VisionLink

AUGUST 18, 2015

Acclaimed photographer and visual engineer, Ben Von Wong, is working with Avencera Partners, VisionLink, Inc. and the MedSurplus Alliance to create a groundbreaking video for an upcoming social media fundraising campaign. Medical Bridges, a Houston based Medical Surplus Recovery Organization and their Guatemalan partners Amigos Pro Obras Sociales organized the difficult and complex film settings that included hospitals, clinics, patient homes and the surrounding community.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 18, 2015

Can you believe summer’s almost over? If you’re anything like us, you’re ready to trade tank tops for awesome cardigans and cool lemonade for pumpkin lattes, but mostly, you’re ready to get back to doing good!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2015

For the past few months, I’ve been designing curriculum and materials and facilitating a Nonprofit Emerging Leaders online peer learning project with Third Plateau Impact Strategies. It’s a pilot project supported by the Packard Foundation that tests different approaches to emerging leaders professional development. We created The Emerging Leaders Playbook which served as the “text book” for the training.

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 17, 2015

In our Live Workshop, Shiv Narayanan, Head of Marketing and Sales will explain the importance of using Facebook Ads to grow your organization and take you step-by-step through the process of creating your own.

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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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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2015

Do you remember selling chocolate to raise money for your class field trip back in elementary school? Or how about asking your family to purchase gift wrap as a way to raise funds around the holidays? This form of fundraising is called peer-to-peer fundraising , and it's not just for kids. With crowdfunding sites taking the business, art, and nonprofit world by storm with exponential growth since 2009, it's easy to overlook peer-to-peer fundraising.

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Care2

AUGUST 21, 2015

A couple of weeks ago, we talked about why millennials are one of your best audiences. Today we are digging a little deeper into some of the great research from The Millennial Impact Project about how to better connect with millennials. The Millennial Impact Project released their Top 100 data points based on 6 years of millennial cause and workplace engagement research.

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 19, 2015

Becoming a CAE and signing up for our Expert Webinars is an excellent way to stay on top of your game by gaining insights from the experts, plus you’ll be working towards your CAE designation.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2015

A ring with unspeakable evil power enters the hopeful and happy Shire, and the mission is set: this small hobbit named Frodo is to begin a journey to take evil head on in an attempt to destroy it altogether. It may not be quite as dramatic, but isn't this the path of the nonprofit? Something has gone awry and entered the world, be it illness, war, slavery, disabilities, or natural disasters, and your nonprofit has brazenly stepped forward to face the problem head on, with the hopes of a brig

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Donor Search

AUGUST 18, 2015

DonorSearch’s blog aims to cover and explore a broad range of topics related to prospect research. With that goal in mind, we like to occasionally feature posts by guest authors. Today’s post is by Jon Biedermann, VP for DonorPerfect Online Fundraising Software.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2015

It may be the dog days of summer, but it is also that time of year to pitch your panel idea for March’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive festival, one of the largest gatherings of technology geeks. SXSW uses a crowdsourcing process to get feedback on panel proposals by having potential speakers post their idea on the Panel Picker and ask their networks to vote.

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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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See3

AUGUST 17, 2015

From conception to implementation, nonprofit organizations can benefit from project management – especially when the agile environment means staffers have to wear multiple hats. Here's a free template to get you started. The post 5 Steps to Nonprofit Project Management [FREE TEMPLATE] appeared first on The See3 Blog.

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Achieve

AUGUST 19, 2015

Giving your hard-earned dollars to a worthy cause is a great thing. In the ideal situation, you’re helping alleviate some kind of need or contributing to an organization you truly believe in. Have you made a donation before? It’s a feel-good moment, right? Perhaps you haven’t had the chance to give, but you’re considering donating to an organization for the first time.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 21, 2015

Profit isn’t a word that nonprofits feel comfortable with. It implies that they’re making money when they’re trying to make an impact instead. But adding four letters to the dirty word nobody wants to talk about is vital for nonprofits, and completely changes the meaning—profitable. Just because you’re a nonprofit doesn’t mean you can’t be profitable.

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Donor Search

AUGUST 19, 2015

DonorSearch aims to provide the best content available regarding prospect research and its surrounding topics. In an effort to ensure that our readers have access to as much valuable information as possible, we feature content from guest authors from time to time.

