Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 23, 2023

These innovative tools are revolutionising tasks by saving hundreds of hours of manual work through aiding in campaign creation, categorising and drafting email responses, assisting with content creation, and even automating donation processes to personalise and enhance the donor experience.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In this guide, we’ll cover the need-to-know information and steps of creating a major gift fundraising strategy, including: What is a major gift? 7 steps to start a major gift program Major gift fundraising tools Let’s start by reviewing the basics of what these key donations are. Why are major gifts so important for nonprofits?

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

In this blog post, we will share some insights and best practices from our recent webinar, Change Up Your Questions: Exploring and Shaping What You Ask Grantees and How You Ask Them , where Marshall Ginn of Capital Philanthropy discussed how to evaluate and improve your application questions. But are you asking the right questions?

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Nonprofits Source

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Google’ is on the rise as more patients and consumers research symptoms, practices, and health tips before ever stepping foot into a medical facility. In this guide, we’ll explore the ins and outs of healthcare SEO marketing and discuss how you can use it to spotlight your organization’s exceptional care —let’s dive in!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

I consider the “Dear Abby” of the nonprofit world, dispensing practical and brilliant advice to nonprofits with her wonderful sense of humor. Joan has been an executive director, board member, donor, and volunteer – so she brings to her consulting and educator practice so much perspective and wisdom.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JANUARY 2, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes From Stories to Support: The Nonprofit’s Guide to Acquiring and Using Testimonials Imagine harnessing the power of authentic stories to attract new supporters, boost credibility, and inspire people to rally behind your nonprofit’s cause. This is both an ethical practice and a legal necessity.

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

The specifics of your strategy are going to vary depending on your industry or your members’ interests or any one of a hundred other factors—but there are certain best practices that pretty much all successful nonprofit association strategies have in common. Get all of your nonprofit’s stakeholders involved in this process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

Rather than start at the beginning, I’m starting at the end by sharing some tips for a formal reflection process that can lead to improving results of a project or event. A structured reflection process generates insights about what worked and what could be improved. Review it together in a meeting and summarize.

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Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In this insightful and empowering guide, Brian Saber taps into the unique strengths of introverts, transforming what might seem like an intimidating task into a fulfilling and even enjoyable experience. The post Book Review | Fundraising for Introverts: Harnessing Our Powers for What Matters appeared first on Pamela Grow.

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sgEngage

APRIL 23, 2024

To mitigate risk throughout your grant cycle, you need to know your grantees through relationships and documentation, support their internal controls, and set up a process for whistleblower complaints. Encourage Grantee Internal Controls All well-run organizations have standard best practices that employees follow.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This data-driven approach not only enhances the effectiveness of fundraising events—in-person, online , or hybrid —but also streamlines the planning process. Whether raising funds, increasing awareness, or celebrating achievements, your goals will guide your guest list. Start by clearly defining the objectives of your event.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

As a grantmaking organization focused on the success of your grantees, it is essential to have a process in place to manage personnel changes—for both you and your grantees—so everyone stays informed and on schedule. This document will help new team members absorb your unique grantmaking process and keep everyone on the same page.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Tools like Canva and Adobe Spark offer free templates and editing options to make this process easier. Incorporating trackable links to your organization’s website through social media analytics platforms is another essential practice. Invest in creating visually appealing graphics and videos that showcase your work.

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

Harvard Business Review Analytic Services recently released a report that illustrates the gap between knowing and doing. This idea is the most practical and, in some ways, the most effective. Instructions, such as a style guide and taxonomies, are part of this process. We all know this, right?

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.orgSource

APRIL 25, 2023

You learn a lot about consumer preferences by reading the reviews on Yelp. Review the Data I asked Sarah how she advises employers to approach this challenging environment. Whether you are developing a job description or trying to improve the vetting and selection process. Begin with the data,” Sarah responded.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2023

In this buyer’s guide, we’ll cover everything you need to find the right fundraising software for your organization’s needs. Your online giving platform should be backed by a reliable, secure payment processing system. Review the changes they have made to their software over time and ensure they are updating this log regularly.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This guide will explain how the process works and ways to optimize your campaigns to raise more from this channel. Here’s how the text fundraising process works: Your nonprofit chooses a text fundraising platform or service provider. Review the following pros and cons to help decide.

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Qgiv

JULY 19, 2023

This guide to grants for nonprofits covers the basics of grants including types of grants, examples, where to find grants, and tips for grant writing. Who offers grants for nonprofits One of the first things to address in this guide to grants for nonprofits is who provides the grants to nonprofits.

