article thumbnail

We’re Shocked: IRS Announces 2021 Key Filing Dates, Tax Season Starts February 12th

Blue Fox

If you frequent the IRS.gov virtual newsroom (like we do), you’ll discover these facts: “The Internal Revenue Service announced that the nation's tax season will start on Friday, February 12, 2021, when the tax agency will begin accepting and processing 2020 tax year returns. .” Your tax refund may come later this year.

Files 78
article thumbnail

Direct Mail Donor Acquisition Strategies

Allegiance Group

A donor acquisition strategy is essential to every nonprofit’s sustainability because adding new donors to the file will offset donor attrition and provide a new pipeline for future major donors. The slide below shows two important things: The first-year value of a new donor acquired in FY18 was $89.

Mail 52
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Get Organized and Increase Your Nonprofit Productivity

Get Fully Funded

Here are some of my favorite tools and how I use them to stay organized and be productive: Google Workspace, formerly known as G Suite: I cannot imagine a more important set of tools for nonprofit productivity than these free tools from Google: Google Docs , Google Sheets , Google Forms , Google Slides , and Google Calendar.

Product 124
article thumbnail

The Future of Cloud Computing: 5 Startups to Watch from BoxWorks

Tech Soup

BoxWorks is the annual conference for Box.com, one of the emerging cloud file storage and collaboration companies similar to Dropbox and Huddle. Capriza has developed what they call a virtualization-based approach that allows someone to make an internal organization mobile app for a department — in as little as a week.

article thumbnail

Marketing and Engagement: Making the most of your Emails

Amy Sample Ward

Below are my slides and a round-up of tips for getting started with a more engaged membership responding to your emails! International organizations once again stood out for their low newsletter click-through rates. Last week, I visited Omaha, Nebraska, and had a great time presenting to the PRSA Nebraska chapter.

email 169
article thumbnail

Become a Social Organization: Online Community Meetup Recap

Tech Soup

Please visit the site to view this file). One study found that organizations that are not social internally spend 38 percent of their time searching for and/or duplicating information requested by constituents. For a more in-depth look at the steps required to become social, take a look at Ogneva’s slide presentation.

article thumbnail

July Is Web Conferencing Month

Tech Soup

With the ability to present slides, share links and desktops, conduct polls, and create and store meeting notes, virtual meetings can be more productive than meetings in person. File uploading and downloading. Web conferencing excels where rich collaboration and close interaction are needed and teams are dispersed.