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5 Fundraising Trends for 2021 and Beyond

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Scot Chisholm , CEO and Co-founder of Classy ––a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. The entire social sector learned a valuable lesson in 2020: even the most rigorous planning can’t insulate us from the need to be flexible and adapt to the changing world around us.

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8 GivingTuesday Email Examples that Inspire and Convert

Wild Apricot

GivingTuesday is coming up on December 1, 2020. Get ready to make this your most successful year yet by following best practices from these GivingTuesday email campaigns.

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Nonprofit Resource Round-up: All About Fundraising

Blue Fox

How to Prepare for a Digital Giving Season 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 with giving season right around the corner?

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Should I Sponsor a Virtual Event?

AccelEvents

As most companies and brands know, event sponsorship is a great way to get in front of a captive, targeted audience. The opportunity to grow brand awareness, generate and capture leads, and to convert sales is almost always worth the initial investment. . But does the same hold true for virtual events? . The good news is that virtual events can provide even more benefits and a greater return on investment (ROI) than a traditional physical event. .

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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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Nonprofit Board Best Practices – Lessons From the 2020 BoardAssist Board Summit

BoardAssist

We learned a lot at the recent BoardAssist Nonprofit Board Summit on how to be an outstanding board member. Our amazing panelists, some of New York’s most prominent nonprofit and corporate board members, had lots of practical and actionable advice for those of us who want to truly #bethechange. Some key take-aways: Be a Cheerleader. Do everything you can to support the Executive Director, no matter how large or small the task is.

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How to Create a Club Membership Form in Wild Apricot + 3 Examples

Wild Apricot

Using an online club membership application form is an easy and efficient way to onboard new members. Here's how to create one with Wild Apricot.

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How to Facilitate Event Networking While Maintaining Social Distance

AccelEvents

With physical events and social gatherings requiring attendance restrictions and physical distancing, many event organizers and planners are wondering how they can facilitate networking at their event while following the mandates and keeping attendees safe from the coronavirus. . While early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, hosting a virtual event was the obvious solution.

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3 membership challenges solved with Nimble AMS

Nimble AMS

As an association professional, you face a variety of challenges: Acquiring and retaining members. Driving non-dues revenue. Gaining the insights you need to make informed business decisions. How do you begin to tackle them? The good news is that you’re not alone. Others are taking on common challenges that face associations, and they’re sharing their stories.

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How to Recruit and Activate Volunteers to Help You Raise Money on Facebook this Giving Tuesday

Bloomerang

Giving Tuesday is just around the corner , and a great way to make the most of it is to encourage volunteers to raise money for you from their friends on Facebook that day! In case you aren’t already familiar, Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving that falls the Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States. In 2020 it falls on December 1. You can learn more at GivingTuesday.org.

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How To Demonstrate Your Leadership Credibility

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Demonstrate your leadership credibility by: Practicing what you preach. Walking the talk. Ensuring your actions are consistent with your words. Putting money where your mouth is. Following through on your promises. Doing what you say you will do. Good, quick tips from the book. The Leadership Challenge. Thank you to the book’s publisher for sending me a copy of the book.

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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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8 Essential Nonprofit Tools to Get You off the Ground

NonProfit Hub

So, you’re starting a nonprofit, that’s great! The world needs people like you. Your next step is choosing specific software tools that can help you get it off the ground. But here’s the problem, how do you know which ones are right for you when they all seem to be offering similar services? Good news, I have some of the answers. Let’s look at eight amazing tools designed to help your nonprofit be a success. 1.

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Should I Sponsor a Virtual Event?

AccelEvents

As most companies and brands know, event sponsorship is a great way to get in front of a captive, targeted audience. The opportunity to grow brand awareness, generate and capture leads, and to convert sales is almost always worth the initial investment. . But does the same hold true for virtual events? . The good news is that virtual events can provide even more benefits and a greater return on investment (ROI) than a traditional physical event. .

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Recommendations for nonprofits to leverage technology

ASU Lodestar Center

Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz. posted by Kim Roe Spring 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. In the Journal of Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Seung-Chul Yoo and Minette Drumwright provided data from 2017 indicating that “…86 percent of U.S. nonprofits used some form of online fundraising and 61 percent of donors worldwide reported that they prefer to give online.

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Today's Leadership Quotes

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Some of my favorite quotes for leaders are: A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit -- Arnold H. Glasgow I praise loudly, I blame softly -- Catherine II of Russia Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress -- Mohandas Gandhi A long dispute means that both parties are wrong -- Voltaire The least questioned assumptions are often the most questionable -- Paul Broca These and many more compelling quotes can be found in Susan

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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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DipJar launches SparkVirtual and New Pricing Model!

DipJar

We’re excited to announce SparkVirtual, a new solution that will help you expand your fundraising efforts into the virtual space. Additionally, in an effort to make DipJar more valuable, accessible, and affordable, we created three new pricing plans that include lower transactions costs, decreased subscription fees, and customizable plans for Enterprise customers.

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Common Event Planning Pitfalls That You Should Avoid

AccelEvents

Event Planning is not a walk in the park. You have to deal with vendors, get all the resources, and deal with the guest list. With the massive amount of work, mistakes are unavoidable. Unfortunately, even the tiniest mistakes are noticeable by guests. However, if you are aware of the common mistakes in event planning, you can make sure you avoid them.

