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3 Rules to Create Awesome Content that Gets More Engagement

Association TV

If you’ve searched for the secret to creating engaging content, if you’ve googled “how to increase followers” or ever asked the pros how to make great content marketing, then chances are you’ve come across a whole corral of click-worthy advice. Usual suspects are headlines about post time, a hook, putting the right content in the right place and in front of the right people.

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2 Fresh Ways to Connect With Existing and Prospective Donors

NonProfit PRO

The COVID-19 pandemic changed a lot about the world and how we approach virtually everything. Here are two things I learned during that time about connecting with new audiences and existing stakeholders that will have a lasting impact on me.

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The Right Business Model Puts all the Wheels Into Alignment

.orgSource

Have you ever pushed a shopping cart with a loose, squeaky wheel? That one misalignment makes getting around the store frustrating and difficult. Associations move toward success on these four wheels. Insightful strategic planning Effective and attainable goals and objectives A capable team And a business model that maximizes the market When you’re trying to […].

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5 Ways to Leverage Your Virtual & Hybrid Event Data

Association Analytics

The post 5 Ways to Leverage Your Virtual & Hybrid Event 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 Rules to Create Awesome Content that Gets More Engagement

Association TV

If you’ve searched for the secret to creating engaging content, if you’ve googled “how to increase followers” or ever asked the pros how to make great content marketing, then chances are you’ve come across a whole corral of click-worthy advice. Usual suspects are headlines about post time, a hook, putting the right content in the right place and in front of the right people.

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The Great Resignation Hits the C-Suite 

NonProfit PRO

The Great Resignation has hit the C-suite — maybe yours. This phenomenon had been slowly percolating for years. Millennials, Gen X and Gen Z put “happy” at the top of their priority lists even before the pandemic. And, let’s be frank, we made fun of them.

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5 Ways to Leverage Your Virtual & Hybrid Event Data – 3/23/22

Association Analytics

The post 5 Ways to Leverage Your Virtual & Hybrid Event Data – 3/23/22 appeared first on Association Analytics.

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How modern membership management software can help your association’s key functional areas

Nimble AMS

Your organization’s ability to thrive now and for years to come depends heavily on your choice of association management software (AMS). . Here’s how your entire organization can benefit from a modern AMS system like Nimble AMS. Each functional area of your association has a different role and a different perspective. But here’s one thing they have in common: A modern association management software (AMS) system can help each one of them work more efficiently and accomplish their goals more eff

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Is There Room for Monthly Giving in Your Fundraising Appeals?

NonProfit PRO

Earlier this week, a copywriter friend of mine asked a great question. And I’m sure many of you are struggling with this same predicament. Often a strategy calls for including so many offers in one direct mail fundraising appeal, so how can you include a sustainer recruitment effort as well?

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I am 1 in 10: Endometriosis Awareness Month

Media Cause

Although endometriosis impacts an estimated 190 million people around the world ( World Health Organization ), misconceptions about the disease and a wide array of symptoms across patient populations exacerbate needless suffering. . In May 2021, I found myself being rushed to the hospital by my husband, in excruciating pain, and completely terrified.

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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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Build a Non-profit Website that Works [Steal These Ideas!]

Get Fully Funded

Building a non-profit website might be the most intimidating aspect of launching an organization. It’s the digital face of your organization and where many people interact with you for the first time. The experience people have on your non-profit website will influence what they think about you and if they think they can trust you. That means that what your website looks like and how easy it is to use can impact someone’s decision to give.

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Defending Your Organization from Cybercrime

Tech Soup

Cybercrime poses an increasing threat to all organizations, and nonprofits can be more vulnerable than most. To keep your organization and clients' information safe, it's important to be vigilant and proactive in defending your data from cyberthreats. Cyberattacks can disrupt your operations and prevent you from fulfilling your mission.

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Should Nonprofit Staff Volunteer Alongside Volunteers?

NonProfit PRO

I had spent much of my time on Saturday as a staff member, volunteering to collaborate with volunteers on a special project. Needless to say, I was tired as I authored this article on Sunday. .

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Does Your Nonprofit Need a Website Revamp? How to Tell

Top Nonprofits

Your nonprofit’s website is the center of your communication and marketing strategy. It’s what you use to drive engagement, donations, and awareness of your organization. When you use a multi-channel approach to marketing, you probably point your audience back to specific landing pages on your website. If your site is out of date, you’re missing out on valuable support from your visitors.

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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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7 musts for effective board succession planning

Charity Village

As a governance consultant, I’ve come to realize that most non-profits don’t have a written board succession plan in place. Many also often don’t have term limits or limits on the number of terms that board members can serve. Creating a vibrant and sustainable board of directors is an essential part of effective governance. […]. The post 7 musts for effective board succession planning appeared first on CharityVillage.

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St. Patrick’s Cathedral: A Storied Institution Finding Way to Support the Community

DipJar

One of the most iconic churches in America – if not the world – is St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. It is a great example of a storied institution finding new ways to support the community it serves and provide new ways – including DipJar – for the community to support its good work. To learn about this, we spoke with Robert Meyer, the executive director of development for the Cathedral.

