Greater Giving

MARCH 22, 2024

We are in the season of renewal, and it’s the perfect time for nonprofit leaders to re-evaluate their fundraising strategies for spring. Reassess Your Goals and Audience Align with Donor Preferences Spring cleaning isn’t just for closets! Take a fresh look at your fundraising goals for the year.

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

A spontaneous cruise of the office was an effective strategy for evaluating a variety of business indicators. The desire to be fully aware of the strengths and weaknesses of your team drives this type of evaluation. Set Goals Determining what you want to accomplish is the first step. shared this valuable advice.

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VQ Strategies

AUGUST 24, 2022

Yet, even prior to the pandemic, organizations had begun to rethink how retention success was measured, shifting from a goal of keeping volunteers to one of “maximizing volunteer talent.” No time in history has challenged our definitions and goals of retention as dramatically as have the past few years.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Financial managers make understanding the group’s risk tolerance a defining component of their strategy. We can’t predict what will happen, but we can gain an understanding of our organization’s ability to navigate the unknown and develop strategies to manage uncertainty. Evaluate New Initiatives Strategic risk is a different story.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 15, 2024

Developing a digital donor acquisition strategy takes a similar approach to direct mail. Then, once you understand your audience members and which strategies resonate with them, you can build a strategy. Evaluate past fundraising and acquisition campaigns. How did these individuals hear about your nonprofit?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 4, 2022

The pandemic has caused many mission-driven organizations to re-evaluate their mission, reconsider their strategic plan to accomplish it, and then engage donors and advocates from this new position. What specific business goals does your organization have that would be bolstered by rebranding? How to Evaluate the Options Objectively.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Ensuring that your foundation makes impactful grants to the right nonprofit partners starts with a thorough proposal evaluation. To help you better review submissions so that you are set up for success, here are 10 items you should look for as you evaluate your grant applications. Program Description. Measurement Plan.

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

Whether I’m writing about marketing, strategy, or technology, one idea always surfaces. They must also provide the authority and guidance that unites strategy, brand, and voice across the organization. Everyone on your team should have a deep understanding of the strategic goals and how they relate to departmental operations.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

This call spurred the increasing demand for program evaluation. In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

I am still evaluating the lessons learned. Kristine’s Story The goal of the Kitchen Cabinet was to talk about the great things restaurants do in Milwaukee. The goals were to talk about the great things that restaurants do in their communities. More likely to achieve their goals. The pandemic was a wormhole.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 24, 2024

Your passion and drive demonstrate why donors should give to your cause, but finding new donors and keeping existing ones takes something more: a solid fundraising strategy. A thorough, thoughtful strategy takes the guess work out of the daily operations of your nonprofit. It’s the story you tell potential and current donors.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 30, 2023

To help simplify your nonprofit event planning processes , this guide will evaluate the three most popular event formats: in-person, virtual, and hybrid. Swaim Strategies recommends fundraising books as an often-overlooked resource that you can use during your research.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2021

In part one of this series, I outlined my top six fundraising strategies for 2021: . Mastering an analytic approach to strategy and planning. In this post, I’ll explore the fifth strategy. . Master an analytic approach to strategy and planning. The point is this: You are where you are; the goal is to improve.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

What I mean by that is that some fundraising strategies are more expensive and time consulting than others. For example, did you know that throwing events is one of the most expensive fundraising strategies? Examine your event goals. . The first step is to critically examine your event goals.

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Achieve

AUGUST 20, 2021

If you’re looking for ways to evaluate your current agendas and optimize them for efficiency, you’ve come to the right place! Note the end goal for each item. Note the end goal for each item. For example, your goal could just be to inform board members about an upcoming fundraiser they’re expected to participate in.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Here are some strategies your organization can consider for improving donor retention by building donor trust in your brand. Evaluate how your organization’s and your community’s core values are being articulated and experienced in the stories you tell , in your interactions with the public, and in your communications with donors.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 23, 2024

One major gift-size donation can be the difference between meeting your fundraising goal and not. Major Gift Fundraising Strategies for Every Phase of the Process In this guide, we’ll take you step by step through every part of the major gift fundraising process and provide you with tips for securing more (and larger!)

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.orgSource

APRIL 22, 2024

Keeping pace with this environment is a constant process of understanding what works, refining those strategies, and abandoning anything that does not add value. Create Space for Evolution Don’t fixate on giving every goal a finite timeline. It opens services and activities to ongoing evaluation and adjustment.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2021

That makes it challenging for the agency to show adequate ROI or valuable conversions to their client when there is no strategy behind the advertising spend. This knowledge will help you introduce new marketing channels into your strategy. To Determine Your Goals for the Coming Year. Haven’t tried email marketing yet?