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A Recap of Cause Camp 2020 – Celebrate Your Smaller Donors

NonProfit Hub

Cause Camp 2020 is officially in the books! Nonprofit professionals from all over the country tuned in for two full days of premium education, inspiration, and connection. Our team owes a big ‘thank you’ to our Cause Camp host, Julia Campbell , who gracefully led us through both days of programming. Here is a recap of Cause Camp 2020. . The Ameritas Inspire Series honored those in the nonprofit industry who have made a difference in their community.

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How To Be Your Best

Eric Jacobsen Blog

My favorite takeaways from the book, Becoming The Best , by Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr. , are: Your best self is not about perfection (an impossible and, therefore, futile goal). It is about becoming consistently disciplined and focused, making sure you challenge yourself to truly be your best self—instead of becoming complacent, convinced that you have arrived.

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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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Building a Complete Virtual Auction Toolkit: 5 Essentials

Connection Cafe

As we round out a whirlwind of a year and look ahead to the year-end giving season, it’s a good idea to take stock of the tools you’re working with. With the shift to virtual fundraising and engagement over the past several months, technology is more important than ever before for the nonprofit sector. By now, it’s clear that the right tools to help you generate and use data in smarter ways will be key to ensuring resiliency for your nonprofit going forward.

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Common Event Planning Pitfalls That You Should Avoid

AccelEvents

Event Planning is not a walk in the park. You have to deal with vendors, get all the resources, and deal with the guest list. With the massive amount of work, mistakes are unavoidable. Unfortunately, even the tiniest mistakes are noticeable by guests. However, if you are aware of the common mistakes in event planning, you can make sure you avoid them.

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What strategies can nonprofits enact to retain millennials?

ASU Lodestar Center

Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz. posted by Jessica Cooper, RD, CD, CSSD, Spring 2020 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. As of 2016, Millennials (those born between 1981-1996) are the largest generation in the U.S. workforce and will comprise 75 percent of the global workforce by 2025. Millennials are often referred to as the “job hopping generation” due to their tendency to change jobs more frequently than previous generations.

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Incorporate These Three Learning Styles When Teaching Employees Something New

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Your employees have different learning styles – typically falling within these three categories: Visual Learners Auditory Learners Tactile Learners Therefore, it’s best to incorporate all three styles when teaching something new, according to the book, Customer Service Management Training 101. Keep in mind that: Visual learns learn by seeing. These learners retain well when they read or see the material.

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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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The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 165: Engaging Supporters on GivingTuesday

Connection Cafe

Giving Tuesday, the annual global day of giving, will be held on December 1 st this year – just under two months away. Although this has been a year of changes and challenges for many, your organization can still incorporate strategies that will help you leverage GivingTuesday in order to kick off your year-end giving season. Stephanie Thomas, principal peer-to-peer fundraising consultant for Blackbaud, joins the podcast to discuss methods to help your organization successfully engage supp

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How to Facilitate Event Networking While Maintaining Social Distance

AccelEvents

With physical events and social gatherings requiring attendance restrictions and physical distancing, many event organizers and planners are wondering how they can facilitate networking at their event while following the mandates and keeping attendees safe from the coronavirus. . While early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, hosting a virtual event was the obvious solution.

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Redefining Leadership: Finding Balance in Recovery and Renewal

VQ Strategies

In our recent blog , we explored the importance of making the case for volunteer engagement as a strategy to sustain your organization. An important part of making the case is demonstrating how engaging volunteers (and doing that well) can continue to support and enhance our organizations’ mission delivery at all phases of this global pandemic crisis.

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How To Make Engaging Presentations

Eric Jacobsen Blog

To sharpen your public-speaking and presentation skills, I recommend reading the book, Talk Like TED , by Carmine Gallo. Gallo explains that the most engaging presentations are: Emotional – They touch your heart. And, where you really sense emotions, dreams and imagination. Novel – They teach the audience something new. Something brilliant and something that stands out.

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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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Q&A with Northern California Grantmakers

Connection Cafe

The following Q&A was conducted with Steve Barton, VP of Strategic Initiatives for Northern California Grantmakers. This year, Northern California Grantmakers has moved its annual Corporate Philanthropy Institute online (happening October 14, 2020) due to COVID-19, and will be exploring the role of companies in the responses to COVID-19 and racial justice.

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What Video Style is Ideal for Your Hybrid Event?

AccelEvents

Many in the events industry are eager and hopeful that someday soon, they will be able to make a return to in-person, physical events. However, with the coronavirus still raging and necessary physical gathering limitations still in place, this return is unlikely before 2021 making hybrid events, a welcome and necessary tool. . Hybrid events, and virtual events in general, offer increased audience accessibility and allow the event organizer and attendees alike a more valuable experience. .

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Marketing Your Nonprofit’s App Effectively: 16 Steps

DNL OmniMedia

Custom mobile apps are a powerful way to engage your supporters, especially today, as virtual engagement increasingly becomes the norm for missions of all sizes. Consider these statistics : 1 in 5 Americans access the Internet primarily through a smartphone. 1 in 4 donors use mobile devices to discover and learn about new nonprofits. 25% of donors complete their donations using mobile devices.

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10 Key Parts Of A Business Plan

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Tasked with writing a business plan ? Keep in mind that every business plan should contain at least these 10 elements/parts : Executive Summary The Business – description of the business being proposed Market Demand Competition Strategy Resources Financials and Forecasts Risk, Opportunity, and Sensitivity Conclusion Appendices For more information about writing an effective business plan, I recommend the book, TheStandout Business Plan.

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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.