Connection Cafe

APRIL 12, 2011

With the postage increase looming, you may be looking for opportunities to reduce your mail stream without reducing your net income. Many nonprofits use the RFM selection strategy in order to identify whom to mail for a certain appeal. But I digress. in printing and postage costs.

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Qgiv

JULY 10, 2023

The benefits of strength-based messaging Strength-based messaging encourages long-term and recurring giving, rather than a one-time gift to meet an immediate need. Example: A gift of $50 today can help a neighbor (not a hungry family) who faces food insecurity. Finding the balance in your organization.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 21, 2010

There's such stiff competition in the world of green holiday tips that it's almost impossible now to come up with an original angle. The holidays are the time for letting go, for hilarity, parties, gift giving, decorating, feasting, and spending lots of money. I think I've found one, though.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2008

When I posted my list of 10 Holiday Gifts That Give Back last year, there weren't many lists like it, but now there are tons! Please include links in the comments to any lists I've missed, as well as your own gifts that give back ideas. Holiday Gift Guide on Echoing Green's Spark blog. There will be a Part 2 & 3).

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Qgiv

MAY 21, 2021

Knowing you have 5 medium blue shirts, 4 extra-large green shirts, and 1 extra-small purple shirt while you’re creating inventory will keep your store accurate and your supporters happy. Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, for example, uses an online fundraising shop to sell tribute gifts, naming opportunities, and other monuments.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Direct mail and e-newsletters are still the leaders. I’d love for people to check out our last social media campaign called Green Gift Monday. With all of the crazy consumerism of the holidays, we tried to bring awareness to responsible and meaningful gifting – like giving to charities. Anything else?

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 27, 2022

If you have a CRM with an analytical dashboard, like Little Green Light or Bloomerang , you are presented with this number daily. Are gifts from major donors up? This means you are stewarding your donors well and nudging them into bigger gifts. What is the average gift size, and has it gone up or down? The right message?

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

On Sunday, February 14th, thousands of people will exchange cards, go out to dinner, eat chocolates, buy flowers, and give gifts for Valentine's Day. I just finished reading Good Mail Day about making postal art, and am totally inspired to get more creative with my cards and letters. Cards Make your own!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 7, 2011

They have all kinds: cards that go in your printer, cards you can paint on with watercolors, photo frame cards, and "green" cards made of hemp, bamboo and recycled fiber. For inspiration, check out the book Good Mail Day: A Primer for Making Eye-Popping Postal Art , and its corresponding Good Mail Day Flickr group.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 12, 2023

According to Nonprofit Pro , “Millennials represent 33 million annual donors, have a $481 annual gift, and contribute to three charities annually.” Still, that’s around 34% less than Generation X and 60% less than Baby Boomers in terms of average annual gift size. more on average. Free Webinar on February 7!

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

One church fundraising consulting firm found that as many as 50 percent of people who receive fundraising mailings go online to make their contribution. This trend means even the smallest churches may find it useful to explore low-cost ways to accept electronic donations for offerings, tithes, and other gifts.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 3, 2023

Gift coding practices can make or break your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy. When it comes to being able to effectively analyze your donor’s giving patterns, and generating accurate fundraising reports, utilizing a consistent and well thought-out strategy of coding the gifts that your nonprofit receives is imperative.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 8, 2018

Gone are the days of just sending out pledge forms in interoffice mail and expecting people to respond. Accept gifts of payroll deduction, check, cash, credit card, or one-time payroll deduction on a specified paycheck. Tip: Departments that achieve 100% participation should get a special visit from the Foundation office with gifts.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Friendraising, by the way, is the concept of cultivating and developing relationships for purposes other than soliciting philanthropic gifts, such as for a volunteer role or in an advisory capacity. CC launched Red House@Your House with a mail and e-mail campaign. The fundraising piece does often come – just at a later date.).

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 9, 2022

Whether you use Little Green Light or Bloomerang , and whether it was $5 or $5,000, their name, giving history, and contact information get you started getting to know them. It’s cheaper to get another gift from someone who already donated than to recruit a brand new donor! How compelled are you to open it? It’s not a mystery.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2008

T-Shirt gift for the birthday boy or girl. To get a kit you have to mail in UPC codes from 4 Quaker Chewy® Granola Bars or Quaker® Granola Bites boxes. A green themed party where guests can plant seeds to take home and grow. ECHOage sends out an evite which allows the recipients to make an online gift of money.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Ask community partners and collaborators for a gift. Electronic mail vs snail mail. Q: We’re a green recycling organization and we don’t like a lot of paper mailing. Q: Are electronic newsletters as effective as hard copy–snail mail? If they want paper in their hands, send it regular mail.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 7, 2021

It’s hard to imagine turning down a gift. These gifts are simple and easy to deposit and use. Donations via third-party platforms like Facebook, online donation tools like QGiv or Little Green Light, and employer matching platforms like Benevity, aren’t always straightforward. Facebook is a great example of that.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

Is it because their gift translates to 10 meals provided for a hungry child in your local community? You’ll want accent colors (such as red, green, or blue) and neutrals (such as black, grey, or brown). Direct Mail: Consider how you want to represent your brand across various direct mailings. Why should a volunteer give?

