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Developing staff technology skills in your nonprofit

NTEN

Here are three tools I created or co-authored that can help you match skills to roles: Nonprofit Data & Tech Skill-Building Checklist — a worksheet that provides an inventory of technology and data-related skills and a way to rate your skills or those of a team member or job candidate. Everyone is already so busy.

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Sort through online organizational data (Google analytics, email open rates) to see if there are insights, trends, and patterns that could be used to improve operations. Is the donor renewal rate low? You can sign a petition, forward info from the site, or more if you are so compelled.”. It’s easier than it sounds.

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Lessons from a Fundraising Insider: How our Donor Retention Rates grew to 43%

Connection Cafe

We impact over 10,000 lives each year, and in 2013 we had a donor retention rate of 43% ( compared to 27% ). So, what led to our above industry average donor retention rates? If I have to spend more than 15 minutes creating a report or query to see the info I need, I’ve done something terribly wrong. Sound like you?

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Deepen the Donor Relationship by Focusing on the Donor Journey

Get Fully Funded

They push info out to donors and they forget that communication is a two-way street. If all your communications are one-sided (you pushing info at them), that gets old fast and the relationship starts to fall apart. Which sounds better? Think about it: People only stay in relationships that they’re getting something out of.

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Create an Online Donation Receipt that Leads to More Donations

Get Fully Funded

If you use a ‘from’ email such as info@yourorganization or donationreceipt@yourorganization, the email will, from the very first moment the donor lays eyes on it, feel impersonal, like a form letter. Subject lines with questions have higher open rates. Who is the email from? You could go with, Do you know you are a hero?

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How to Prevent Fundraising Burnout in a Small, Growing Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

With suicide and addiction rates climbing in the nonprofit sector, it’s more important than ever to recognize when you are doing too much and make changes to alleviate the overwhelm before it takes control. Sounds serious. Finding event venues, searching for grant opportunities, and anything else where it’s simply gathering info.

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The Elements of a Successful Monthly Giving Program

Network for Good

It may sound hokey, but SMART goals make sure everyone is clear about what you’re trying to accomplish and by when you’d like to do it. Your smart goal might sound something like this: We need to recruit 30 recurring donors at an average monthly donation of $20 by April 10 to fund half the annual cost of our Senior Kennel Sanctuary space.

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