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Three lessons nonprofits learned from the pandemic

Candid

Whether you’re a new nonprofit or an existing one, understanding how to apply these three lessons from the pandemic can greatly benefit your organization: . Lesson #1: Be resilient and plan ahead. Lesson #2: Adapt your fundraising strategies. Lesson #3: Make your communications personal.

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Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board

Blue Avocado

To do this, I need to trace both the history of the organization as well as the transformational changes it underwent in order to illustrate the lessons I learned throughout this process. However, along the way we learned several lessons that proved integral to maintaining an effective—and accountable—board.

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Pandemic Lessons Learned: 4 Tips for School Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

Let’s walk through four lessons we learned from fundraising during the pandemic and learn how your school can implement these tips moving forward: Leverage online fundraising tools. Ready to learn how to use these lessons from the pandemic to raise more for your school? Communicate frequently with your supporters.

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Lessons From MotivateMonday | Does a development plan lead to fundraising success?

Pamela Grow

Planning drives income, donor retention, and confidence. Second gift and subsequent retention is 12% higher when there is a written plan. The answer? A written fundraising plan increases the odds of increased revenue by 148%.

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

I think there are many timeless lessons that still apply to current strategy that can be gleaned from looking backward. Decades before the dawn of digital ads and social media, advertising legend David Ogilvy penned his seminal book “Ogilvy on Advertising” sharing hard-won lessons on how to effectively persuade consumers.

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Lessons from MotivateMonday | 5 Things You Can Do to Start the New Year Strong

Pamela Grow

Related Posts: 5 Tips for Planning an Advocacy Campaign 5K Fundraiser Lessons from MotivateMonday | Changing the Racial… 5 Tips for Recruiting More Peer-to-Peer Fundraisers Lessons from MotivateMonday | 16 Last Minute… Prioritizing Donor Retention: 4 Tips for Small Nonprofits The post Lessons from MotivateMonday | 5 Things You Can Do to (..)

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Lessons from MotivateMonday | The latest from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project

Pamela Grow

Join us for a few surprises as Steven Shattuck, Chief Engagement Officer of Bloomerang, explores the latest donor retention statistics from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. The post Lessons from MotivateMonday | The latest from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project appeared first on Pamela Grow.

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