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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

Association TV

If you’ve already decided to move your association from analog to digital, you need to start thinking about how you will implement those changes in your organization. Digital transformation is all about collaboration, and it’s important to make sure your association uses a holistic approach to digital solutions.

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A Red-Carpet Approach Grows Dynamic Industry Partnerships

.orgSource

You wouldn’t go to the bank for a loan without a fine-tuned business plan or approach a fundraising prospect for a major gift before learning everything you could about their interests. With so much riding on sponsorship revenue, it’s surprising that our industry partners don’t always get the special treatment this important relationship deserves. Rolling […].

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How BeSpeake Clients are Adding Fun to their Virtual Meetings

The MatrixFiles

“How do we add fun to our virtual meeting? How do I get people chatting during our sessions? How do we get attendees interacting with each other? These are just some of the questions we get when we meet with BeSpeake clients each week to plan their virtual meetings. While there’s no magic formula, here are some ideas that have worked well recently: Jeopardy!

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The Top 9 Chamber of Commerce Software Solutions in 2021

Wild Apricot

If administrative work is taking over your organization — things like filling out membership applications by hand, running cheques to the bank, manually processing event registrations, and sorting through a messy Excel directory — Chamber.

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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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#NailYourPitch: Make an Amazing First Impression

Greater Giving

People make judgments about others in a matter of seconds. When we meet new people, we tend to instantly place them into categories based on what we hear and see in those first seconds. While these assumptions usually aren’t accurate, they allow someone whose time is extremely valuable—such the president of a company or a wealthy philanthropist—to make quick decisions about what deserves their limited time and attention.

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Why Now is the Time for Boys & Girls Clubs of America to Invest in Digital

Saleforce Nonprofit

By: Sara Leutzinger, National Director, External Communications & Content Strategy for Boys & Girls Club of America. Opening doors. For more than a century, Boys & Girls Clubs around the country opened their doors each day to millions of kids and teens, literally and symbolically. Clubs offered, for many, the only safe places in their communities.

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6 Steps to Increase Board Diversity at Your Nonprofit

Wild Apricot

If you’re concerned about your board’s diversity, you’re not alone. Statistics Canada conducted a survey between December 4, 2020 and January 18, 2021 , surveying over 6,000 nonprofit board members and confirming that lack of diversity.

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How to Host a Virtual Fundraising Event (with Checklist for Nonprofits)

DonorPerfect

This post was contributed by Givecloud. Are you planning a virtual charity event, like an online gala, generosity party, or concert? Turn these fundraising events into high-impact opportunities. Engage and excite your supporters like never before through virtual events. Imagine an all-in-one fundraising page where donors can watch, give, engage, celebrate, connect, and share.

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How to Use Twitter to Engage the Right Community for Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

Twitter has evolved significantly since it launched in 2006 as a simple, short messaging service. Twitter is no longer simply a platform to "microblog," as it was initially designed. Twitter is now a powerful platform to know, understand, and segment your community.

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The iOS14 Update and Facebook Ads

Whole Whale

What is iOS14.5? Simply put, iOS14 is Apple’s most current iPhone operating system. iOS14.5 is an update to this operating system that will include many things (including 200+ new emojis !), but the specific update that’s generating a lot of buzz is the launch of an in-app prompt. This prompt essentially asks users to opt-in and “allow” apps and websites to track their activity.

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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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How-to: Engage Your Board Members as Fundraisers

The Modern Nonprofit

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes How-to: Engage Your Board Members as Fundraisers. If you’re like many nonprofit executives and development staff, you’ve seen firsthand the challenges of inspiring your board to fundraise. But more often than not, the resistance that seems like a lack of interest has little to do with your board’s desire to fundraise!

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Lead Retrieval For Virtual And Hybrid Events

AccelEvents

Lead retrieval is one of the biggest challenges in marketing. Fortunately, virtual and hybrid events can mitigate some of these challenges. Hosting a virtual or hybrid event allows a brand to create a super event that satisfies attendees while focusing on lead retrieval. Whether or not lead retrieval is your main event marketing goal or part of a bigger marketing strategy, one which includes thought leadership or brand awareness, a hybrid event or a virtual event can create opportunities for you

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How To Capture More Email Subscribers

Kindful

Communicating with your supporters is critical to your fundraising success. After all, when you build relationships with your supporters , you’re laying the foundation to turn them into long-term advocates and donors. That’s where email newsletters come into play. When people subscribe to your email list, you can send fundraising appeals, updates about programs, stories that show how you’re fulfilling your mission, and more straight to their inboxes.

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Cloud for Good Announces New Education Accelerators for Advancement and Recruiting & Admissions

Cloud 4 Good

March 23, 2021 [Asheville, NC] – Cloud for Good recently unveiled their latest technology offerings to the education sector with the announcement of the Advancement and Recruiting & Admissions Accelerators. These proprietary solutions are the latest in a long line of accelerators designed by Cloud for Good to help higher education institutions make the most out of their data.

