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What Can Your Nonprofit Do With Just $1?

NonProfit PRO

In her latest blog, Erica Waasdorp begs the question: What can you do with just $1? She points out that combining those dollars will help make the giver stand tall, and that microdonations will eventually make a huge difference.

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Designing an Effective New Member Onboarding Process: 7 Tips

Wild Apricot

You’ve designed a value-packed membership program that offers amazing benefits and gives your members access to highly sought-after resources. So how is it possible that your renewal rates keep declining? Why are members dropping off when they.

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How to know if your association is ready for a technology assessment

Nimble AMS

Is it time for your association to invest in new technology? Maybe your current association management software is starting to cost you in complex customizations and product upgrades. Perhaps you’ve lost staff because of broken digital processes and slow technology. You might even notice your member retention numbers are slipping, as individuals choose other associations with better technology to provide a superior member experience. .

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[ASK AN EXPERT] When Should We Give Donors Gifts?

Bloomerang

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on when it’s a good idea to give gifts to donors. . Dear Charity Clairity, I know public broadcasting offers donors gifts in exchange for their donations at various levels.

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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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How to Recruit Volunteers for Your Nonprofit

NonProfit PRO

For most nonprofits and charities, volunteers are a vital part of their operations, allowing many organizations to make a big impact even with lean budgets. But the pandemic has created an epidemic of volunteer shortages. As a result, nonprofits are scrambling to make up for the lost assistance.

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Five tips to get you ready for a social media giving day

Candid

July 15 is officially Social Media Giving Day. This ‘holiday’ began in 2013, when Givver.com promoted it as an opportunity to leverage social media platforms for donations. Since then, a lot has changed. Meta and TikTok have made donations even easier, giving potential donors the opportunity to donate without leaving the platform. Now, you can donate without interrupting your scrolling. .

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Best Practices for Donor Acquisition and Retention Through Direct Mail

Bloomerang

Best Practices for Donor Acquisition and Retention Through Direct Mail. Sending a personalized, well-written appeal via direct mail can be one of the most impactful ways for schools to fundraise. Although some people think that all communication should happen online in this digital age, sending appeals through direct mail continues to be a critical fundraising strategy.

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The Importance of Positive Nonprofit Office Culture

NonProfit PRO

Currently, the job world is upside down due to factors such as employees working from home, compressed or hybrid work schedules, salary constraints and new demands from employees who feel like they control the job market. Today’s nonprofit employees better understand the concept of workplace culture.

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The Importance of Self-care as Self-defense to Nonprofits

Blue Avocado

Nonprofit organizations are givers: we recruit like-minded staff and volunteers who give and give until they are spent. All too often burnout leads to poor performance and high staff turnover. However, reframing self-care as self-defense can help us to prioritize our people and protect our organizations. What’s the best self-defense move? That’s our first question […].

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Giving USA 2022: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2021

Qgiv

Karen Rotko-Wynn, CFRE, Chief Business Enterprise Officer, Alford Group. Karen brings over 30 years of experience in the nonprofit community and has provided counsel to more than 70 organizations, offering her expertise in major gifts fundraising, feasibility studies, and capital campaigns. On Tuesday, June 21, Giving USA released The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2021.

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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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Example Fundraising Scripts to Use When Asking for Donations

Bloomerang

Making fundraising calls can be nerve-wracking, but it helps to have a plan in the form of a fundraising script. In this guide, we’ll offer some tips and sample scripts you can use when calling donors to request a face-to-face meeting or directly request donations. Let’s dive in! Why and when to use a script for fundraising. When thinking about how to ask for donations, it’s natural to wonder: What should I say?

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The NonProfit Voice Ep 66: What the Giving USA Report Tells Us About Where Philanthropy Is Heading

NonProfit PRO

In this episode, Laura MacDonald, chair of the Giving USA Foundation, and Una Osili, philanthropy expert and researcher at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, provide an in-depth look at the report’s key takeaways, including what 2021’s giving source and sector breakdowns mean.

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Arts, Culture, Heritage, and Sport Sector Recovery from the Impact of COVID-19

Charity Village

The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage culminated their study of the arts and culture sector with a new report, Challenges Related To The Recovery Of The Arts, Culture, Heritage, And Sport Sectors, Which Have Been Deeply Impacted By The Covid-19 Pandemic. The report highlights the need to provide more funding over a longer period to ensure […].

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Three Things Missing from Every Sponsorship Program 

The Sponsorship Collective

Although you might be new to sponsorship if you’re reading this, I’m anything but. At this stage in my career, I’ve probably gone over more than 2,000 sponsorship packages, which is no small feat. These packages have been for a range of industries. Some are smaller deals and others are multi-million-dollar deals. Yet I’ve noticed […]. The post Three Things Missing from Every Sponsorship Program appeared first on The Sponsorship Collective.

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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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Salesforce Summer ’22 Release: What You Need to Know

Cloud 4 Good

The Salesforce Summer ’22 Release is here! This release is packed full of intuitive new features, updates, and functionalities that are sure to make your user experience easier and enhance your Salesforce instance. We’ve read through all of the release documentation to give you the highlights. Read on to learn more! . New Product Names . Salesforce announced a legal name change from Salesforce.com to Salesforce, Inc. in March.

