Volunteer Hub

APRIL 30, 2021

The Students Association of MacEwan University (SAMU) switched from another volunteer management solution to VolunteerHub in order to leverage VolunteerHub’s reward and recognition, user groups, and kiosk features. Capabilities that were not provided by their previous volunteer management software. VolunteerHub is a Great Investment for SAMU.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2023

Universal Analytics (UA) has stopped processing data. In a big change from Universal Analytics, GA4 reports on traffic and user acquisition. Creating and using UTMs The first place to start is to ensure your email blasts include UTMs on any links to your website. It’s official.

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NetWits

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The same is true with your holiday email appeals. While nonprofits often deliver highly relevant content in direct mail appeals – based on giving history, interests and past actions – that approach isn’t always carried over to their email appeals. Ask for interests during the email signup process. When making a hard ask.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Similar to a first Google search or email sent, or your first friend request received on Facebook, your first exploration of VR is once-in-a-technological-revolution experience. Your exploration of the Horizon Metaverse is done through the Oculus Universal Menu which can be quickly accessed by clicking the Oculus button.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2017

In a research report called “ Exhausted But Unable to Disconnect, ” professors from Lehigh University, Virginia Tech, and Colorado State University found that an “always on” culture may prevent employees from fully disengaging from work, causing stress. Within seconds I went to enjoying time off with friends to being on work duty.”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 6, 2023

Online channels (email, social media, website, donation forms, and texting) encourage real-time interactions, personalized messaging, and taps into tech-savvy younger donors. With respect to email fundraising, nonprofits should send year-end messages as early as September and no later than early November.

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M+R

APRIL 24, 2024

Cram your cranium with metrics on email and mobile messaging, advertising, web traffic, social media and influencers, and more. Email accounted for 16% of all online fundraising — but while audiences grew, individual email metrics declined across the board. Play along while we explore the key findings today at 1:00 ET.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

For schools, alumni departments and university foundations, this research is nothing short of eye opening. As universities work fervently to secure alumni donors and preserve their existing alumni base, they are doing so during a time of obvious and turbulent change in the world of higher ed. We know that Millennials like to give.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

For schools, alumni departments and university foundations, this research is nothing short of eye opening. As universities work fervently to secure alumni donors and preserve their existing alumni base, they are doing so during a time of obvious and turbulent change in the world of higher ed. The Millennial Alumni Study.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2020

With the demonstrated power of giving days for higher ed, now is a perfect time to start thinking about adding one to your fundraising strategy like we did at Brown University. Unlike many higher-ed institutions, giving days at Brown have focused solely on the Brown Annual Fund versus a university-wide strategy.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2020

Today’s Q&A is with Julie Vargo, CIO of Advancement IT at The Ohio State University. She is responsible for the leadership, strategic direction and oversight of information technology and records for the university’s advancement office, and currently serves as the chair of the Blackbaud Higher Education Product Advisory Group.

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EveryAction

JUNE 23, 2023

Choose who should make the advocacy calls Once you’ve chosen your targets, it’s time to build your universe. Extra barriers like dialing switchboards can make it less likely that supporters will make the call, and your organization will likely then rely on word-of-mouth and counting emails for reporting purposes.

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Everyaction

APRIL 30, 2018

With so many other influences vying for their time, attention, and financial support, it can be difficult for Alumni Engagement offices to ensure that alumni are retaining a sense of connection to the university. Digital communication that stands out. The key to running a cost-effective direct mail program is effective testing.

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Everyaction

APRIL 30, 2018

With so many other influences vying for their time, attention, and financial support, it can be difficult for Alumni Engagement offices to ensure that alumni are retaining a sense of connection to the university. Digital communication that stands out. The key to running a cost-effective direct mail program is effective testing.

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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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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 4, 2023

Religious institutions, universities, and healthcare charities tend to receive substantial contributions from this generation. Preferred contact methods: Voice calls, Text or SMS messaging, email, social media posts Preferred donation methods: Online giving 3) Generation X (1965-1980) Average annual gift of $732 across four charities.

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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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NTEN

AUGUST 5, 2014

At #MFOM14, I participated as a speaker, leading one workshop, Email Marketing to Support Year-Round Online Fundraising , and as a panelist for the session, Visual Communication: Create pictures, videos, and presentations quickly, easily, and affordably. What free or low-cost tools do you rely on for creating visual media?

