Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

2) Promoting an Important Event to Encourage Registration and Ticket Sales Believe it or not, ChatGPT can assist you in drafting compelling event invitations, social media posts, and promoting your fundraising events, including annual galas and fun runs. With ChatGPT, the heavy lifting in copywriting can be handled for you.

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Volunteer Hub

MARCH 26, 2021

million volunteers and 7 million event registrations. These benefits include saved time, money, and resources. Landing Pages/Web-Based Registration. Your organization can use our web-based solution to create branded landing pages, list available opportunities, and streamline registration. Administration. Engagement.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 5, 2020

1: Improve renewal rates. In fact, another article about AI on this blog includes a real-world example of how an association is using artificial intelligence to increase member retention by identifying individuals likely to lapse. This saves you money and time while providing a convenient service to members.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 12, 2022

This feature appears in each donor’s profile and rates their engagement from “cold” to “on fire!” A generosity score also rates supporters from “cold” to “on fire!” You can track your retention rate and keep an eye on your retention progress over time directly from your dashboard. Generosity score.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Member portals: Allow members to manage their membership online, track certificates, event registrations and more. Event management: Plan, communicate and take registrations for your events. Branded websites and registration forms: Make the sign-up experience easy and professional with a branded, event-dedicated website.

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Achieve

APRIL 10, 2020

If you fail to create a virtual event that entices your donors and supporters enough to become attendees, then you’re spending time and money without any real return. That would basically make the whole point moot and could establish your reputation as unreliable and bad with money, causing people to lose interest in your cause. .

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

It may seem counterproductive to ask your subscribers to opt into your emails twice, but some research on open rates suggests that customers may prefer a confirmed opt-in (COI) email more than a welcome email.” Videos: Adding video to your emails can increase open rates by 19% and boost click rates by 65%, according to Campaign Monitor.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2023

Establish a recurring donation program An efficient way to grow donations and improve donor retention is through recurring giving. In fact, a 2016 study showed that monthly recurring donors have a 90% retention rate compared to the average donor retention rate of 46%.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

On one hand, this saves your team the time you’d spend researching products and determining which one is a worthy investment, as well as the money you’d spend making that investment. Is it worth it to spend the money? GivingFuel Platform overview: GivingFuel offers donor management and fundraising software at affordable rates.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

It may seem counterproductive to ask your subscribers to opt into your emails twice, but some research on open rates suggests that customers may prefer a confirmed opt-in (COI) email more than a welcome email.” Videos: Adding video to your emails can increase open rates by 19% and boost click rates by 65%, according to Campaign Monitor.

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Classy

JULY 14, 2021

Registrants: Classy aims to increase the total number of registrants for the Collaborative year over year, so Alexa’s team reviews this metric first. They also measure retention to see how many return each year and what factors could play into increases or decreases. . Lean Into Email.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

For decades, Adrian has been espousing the values of focusing on donor retention as a top-line metric of the health of an organization. The notion motivated Jay to introduce a powerful, affordable, easy-to-use donor retention product to help mid-market nonprofits. Donor retention is about a donor coming back to you.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Your nonprofit website is a major source of online donations as well as other engagement opportunities, from volunteer registrations to digital advocacy actions and much more. Are certain pages seeing a high bounce rate? Website Conversion Rate. Email Open Rate. Email Click-Through Rate. Email Conversion Rate.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Run a report on previous registrants. If you’ve already been collecting event registrations, but fear you might have to cancel or postpone, it’s important to first gather a list of folks who have registered or paid for admission to the event. This is a nuanced approach.

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AccelEvents

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Run a report on previous registrants. If you’ve already been collecting event registrations, but fear you might have to cancel or postpone, it’s important to first gather a list of folks who have registered or paid for admission to the event. This is a nuanced approach.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 19, 2015

Your peer-to-peer run, cycling event, or ride has a registration fee, and now you’re feeling like you need to run a special discount promotion to increase your registration numbers. Your registration fee has a purpose. You remember that time when you offered a discounted registration fee and decide you should offer another one.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

You also won’t need to spend as much money on food, staging, and other production costs with a smaller in-person attendance. This can help drive event registrations and increase excitement for your event. Once the prep work has been completed and you’ve collected all your event registrations, it’s time for the auction to begin.

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Achieve

AUGUST 6, 2021

How can you raise more money during your next peer-to-peer campaign? Imagine I’m raising money for a nonprofit and, when you land on my fundraising page, it’s still full of generic copy the nonprofit added as a placeholder. First, emphasize completing the pages in the days following your supporter’s registration.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

These simple fundraising ideas for churches are a great way to raise money and grow your congregation. Instead of spending more money to acquire new supporters to help raise funds, it is more cost-effective to retain your donors. Ask supporters to donate the money they saved by giving up that habit to your church. Rummage sales.

