TechImpact

MARCH 19, 2014

Image courtesy of James Madison University. Writing, and sending, your nonprofit’s email newsletter takes creativity, precision strategy, and even a little finesse. In a previous post we discuss the importance of making sure your nonprofit’s emails are optimized for the mobile user. If not, the email is actually illegal.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 29, 2020

Changing Higher Ed Episode 43: Raising Money for Universities during COVID with Scott Roberts and Tim Hill . Higher education fundraising is even more critical as colleges and universities navigate the unexpected and unpredictable financial situation caused by the current COVID-19 pandemic. How are they able to raise money?

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Achieve

MAY 21, 2019

Email is going to be one of the most valuable tools in your staff’s wheelhouse for event marketing purposes. We’ve collected a few of our favorite tactics for event marketing via email here for you. Segment your email lists. Personalize your emails. Our top 8 strategies are: Start with a killer subject line. Intriguing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The panelists included, Virginia Eubanks, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University at Albany, SUNY and author of Automating Inequality ; Rashida Richardson, Director of Policy Research for the AI Now Institute ; and Di Luong, Research and Policy Organizer at Media Mobilizing Project. More on the new law here.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

Utilizing the internet, email and social media has substantially expanded the visibility of nonprofit organizations worldwide. Imagine if an organization never hired or developed an in-house officer that knew how to use email.) In-house AI expertise. McKinsey’s data supports this idea. Conclusion.

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DipJar

AUGUST 6, 2021

These tips can apply to any type of organization looking to manage volunteers, whether you’re working with a business, nonprofit, school or university, or other community organization. Post your volunteer opportunities on several different channels, from social media to your website to email newsletters. Let’s dive in!

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NCE Social Media

OCTOBER 31, 2013

The second group was a group of 18 graduate students in a Nonprofit Communications course at Point Park University. Just because you have an agency page on Facebook doesn’t mean everyone will interact and engage with you on it. Social Media and Fundraising – Guest Lecture at Point Park University from Dave Tinker, CFRE.

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2023

Make a list of these companies and determine who will make an introduction, whether by a phone call or email. Include these logos on the event website, in emails promoting your event, on your organization’s website, and any slideshows that will be shown at the event.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 11, 2021

Over five billion people have mobile phones, and 81% of the U.S. Emails, still a primary source of communication, can be accessed from anywhere. Josh Haynes is a graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Now, I’m not here to say direct mail is dead (it most certainly isn’t) but I do believe that if your college or university isn’t making online giving a priority, you’re missing out on a massive opportunity to raise more for your institution. Because someone has put the effort into reaching out to you by phone or email to ask how to give.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Text-to-give (also known as text-to-donate, text-to-pledge, or text fundraising) is a form of mobile fundraising that asks donors to send a keyword to a text fundraising phone number. You choose a unique keyword and are assigned a phone number for supporters to text. Supporters text the keyword to your phone number.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 24, 2021

Less data being collected by Facebook means smaller retargeting audience sizes, since retargeting capabilities rely on data that identifies users who have already interacted with you. If you’re still getting started, check out the basics of how to run a Facebook campaign and learn more about social media advertising on Whole Whale University.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 7, 2023

Knowing how to write effective fundraising emails is an increasingly important skill. Email is one of the most popular fundraising channels: 48% of donors prefer to receive updates and appeals in their inboxes, and email beats out social media, phone calls, and other digital channels in terms of fundraising performance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 16, 2017

Is everyone sitting around the table, but only engaged on their mobile phones or laptops, checking email or looking at social feeds? One recent study at Stanford University determined staff were more creative when they were walking versus sitting and encouraged walking meetings for more innovation. Let People Know in Advance.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

To illustrate our point, take a look at two possible phonathon script introductions: Phonathon Script Introduction #1: “I’m calling on behalf of University X to raise money for our annual phonathon campaign. Would you consider making a donation of $100 to the university’s endowment fund?”. Automating pledge verification via email.

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Neon CRM

MAY 9, 2023

Here are a few different types of donor management software that nonprofits use to handle their relationships: CRM: A constituent relationship management system is a comprehensive tool for tracking donor data and interactions. With a CRM, you can connect all of your tools, like your email clients, fundraising software, and pay portals.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Where contact information is requested, provide (if applicable) Name, Title, Address, Email Address, Phone Number. For example, here are the fields within the "Organizational Biographical and General Information" group that are common across funders: Organizational Biographical and General Information.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This means that mass emails sent to everyone in your organization’s donor database will do little to form meaningful connections. Make the most of your interactions with your supporters by leveraging the information in your donor database to appeal to them individually. This doesn’t mean sending one-off emails to each person.

