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‘The Nonprofit Email Report’ Evaluated Thousands of Email Campaigns: Here’s What You Need to Know

NonProfit PRO

With data from nearly 1,500 nonprofits, nonprofit software provider Neon One has evaluated more than 37,000 email campaigns totaling more than 157 million individual emails for “The Nonprofit Email Report.” The new report provides a look at nonprofit email benchmarks for both large and small organizations.

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4 storytelling tips to inspire and engage your nonprofit audience

Candid

The reason storytelling is so effective at capturing people’s attention is simple. It’s human. In fact, our brains are hardwired to respond to stories. This means the story you share about your mission-driven work can motivate everyone—from your potential and existing donors to your staff and board members. However, in today’s online world, it’s easy to get lost in the digital noise.

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Five Critical Steps for Successful User Adoption

Association Analytics

Making technology or process changes in the workplace is hard work. It takes time. It takes effort. And the biggest differentiator between success and failure is a user adoption plan. User adoption is the experience employees go through when using new technology or following new processes with existing technology. Since staff turnover, leadership changes, shifting business priorities, and/or platform updates can happen at any time, it’s important to keep in mind that user adoption does not neces

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[Free Webinar] How to Maximize Your Nonprofit’s Donor Lifetime Value

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Date: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 Time: 1 pm ET / 10 am PT (1 hour) Cost: Free Presented by: Classy.org Did you know that recurring donors are 9x more valuable than a one-time donor? Join this free webinar to learn the secrets of turning one-time donors into recurring donors and how to increase the value of each supporter. We’ll also reveal where online donations over $5k are most likely to occur and what types of fundraising can result in $1,200 per donor over the course of a year.

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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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What Americans Think About Nonprofits, Per New Study

NonProfit PRO

What Americans Think About Philanthropy and Nonprofits,” a new study from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, polled about 1,300 Americans over the summer of 2022 to learn more about how the American public perceives philanthropy and the nonprofit sector.

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How to Get Sponsorships: The Complete Guide

Wild Apricot

The post How to Get Sponsorships: The Complete Guide appeared first on WildApricot.

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Meet Visionlink at AAS2023 "Make An Impact" Conference in Portland!

VisionLink

AAS 2023 - “Make An Impact” Conference! April 18-22 American Association of Suicidology Stop by our table in the Exhibit Hall, and t alk with Deb Harris , Visionlink Senior Advisor & Domain Expert, who is also a former colleague. She worked with many of you in the trenches - crisis/suicide intervention, 211, veteran peer support, and coordinated care - for thirty years.

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4 Steps to Generating More Media for Your Nonprofit Story

NonProfit PRO

What can you do to generate more attention and get the media interested in your nonprofit? Here are four steps you can take now to get the media’s attention that you need — and deserve.

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What Should You Say to Get People to Donate

Get Fully Funded

Your words matter when you’re trying to get people to donate. If you inspire people, you’ll get a gift. If you bore people or confuse them, you won’t. It’s pretty simple. This means you can’t just slap anything on a page, send it to a donor, and expect great results. Maybe you’ve experienced this with a fundraising letter that performed so poorly you called it a failure and didn’t want to try it again.

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Beyond Basic Learning Metrics: Using Analytics to Uncover Insights & Education Gaps

Association Analytics

The post Beyond Basic Learning Metrics: Using Analytics to Uncover Insights & Education Gaps appeared first on Association Analytics.

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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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The Best Online Payment Service Providers in 2023

Wild Apricot

The post The Best Online Payment Service Providers in 2023 appeared first on WildApricot.

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Is Curiosity the Secret Power for Nonprofit Leaders?

NonProfit PRO

Leadership is complicated. But it’s not impossible. Fortunately, there may be an easy and powerful key to uniting your team's expectations with your organization’s need to get work done. The key is curiosity.

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How to Trim Your Fundraising Event Costs in 5 Steps

DonorPerfect

Hosting an incredible fundraising event doesn’t have to cost a lot of money. Often the more creative you are, the more money you can save and the more memorable the experience will be for your guests. Whether you are hosting an elegant gala, a fast-paced marathon, or a casual networking event, here are five steps Read More » The post How to Trim Your Fundraising Event Costs in 5 Steps appeared first on Nonprofit Technology & Fundraising Blogs.

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Building Blocks for a Successful Nonprofit Website

Tech Soup

Your website is like the storefront for your organization. It's where people go to find out more about who you are and what you do, to donate, volunteer, or access a service. In order to keep people moving through the process of becoming a supporter or a part of your community, you'll need to make sure your site is informative and easy to navigate.

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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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Reading Donor Signals for Events: Knowing Who to Invite and When

Qgiv

Having the right people in the room is the deciding factor between a good event and a great one. But how do you know who to invite to upcoming events? Reading donor signals is a key step in deciding who to invite to your events! At Virtuous, we believe that the Responsive Fundraising Framework is foundational in helping fundraisers cultivate meaningful relationships with donors that increase generosity.

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Mission-Centric Membership Marketing in a Data-Driven World

NonProfit PRO

The key to effective membership marketing lies in something obvious, but often overlooked — your mission. Keeping your mission at the forefront can enable creative endeavors in marketing without being handcuffed to data.

