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Direct Mail Donor Acquisition Strategies

Allegiance Group

Additionally, retention rates for first-time donors declined from 25.3% 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. You’ll recruit better donors who will stay on file longer.

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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! From 2009 to 2010, the open rate for organizations of all sizes and sectors declined by 12% on average. From 2009 to 2010, the open rate for organizations of all sizes and sectors declined by 12% on average.

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27 Recommended Affordable or Free Nonprofit Software Tools

Bloomerang

That means you likely won’t see the results—increased fundraising revenue, increased donor retention rate, increased average gift size—that you would likely see when using a paid solution. Top feature: Donorbox’s UltraSwift Checkout feature allows donors to quickly complete payments in just a few clicks, promoting higher conversion rates.

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TechSoup's Donation Programs Continue to Grow

Tech Soup

This software features built-in wizards to help structure your presentation’s narrative and build libraries of standard graphics and slide elements (like logos and maps). The Product : Access discounted rates, payment terminals, check processing equipment, and card readers for mobile devices.

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July Is Web Conferencing Month

Tech Soup

That's why BetterWorld Telecom, a TechSoup donation partner, is offering nonprofits a special rate on one of our favorite tools – Adobe Connect. 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.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

As we saw with the Haiti response, language can be a huge barrier to response rate as we rely on people to help translate messages at an un-approachable rate. Here are my slides from the presentation. As always, you can also review the speaking notes by downloading the file for your own review.

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Flickr As Presentation Tool: Screencast #2

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Embed Powerpoint Slides as Flash Presentations in your Blog without Spending a Dime , I just had to try it. I exported the slides a jpg because I didn't have enough bandwidth to upload the pngs as batch without the upload bombing. And, now I'm not sure where my upload bombs of png files were due to that problem or not).