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sgEngage

MARCH 7, 2024

In this post, I’ll guide you through five critical mistakes to watch out for in your Statement of Activities. Ensuring compliance and accuracy in your financial reporting involves several key actions: Regularly review the latest guidelines and summaries provided by authoritative bodies on revenue recognition of grants and contracts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

To find it, keep your unique goals in mind as you explore this guide to determine what’s possible. How long is the onboarding process? An instructor virtually guides you through common nonprofit tasks and best practices on how to use your system in real time. You should also know the state of your current operations.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

When establishing your nonprofit’s operating reserve policy, a key best practice is to have clear among your leadership and staff to ensure that all parties and the parameters for using it. Involving different points of view in drafting the policy will improve the process of implementing and managing the reserve.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In the nonprofit world, this tracking process is referred to as moves management. 4 Moves Management Best Practices. Having a solid strategic infrastructure for moves management can streamline your prospecting and cultivation process over time. Securing major gifts is an incredibly strategic effort. Making major gift asks.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2022

In this guide, we’ll review the importance of year-end giving and the best strategies to use to plan a successful campaign. To move forward successfully, review your past year-end fundraising performance and determine your strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement. to submit tax-deductible gifts.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 22, 2023

Consider these best practices for building successful relationships with your volunteers. 6 Best Practices for Managing Volunteers Many nonprofits start out managing their volunteers with spreadsheets or—even worse—handwritten timesheets. Then, someone can give them a quick review before signing off.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

So, let’s review matching gift programs, why it behooves you to invest front-end resources to leverage big wins on the back end, and what you can do to overcome participation roadblocks. Let’s review typical roadblocks and what you can do to remove them. Raise one gift, get the second gift free! But you do need a plan.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

I’ve summarized advice from our contributors to offer practical ideas for beginning to integrate the Association 4.0 Sig VanDamme, the Founder of NimbleUser, GoJectory, and VA2A, offered this advice to bring the board along on those speculative ventures: Preparing a board to manage risk is a sales process. “Association 4.0:

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Create Internal Efficiency: Creating standardized and documented practices around moves management can streamline operational efficiency. Strengthen Transparency and Communication: Documenting moves management within your donor database and reviewing the plans regularly can strengthen transparency and communication with fundraising staff.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

In this guide, we’ll take a broad look at volunteerism to explore its history and benefits. Then, we’ll review how your organization can promote volunteerism in your community and manage volunteers effectively. They can network with new people and practice important skills that can be helpful in the workplace.

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

To build trust and prioritize community voices, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Community Fund adopted a participatory grantmaking practice in 2021 and 2022. This case study illustrates the outcomes they achieved by directly engaging community members in their grant funding decision-making process.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

So, what does participatory grantmaking look like in practice? In this kind of grantmaking, we often see people who are historically excluded from philanthropic decisions joining the process. Committees tend to be smaller groups of selected representatives who review and decide on grants. How Is Participatory Grantmaking Done?

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DipJar

JUNE 20, 2023

In this process, it can be particularly helpful to conduct a SWOT analysis. This guide reviews the steps of creating a nonprofit SWOT analysis , including when to use this type of analysis and how to put your insights into action. Let’s look at a few specific examples as we review the various elements of a SWOT analysis.

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In this guide, we’ll provide four CRM training best practices. For instance, if you use Blackbaud as a CRM provider, you may review their partner network , define how your system will connect with various partners, and explore the data migration process. Encourage open discussions and problem-solving within the group.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits. As mentioned earlier, both Network for Good and JustGive.org use GuideStar to empower their giving portals as well as the online donation processing technology of their partners, such as Facebook Causes, Crowdrise, and Jumo.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Now, you might be wondering, “how do we practice empathy in our leadership styles?” It’s the counterproductive practice of sending after-hour emails or direct messages, causing unnecessary panic, or scheduling meetings during universal time off. Accountability includes getting upwards anonymous feedback from staff.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Multiple, practical action steps are presented below to advance your fundraising based on the survey results. General guidance for fundraisers Here is general guidance on actions fundraisers can take based on fundraising trends and best practices drawn from the report. Your own careful review of the report is encouraged.

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Whole Whale

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Online training for nonprofits Join Whole Whale University Learn from our decade of experience with courses, webinars, templates, and guides! Know your data The practices are in alignment with nonprofit values AND good practices anyway. Visit Campus What do they mean for nonprofits?

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In this guide, we’ll answer the most frequently asked questions about nonprofit impact metrics, including: . Additionally, plan to involve your key stakeholders in the process of choosing your nonprofit’s impact metrics. Data collection should be a frequent, ongoing process. Why Are Impact Metrics Important? Program attendance.

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