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From Brittle to Nimble: How to Lead Organizations and People with Resilience

Charity Village

Original Broadcast Date: May 13, 2023. Summary: Many nonprofit employees are deeply connected with their work, even suggesting it is their life’s calling. On the one hand, this determination helps these devoted people commit to their work even as they experience obstacles and setbacks. On the other hand, burnout and emotional exhaustion among these individuals has […] The post From Brittle to Nimble: How to Lead Organizations and People with Resilience appeared first on CharityVillage.

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How to secure corporate sponsors for your fundraising event

Candid

As a nonprofit professional, you understand how much time, resources, and planning goes into running a successful fundraising event. Between reserving a space, booking catering, lining up items for your charity auction, and more, costs can quickly add up for your organization. This is where corporate sponsors can help. Corporate sponsorship is a mutually beneficial relationship wherein a company offers direct financial support, in-kind donations , or skilled volunteer services to support a nonpr

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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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6 Tips for Nonprofit Event Networking

DonorPerfect

There are plenty of incredible fundraisers out there who navigate nonprofit events with ease and grace (if this is you, major props). For the rest of us – especially if the thought of not having a specific event task or station to take charge of makes you queasy – here are some practical tips to Read More » The post 6 Tips for Nonprofit Event Networking appeared first on Nonprofit Technology & Fundraising Blogs.

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3 Tips to Make the Most of Your Social Media Fundraising

NonProfit PRO

Social media can be a powerful part of a comprehensive fundraising strategy when planned ahead with an understanding of how it fits into the mix. Here are three tips on how you can make the most of your social media fundraising efforts.

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8 Proven Ways to Find Podcast Sponsorship

The Sponsorship Collective

Your podcast is missing one thing: sponsors. You know you need ‘em, but you have no idea how to find them. What are some proven methods you can follow to nab more sponsors? Here are 8 of my top methods for finding podcast sponsors: Look into podcast advertising networks Network, network, network Check your competitors […] The post 8 Proven Ways to Find Podcast Sponsorship appeared first on The Sponsorship Collective.

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CanadaHelps’ Annual Giving Report: 57% of Canadian charities are unable to meet the growing demand for services

Charity Village

CanadaHelps released the sixth edition of The Giving Report, an annual look at the charitable sector and the state of giving which highlights alarming new findings. The complete report is available online here. Key Findings From The Giving Report 2023 The report identifies a wide range of issues and challenges relating to the state of […] The post CanadaHelps’ Annual Giving Report: 57% of Canadian charities are unable to meet the growing demand for services appeared first on CharityV

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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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48 Top Nonprofit Podcasts in 2023

Whole Whale

Podcasting is an incredible medium that was catapulted into mainstream audiences with the success of Spotify buying top podcasts and growth of podcast companies like Gimlet Media. This renaissance of the medium presents a fantastic opportunity for deeper content to be created and consumed by people interested in the nonprofit world. While it is easy to create a podcast, the difficulty comes with the ongoing work needed to maintain a podcast month after month.

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Social Innovation Summit Announces Steve Aoki as a Headlining Speaker for Flagship Event

NonProfit PRO

Social Innovation Summit (SIS) announced Steve Aoki as a headlining speaker, as well as the rest of the 2023 speaker lineup that will join its flagship summit on June 6-7, 2023, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.

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The Power of Collaborative Fundraising

Blue Avocado

Article In Brief: The Problem: Fundraising can sometimes be seen as a competition with nonprofits all going their own way, repeating the same playbook, duplicating effort. Our author wonders if there is a better way to tap into the inherent collaborative impulses of the sector. The Context: Social causes are bigger than just one organization. […] The post The Power of Collaborative Fundraising appeared first on Blue Avocado.

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For-profit competition is coming for you: 4 strategies to help your association

Nimble AMS

Has your association experienced this latest trend? Recently, there has been a rise in for-profit organizations building “community” as part of their business strategy. Because of this trend, associations have experienced more and more for-profit competition. Here are a few examples of for-profit organizations: The Alliance: A group of 13 “associations” that began from a Slack group and are now the number one education platform for companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft.

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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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Apply now! Shoppers Foundation for Women’s Health™ Community Grant program?

Charity Village

Are you a registered charity working to create a healthier future for women in Canada?   Shoppers Foundation for Women’s Health ™ is now accepting Community Grant applications.  This program provides grants up to $100,000 to Canadian registered charitable organizations working to foster women’s health equity by increasing access to care and support, improving awareness of women’s […] The post Apply now!

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365 Days of Giving Opportunities – Countless Ways to Say Thanks

NonProfit PRO

A well-timed, personalized outreach activates a feeling of pride in your donors that can inspire them to give. Does your organization have a strategy for stewardship communications with multiple touchpoints throughout the year? Could you use more support in getting creative campaigns across the finish line? Get some inspiration for your next campaign or appeal and discover how we deliver creative marketing for fundraisers.

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How to Promote an Event on Instagram to Boost Attendance

Bloomerang

Successful event marketing starts with knowing how to reach your target audience. What channel do they spend the most time on? What are they looking at on those channels? For most event coordinators, one of the best places to reach their target audience is Instagram. With over 2 billion active monthly users , you can connect with a broader audience there by sharing engaging posts.

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Data Governance: The Key to Strategic Planning

sgEngage

Data is power and behind every data point is a human story. Your data tells you who is supporting your mission and offers insights into how, when, and even why they choose to give. Building an informed strategic plan relies on your ability to gather, interpret, optimize, and safeguard this data. No matter the scale of your organization, an effective data governance framework is necessary to communicate your impact clearly to grantmakers and donors alike.

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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.