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Top 10 Reasons to Have a Strategic Marketing Plan

Byte Technology

When you have a clear picture of what worked last year it makes it easier to take a little risk this coming year by introducing a new marketing or advertising avenue. A Strategic Marketing Plan brings goals into the picture. To See The Big Picture. This practice allows you to discover the gaps and plan hiring accordingly.

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8 Hints for the Non-Photographer

Connection Cafe

communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood. ” This is especially true for your organizations where pictures of your mission are an incredibly valuable asset. Take lots of pictures. It takes 10 shots to get at least one good picture. Practice and play around! Move around.

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5 Best Practices for Converting Volunteers to Donors

Connection Cafe

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). A volunteer hour is valued at over $24.00 according to an Independent Sector study.

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How to Use Storytelling for Nonprofits to Tug Heartstrings and Raise Funds

Get Fully Funded

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). Don’t forget to ASK!

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Training Nonprofit Staff & Volunteers Effectively in 5 Steps

Get Fully Funded

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. What problems still vex them?

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How to Hype Up Your Next Fundraising Event

NonProfit Hub

There are hours of practice involved. If it’s the day of the fundraiser, put something silly out on the tables that people can take pictures with. So if there’s a big reveal you can do on the day of the event, or even small details that are sure to impress, hint toward them in your promotion. It’s all about incentive.

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Aligning Learning Needs with Business Process

Gyrus

When exploring a potential LMS, be sure to take into consideration features that are soon to be available, as they may give a precise picture of learning initiatives that can be included to propagate the reach of the organizational learning. Learning Approach.

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