Volunteer Hub

AUGUST 1, 2021

Here are 5 strategies to incorporate into your retention plan this year. According to the Corporation for National & Community Service, the average volunteer retention rate in 2019 was 65%. Communication should be frequent and across multiple mediums such as email, text, social media, and in-person.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 11, 2022

Doing so provides members with an ongoing benefit that boosts retention and engagement. . TECH TIP: Accessible with Nimble AMS, use myTrailhead to teach members how to use your career center and access its many features. Build interest with non-members. Cross post to increase awareness and engagement.

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Volunteer Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Here are 5 strategies to incorporate into your retention plan going into the new year. According to the Corporation for National & Community Service, the average volunteer retention rate in 2019 was 65%. Communication should be frequent and across multiple mediums such as email, text, social media, and in-person.

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Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Do you know what your retention rates are or how to increase donor loyalty? The sorry state of donor retention has been a topic of discussion for at least the past decade, since the Fundraising Effectiveness Project Report began collecting data. Yet too many nonprofits still don’t prioritize donor retention strategies. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be co-hosting The Zoetica Salon on my Facebook Page with my Zoetica colleagues, Geoff Livingston , Kami Huyse , and Julie Pippert (the newest Zoetican ) where almost 7,000 nonprofit leaders have been engaging in informal peer learning about nonprofits and social media.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

These can include recurring giving options; crowdfunding or peer-to-peer fundraising ; seasonal campaigns or giving day appeals, like Giving Tuesday ; mission-driven fundraising events; and retention- and upgrade-driven incentives, like an invitation to join a donor club.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 15, 2022

Brilliant and hysterically witty, he dazzles nonprofit audiences by teaching them how to apply decision science (aka behavioral economics) to campaigns, communications, and fundraising. . Did you know that monthly giving boosts donor retention as high as 90% and a whopping 57% of U.S. Why Should I Give to You?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2019

I designed a 90-minute workshop focused on “Human-Centered Social Media Strategy” which teaches how to apply a simple design-thinking technique, creating personas, as the basis of your digital strategy. Even if you have a short amount of time to teach (and set up), you can make your trainings (and meetings) interactive.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

It wasn’t long after their civil war, and the program was working with child combatants, using sports to teach new skills. 36,333 improved their attendance, engagement, and retention in education. In 2005, a visit to Right to Play in Sierra Leone with skateboarding icon Tony Hawk changed my life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2010

He is Deputy Director for the Contemporary Jewish Museum , and an expert in using social media in a museum setting. One thing led to another and I designed a social media lab for arts organizations. Both organizations have demonstrated leadership in embracing social media. I said yes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. That’s why I always enjoy teaching in flexible classroom spaces.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2017

As a long-time trainer, professor, and teacher, I feel strongly that interactive learning activities – going beyond the death by Powerpoint Lecture – is the key to retention and application for participants. Your room set up can support your instructional activities that engage participants or get in the way.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

That means you likely won’t see the results—increased fundraising revenue, increased donor retention rate, increased average gift size—that you would likely see when using a paid solution. Often, they had to pay a consultant to help them set up their database and teach them how to use it.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 7, 2021

8 Fiscal Year-End Donor Retention Action Strategies + Practical Tips. There’s nothing more important to your bottom line and long-term sustainability than donor retention. Make it super easy for folks to click on a link in your email, text, or social media post and give. . Don’t let them!

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 15, 2018

Check out these social media accounts and websites from the best thought leaders the nonprofit sector has to offer. She helps organizations get more visibility and online connections through improving their social media presence and websites. Looking for some inspiration? Julia Campbell ( @JuliaCSocial ). Vu Le ( @NonprofitAF ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Erika Atkins, Director of Operations at Opening Act , a theatre program that teaches theatre skills to students from New York City’s most underserved schools to help them succeed in life. Their program includes about teaching artists. She knows self-care is important to avoiding burn out and keeping a high staff retention. “.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 21, 2021

Fleming's techniques teach you how to acquire customers faster and how to create what he calls legitimate brand loyalty -- the type that helps to keep your business thriving. Make social media communications with customers personal, genuine, and meaningful. Measure the true cost of your customer acquisition efforts.

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Qgiv

JUNE 16, 2021

This can be multiple emails that teach new donors about your nonprofit and its mission. No matter what you’re sending your goal should be donor retention! Check out this email series for great tips on boosting your donor retention. What emails should you send to each list? New donors should receive a welcome series of emails.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2020

Look for ways you can get exposure in the media – many local NPR affiliates will cover cultural events, particularly if they involve partnering with another organization or doing community outreach. Marketing channels that work best at this stage include email, social media and digital retargeting. . Retention .