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Stop by Booth #75 to visit Little Green Light (online donor management) and drop your business card off to get a chance to win a Flip HD video camera. Looking to build your e-mail list? Stop by our booth for a candy bar and a chance to win an iPod Shuffle or an iTunes gift card. Bicknell Information Group in booth 75.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

Stop by Booth #75 to visit Little Green Light (online donor management) and drop your business card off to get a chance to win a Flip HD video camera. Looking to build your e-mail list? Stop by our booth for a candy bar and a chance to win an iPod Shuffle or an iTunes gift card. Bicknell Information Group in booth 75.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 12, 2007

You know, gift arriving on your doorstep--it's hard to beat the rush. I am really looking forward to the launch of the Sundance Channel's new series, The Green. Communication: I use Apple's Mail program for my personal email and read email online from my Electric Embers account for work. media meme

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Care2

JANUARY 21, 2009

“Many groups received significant numbers of gifts this past December, but the average size gift amount dropped, especially at the higher end.&#. Don’t panic by dramatically ramping up the number of hard ask e-mails -- to the exclusion of almost everything else. Re-project online income now.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

You are running your annual campaign, you may be running a capital campaign, and/or you may be running like an endowment campaign, or maybe even some kind of restricted gift campaign. And to me, that’s how you solicited the gift, so what prompted this gift? What prompted that gift? So make sure you have that clear.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 28, 2021

I’m wearing my Bloomerang green today. This month we’re covering building a major gifts program, but we’re going to be digging right into end-of-year through September as well as October through, you’re creating your campaigns, copywriting, how to ask, and everything in between. They do the mailing.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

But if you can get inside a donor’s mind, I think that is the secret to reducing your attrition, which means increasing the number of people who renew and give you gifts year after year. . It’s closer to the gift. . But when you’ve given yourself, that gives you some power to ask for a gift from someone else.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

They give you the gifts that keep on giving. I’m going to start sipping my green tea, like you said. And I learned a lot about fundraising before the internet, when you just dialed for dollars and sent mailings and had a lot of house parties. . I want to make sure my year-end gift is enough.” Steven: Yes.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 30, 2021

So if you look at the fact that if you’re sending out appeals, you might get on average $58, on average, the gifts were $58 from appeal donors. But if you get them online, typically that gift is a little bit higher, between $96 and $111, depending upon which study you look at. So gifts fit their budget.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

10 Top Nonprofit CRM Solutions (Updated 2023) Neon CRM Bloomerang Network for Good Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT Virtuous EveryAction DonorPerfect GiveButter Little Green Light Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud The Pros and Cons of Spreadsheet CRMs Alright! Some platforms also include text messaging and direct mail capabilities as well.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 11, 2022

If a prospective donor encounters an obstacle while trying to donate (like if your donation process is cumbersome or if they can’t find the donate button or if there’s no address for them to mail a check), they may give up. You might be surprised how many people will want to write a check and mail it to you!

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2022

Did you hit the green button? Most midsize and large organizations reach their current capacity with the support of one or more significant gifts from a generous individual, foundation, or corporate partner. These trainings were specific to the work that we did in partnership with gift officers in service to Penn’s major donors.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The fundraising landscape has evolved, which means you need to be prepared to offer an abundance of options beyond traditional methods like direct mail. Identify Guaranteed Income: Record the expected income from guaranteed, committed sources such as major gifts , recurring donations , pledges , and grants.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 25, 2022

So, your message must paint a clear picture so the donor easily understands the impact their gift will make. Your tax-deductible gift will be used as efficiently as possible to save more animals. Pull bits and blurbs from your messaging for fliers, invitations, banners, and snail mail appeals. Your message should also be short.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2022

From giving days to matching gift drives, there are many kinds of basic online fundraisers that are perfect for your organization. Advertise your giving day to your donor base with emails, social media posts, and direct mail in the weeks leading up to the big day. Matching gift drive. Consider hosting a matching gift drive.

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Care2

MAY 4, 2009

Optimizing your Web landing pages to convert more donors, activists, and subscribers Designed by Nick Allen | Donordigital Fundraising Track - Imperial Ballroom A Small changes to a Web site or email landing page can dramatically increase the number of visitors who actually make a gift, send an action alert, or subscribe to a newsletter.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 15, 2010

43% of donors will give via direct mail and 21% from online appeals. And 40-60% of those online gifts will be made in the last two days of the year. They want to feel good about their gift. Remember that your donor is making a personal, emotional statement with their gift. Make your post-gift finish page warm and fuzzy.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 15, 2016

Here’s a rule you can use each and every week: don’t write a grant, plan an event or send out an e-mail appeal until you’ve set up lunch meetings with five donors. —Joe For online gifts, you can link to it in your email receipt or follow-up. Tell them specifically about what their gifts have made possible.

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