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Why Your Nonprofit Does Not Need an Executive Committee

NonProfit PRO

Did you know that it is possible to have a nonprofit board committee that has more power and authority than the full board? No, I’m not making this up. This is most often in the form of a standing executive committee described in the by-laws.

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Guidance for making grants to support Ukraine

Candid

This piece provides guidance for funders on making grants to support Ukraine. It was original published on the Council on Foundations' website. . Over the last two weeks, the Council on Foundations has received scores of questions from the field about how to help the Ukrainian people during the ongoing Russian invasion, including during our recent webinar with the State Department.

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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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Want help in defining your organization’s culture? Here’s a starting point. 

Charity Village

This article is an excerpt from Tarnished: Let’s rethink, reimagine and co-create a new social impact sector, and is reprinted with permission. If we want to impact an organization’s culture, we need first to define it. Again, many scholars offer a variety of ways in which to do this. I find the Cultural Web, the […]. The post Want help in defining your organization’s culture?

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Is now the time for Corporate Outreach?

Greater Giving

As more companies and their employees return to the office, now is the time for nonprofits to engage in corporate outreach. Begin your corporate outreach to previous partners and prospects now, so you can ensure that your contacts are up-to-date, and your nonprofit is at the top of mind for corporate events. This spring, the list of companies calling workers back to the office is growing, and business leaders are looking for opportunities to reconnect with employees and the company culture.

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How to Hold Successful Hybrid Board Meetings

NonProfit PRO

Nonprofit board management has become an increasingly difficult task in a hybrid setting but hybrid meetings are here to stay. Here’s how you can ensure board meetings remain successful even when teams are in person and virtual.

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Today is U.S. Equal Pay Day—but not for CEOs in the social sector

Candid

Today, March 15, is U.S. Equal Pay Day, a day created by the National Committee on Pay Equity to increase awareness about the gender wage gap. Specifically, this symbolic day marks how far into the year a woman must work to receive the same wage that a man received the previous year. This year, women in the U.S. had to work a 14-and-a-half-month year to earn the same amount that men made in 2021.

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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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Essentialism: Ruthless Prioritization for Ultimate Productivity

Charity Village

Original Broadcast Date: March 17, 2022 Summary: Using themes from the best-selling business book by Greg McKeown, this webinar explores the concept of Essentialism, a technique for prioritization that suggests we should relentlessly pursue less but pursue better. It’s the idea of choosing to produce quality over quantity. And more than that, it’s the idea of […].

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15 Best Nonprofit Websites to Get Inspired – Online Donation Sites [2022]

Donorbox

All great nonprofit websites use typography, design, and content elements to put across a clear message. However, nonprofit and charity websites are often different from corporate brands and need to be designed with the following in mind – Clearly communicate their values Explain the impact they’re making Encourage viewers to engage and take action Create a […].

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How Great Leaders Build Teams That Function Like Well-Oiled Machines

NonProfit PRO

I know what you're thinking: "My team isn't broken. Thank you very much." You may be surprised to hear that it doesn't matter if your team is functioning well or not; everybody could benefit from a bit of team building.

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Nonprofit Email Marketing: Expert Level is Easier Than You Think

DonorPerfect

Successful email marketing engages your entire community by activating new supporters, advocating for your cause, and thanking donors for their generosity – and it all starts with your donor engagement tools. With the help of your nonprofit CRM, sending “expert level” email engagements is much easier than you might think. Let’s get into the core Read More ».

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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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How Nonprofits can Better Engage Millennials & Gen Z

Saleforce Nonprofit

Many charities and nonprofits struggle to connect and build relationships with younger donors. They wonder: Do Millennials and Gen Z just not care about philanthropy? But many young people are willing and able to contribute to causes they believe in. If you want to win over Millennial and Gen Z supporters, you need to do three things: connect with their activism, engage with them where they are, and demonstrate your impact.

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Bright Idea: United Against Poverty Orlando Created an Email Campaign to Engage Supporters

Qgiv

Who they are: United Against Poverty Orlando’s mission is to serve those in poverty by providing crisis care, case management, transformative education, food and household subsidy, employment training and placement, personal empowerment training and active referrals to other collaborative social service providers. What they did: United Against Poverty Orlando created an email series to help countdown to their fundraising campaign.

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FREE Annual Report Checklist + Template

NonProfit PRO

It's reporting season! You can save time on design and focus on highlighting your nonprofit's progress, performance, and impact from the past year. Use this FREE template and checklist to get started and make sure nothing slips through the crack. Download the Template.

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How Nonprofits are Navigating the Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine

DonorPerfect

Only 1 percent of all grantmaking is executed for the peace and security sector of philanthropy. As nonprofits across the world work together to navigate the current humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, Alexandra Toma, a leader in peace and security funding, says philanthropy “must increase its investment in peace and security broadly, and diversify who receives Read More ».

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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.