The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 4, 2023

Here’s what we’ve learned so far: Successful organizations have chief executives that work cooperatively with their Board. For example, Lindsay Currie of CUR has a Board that practices anticipatory planning and has an innovation fund. What are some of the themes that are emerging? What do successful organizations all have in common?

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Given this trend, we asked some of our partners, what are some messaging and communications best practices to help nonprofit fundraising and engagement staff recruit and retain more recurring donors? It’s likely your organization is already meeting some of these best practices. Alras Digital.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 29, 2023

Let’s be honest: Learning your way around a piece of software takes a lot of time. When that piece of software has a ton of features—like donor management tools, fundraising features, events capabilities, membership management, email and website builders, and on and on—there’s even more to learn. It can feel daunting. What Is It?

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The Nerdy NonProfit

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

By Guest Contributor, Amy Morrisey , Artisan E-Learning. Many nonprofits are interested in using e-learning to train staff members and volunteers. Why wouldn’t you just jump into e-learning as quickly as possible? And, you’ll likely need a learning management system to handle course delivery. These seem like no-brainers.

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Charity Village

JUNE 23, 2023

On August 10, join us for a free webinar to learn about outsourcing non-core functions at your nonprofit. That is the question that most nonprofits face at one point or another along their journey. To hire in-house, or to outsource? It’s a big decision and one that should not be taken lightly.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

But you do have good critical thinking skills, and by getting answers to a few specific questions from your current or potential fund accounting vendor, you can better understand if their system will help your organization grow—or hold you back. Bonus question: what percentage of the organizations you work with are tax-exempt?

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Strong d ata security practices are vital for the integrity of your association. To keep your association’s data secure, you’ll want to avoid certain practices and implement others. Take steps to train each employee about your data practices, making all responsible for the maintenance of your records.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Suppressing your uncertainties, impressions, or questions to try to appear like you always know what you’re doing. To be constantly learning Briceño says your organization needs to add the Learning Zone into your company’s DNA. Are you stuck in chronic performance? You are if you: Are always racing to check tasks off a list.

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Practicing good data habits grants your staff access to important member information and eliminates unnecessary roadblocks. Still have questions about the importance of data hygiene? When helping with the Nimble AMS Member Lapse Solution, Stark and other employees learned an important lesson in data hygiene.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 3, 2023

It’s important for nonprofit leaders to learn how to incorporate fair and good fundraising best practices when connecting with diverse audiences. In this webinar follow-up, Kristal Frazier answers your pressing questions on DEI donor best practices. Question: How can we add NTEE codes on the IRS file or Candid?

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.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

That’s a question every association CEO should be able to answer. Allow plenty of time on the agenda for the financial staff to explain when and how statements will be available, review banking, investment, and auditing arrangements, and answer questions. Be sure to allow time for questions. What is your board’s financial IQ?

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Candid

JANUARY 4, 2023

Pledges were made to reduce barriers, shift power, and engage in more equitable funding practices. While well-intentioned, this places a burden on nonprofits that are responding to multiple demographic requests, with different questions and formats, from various funders. Partnering to advance equitable funding practices.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

I believe it comes down to asking interesting questions and paying attention to the information coming back to you. How to become a better communicator through questioning. One way to do that is through questioning. . Questioning: making a personal connection through emails. Asking questions does a few things: .

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 31, 2023

We’ll send our audience back to work with new insights and answers to challenging questions like these: How can our organization prepare to manage disruptive events like the pandemic? Kevin Ordonez,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy and I are going to explain why that’s a question everyone should be asking.

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Neon CRM

MAY 10, 2023

There are a million and one data management best practices that nonprofit organizations can follow—but if you actually tried to put a million and one practices to work all at the same time, things would get confusing fast. To learn more about donor surveys, see our resource 7 Donor Survey Questions You Should Be Asking.

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 4, 2023

Here’s what we’ve learned so far: Successful organizations have chief executives that work cooperatively with their Board. For example, Lindsay Currie of CUR has a Board that practices anticipatory planning and has an innovation fund. What are some of the themes that are emerging? What do successful organizations all have in common?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 5, 2024

We’ll cover five best practices you can use to improve your texting strategy and earn more for your mission: Ask every supporter to opt in. Any nonprofit can benefit from these best practices, even if you’re new to text marketing or have limited resources. Getting direct feedback allows your nonprofit to learn more about your donors.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 4, 2023

Learn more about how volunteer management and retention can help your organization: What is volunteer management How to manage volunteers Why is volunteer retention important How to retain volunteers What is volunteer management? Because volunteers communicate with you more than other supporters, you learn more about them in turn.

