Allegiance Group

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A donor acquisition strategy is essential to every nonprofit’s sustainability because adding new donors to the file will offset donor attrition and provide a new pipeline for future major donors. This article provides insight and perspectives on donor acquisition strategies for direct mail. in 2016 to 19.3%

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 15, 2021

What volunteer retention strategies are needed to build a thriving team? These retention strategies can be condensed into an easy to remember and communicate acronym - S.A.V.E.D. Reliable volunteer retention strategies are critical to creating a culture that draws people in and appreciates their contribution. Share the love.

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Candid

MAY 5, 2021

Keep in mind that to even get candidates to apply, you need to build the kind of environment in which your model employees would want to work. The greater the diversity of lived experiences at your workplace, the more problem-solving strategies and creative solutions you’ll have. Effective internal management and organization.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 9, 2023

They are wise stewards of our resources and visionaries who identify strategies for future growth. My colleague Joanna Pineda, Founder, CEO, and Chief Troublemaker at Matrix Group International, Inc. Assigning a mentor is one of the most effective strategies to ensure that new directors get up to speed quickly. inconsequential?

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DipJar

MAY 23, 2022

Post Pandemic Models that are Raising More. But let’s dive deeper into what a hybrid event is, specific models to use for you program, your budgets, and your event design. But let’s dive deeper into what a hybrid event is, specific models to use for you program, your budgets, and your event design. About the Speaker.

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Candid

MAY 7, 2024

What are your strategies for making it happen? A narrative that illustrates your nonprofit’s program impact The logic model is a classic framework for illustrating a program’s impact. A narrative that illustrates your nonprofit’s program impact The logic model is a classic framework for illustrating a program’s impact.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

When the California IT in Education Association (CITE) wanted to transition from a hands-on board to a more strategic orientation, they called on.orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy, Sharon Rice. Our new governing model makes us work smarter,” Andrea observed. “I Those extremely specific goals kept us on target.”

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John Kenyon

APRIL 11, 2024

For nonprofits and grantmaking organizations committed to racial equity, using artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) raises important concerns. Have frank internal conversations about priorities. Work with AI ethics groups to implement debiasing strategies and constrain model behavior.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 2, 2021

Nonprofits are reimagining funding models and will have to think innovatively to ensure their mission continues. have successfully adopted social enterprise strategies to diversify their revenue portfolios and create sustainable revenue streams, such as the YMCA and Goodwill Industries. Why pursue a social enterprise model?

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sgEngage

APRIL 25, 2024

If you are unclear about your needs, abilities, and opportunities, you will quickly find it difficult to vet vendors and evaluate CRMs, not to mention bringing internal stakeholders onboard or getting sign-off at key stages. Data management is an essential part of any successful fundraising strategy.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 22, 2024

In the inaugural round of 100&Change in 2017, Sesame Workshop and International Rescue Committee were awarded $100 million to educate young children displaced by conflict and persecution in the Syrian response region. “We believed $100 million would inspire communities around the world to dream big.

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.orgSource

JUNE 25, 2023

A spontaneous cruise of the office was an effective strategy for evaluating a variety of business indicators. My colleague, Joanna Pineda, CEO and Chief Troublemaker at Matrix International Inc., If you don’t have the budget to provide these resources, you probably need to rethink staffing and business models.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. Should nonprofits become more aggressive in adopting new business models that can add needed revenue? What are the downsides and dangers in pursuing new models? These social enterprise efforts can add a business model by creating sustainable revenue.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

It aims to help people become more aware of or engage in something and can be applied not only to external audiences but internal ones too. Creating communications that look pretty and appealing isn’t enough to engage audiences, and traditional communications methods and models no longer move the needle.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 17, 2022

You’ve read about participatory grantmaking—and maybe even heard about other organizations using this model to distribute control of their funding strategy and grants decisions to the communities they serve. Perhaps you’ll start by reading about other models , watching webinars, or developing ideas. Is this you?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Doing everything , lacking the discipline to say no, and trying to be all things to all customers, both internally and externally. Organization Fitness : Ability to create the appropriate business structure, evolve the business model, develop talent while planning for succession, and innovate.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Nonprofits must engage in long-term strategies that will prepare them for the work that will remain long after federal, state, and private responses have receded. Social enterprise is any earned income business or strategy undertaken by a nonprofit to generate revenue in support of its charitable mission. Why social enterprise?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Jerry and I had a great conversation about open sourcing of agricultural scientific models, such as those used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in their climate change reports. As it turns out, these models were originally developed decades ago and many are written in Fortran !