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The Only Reason Your Nonprofit Should Be Worried About the Economy

NonProfit PRO

Inflation and a troubled economy should not affect giving, yet, that is the case for nonprofits without strong mid-level, major, and planned giving programs. Now is the time to get your development house in order and start investing in mid-level, major and planned giving.

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What is digital transformation and how can your nonprofit prepare for it?

Charity Village

Digital transformation is a very buzzwordy phrase these days. But what does it actually mean? What are you transforming from and what are you becoming? How do you begin this transformation and then how do you sustain it? Simply put, an organization that has digitally transformed is enabled by digital technologies. Enabled is a key […]. The post What is digital transformation and how can your nonprofit prepare for it?

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Foundation giving and payout: what changed in 2021?

Candid

Every January, Candid surveys large U.S. private and community foundations to understand recent giving trends and forecast where giving is headed. [ 1 ] This year, we asked funders about their giving in FYE (fiscal year end) 2020 and 2021, including funding designated for COVID-19 [ 2 ] and what trends they are paying attention to this year. Here are some highlights from what we learned, followed by more in-depth analysis: .

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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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Celebrate National Nonprofit Day | Inspire More People to Give

Donorbox

National Nonprofit Day was declared a national holiday on August 17, 2017. Sherita J Herring, a speaker, author, and business strategist, promoted this holiday to recognize nonprofits’ impacts on their communities and the world. She had chosen this day as the National Nonprofit Day because the Tariff Act was signed on August 17, 1894. This […].

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Global Billionaire Wealth Surges by Nearly 18%

NonProfit PRO

Altrata, a global leader in data-driven people intelligence, released the Billionaire Census 2022. Powered by Wealth-X data, the ninth edition of this report reveals the global billionaire population rose by 3.3% to 3,311 individuals in 2021, with total wealth surging by 17.8% to a record $11.8 trillion.

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Your career after … Tips for making a change after a life event

Charity Village

This article was originally published on CareerWise’s blog and has been reprinted with permission. If there is one thing the pandemic has taught us, it’s that a lot of us are looking for a change in order to find our purpose in our lives and/or careers. My program, “Your Career After…”, is about what you […]. The post Your career after … Tips for making a change after a life event appeared first on CharityVillage.

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How Collaborating With Influencers Can Further Your Organization’s Mission

sgEngage

Social media is no longer a novel concept, so you’ve probably seen firsthand the impact influencers can have. Experts and popular advocates will support the organizations they care about on social media and market that organization to their thousands — or in some cases, millions — of followers. This trend has been made popular on networks like TikTok and Instagram.

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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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20 Best Community Engagement Platforms for Nonprofits and Associations in 2022

Wild Apricot

Membership organizations thrive on the power of community. When members feel like they’re a part of something special, they’re much more likely to not only stick around, but encourage their friends and family to join. If you were a membership.

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How to Best Hire Your Next Nonprofit CEO

NonProfit PRO

As a board member of a nonprofit organization, the most important responsibility you are likely to ever undertake will be to hire your next CEO. Before you embark on this tremendous and most important responsibility, here are some best practices you can implement into the hiring process.

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Clearing the legislative path for improved collaboration between charities and Indigenous organizations

Charity Village

Update: Bill S-216 has now been passed “in essence” via Bill C-19, the Budget Implementation Act. Bill C-19 included measures that changed the “direction and control” requirements that regulate charities who work with non-charities. According to Senator Ratna Omidvar, sponsor of Bill S-216, “These are big and important changes. They provide a path to get […].

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The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 234: Self-Care for Women in Leadership

sgEngage

Research has shown that women are more prone to burnout than men for a variety of reasons, including societal expectations and imbalances in responsibilities across work and home. This can be further intensified for women working at nonprofits and other social good organizations, which often have higher than average rates of burnout and turnover. Today’s guest, Stacie Barber, is an integrative life coach and the founder of Stacie Barber Lifestyle.

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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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5 Benefits of Deploying a Volunteer Time Off (VTO) Policy

Volunteer Hub

Creating and implementing a volunteer time off policy can provide much-needed support to the community, help develop skills for employees, and boost morale. According to an Employee Benefits Survey , conducted by Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), only 26% of employers allow employees to take paid time off to volunteer. This statistic is concerning when you consider the benefits that VTO provides the community, employers, and employees.

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Follow This Simple Formula for Your Mission and Vision Statements

NonProfit PRO

Your nonprofit has its own identity, and it’s likely that you want to tell your whole story to your stakeholders. However, when nonprofits wrap everything that the organization is about into its mission and vision statements, a lot of the power and decision-making value is lost in these lofty and winding statements. .

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The Complete Guide to Building Your Donation Page

CauseVox

It’s no secret that your donation page is a really big deal. With over 50% of donors preferring to give online, a high-functioning donation page isn’t just a nice-to-have, it’s key to raising more funds. If your donation page doesn’t deliver, you’re probably leaving money on the table. At CauseVox, we’re all about helping nonprofits reach their goals, which is why we’ve compiled a complete guide to building a donation page to raise the money you need to advance your mission.

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What to Do When Your Fundraising Methods Fall Flat

Get Fully Funded

It’s a horrible feeling when the tried-and-true fundraising methods that have worked in the past stop working. Maybe you’ve experienced this…. …your spring campaign that you thought would bring in $5,000 only brings in $1,200…. …or the fundraising letter you hoped would generate $7,000 barely nets $3,000…. …or your online fundraiser barely brings in $2,500 when you were counting on at least $4,000.

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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.