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Qgiv

JUNE 6, 2023

These calls to action also offer you an opportunity to advertise your upcoming events by sending anyone who clicks on them to your event’s registration page. Widening your audience reach provides your organization with more opportunities to expand your fundraising campaigns and raise more money for your cause.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

By combining industry best practices such as peer-to-peer fundraising with innovative technologies like Venmo and text-to-donate, Givebutter has become the world’s #1 rated online fundraising platform, according to Capterra, GetApp, G2, and Software Advice FrontRunners. Platform Fee : Free Transaction Fee : 2.9% + $.30 MobileCause.

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Classy

JUNE 1, 2021

As donor retention and engagement continue to challenge the space, virtual events are a viable tool you can explore to enhance these efforts. Tactics to Boost Your Donor Retention Strategy. At the most basic level you need to thank all attendees and registrants for signing up for the event as soon as possible.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Nonprofit-facing fundraising apps are those that your nonprofit staff members use to raise money on the go. This helps you monitor your progress with various campaigns, your donor retention rate, and other metrics that are important to your fundraising success. Individual tasks. Plus, OneCause is a mobile-bidding platform!

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Look at your registration form and start with the basics. It's also a good idea to track your retention rate year-over-year as one of your performance indicators. Relevant messaging allows you to better cultivate your relationships with your supporters. The Basics. Ask your supporters if they want to get more involved.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Maybe we’re in this whole retention mess because we’ve been thinking about donors all wrong. This piece from Ahern Donor Communications, Fundraising is about money. Dolores McDonagh of Charity Dynamics write on npEngage about the Top 3 Roadblocks to Event Registration. Enjoy your last week of October.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

These simple fundraising ideas for churches are a great way to raise money and grow your congregation. Instead of spending more money to acquire new supporters to help raise funds, it is more cost-effective to retain your donors. Ask supporters to donate the money they saved by giving up that habit to your church. Rummage sales.

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Giving Fundraising Pledge Classes 52

Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

When organizations face an unprecedented event and are in dire need of support, making an emergency fundraising appeal is a direct way to emphasize that need and raise money quickly. With this partnership, both parties received a lot of positive media attention which even led to more support in money and supplies. Endurance Events.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2021

Helping fundraisers raise money on your behalf is a great first step to making your peer-to-peer event more profitable. A recurring donor gives 5x more than a one-time donor in their lifetime and have an average donor retention rate of 90%. Use these supplements for a healthier bottom line. Participant invite tool.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Here are some of the top ways you might leverage your volunteer management solution to handle your regular recruiting responsibilities: Online registration. Instead of gathering volunteer information through paper forms, it’s crucial that you have an online registration tool for your opportunities and programs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 25, 2023

M+R Benchmarks ] 74% of nonprofits send an automated welcome email after joining a newsletter and these messages have an average open rate of 202% higher than traditional email campaigns. Nonprofit Communications Trends Report ] 95% of marketers who use generative AI for email creation rate it effective” with 54% rating it very effective.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 9, 2013

Blackbaud’s 2012 Peer-to-Peer Event Fundraising Benchmark Study breaks events into categories: Cycling, endurance runs/walks, runs/walks with a registration fee, runs/walks without a registration fee, community, and third party events. Start by using benchmark reports as a guide.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

While silent fundraising auctions can raise a great deal of money for your organization, they can also be costly to host. To set accurate budgets for this event, look to other similar experiences and the amount of money needed to support them. Invite guests. After your event. In fact, 70% of new donors will only give once.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 23, 2019

Innovating membership by introducing digital membership cards is just one small step in efforts to save on staff labor, time, and money. This has grown steadily since 2014, and even higher rates occur for event registration and membership purchases.” Rapid Shifts in Consumer Expectations. That dropped to 22% by 2017.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 5, 2009

Along with some wonderful colleages from Convio, Event 360 and the Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council , I attempted to do some research that answered the question, "how can you raise more money with your event?". Healthy trends in participant retention. To find the answer to that, we looked to you, your organizations, and your events.

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Here at Bloomerang, we specialize in donor retention. Retention is the key to maximizing your fundraising strategy, and appreciation is at the root of that strategy. Then, when supporters do stick around for your organization, you’ll make more money in the long run. Analyze Your Audience. Remember the stat from before?

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Bloomerang

MAY 9, 2021

Here at Bloomerang, we specialize in donor retention. Retention is the key to maximizing your fundraising strategy, and appreciation is at the root of that strategy. Then, when supporters do stick around for your organization, you’ll make more money in the long run. Analyze Your Audience. Remember the stat from before?

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Bloomerang’s donor management software helps nonprofits raise more by enhancing relationships with supporters to improve donor retention rates. Catching donors prior to their lapsing and strengthening your donor retention strategy can lead to thousands of additional fundraising dollars for your nonprofit. Bloomerang. Salesforce.

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