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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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to attract corporate matching gifts: Dear Charity Clairity, I have a question about how to attract corporate matching gifts. Raise one gift, get the second gift free!

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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. Want some help? Which CRM is right for me? Click on this image to take the quiz!

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2023

Whether you’re crafting an emergency plan to react to unexpected external circumstances or creating your strategy for the next two to five years, this guide will help your nonprofit get the most out of its strategic plan. Ask yourself some of the following questions. Let’s get started. What areas of our work do we need more time for?

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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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Whole Whale

MAY 2, 2024

This is an excerpt from Whole Whale’s book – The Simple Guide to Building an Awesome Internship Program , now available on Amazon. Social media analytics report Have your intern review the past year of posts and data from your major platforms. In order to really avoid the ‘what do I do next?’ Visit Campus 15.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

One of the simplest ways to practice continuous improvement is to incorporate a process evaluation. It isn’t just about writing it down, it is also reviewing what your captured with your team in an “ After Action Review.” Review it together in a meeting and summarize. Facilitator Guide: [link].

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sgEngage

APRIL 23, 2024

Depending on how your application is set up, you can add an open-ended question or discuss it during a follow-up conversation. Encourage Grantee Internal Controls All well-run organizations have standard best practices that employees follow. Regularly review and update your policy to ensure its effectiveness.

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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. Board Feedback : The Board should set aside time during a meeting to review the policy and ask questions of the members who created the draft.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

That way, you will know what decisions your board is making and can provide them with the data that will guide them to the right ones. Mission statement: Clear statement of the nonprofit’s purpose, future aspirations, and guiding principles. Let’s look at the Red Cross mission statement as an example.

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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. Free resources , including downloadable guides and a frequently updated blog that explores the latest fundraising best practices. Assess reviews Check out software reviews submitted by real users.

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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

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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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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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

Here are some best practices for effectively managing staff turnover and onboarding with your grantmaking software, including some methods of reassigning existing records to new staff members, establishing clear security roles, and building a comprehensive policies and procedures guide to keep everyone on the same page.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 3, 2024

My New Year’s Reflection Rituals Review the Year: I use a tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. I use the themes to guide my professional work and writing. I call it my “To Do, To Done, Don’t Do, Reflection List.“

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 31, 2024

Authors Anish Batlaw and Ram Charan provide you through these case studies a guide for how to take a data driven approach and playbook to identifying, hiring and investing in the right people, placing them in the right roles, and then setting them up for success. Most companies pay lip service to this practice. It needs rigor.

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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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sgEngage

OCTOBER 7, 2022

But how can you take practical steps to develop DEAI goals at your organization and ensure that equity, accessibility, and inclusion become a core part of your culture and decision-making? The goal is to equip you with questions to make evaluating solutions easier and more effective. Register for free today !

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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 Hub

JUNE 12, 2020

However, during these discussions, many organizations ask the same question: “How do we attract more donors?” We’ll start this guide by explaining why these new donors are so important to this strategic approach. . To practice this, try completely removing the first-person narrative language. Ask them how they’re doing.

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.orgSource

JUNE 5, 2023

Networking takes practice. Asking questions is another great way to make connections. Allison captioned her LinkedIn photo like this, “The start of amazing begins with the right question.” I was interested to learn what questions she believes association executives should be considering.

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In this guide, we’ll walk through the following topics to provide more information about matching gifts and how to drive corporate donations effectively: Matching Gift & Matching Gift Upsell Basics. Best Practices for Leveraging Matching Gift Upsells. We’ll answer those questions here! The Value of Matching Gift Upsells.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In this guide, we’ll answer the most frequently asked questions about nonprofit impact metrics, including: . While the best metrics for your organization will depend on your specific mission, goals, and programs, there are some common impact metrics used by nonprofits in their regular assessment practices, including: .

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Accountants Content moderators Legal Assistants Proofreaders Entry-level stock traders Transcribers Graphic designers, where creativity isn’t a priority Customer service representatives Soldiers Writers, where quantity is a greater concern than quality I reviewed several of these lists. The nominees varied depending on the publication.

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Kindful

MARCH 25, 2021

This guide will walk you through the top ways you can leverage donor data in your communications with the help of fundraising tools. To help provide a clearer picture, let’s review the common tools that nonprofit utilize and the key data it can help you collect: Online donation forms. to learn more about the donor. Event registration.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

To help you dive right in, this posts provides an overview of the tools available, best practices, and examples to make your chosen AI writing tool work for you. It can generate text, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in an informative way. And then everything changed.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

An eLearning consultant can help you answer this question and more. Through that work, we’ve seen the common questions that associations face when it comes to hiring an eLearning consultant— and now, we’re here to answer them: What is an eLearning consultant? That’s great! But, where do you begin? What does a learning consultant do?

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EveryAction

JULY 3, 2023

The answer to that last question is almost certainly your website. AccuData’s data hygiene guide lists standardized data entry and formatting as critical elements that help organizations generate more value from their data. Answering these questions will be a great way to get started making UX improvements across your website.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

This guide will provide a framework for how you can recruit with long-term development in mind. Here are a few standard steps to follow: Pre-screen your candidates by reviewing resumes, performing brief phone calls, and checking references to quickly filter out remaining unqualified candidates. Provide relevant training and resources.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

This guide will provide a framework for how you can recruit with long-term development in mind. Here are a few standard steps to follow: Pre-screen your candidates by reviewing resumes, performing brief phone calls, and checking references to quickly filter out remaining unqualified candidates. Provide relevant training and resources.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

This guide will help you to outline and develop a year-end fundraising campaign that works for your organization and your donors, specifically curated to your needs in 2021. Do a review of your annual projections and goals, and look at what you need. Download your #GivingTuesday planning guide. Goals don’t come out of thin air.

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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 Smart developers begin with a prototype, a product with just enough features to be attractive, allowing customer response to guide the final design. “Association 4.0: playbook into your organization.

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Candid

MAY 31, 2023

We have several quick reads that will give your skills a boost—with minimal time and effort: Nonprofit Quick Guides by Joanne Oppelt and Linda Lysakowski. This series features seven quick guides to support your professional success, including How to Find New Donors and Get Them to Give Again and How to Run a Strategic Planning Retreat.

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Nonprofits Source

MAY 6, 2024

In this guide, we’ll explore different ways to enhance your nonprofit’s recruitment and talent acquisition strategies with email. As we review these techniques, keep your nonprofit’s current recruitment approach in mind and consider how these strategies can help achieve your recruiting goals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

The idea is not only for participants to acquire the skills and knowledge to host a successful giving day, but for them share and transform practices together. This is a design aspect called “ Transformative Capacity Building ,” where a cohort of peer organizations come together to practice a skill and get better results.

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