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Cloud for Good recently hosted an Application Showcase webinar where we invited Blackthorn Events and Mogli to talk about how their third-party applications work with Salesforce to help universities throughout their recruitment and admission processes. The Application Showcase. Blackthorn Events. Putting the Solution Together.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 10, 2017

5 Ideas for University Fundraising Campaigns at Year-End. but the research tells us that this popups can double conversion rates for email signups. Ensure that your end-of-year emails stand out: If you remember one thing, remember this: Don’t beat around the bush. During November and December, the email inbox is a crowded place.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2020

Today’s Q&A is with Tim Snyder, associate vice president, Alumni and Donor Services at Wake Forest University. In his role, Tim is responsible for the overall management of Alumni Services, the Wake Forest Fund, and Donor Services and Advancement Services at the university. Q: What led you to working in higher education?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

Maybe they heard about you on Facebook, or they signed a petition and you sent them an email. Learn from it – was an email particularly effective? They are universal, so many tools track them or support adding them automatically. UTMs can be used in ads, emails, and anywhere you’re sharing a link.

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Candid

MARCH 7, 2024

But despite these substantial benefits, working from home is not a universal cure for stress. Being always reachable, often via multiple applications (Slack, Zoom, email, text) and on different devices, makes it difficult to establish when you’re really not at work. It enables you to tailor work schedules to better fit lifestyles (e.g.,

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.orgSource

AUGUST 14, 2023

Bard is able to generate different creative text formats, like poems, code, scripts, musical pieces, email, letters, etc. Information Universe The bots have access to galaxies of information. It can handle diverse conversational styles and adapt to various prompts, allowing for a more natural and interactive user experience.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Help maintain membership hygiene by ensuring donor records are accurate, spelled correctly, and that bouncing emails are cleaned, etc. Staff the organization’s general email inbox and provide support and pre-written or customized solicitations for support with a link to the donation page. your neighbors. your family members.

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M+R

AUGUST 24, 2022

Email us here! Here’s how: Over the years, LCV built a robust online program that relied heavily on email for fundraising success. But an email system migration and a sea of related problems meant they were soon unable to reliably land in the email inboxes of their millions of supporters. Have a question? Just not sure?

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The days of the “wild west” when it comes to mass email marketing, where anyone can employ mass email to send an email message to any email address, if it existed, and it was delivered, have come to an end. Today, email is about engagement and not quantity. Today, email is about engagement and not quantity.

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Candid

MAY 23, 2023

Uplifting historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) Shaw University, located in Raleigh, NC, was the first HBCU organized in the South and is the birthplace of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). At Howard University, we used to sing the song during convocation.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

We’re hearing it about online giving days, about crowdfunding, about email – and now we’re starting to field the same question about peer-to-peer or online ambassador programs. One of those organizations is the University of Minnesota. The University partnered with Blackbaud and used Attentive.ly Give to the Max Day.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

But, evaluating the performance of your email campaigns can be much simpler. You can significantly improve the performance of your email campaigns by knowing and understanding just four data points. Open Rate: If you manage an email campaign of any size, then you’re familiar with an open rate. That’s right.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 1, 2023

Keep your audience engaged and informed about your activities while maintaining ongoing communication via e-newsletters or email sign-ups. Expand Your Universe Not everyone’s on Facebook. A website eradicates this issue as it’s universally accessible.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 21, 2021

So when you use a main CRM database, such as Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP), along with an assortment of ‘satellite’ systems for online giving, fundraising events, email marketing, eCommerce, volunteers, and the like, data integrity has to be top of mind. She also gets no gift acknowledgement because of the erroneous email address.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

You could, for example, base one on an email list of your past donors to try and reach the most productive segment of your following. For example, what messages most effectively drive donations in your email campaigns? from the University of Virginia. 3) Choose your budget and schedule. and has appeared in Axios Media Trends.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Email marketing campaigns are just as effective for nonprofits as they are for any other business. Aside from sending out emails on behalf of your nonprofit, there are other things that can be worked on in order to see a greater level of success. Captivate your readers with engaging pictures throughout your emails.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2019

One solution the Genie offered me about reducing email time was to set expectations with my email signature. The solution offered me easy steps and tools – and examples like: “To maintain focus, I check email once a day. I will be checking email intermittently and will respond as soon as I can.”. “I

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 9, 2020

By Elizabeth Ngonzi , Adjunct Faculty at New York University Center for Global Affairs and Former CEO of Afrika Tikkun USA. Please follow Ms. Ngonzi on Twitter and LinkedIn and register for her upcoming on March 24, Digital Storytelling to Access, Attract and Activate U.S.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 29, 2022

Sewanee The University of the South started providing donors the ability to make stock donations through DonateStock in 2021. In the past, the manual process of orchestrating a stock gift resulted in a frustrating experience for the donor. Since then, stock donation transactions that used to take days or weeks now take only minutes.

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