Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Your data can reveal hints about donors’ giving preferences, giving capacity, willingness to give, and the reasons why they support your cause. Here’s how you can learn from data about these donors: Average gift size. Determine how much donors contribute via recurring gifts, on average. Monitor data and adjust your approach.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Our mission is to provide you with practical ideas that you can use right away. Sending the strongest, power-packed thank you letter you can will close the loop on every gift in a positive way, setting the stage for a future gift. Understanding Why People Give (hint: it’s not what you think!)

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Here are 5 best practices to help you convert more volunteers to donors. Survey volunteers to better understand what motivates them to give their time to your nonprofit (hint: this will help to create donation opportunities). Easily upgrade major donors with recommended gift sizes. This data all point to one conclusion.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 9, 2022

Maybe that means that your Major Gift Officers are able to have a great conversation about an event with a potential donor. Knowing best practices on how to interact with these people, how to get your data to work for you, and how to get that information back into Salesforce is required to have a successful direct marketing campaign.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Hint: If your constituents are more comfortable now with virtual opportunities to lend their support, check out Fundly’s list of virtual fundraising ide as to get inspired for your next campaign.). If you created new service delivery methods, you may find that your constituents don’t want to go back. Step 4: Reward success.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Once you understand the basic elements of a good story and a few different ways to tell them, the rest is just practice, practice, practice. hint: it’s very helpful if you can make your “character” a specific person/animal or small group of people/animals that you can attach names to).

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

The easiest place to start is with the practical question of how much your project is going to cost. To help you break down your overall fundraising goal into more approachable pieces, you can create donation tiers (sometimes called a gift range chart or gift table). You’ll want 3-5 prospective donors for each gift level.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

Suggest activities, as appropriate to your nonprofit, e.g., volunteering, attending an in-person event, making a first-time gift, renewing my gift, giving more, committing to monthly giving, leaving a legacy gift, participating in a peer fundraising campaign, purchasing services]. Pick the top 3 – 5].

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

Hint: Need more help? Provide a recurring gift option. Embed matching gift database into your site. However, employees often don’t know if their company has a matching gift program. Consider these best practices for writing thank-you notes: . Avoid asking for another gift right off the bat.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

While it might seem a little early to start thinking about 2018 to some (hint: it’s not ), it’s the perfect time to benchmark where 2017 has taken you. Gift range chart : Utilizing a gift range chart is a great way to created focused, goal-oriented campaigns. Use this checklist to check in.

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Everyaction

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

We explored everything from must-have nonprofit reporting tools , tips for upping your email game , direct mail strategies , and most recently using data to improve your major gifts program. Can you give us a little hint on how these relate to why donors give? The title of your whitepaper includes altruism, empathy, and efficacy.

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Qgiv

JULY 29, 2021

Whether supporters are donating through text or accessing your online donation page on their smartphones, it’s imperative that your organization has the tools, resources, and best practices to conduct a successful mobile fundraising campaign. 5 Mobile Fundraising Best Practices. These days, it’s all about convenience. Request a Demo.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 4, 2019

Hint: Donor behavior is consumer behavior.). Common Best Practices Remain Uncommon. One would like to think that after 20 years of testing, more testing, conferences, webinars, and pithy blog posts about online giving that there might be wide adoption of best practices. Get your data governance practices together – now.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Jack has been a major gifts fundraiser and senior organizational executive working with or consulting to nonprofit and advocacy organizations. __. For more strategies that you can use year-round, check out these best practices. Jack Karako is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub. Communicate in Different Ways. Be Direct and Personal.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Hint: It’s the XYY Soup Kitchen.” that when scanned takes people to a page with the certificate, the organization, calls to action for the nonprofit, a donate button for the nonprofit so the donor gets credit for the gift, and images of the donor at the organization’s events. A set of screensavers and background images.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 6, 2017

Here are the best practices we’ll cover: Make sure text-to-give is right for your organization. While you might not have any directly relatable data on file to help you determine whether your donors will be responsive to text-to-give, your donor database can give you hints. Advertise effectively. Pair text-to-give with an event.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Part one discussed why to usability test , part two outlined crafting your test , and part three gave best practices for recruiting participants. Don’t give hints. Don’t give hints unless they are completely stuck. Today, we gear up for your big test day! It’s test day… what now? Which leads to….

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 14, 2014

Do we practice the same philosophy in our nonprofits? But if that fundraiser brings $500,000 of gifts to your organization over a year, you’ll be able to create a much bigger impact than you could have with your initial investment (about 900% bigger!). While none of these are easy shortcuts (e.g., getting a college degree is hard work!),

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

Emma Lewzey will identify the specific shifts you must make to raise more 5- and 6-figure gifts–without letting fear, intimidation, or imposter syndrome get in your way. So this is a super practical presentation. Full Transcript: Steven: All right. And I got two o’clock Eastern. Emma: Let’s do it. Steven: All right.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

Emma Lewzey will identify the specific shifts you must make to raise more 5- and 6-figure gifts–without letting fear, intimidation, or imposter syndrome get in your way. So this is a super practical presentation. Full Transcript: Steven: All right. And I got two o’clock Eastern. Emma: Let’s do it. Steven: All right.

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Qgiv

JULY 6, 2021

A matching gifts tool. Matching gifts help church donations go farther. Matching gift software helps to ensure that more eligible matching gifts are matched. When you accept online donations during your auction it helps to remind donors that matching gifts are an option. Church auction best practices.

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Bloomerang

JULY 23, 2021

A little insider hint for you. and maybe I’ll link the podcast actually when I send out the slides afterwards, there was this way she framed goal setting that, to be really honest, is super practical and just at first glance is like, “Yeah, makes sense, nothing really new.” more like transactional gifts.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Are donors enthusiastic about your event (Hint: you should use donor surveys after events to gauge their feelings !)? Flowers are a very popular Mother’s Day gift. Does your event help you reach your fundraising goals? Does your event offer flexibility for your guests (i.e. If you answered “No” to one (or more!)

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NetWits

JUNE 1, 2012

Let’s get right into the next three best practices for effective nonprofit websites. hint: effective nonprofit websites follow the two-or-less rule) If not, revise your structure. Effective nonprofit websites take people directly to the donation form where they can give that gift! I hope you have enjoyed the other posts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In practice, Google Ad Grants act like regular pay-per-click ads except that they are limited to text-only and they are free. And finally, as a parting gift, here are a few additional lessons we can share from years of experience: Use all of the space (i.e. How Do Google Ad Grants Work? character limit) available to you.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 26, 2012

Let’s get right into the next three best practices for effective nonprofit websites. Best Practice #5: Ensure Ease in Navigation. Hint: Effective nonprofit websites follow the two-or-less rule.) Best Practice #6: Include Clear, Bold Calls to Action. " Best Practice #7: Showcase Your Stewardship.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Our Vital Signs research series found that fewer households are donating to charities, but the average gift amounts of those who gave We might suspect that this parallels a rise in income inequality throughout the U.S. These practices are now table stakes for successful fundraising.

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