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sgEngage

JUNE 20, 2023

With such high stakes and near-constant evolution, decision makers need to be confident on compliance basics to ensure you’re asking the right questions of your vendors and counting on them to deliver the partnership that today’s complex compliance environment requires of you. Here are 5 key questions to get you started.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

As fall approaches, I find myself thinking about everything I have always loved about Dreamforce: new product announcements, customer-focused sessions where we learn from and celebrate our community’s success, and of course, the featured bands are always awesome. Learn New Skills. Share Experiences. Come together.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Following these best practices will help increase awareness of the security tools and features that can be used to minimize the risk to vulnerable people. Following these best practices will help increase awareness of the security tools and features that can be used to minimize the risk to vulnerable people. Learn more.

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sgEngage

JUNE 3, 2022

In this episode, learn from Elizabeth (Liz) Gousse Ballotte, principal at PKF O’Connor Davies, about what the staff at grantmaking organizations need to know to be compliant. Tip Sheet: 15 Questions Foundations Should Ask as Part of Their Grantee Due Diligence. Topics covered in this episode: Due diligence models.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 26, 2021

Here are some great questions to ask yourself before hiring a fundraising coach. Do you struggle with imposter syndrome and question whether you have what it takes? Here are some questions to ask yourself when evaluating your options: Do I aspire to be more like them? Do I learn from them already—even before I’ve hired them?

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2023

To make fundraising a little easier for nonprofits, we put together this list of nonprofit fundraising best practices. Each of the items below is a best practice your nonprofit can use to raise crucial funds for your mission. Read on to learn more! Your stories should answer these questions for donors and inspire them to give.

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Media Cause

JUNE 8, 2023

Our team compiled data best practices for your nonprofit’s success when using Salesforce. The Reliable and the Unreliable As a data analyst, I look to the records and data of an organization to answer key business questions. You can untangle this and prevent it from happening again using data best practices.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

You might: Ask a simple yes/no survey question (“ Do you and your mentor/mentee have a positive relationship ”?). Ask a more nuanced question (“ How positive would you say your relationship is with your mentor/mentee on a five-point scale from very negative to very positive ”?). Think Seriously About What’s Practical.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 24, 2024

And what’s even better is we’ve compiled some best practices to help you learn how to make one! These are all questions to consider when crafting your fundraising strategy. To make your outreach more successful, you’ll also want to make sure you’re practicing good donor database hygiene.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Continue reading to learn how to determine what type of posts you should write, how long your post should be, how to edit your own work, strategies for getting past the dreaded writer’s block when writing your blog, and more. Someone may have already asked a question on one of your social media posts that could lead to a blog post.

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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. Webinar Next-Level Storytelling Tactics for Nonprofits Learn More 5.

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Bloomerang

JULY 10, 2023

Here are ten practical steps to help you navigate the process: 1. Understand the associated legal and financial implications so that you can answer any questions that may arise. Also, seek out professional fundraising networks you can join that usually are quite extraordinary learning venues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2018

I co-lead a workshop on digital transformation, co-facilitated a master class on digital fundraising campaigns, co-hosted a learning breakfast for scholarship participants, co-designed a Big Room session on Technology for Good, and in between attended some amazing sessions. Ask team members to reflect on their lessons learned.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 21, 2021

Whether we like it or not, many traditional fundraising practices create an inner circle of supporters. That doesn’t mean that a high ROI is a bad thing, or that these fundraising practices should be retired. Therefore, we recommend taking the following steps to apply DEI best practices for your nonprofit: Lead From the Top.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 8, 2024

There’s no question about it: Data collection can feel overwhelming and scary, and it can often feel like a challenge you’ll never be able to overcome. Be deliberate – If you can’t tell members what you’re going to do with the answer they’re giving you, don’t ask those questions.

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Forum One

MARCH 9, 2023

I find the rapid developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) thrilling, with endless applications for our Forum One partners, but I know from discussions with my counterparts in government agencies that AI and ML can also be mystifying, and even scary. We’d love to explore with you: inquiries@forumone.org.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Read on for our major donor cultivation best practices for helpful tips you need to successfully steward these important donors. In the next sections we’ll learn how to identify, steward, and solicit donations from major gifts donors. Best practices for stewarding your major donors. Be open to questions and rejections.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 29, 2022

Envisioning the process from end-to-end allows those in charge of a system change to anticipate questions, concerns, and pain points from all those affected by the new system. Change anxiety and resistance: Learning a new system can be a tough sell for nonprofit professionals whose schedules are already packed with daily tasks.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

As you investigate, be sure to ask specific questions about setup, like: Do you have an onboarding team devoted to delivering full data conversions? No matter how intuitive a system may be, there are always a few questions, tips, and tricks that a training professional can help you with so you get started on a solid foundation.

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