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Advertiser: Digital Ocean

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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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 19, 2015

One of my favorite comments on the first post in this series came from Lyndall Linaker, an Australian museum worker, who asked: " Who decides what is relevant? The curatorial team or a multidisciplinary team who have the audience in mind when decisions are made about the best way to connect visitors to the collection?" My answer: neither. The market decides what's relevant.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 21, 2015

Summer is winding down, schools are back in session, and the holiday season will be here before you know it. You can’t avoid it— end-of-year giving is fast approaching. As planning begins, you might be wondering what other organizations do to ensure end-of-year fundraising success. So we asked Autumn Woish, development system administrator for National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), to join us and dish her secrets on how they raised more than eight times their average monthly donations in Dec

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 17, 2015

Tom Ahern is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub. This article was originally published on his Ahern Donor Communications blog. Tom is considered a top authority on how to increase revenue through donor communications around the world. _. Proposed: I am NOT writing direct mail to tell “a” story. Or “our story.” I’m writing to the extend the reader’s story.

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Donor Search

AUGUST 20, 2015

This post was written by Sarah Tedesco, Executive Vice President of DonorSearch. There’s a big difference between being familiar with a song and knowing a song. If you are familiar with a song, you can sing the chorus and hum through the rest, maybe catching every third word.

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Advertiser: Syncrony

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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See3

AUGUST 17, 2015

Project management is the process by which you move a project or campaign through its life cycle. From conception to implementation, nonprofit organizations can benefit from project management – especially when staffers have to wear multiple hats. So how exactly does one go about mastering project management? For starters, you can invest in a project management accreditation.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2015

Recently, my husband received a job offer in Charleston, SC. I’m thrilled because now I can be closer to the Blackbaud office and take on a new challenge. But what has been keeping me up at night is the fear of making the wrong move—what are the best school districts, is renting at first better than buying, how friendly will my neighbors be? More often than not, it is the fear of the unknown that causes people to panic.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 21, 2015

Profit isn’t a word that nonprofits feel comfortable with. It implies that they’re making money when they’re trying to make an impact instead. But adding four letters to the dirty word nobody wants to talk about is vital for nonprofits, and completely changes the meaning—profitable. Just because you’re a nonprofit doesn’t mean you can’t be profitable.

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Donor Search

AUGUST 17, 2015

DonorSearch’s Daily Patient Screening helps you identify the best prospective donors at the perfect time to begin a relationship: while they are still in your facility, or while their positive experiences are fresh in their minds and they feel grateful towards your organization.

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Advertiser: DonorDock

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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AFP Blog

AUGUST 20, 2015

Blog | What Every B2B Content Marketer Needs to Know About Pinterest : 'via Blog this'

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 19, 2015

I don’t know about you, but I like to be the “fun” friend on Facebook. I seldom post pictures of what I eat (my morning bowl of Cheerios is just not that exciting), but will regale you with photos of the latest hike, road trip or crazy activity I participated in. “You have so many exciting adventures” are the words “Fun Pamela” strives for in response to my Facebook posts.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 17, 2015

Tom Ahern is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub. This article was originally published on his Ahern Donor Communications blog. Tom is considered a top authority on how to increase revenue through donor communications around the world. _. Proposed: I am NOT writing direct mail to tell “a” story. Or “our story.” I’m writing to extend the reader’s story.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 19, 2015

Staying financially sound and socially relevant in the non-profit world is no easy task. There’s loads of competition, limited donor pools to draw from and administrative hurdles that require time and talent to overcome. So what makes one organization stand out from all others in terms of success? In a word, storytelling , relating a message to supporters that is both engaging and leads them to take action.

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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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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2015

It’s no secret that arts pricing is one of my favorite topics (See here. And here ). I do recognize, however, that arts pricing may not be at the top of everyone’s happy hour conversation starters. When you love pricing, it can be easy to slip into pricing jargon…which might sound like a foreign language to some. That’s why I love this blog post from TRG Arts , which pulls together arts pricing terms into one list with easy to understand definitions.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 18, 2015

Caron Beesley is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub. She is a marketing communications consultant and writer for Salsa. She has over 15 years experience helping organizations large and small connect and engage with their audiences. She has a degree in English Literature and Communication Studies and is a British ex pat, currently soaking up southern living in Cary, North Carolina.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 18, 2015

Caron Beesley is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub. She is a marketing communications consultant and writer for Salsa. She has over 15 years experience helping organizations large and small connect and engage with their audiences. She has a degree in English Literature and Communication Studies and is a British ex pat, currently soaking up southern living in Cary, North Carolina. _.

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