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Forum One

MARCH 12, 2024

Ask a generative AI model to act as your target audience (giving it as much anonymized context as possible). We’re seeing many organizations employ AI strategies and policies that guide integrations across departments. Here are a few use cases we’ve seen (and used ourselves): Brainstorming content topics.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

Their use of the social network is mostly inconsistent and without strategy – the 10 best practices below are meant to change that. 1) Set up and prioritize LinkedIn Pages in your social media strategy. email addresses are not allowed, and as a general rule, should not be used for your nonprofit communications publicly or internally.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2022

The International Society for Third Sector Research published a recent paper that summarizes why nonprofit leaders must use technology to connect with stakeholders in the emerging digital, civil society. NLP is useful for an AI model to identify the intent of a person based on what they say or what they type. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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Forum One

MAY 13, 2022

Honored for her experience helping mission-driven organizations accomplish impact through digital strategy, Molly Mattessich , Forum One’s Managing Director of Project Delivery, has been named to the Women We Admire list of Top 50 Women Leaders of Virginia. Jeff Traynor , Forum One’s Chief Operating Officer.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 16, 2024

We’re sharing noteworthy takeaways and trends, as well as five strategies to focus on. The big uptick came around October or November and was likely motivated by external factors such as global conflicts, the war in the Middle East, and international disasters. Focus on sustainers and the popularity of a subscription model.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

requires a solid content strategy. Learn more about higher ed marketing strategy in the free white paper: Your Online Marketing Plan for Higher Education. So, how do you define your content strategy? What is Content Strategy? Content strategy is a guide. There are a few accepted models for content strategy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2021

A large part of that is examining what actions define fundraising strategies that bring in more online donations and keep donors engaged each year. Teamwork makes the dream work, so set aside time early on to get internal alignment on your fundraising strategies. Gen Z is particularly used to the subscription model.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Among other things, it requires new models of collaboration, which is why several leading organizations recently came together to rethink core assumptions about how to address global hunger, with the audacious goal of ending chronic hunger in our lifetimes. The approach just might serve as a model for other issues, as well.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The objective is to arrive at actionable strategies for strengthening those relationships. One goal was to identify how the pandemic impacted their business models. We are hosting a guided exploration of what trust means for our future relationships with staff, boards, constituents, and the association industry.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

Julia is the author of Storytelling in the Digital Age: A Guide for Nonprofits and has a new book coming out this fall on nonprofit social media strategies. She has spent almost thirty years working in the nonprofit world helping organizations communicate more effectively internally and externally.

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sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2024

This curated track features members of Blackbaud’s K–12 Executive Advisory Board and our internal experts discussing how technology in schools has evolved, new best practices, and fresh ideas. But what if your budget doesn’t match the magnitude of the risks?

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Predictive analytics: BWF defines predictive analytics as the process of assessing your nonprofit’s data to make predictions and model future donor behavior. By analyzing historical data, AI models can anticipate future donor behavior and identify potentially valuable fundraising opportunities. Encourage experimentation.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

How have you considered your donors’ changed perspectives in your fundraising and marketing strategies? Are your results related to external environmental factors or internal strategic ones? What new strategies did you add? What strategies did you subtract? None of these strategies is necessarily good or bad per se.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Dreamforce welcomed trailblazers of all sizes in the nonprofit sector, including International Justice Mission , UNICEF Australia , Canadian Cancer Society , Autism Plus , and more to share their stories and speak at the event’s global mainstage and in breakout sessions — all of which are available to watch with a free Salesforce+ account.

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M+R

JUNE 22, 2023

For instance, Oxfam America saw a 180% lift in monthly revenue by rolling out mid-level strategies from email across ads as well. Just upload their information into Meta, Google, or your DSP of choice, and target them as a custom audience.

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Cloud 4 Good

AUGUST 5, 2021

Improving Internal & External Communications with Marketing Cloud. This migration couldn’t have come at a better time, according to Director of Digital Strategy Evan Thrailkill: “Marketing Cloud remedied internal communication challenges and replaced an email system that had become basically unusable.” .

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 30, 2018

Several strategies can help nonprofits to plan and manage a successful leadership transition: Build Board Capacity. Organizations may consider how they could restructure the role to create a shared leadership model with better work-life balance to make the position more attractive to the next generation of leaders.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 28, 2021

Slowing down the pace and not taking on too much too quickly will set your team up for long-term success, according to one customer who said, “Spend a good amount of time and really thoughtfully consider your data model and your processes and how you want to manage all of that before you […] jump into the system.”. About the Author.

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Forum One

AUGUST 3, 2022

Digital strategy runs on data. Without robust data and analytics, any organization’s strategy is just a series of guesses. Forum One’s data and analytics team sits within our Strategy team and supports projects at a variety of intersecting points. Strategy and development. What the data and analytics team does.

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