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Attracting New Donors With Content That Serves (And Scales)

Bloomerang

When nonprofits shift their focus to serving rather than soliciting their donor base, it becomes easier to attract like-minded supporters and build lasting relationships. To start a relationship off on the right foot, remember it is always better to give than receive. What problems are you facing that we can help you solve?

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Networked and Hyperconnected: The New Social (and work) Operating System

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The presentation draws from a 2012 survey of the “ Always On Generation ” that provides insights from experts on the benefits and drawbacks of a hyperconnected life and how it is rewiring the young people’s brains. Some 95% of teens ages 12-17 are online, 76% use social networking sites, and 77% have cell phones.

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Humanizing Moves Management Fundraising

Neon CRM

Her daughter has required volunteer hours at her school; she may be a good prospect for our teen volunteer program.” Whatever it is, your supporters have goals in mind when they give. To get the kind of information you need to define goals for your donors, you may want to consider conducting surveys.

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Unlease Your Organizations Knowledge Sharing Processes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As Wyman’s Teen Outreach Program® began to be replicated across the nation, the need to capture learning in a more sophisticated way grew right along with the growth of replication. Keep in mind that posting an announcement on an internal website or sending out an e-mail about the audit is not communication. Administer a Survey Pilot.

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Are Qwerty Monsters the Nonprofit Donors of the Future?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A simple audience survey to learn: How is your target audience using their mobile phones? Certainly, these and other questions would be a good start for a survey. What we witnessed over a year ago with SMS donations to the Haiti disaster is not going to be the norm for nonprofits. Maybe that first step is research.

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Meditations on Relevance, Part 3: Who Decides What's Relevant?

Museum 2.0

The curatorial team or a multidisciplinary team who have the audience in mind when decisions are made about the best way to connect visitors to the collection?" What is on their minds. Develop collaborations and programs, keeping in mind what you have learned. She surveyed existing local programs. My answer: neither.

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Simplifying nonprofit strategic planning for beginners 

Get Fully Funded

Serving as many teens as possible through your youth program is not a goal. How many teens do you want to serve in years one, two, and three? There may be more teens in your community that need support. Survey your community for ideas for long-range goals. As is doubling the number of food boxes you give out in a year.

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