. However, now is the perfect time to try new strategies to keep your donors engaged while raising support for your mission. Audiences are eager to continue supporting the causes they love in new ways, and virtual fundraising technology has made it easier than ever to update your strategies.

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10 Blogging Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This is the third post in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Thank you! Related Webinar: Website & Email Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits. With more than 500 million blogs worldwide, many nonprofits may think that the world does not need another blog, but that’s simply not the case.

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PPP Loan Forgiveness Update

Blue Fox

Nonprofits, When to Apply for PPP Loan Forgiveness So, you received PPP funds. What do you do now? How do you make sure your loan is forgiven? If you're asking these questions, you're not alone! What we know: If passed, Senate Bill 4321 will allow all PPP borrowers that received $150,000 or less to automatically have their loan forgiven if the debtee “signs and submits to the lender an attestation that the eligible recipient made a good faith effort to comply with all requirements.

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Complete Guide: How to Create a Fundraiser on Facebook (With Examples)

Wild Apricot

Want to start using Facebook to fundraise? In this article, I will provide an up-to-date overview how to create a fundraiser on Facebook to drive donations to your nonprofit.

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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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4 tips to consider as your association’s offices begin to re-open

Nimble AMS

Are you ready to support a changing mix of onsite and remote workers? Here’s how modern association management software can help. A few months ago, most associations made the move to a remote workforce. This required adapting their technology and related processes for remote access, collaboration , and security. Now it’s time to face another challenge: As offices begin to re-open, associations must support a combination of onsite and remote workers.

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Encouraging Networking at Your Virtual Event

AccelEvents

Virtual events offer a lot of benefits to an event organizer. They provide access to a wider audience, can allow for more diverse content, can create better sponsorship opportunities, keep attendees safe from coronavirus risks, and provide a much greater return on investment. But, it isn’t just organizers and planners that benefit from the move to a digital format.

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4 Ways to Attract More Diverse Talent for Your Nonprofit

NonProfit Hub

Are you focused on improving diversity within your organization this year? . A recent report estimated that 39 percent of nonprofits hope to diversify their workforce in the areas of race, age, gender, identity and differing abilities in 2019. And for good reason. The benefits of an inclusive culture and diverse team are well reported. However, even with the increased attention on diversity, inclusion and equity over the last few years, the nonprofit world has been slow to make any significant p

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How to Recruit Remote Volunteers During COVID-19 Using RemoteHub

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Julia Boyun , Marketing Manager at RemoteHub – a job and volunteer marketplace and community that connects and matches companies and nonprofit organizations with remote professionals. With the world caught in the throes of the global pandemic, many things are rapidly changing. Companies are reinventing themselves for a socially-distant world, but they’re not the only ones.

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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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Blue Fox + Bill.com = Clean Audits & Happy Clients

Blue Fox

​Raise your hand if you love being audited. Anyone? Anyone? We didn’t think so. At most companies, audit time causes anxiety and panic. And, the pressure doesn’t stop there. As a financial services and advisory firm, we’re under the microscope too. For many nonprofit organizations an audit is an annual occurrence (often mandated in the bylaws or by state law).

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Why It's the Perfect Time to Move Past Your Club Membership Excel Template

Wild Apricot

Still using Excel to manage your club's members? Here's why now is the perfect time to ditch your club membership Excel template and make the move to membership management software.

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Join Nimble AMS at 2020 ASAE Virtual Annual Meeting

Nimble AMS

The? 2020 American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Annual Meeting looks a little different this year (it’s gone virtual!). But you can still join the?Nimble AMS team August 10-12 at our virtual booth in the Technology and Business Services hall. The ASAE Annual Meeting is where?association professionals and industry partners like you gather to share new ideas, trends, and best practices.

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Important Questions for Your Post Virtual Event Survey

AccelEvents

With so many event professionals being forced to shift from a physical event to a virtual one , the landscape can feel new and uncertain. But, collecting participant feedback can give you valuable insight into what worked best and what, if anything, fell flat. One of the only ways to tell if you’ve just hosted a successful virtual event—with the promise of more future lead generation and sales—is to ask.

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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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Microphilanthropy Explained

NonProfit Hub

For decades, philanthropy has been seen largely as black-tie galas paired with pricey auction items ? large events for larger wallets. With the introduction of the internet and social media, donors now have the ability to participate and give in new and more accessible ways. Microphilanthropy has become a prominent trend in the past decade. It’s here for the long haul, so we’ll walk you through how to get on board.

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8 Key Pain Points in Planning a Golf Fundraiser & How Technology Can Help

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Katie Casillas , director of marketing at GolfStatus.org , an event management platform specifically for golf fundraisers. There’s no doubt about it: A lot of time and effort goes into planning a golf event—any fundraising event for that matter. Golf is especially challenging in that it has a number of nuances that can complicate the planning process.

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Marketing Playbook

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Whether you are a business owner or entrepreneur, Do It! Marketing , is a must-read book for you to learn how to stand out from the crowd and attract, engage, and win more customers and clients. Using example proven strategies and tactics, checklists, tools and action steps, you’ll learn how to how to effectively use social media, blogs, video, online and offline marketing, your website and more.

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10 Tips for Direct Mail Fundraising Success in the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond

Wild Apricot

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, it might actually be a great time to fundraise through direct mail. Here are our best tips for making sure your campaign is a success.

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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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7 Virtual Volunteer Ideas

Whole Whale

Volunteering has always brought people together in service of a common cause but now we must do this online due to COVID-19. There are more people than ever stuck at home and ready to work, the question is how to engage them? Once you have found the right idea post it where volunteers will find it , then consider a volunteer management tool to make sure they are well managed.

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7 Creative Decor Ideas to Keep Event Attendees Safe from COVID-19

AccelEvents

Pandemic restrictions and social distancing requirements have made hosting physical events impossible. Understandably, these complications led most in the events industry to focus their efforts on the virtual event space instead of canceling their planned events outright. But as parts of the world slowly creep back to something that resembles ‘normal,’ it is beginning to look like small-scale events or hybrid events will be possible in the not too distant future.

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The best way for #LOVols to grow professionally (and how to do it)

Twenty Hats

Why I love this practice and know it’s worth the commitment. Of all of the trainings that I have offered since starting Twenty Hats, I am proudest of the two Volunteer Manager Leadership Circles that I initiated. A Leadership Circle is a common practice for business owners, corporate CEOs and nonprofit executives. In a Circle, like-minded professionals gather to discuss common challenges, suggest solutions, and expand their overall leadership skills.

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Authenticity as a Strategy

The Storytelling Non-profit

Over the last two posts in my series on build strategy I’ve talked about making decisions about strategy. I’ve shared 4 Questions To Make Strategic Decisio ns and Do You Need to Start From Scratch? In both of these posts, my goal was to pull back the curtain on how I make decisions for my consulting clients and even in my own business. One of the points that I’ve reiterated in both of these posts is building strategy around your organization’s strengths.

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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.