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Reflections on a Decade of Designing and Facilitating Interactive Webinars

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve had the honor of facilitating an online peer learning exchange of Knight Grantees that are hosting Giving Days, applying and iterating on the Giving Day Playbook since 2013. Yesterday, I facilitated the first webinar in a series hosted by the Knight Foundation on taking the practice of Giving Days to the next level.

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17 Top Volunteer Management Software Options for Nonprofits

Bloomerang

However, successful volunteer recruitment, engagement, and retention are no easy feat. A successful volunteer management process ensures that volunteers are informed, engaged, and motivated, which in turn increases long-term volunteer retention. Improves volunteer engagement and retention.

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32 Sure Fire Ways to Grow Philanthropy after 40 Years of Static Giving

NetWits

Enhance focus on retention and building supporter loyalty. Fund the development of a website to facilitate peer-to-peer evaluations of nonprofits. To read the detail of each recommendation, download the complete report or check out the executive summary to get the highlights. 32 Sure Fire Ways to Grow Philanthropy in the U.S.

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Why Movement Is the Killer Learning App for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. 1. Body Breaks: Incorporate some sort of movement or body activity every ten minutes.

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4 steps to build a business case for new membership software

Nimble AMS

Show how the new systems can facilitate and drive those goals. staff and member retention as they get frustrated and leave. Consider creating a brief executive summary that gives a succinct overview and addresses anticipated questions. Develop a clear understanding of their goals. Talk benefits, not features. data issues.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Using Posters To Spark Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The next facilitation challenge was to break them into small groups to work on the personas using a poster-sized version of the persona worksheet. I also gave them a summary of recent research from the Women’s Philanthropy Institute about giving motivations for women’s and girl’s causes.

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Nonprofit Fundraising: How to Run an Effective Campaign

Qgiv

When developing a fundraising strategy, your best bet is to concentrate on two areas: your most productive donor groups and high-impact donor recruitment and retention. Your fundraising strategy should include plans for donor acquisition and retention with an emphasis on recruiting high-impact donors. Donor retention.