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64 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The National Retail Federation expects online holiday sales in the United States to shatter previous records by reaching at least $218.3 billion in 2021. By shopping at any of the 64 online stores listed below, socially conscious and ethical consumers can channel some of their spending power this holiday season into the nonprofit sector and the Greater Good.

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How To Increase Your Social Media Marketing Impact

NonProfit PRO

Master your digital storytelling so you can put out great and engaging content, to grow your list of supporters. A strong social media strategy can help increase fundraising revenue while driving brand awareness!

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Go Beyond the Challenge!

.orgSource

When I have a tough problem, my go-to for advice is often one of our corporate partners. For years, association leaders viewed their industry counterparts as more like distant cousins than family. Today we are beginning to understand that the companies we look to for sponsorship or service have another significant offering—They are an invaluable […].

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Analysis and Action with Survey Data

Association Analytics

The post Analysis and Action with Survey Data appeared first on Association Analytics.

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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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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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Measuring Impact: 5 KPIs Your Nonprofit Needs To Be Tracking

NonProfit PRO

While KPIs represent a valuable opportunity, it’s important that you select the right ones to track for your unique organization, especially since there are so many possibilities.

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Analysis and Action with Survey Data – 11/17/21

Association Analytics

The post Analysis and Action with Survey Data – 11/17/21 appeared first on Association Analytics.

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[FREE WEBINAR] How to Improve Your Nonprofit’s Event Marketing by Leveraging What Already Works

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2022. Time: 1pm EST / 10am PST. Presented by: Rebecca Alfred , Charity Relationship Lead at Trellis.org. Cost: Free. Not every organization is going to have success using the same strategies–which is why we don’t preach that we have the be-all, end-all of event marketing advice. Instead, we will provide you with tactics and guides to improve your current strategies and results and show you how to determine what is working for your specific donors, your specific e

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What Makes Your Charity Worthy of Support?

NonProfit PRO

As we come into the holiday season, potential donors will be considering where to allocate their gifts. Make your charity completely worthy of their support to create transformational, lifelong relationships.

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200+ Amazing Free or Cheap Nonprofit Software Tools

Wild Apricot

Feeling like you're doing too many tasks by hand? That's because you probably are. Although nonprofits are often resistant to technological change, there are many software solutions that can solve any manual task your nonprofit is doing right now.

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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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Quick tips for nonprofits seeking grants

Candid

One of the most common questions Candid’s team of expert librarians get on our Ask Us page is “how do I get a grant?” To help answer this question, we’ve created a short (two-minute) video with some quick tips for nonprofits seeking grants. In it, you’ll hear three top tips about how to: demonstrate your nonprofit’s credibility, find a funder that’s likely to be interested in the work you do, and tailor your approach to speak to a funder’s interests.

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Try My #1 Time-Saving Tip for End-of-Year Fundraising

Bloomerang

End-of-year fundraising season is upon us, and if you’re like most fundraisers out there, you’re probably frantically trying to write killer appeals. I bet you’re feeling the pressure too—and for good reason. With many nonprofits raising as much as half of their annual budget in December alone, there’s a lot riding on your success. . Hours of writing, editing, rewriting, and testing go into crafting something that inspires donors to give.

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6 Unique Challenges Nonprofits Face That Prevent Equitable Workplaces

NonProfit PRO

Nonprofits tend to make do until a clear, and feasible, alternative presents itself. This and other unique challenges can hinder our efforts when we are working to build a more equitable workplace.

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How to Get Donations Online: 18 Ways the Pros Are Doing It

Wild Apricot

Online donations are a great way to maximize your nonprofit’s time and resources while having a larger impact. However, with the volume of online content growing, capturing attention and keeping it is more difficult than ever. To help you grab.

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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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5 Tips for Drafting the Perfect Volunteer Opportunity Description

Volunteer Hub

The perfect volunteer opportunity description will set expectations, provide a detailed overview, communicate mission, and entice qualified constituents to register. Regardless of the volunteer management software your organization uses, creating an engaging and detailed volunteer opportunity description is crucial to recruitment. Volunteer opportunity descriptions are important because they are often one of the first interactions your volunteer program will have with volunteer prospects.

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Feeling overworked? Modern association technology can lighten your workload.

Nimble AMS

As an association professional, do you feel like you’re working harder than you were a year ago? If you answered yes, you aren’t alone. . In the 2021 Association Trends Study from Community Brands, 78 percent of people who work at professional membership organizations say their staff is working more than they were a year ago. How will they address the increased workload?

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10 Steps To Making the Most Out of the Final Months of 2021

NonProfit PRO

Philanthropy represents the best of the human spirit, and we are honored to share the joy of giving and help to grow it among the organizations we serve and beyond. Here are 10 steps to help ensure that your organization – and you and your team – finish 2021 on a high note.

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Your work matters. So do you.