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

While reading through various social media posts, I noticed how many parents commented that the organizations providing these sanity-keeping resources will be getting a donation in the future. My kids especially like the tours that teach them something new, and that act like the audience is right there in the room. Virtual Tours.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

Very soon technology will improve donor participation and retention by making it ridiculously easy to give…Technology will allow donors to do what they want to do anyway…We’re two decades into the internet era; why is it still easier to buy a book about hurricanes than help a storm’s victims? Digital Transformation Action Steps.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Though they go hand in hand, volunteer recruitment shouldn’t be confused with volunteer retention. For example, if teaching is your profession, you might feel most comfortable and fulfilled when spending your volunteering time tutoring young students. Send out social media blasts. Partner with local media.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 21, 2022

Donor retention requires a lot of work, and regardless of how well you do it, has to be offset with donor growth. Create an eBook that teaches the everyday consumer on water filters, when they’re necessary for safety, and how to pick the right one. The size of their audience (customers, social media following, employees).

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 30, 2023

It’s a great time of the year for some hot donor retention strategies! I teach my clients that offering warm touches – the little things that warm a donor’s heart and make them feel good – are THE BEST donor retention strategies to keep people giving. And the good news is that increasing donor retention isn’t that hard.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 17, 2020

Fleming's techniques teach you how to acquire customers faster and how to create what he calls legitimate brand loyalty -- the type that helps to keep your business thriving. Make social media communications with customers personal, genuine, and meaningful. Measure the true cost of your customer acquisition efforts.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 29, 2022

However, with a read-a-thon fundraiser, you can give your supporters the opportunity to slow down and crack open a book while also teaching young students the value of reading and escaping into exciting stories. Create email and social media templates so that your fundraisers don’t have to craft donation requests from scratch.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

This includes your website, email, and even social media. Aside from just using your website or email to reach supporters, build out a dedicated social media strategy. Prioritize volunteer retention. Managing social media accounts. When it comes to your website, the important thing to remember is user experience.

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M+R

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

And, unfortunately, the reverse is also true—what seems like a minor drop-off in your mid-level acquisition or retention rates can create enormous drag on your revenue. . The strategy was designed to create a ‘surround sound’ across social media and news websites. . the cost of the media buys in direct revenue. Related Links.

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sgEngage

APRIL 6, 2022

Sends a fundraising email and/or promotes page on social media . Examples of these types of events are large walks, festivals, and even social media events or giving days. Think about the four stages of their journey with your peer-to-peer event or campaign: recruiting, activation, optimization, and retention. . Optimize .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

Nonprofit insiders are watching and debating how ALS will use the money and the donor retention strategy. And, of course the valid concern of wasting water in a drought. 2) Playing on Memes: The campaign took advantage of social media narcissism for a good cause.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

This guide will teach you what you need to know to get your new organization up and running. Bloomerang’s donor database also includes an interactive dashboard to monitor metrics like donor retention, incoming donations, and campaign progress. Further, a Concord Group Study found that 49% of nonprofits don’t have a strategic plan.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

This allows you to see which social media platforms are driving the most users to your website. Are social media users reading the blog posts that they click through to from Facebook posts? Donor Retention Rate. Your donor retention rate acts as evidence of how your donor engagement and stewardship strategies are performing.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 15, 2013

What donors can teach us about making more money. Research & Trends communication crowdfunding direct marketing donor retention fundraising npNEXT online giving Social Media' Blackbaud recorded the presentations and over the next few months we’ll be sharing them with the rest of the nonprofit sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 14, 2015

Because webinars were a new medium to trainers back then, I used Richard Mayer’s research on multi-media learning based on understanding how the brain works and the ability to pay attention to guide the instructional design. Recent research and teaching practice shows that the lecture is a less effective teaching tool.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

Nicole Lampe, Digital Strategy Director, Resource Media. NTEN’s Membership Committee helps grow volunteering and engagement opportunities, increase NTEN membership retention, and engage new and returning members and connect them with each other as well as NTEN resources and programming. Membership Committee.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

Steven Shattuck, Bloomerang’s Chief Engagement Officer , found that when donors give a recurring gift their retention rate increases to 90%. Cross-promoting the challenge on social media is also a great way to get more people involved. Cross-promoting the challenge on social media is also a great way to get more people involved.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JUNE 19, 2019

Fleming's techniques teach you how to acquire customers faster and how to create what he calls legitimate brand loyalty -- the type that helps to keep your business thriving. Make social media communications with customers personal, genuine, and meaningful. He explains why the customer is not always right.

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