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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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New eToolkit on Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers Amid Uncertainty

VQ Strategies

Volunteer engagement has been evolving for years, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations were forced to accelerate change at an unprecedented rate. With only a few exceptions, organizations either chose to adapt or temporarily shut down their volunteer efforts. While safety precautions have led to dramatic increases in virtual volunteering, even organizations that have been able to engage some volunteers in person have to provide services in new ways – like contactless deliveries or sho

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[WEBINAR] How To Plan The Best Virtual Gala For Your Nonprofit

CauseVox

Planning a virtual gala, breakfast, luncheon or other type of event for your nonprofit this year? Join us for our free webinar on How To Plan The Best Virtual Gala For Your Nonprofit. Over the last year, nonprofits have had to quickly adopt virtual fundraising events into their plans. And, I’ve gotten the chance to see how hundreds of organizations adapted their fundraising galas to the virtual space.

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Donor Data And Donor Communication | A Mini Guide

Kindful

Nonprofit marketing leaders are always thinking about how to best communicate with their donors. Personalized and valuable communication is what builds relationships, and long-lasting donor relationships are what set the foundation for nonprofit growth. No matter the strategy, the best way to optimize your donor communication processes is to leverage donor data.

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He Who Fails the Most

The Sponsorship Collective

Are you familiar with Seth Godin? He’s a business executive and author who’s written nearly 20 books, many of which have been New York Times bestsellers. He’s also the one who inspired today’s article with his quote: “he who fails the most wins.” I know, I know, failure is a hard pill to swallow. Few […]. The post He Who Fails the Most appeared first on The Sponsorship Collective.

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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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Are you simply getting less, faster?

Hands on Fundraising

Nonprofits are experts at making do. We pride ourselves on doing more with less. Small budgets. Smaller staff. Tight control of paper clip usage. (You’re nodding now, aren’t you? And if you aren’t, congratulations!) And there’s nothing at all wrong with being careful about how we use the money given to us. We must be […]. The post Are you simply getting less, faster?

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The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Best Membership Site Platform

Wild Apricot

Over the last few years, I’ve helped dozens of organizations – from nonprofits, associations and businesses – get set up and running quickly with membership site platforms. In this guide, I’ve condensed all of my experience.

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Social Enterprise Resource Round-up (March 2021)

Blue Fox

OUR TOP PICKS: News and Resources for Social Enterprise Organizations and Social Entrepreneurs If you’re like us, your daily inbox is jam-packed with newsletters and educational opportunities from like-minded social impact leaders. These spectacular humans work around the clock to foster positive change in their communities. Then, somehow, find time to share their story.

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Drupal 9 Grandmaster: Kevin Quillen Receives Full Acquia Certification

Velir

We are proud to announce that Velir’s very own Kevin Quillen has received his Drupal 9 Grandmaster certification! Kevin is one of only 11 people worldwide to receive the certification, and the first developer outside of Acquia to receive the certification in the United States.

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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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How These Organizations Addressing Food Insecurity Are Going Paperless

Tech Soup

Food insecurity is a real and prevalent issue across the United States and the world. One in 10 households in the U.S. experienced food insecurity in 2019. In 2020, with the COVID-19 pandemic wreaking havoc on health and economies, that number grew to almost one in four. As millions of Americans suffer from continued unemployment, grief, and anxieties around their health, nonprofits that provide essential services are working harder than ever.

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6 Ways to Keep Corporate Partners Engaged During COVID-19

Classy

The coronavirus pandemic has brought the power of corporate partnerships with nonprofits front and center. Businesses are able to help nonprofits fill financial gaps when donations have waned, and nonprofits have helped businesses find ways to actively support their communities during the public health crisis. With 86% of consumers wanting to see brands serve as “safety nets” during COVID-19, both sides of these partnerships need to remain engaged.

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How to Write a Successful Nonprofit Business Plan

Elevation

Nonprofit organizations exist to meet social or environmental problems. For that reason, organizations don't always focus on a solid financial bottom-line. However, they can't effectively achieve their objectives without recurring donation income , human capital, and operation planning.

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White supremacy and the problem with centering donors’ interests and emotions

Nonprofit AF

Hi everyone. Please buckle up, because this may be a bumpy ride for many of you. One, because of the.

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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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Managing Cybersecurity Risks at Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

As organizations and society in general have become more dependent on the Internet and access to digital information, attempts to exploit weaknesses in technology systems have increased. The aim of these is to gain access to information, disrupt services, or cause harm to brand reputation and client trust. According to the FY20 Microsoft Digital Defense Report , in 2020, Microsoft blocked over 13 billion malicious emails.

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How to Build a Stronger Team: On Zoom or In-person

NonProfit Hub

This blog was sponsored by Fiverr. Our teams have been tested in this last year. The move to working remotely was less of a transition and more of an overhaul of everything we were used to. Teams were forced to work online , trying to brainstorm, collaborate and connect at a distance ? and it was rough. Here is how to build a stronger team either on Zoom or in-person.

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Black-tie not required: Reimagining the fundraising campaign as we know it

Big Duck

The post Black-tie not required: Reimagining the fundraising campaign as we know it appeared first on Big Duck.

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Dockerize Storybook for Drupal 9

Velir

Storybook is an open-source tool for developing UI components for React, Svelte, Vue, Mithril, Web Components, and other similar systems. It's an evolution of design system frameworks and style kits like Pattern Lab , Zurb Foundation , or Bootstrap.

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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.