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

A nonprofit technology assessment is an evaluation of the digital maturity of your organization. The end goal is to discover opportunities to optimize your tech stack further. Remember— the goal of one of these assessments is to discover areas to optimize your existing tech stack. What is your main goal for the assessment?

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

When you’re starting an association, it’s usually in the service of a simple but powerful goal: bringing people together to advocate for their shared interests. But even the simplest goals aren’t necessarily easy—and they usually require a pretty sophisticated strategy to back them up.

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Bloomerang

MAY 31, 2022

Your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy encompasses more than just earning donations from supporters. It involves your efforts to recruit new supporters, engage with existing ones, and grow your organization’s influence, all with the goal of funding your mission more efficiently. 6 elements your fundraising strategy should include.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 2, 2024

Remember that famous quote from Peter Drucker, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Motivation— supports developing strategy, setting goals, and staying focused. Taking the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator together might be a good launch strategy. Ask questions that invite self-evaluation.

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.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

As the home of organizations that draw on decades of history, it’s not surprising that we love the security of time-honored strategies. Their advice about strategy, leadership, and digital business is still ahead of its time. The Critical Questions will prompt you to evaluate your organization’s current status.

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Greater Giving

JANUARY 23, 2023

The Donor Pyramid is a tool for helping nonprofits understand their fundraising approach and evaluate its effectiveness. Using this tool can help you develop strategies for increasing your revenue over time. If your goal is to increase giving, it helps to use a Gift Range Calculator to help you develop your gift ranges in your pyramid.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Imagine this: you set what you think is an ambitious fundraising goal for your virtual event and then watch as you double, triple, quadruple that goal in the days leading up to the event. Then, you cross the finish line – and end up raising 12 times your fundraising goal ! Ah, the powers of technology.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Strategies to diversify nonprofit boards can be divided into three broad phases. This phase starts with evaluating current board composition using a board matrix. Gathering information and involving stakeholders is an important practice to set goals and develop a recruitment strategy. Phase 3: Evaluate and celebrate.

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Forum One

JANUARY 20, 2022

As we are closing in on the end of January, you have likely be finalizing your nonprofit’s digital strategy plans. Over the past year, you and your team devoted time and resources to optimize your digital platforms, social media and email marketing to support your organization’s goals and overall mission. Website metrics.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Skill building is a foundational strategy for retaining talent and attracting bright new employees to your organization. Opportunities must be a two-way street that advances both individual and organizational goals. This upward mobility should be a point of pride. Learning for learning’s sake is great.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

The conference was framed around the question: Given the convergence of networks and big data and the need for more innovation, what evaluation methods should be used to evaluate social change outcomes along side traditional methods? I followed the developmental evaluation thread most closely. Here are my notes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 17, 2021

To identify your stewardship strategies, first, consider your current state of affairs. During the discussion, use the following business principles to assist in your evaluation: Churn Rate: Churn rate in its broadest sense is a measure of the number of customers moving out of a collective group over a period of time.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

The term was coined in 1994 by Joel Kurtzman , who was the founding editor-in-chief of Strategy+Business magazine and editor of the Harvard Business Review. She also makes an important point about the shift in persuasive strategies away from the aggressive sales pitch and toward a more genuine and personalized approach.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 18, 2023

Developing a digital donor acquisition strategy takes a similar approach as direct mail, starting with a detailed analysis of your donor base, including average gift, retention rates, average gift, and if you have done previous online fundraising campaigns, cost per acquired donor. Use social media to drive traffic to your website.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 26, 2024

The way you set up your dashboards and reports will depend on multiple factors, including your data analysis goals and what data you need to inform your analysis. So, be sure to focus only on metrics that are most relevant to your campaign goals. Evaluate post-campaign data. Access your data. Analyze during the campaign.

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Non Profit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

For nonprofits, this moment presents an opportunity for a social media strategy “do-over.” This means evaluating our social media objectives beyond content creation and campaigns and considering issues such as harassment, data privacy, surveillance, and accessibility. Center language justice in your content strategies.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 20, 2021

There is no “one size fits all” strategy, but all collaboration is rooted in trusted relationships. They are setting the stage for transparent communication when evaluating compatibility and complementary “value exchange between partners” are in effect. Layer two begins with the implementation process. Recommendations.

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 18, 2009

These 5 Steps are intended to help you create a successful social media strategy, but as you will see, they focus on your organization’s overall strategy! Goals & Objectives. Evaluate your goals and objectives, as an organization. For more resources on goals & objectives: The Pollyanna Principles.

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