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Gyrus

JULY 14, 2016

Pokémon Go is a phenomenon which is quickly taking over our cell phones. People are so engrossed in the game that they are watching their phone as opposed to their surroundings, and placing themselves in serious jeopardy; all for the reward of “catching ‘em all” before their friends. .” User Engagement.

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Gyrus

OCTOBER 11, 2016

In that program, I learned many manners in which I could properly present myself in front of the customer, how to effectively summarize the purpose of my existence within a corporate entity, and most importantly a phone etiquette trick that has stayed with me until this very day. Communication Strategies. Presentation Skills.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2014

Ben works on Blackbaud’s Corporate Communications Team, is a Graduate Student at University of Texas School of Advertising (Hook ‘Em) and a Mississippi native. Well, ladies and gentlemen of the nonprofit universe, the time has come again. Guest post from Blackbaud intern, Ben Baker. Nope, not a movie. I have seen the light!

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Qgiv

MAY 6, 2021

What happens when we combine a near-universal dependence on texting with the desire to do some good? For both text-to-donate and text-to-give, nonprofit organizations need a short code (shortened phone number) and campaign keyword. It also sets a standard for the best way to ask for donor phone numbers. Text fundraising!

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 29, 2024

Keep members in the loop with communications on multiple marketing platforms, including email, direct mail, and text. You can send multichannel communications to members (including emails and letters) reminding them that their membership will automatically renew. Send multichannel communications. Automate annual renewals.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2020

They were able to meet via phone and social media channels, a s well as in person while remaining s ocially distance. . most common change s reported were decreasing the frequency of direct mail/email appeals and cancelling or deferring phonathon campaign s.? Staying Agile . Couldn’t attend live?

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Using this process to identify different types of donors in your universe is extremely useful in guiding your efforts to segment your list and fine tune the messaging that you use for each group. Did he engage with a recent fundraising email? And the process of building these personas can get very detailed. Click an online ad?

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Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 1, 2021

“Our volunteer program plays an important role in providing the MacEwan student body with much-needed resources, services, and programs that would otherwise be unattainable without the support and commitment of volunteers,” said Tosheena Thompson, Volunteer Manager for Students Association of MacEwan University.

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Everyaction

APRIL 25, 2018

Tools like EveryActions's Engagement Points feature allow staff to assign custom "point" levels to various actions that students take, including everything from opening Student Life emails to planning and hosting their own campus events.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Look what I can do with my phone! Emerging tablet computing devices, such as the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy, promise the benefit of mobile access with a larger form factor than a phone screen, making it much easier to do work in the field. avatar), interact with others, and even conduct business transactions.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Our Nonprofits Live interactive series is designed to address such questions and find solutions for the toughest organizational issues. During the event, you will hear from our speakers and have a chance to ask them questions in the interactive chat. RSVP now to join us for this live event on October 25 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time.

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NTEN

APRIL 4, 2011

I've got another triumverate for you, courtesy of Dr. BJ Fogg , founder of the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University: B=MAT. This has obvious applications for us as we create donation or advocacy campaigns, whether it's with email, video, mobile phones, or social networks.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

For 2014, our NPTech experts made strong predictions about charities doing more multi-channel marketing or going beyond email and direct mail into social media. Now, it is looking like the emerging killer apps may be messaging apps that text directly to stakeholders' mobile phones. One is hiring. Another is surveys.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Instead of multiple phone calls back and forth, they can just enter their information on your online form and press “submit.” Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine recently hosted a social media and email campaign called “Be a Helper.” Your online donation tool is one of the quickest and easiest ways for supporters to give to your cause.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 25, 2017

This is done by providing a lot of opportunities to get more involved and interact with an organization. Having content available in different forms for different audiences to interact with and share can really increase impact. You also can ask your users directly, it’s a great way to engage them and see what they want. TJ Nicolaides

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

In this recent New York Times article, " If You Can't Let Go, Twitter " the writer talks about the difficulty of getting her three digital natives and early adopter users to switch from mobile phone texting to using Twitter and without success. So, if email is for old folks, while is twitter is for middle-aged?

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sgEngage

MARCH 27, 2023

A CRM is a system that manages and optimizes information related to current or prospective clients or donors, including contact information, interactions, personal and behavioral data, and communications. Data from the inbound-outbound interaction in the nonprofit CRM can guide fundraisers to identify likely supporters for a new campaign.

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Cloud 4 Good

MAY 27, 2021

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has been able to migrate from TargetX into a custom EDA environment for recruitment & admissions that is compatible with Saleforce.org’s new Admissions Connect tool. We needed to be able to send our emails quickly because we are a very events-heavy school.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

" Brian Reich of Mindshare Interactive Campaigns gave an excellent presentation on Internet/Online Strategies. Mobile phones stay on. So, as a first step, organizations should be at least collecting mobile phone numbers in their databases. People were calling cell phone 5 or 6 times to make a donation. " Here???s

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