Hands on Fundraising

His face was bright red. He looked down at me, practically spitting his anger. Next to him stood the organization’s development director, silent but glowering. My sin? I ran the box office of a large regional theater, and it was opening night. My (somewhat impossible) task was to both ensure every seat in the house […]. The post Your work matters.

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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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5 Immediate Steps to Take When Your Organization Experiences a Data Breach, Bank Fraud

Blue Fox

Free Download: Data Breach & Bank Fraud Protocol download the protocol here Your stomach drops. Your palms start to sweat. Panic sets in. ​ You just noticed that your organization's bank account is missing a huge sum of money. Money that took months or years to fundraise is simply gone. What do you do?! In the digital age we live in today, bank account fraud is all too common.

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How to Design a Fundraising Landing Page that Makes Giving Easy and Inspires People to Give

Get Fully Funded

It’s one of the most overlooked places to seal the deal with your donor: the fundraising landing page. . This valuable piece of online real estate is where the donor goes to take action and give your organization money. If it’s done well, you’ll get a gift. If it’s too long, boring, or confusing, you won’t. Your fundraising landing page is a perfect opportunity to make a strong connection with your donor.

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How Effective is Your Donation Process?

NonProfit PRO

In order to raise more funds for your cause, you must create a frictionless donation process, from the very first visit and all the way to checkout. But, how can you know if your donation process sets you up for success? And if it doesn't, what can be done to improve it? To help you answer these questions, we created the "Fundraising Optimizer." Check it out and find out, it's free.

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How Digitised Processes Support Person-Centred Care

Saleforce Nonprofit

For over three decades, Autism Plus has challenged the status quo by championing neurodiverse individuals and their rights. Passionate in its belief that people with additional needs shouldn’t have to compromise their hopes and aspirations, the organisation strives to take a whole-person approach to beneficiaries, supporting every aspect of their lives.

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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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Non-Profit Storytelling: Your Next Best Step

The Storytelling Non-profit

Has your non-profit told stories? Are you trying to figure out how to get better results from the stories you tell? You’re in for a treat in this article as we’re going to talk about how to find your next best step in non-profit storytelling. I always stress to clients and students that we want to avoid doing something just for the sake of doing it.

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How to Overcome Nonprofit Burnout and Compassion Fatigue

Qgiv

The last year and a half has been difficult. Between the COVID-19 pandemic, civil unrest, a divisive political landscape, and more, sometimes it can be difficult to believe we’re actually approaching 2022. The stress of the last year and a half has impacted everyone in different ways, and we’ve seen heightened fatigue among fundraising and nonprofit professionals.

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Giving Tuesday Guide: Are You Ready?

NonProfit PRO

$2.47 billion was raised on Giving Tuesday in 2020, and it’s poised to be the biggest yet in 2021. Are you ready? Download the Ultimate Giving Tuesday Guide to make sure your checklist is complete to make this year’s Giving Tuesday campaign your nonprofit’s best yet!

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Using Donation Page Infographics to Drive Monthly Giving

Bloomerang

As you know, securing recurring donations is an excellent way to create sustainable revenue for your nonprofit. While receiving a windfall from a major donor or hosting a particularly successful campaign is a reason to celebrate, setting up something like a monthly giving program or running a recurring donation drive now will give you even more reasons to celebrate in the future. .

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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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Cloud for Good Joins with Pepperdine University To Create Apprenticeship Program for Salesforce

Cloud 4 Good

ASHEVILLE, NC– November 05, 2021 – Cloud for Good today announced a new partnership with Pepperdine University as part of their Talent for Good apprenticeship program. This program paves the way for new and recent graduates to secure good introductory jobs as developers, administrators, analysts, and consultants in the Salesforce ecosystem. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation and left millions of unfilled jobs in high-impact, technology-focused areas.

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Encouraging Donors to Participate in Corporate Giving Programs

sgEngage

Corporate giving opportunities like matching gift programs, volunteer grants, and fundraising event matches allow nonprofits, donors, and corporations to build and grow mutually beneficial partnerships. By now, you likely understand the advantages of corporate giving to the businesses partaking?—increased corporate social responsibility, cause marketing opportunities , improved public opinion?

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Nonprofits Need Profit Too — What We Can Learn From For-Profit Businesses

NonProfit PRO

Nonprofits need money to make social good happen. We just need to spend all our money on our mission and can’t give it to shareholders. Nonprofits must consider themselves businesses first before they layer on their unique, social-good-generating challenges.

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Free Download: Audit Checklist for Nonprofits

Blue Fox

Nonprofit Audit Requirements, Recommendations & Pro Tips! Download the checklist here So, your nonprofit is being audited - don't panic! ​ Our squad at Blue Fox created this comprehensive checklist to help your team prepare for a smooth audit process. We encourage you think about the audit as a proactive management tool (not a huge thorn in your side).

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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.