sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2022

Your budget is your organizational GPS. It tells your nonprofit where you want to go and how you plan to get there. That includes both the budget and the process for creating it. What Does a Nonprofit Budgeting Process Include? Update your documentation each time you review your budgeting process.

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Qgiv

MARCH 11, 2024

There are thousands of nonprofit organizations in the world covering innumerable causes. Even so, it’s possible that you’ve noticed a need in your community for something that could be helped through charitable efforts, and now you’re inspired to start your own nonprofit. But how exactly do you start a nonprofit?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 14, 2021

We often think of fundraising as transactional, but I love the idea of creating “fundraising experiences” that acknowledges that donors want to be involved with nonprofits on an experiential level and not just passively donate. This blog post outlines three steps to reimagining fundraising experiences.

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Qgiv

APRIL 22, 2024

Nonprofit marketing is one of the key components of getting your organization seen by potential supporters! Your marketing strategies and the marketing channels you use can drastically affect your fundraising success throughout the year. However, marketing for nonprofits can come with its difficulties.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 11, 2014

2014 will be an exciting year for nonprofit technology. Numerous communications and fundraising trends are on the verge of going mainstream and nonprofits committed to early adoption have a number of new tools and strategies to pioneer this year. 1) Mass Adoption of Responsive and Flat Design.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

This post describes actions you can take to implement the findings of Bloomerang’s 2023 Fundraising Planning and Climate Report. 1,071 fundraising professionals were surveyed at small and medium-sized nonprofits supporting a variety of causes. Not all fundraising programs look alike.

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sgEngage

JUNE 30, 2023

Nonprofit marketing is the use of strategic methods by organizations to promote their missions and secure donations and funding. This article covers the nuances of nonprofit marketing, exploring the different types, channels, and challenges. Put simply, the more exposure a nonprofit receives, the larger impact they can make.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

An important part of being an effective fundraiser is staying up to date on current fundraising trends , industry best practices, and donor preferences. One of the best ways to do that is to attend nonprofit conferences. But how on earth do you choose the right fundraising conference to attend? They’re the best!

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Greater Giving

JUNE 17, 2021

The world of nonprofit fundraising changed dramatically in the last eighteen months. We’ve detailed many of these shifts, and the lessons learned from them, in the recently-published The State of Nonprofit Fundraising report. Despite a Pandemic, Nonprofits Held a Lot of Events Last Year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 14, 2014

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. In 2013 the number of nonprofits that hired part-time or full-time new media managers increased fourfold. They use their creative impulses to come up with innovative mobile and social media campaigns for their own nonprofit.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 9, 2021

How much does your nonprofit need to raise and how are you going to acquire those funds? Those are the two main questions that an annual fundraising plan must answer to help you become more successful. What is an annual fundraising plan (also known as a nonprofit strategic plan)? Ready to download the template?

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Volunteer Hub

MARCH 21, 2023

Leveraging technology to manage volunteers in 2023 is essential. If you want to make a significant impact, volunteer engagement and management strategy should be at the top of your list, especially if volunteers play a vital role in helping your organization achieve its mission. Coordinating events. Volunteer fundraising.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 17, 2024

Your nonprofit relies on storytelling to forge emotional connections with potential supporters and spread awareness of your mission. As technology evolves, your nonprofit should expand to tell your story in more engaging, shareable, and innovative ways, such as podcasting. Connect with nonprofit professionals.

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OneCause

MARCH 14, 2023

As those in the nonprofit world realize, few things are as effective—or as time consuming—as fundraising events. These events bring in big time donations, and can have a huge impact on furthering the organization’s cause. What should my team consider when developing an event fundraising marketing plan?

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Qgiv

MARCH 12, 2024

When thinking about fundraising, most people immediately think of individual donors, but corporations are another great source of potential revenue for nonprofits! There are many ways a business can participate in corporate philanthropy to produce benefits for both the corporation and the nonprofits they partner with.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 26, 2021

You may be wondering where to focus your fundraising as we emerge from the fog of 2020 and into, perhaps, a less cloudy future when it comes to nonprofit giving trends. Charitable giving was up in 2020 , and projections for nonprofit giving trends in 2021 and 2022 are even rosier. Nonprofit Giving Trends on the Horizon.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 26, 2023

Proven Strategies and Best Practices for Nonprofits to Increase Fundraising Event Revenue Our recent survey showed that there are a variety of effective methods to generate event revenue for your cause, including sponsorship, ticket sales, live and silent auctions, raffles, fund-a-need, text-to-donate, and peer-to-peer fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

Working within the confines of an almost non-existent online communications budget, my primary responsibilities were to maintain our website and publish a twice-monthly e-newsletter, quarterly print newsletter, and numerous print fundraising appeals through out the year. Here are five reasons why: 1.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Nonprofit professionals and the organizations that depend on them understand the importance of investing in ongoing professional development. That’s because the fundraising world—indeed, the world in general—is changing fast, especially when it comes to communications. Never stop learning” is her rallying cry. . “I

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Hilary is the Digital Fundraising Manager at DNL OmniMedia. For over a decade, she’s brought fundraising strategy & technology together to create successful campaigns. Hilary specializes in technology audits, digital fundraising, and technology implementations. With that, let’s get started!

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Greater Giving

MAY 25, 2022

Fundamental Strategies to Maximize your Event Marketing ROI. Hosting and marketing a successful event can require a significant investment of time and resources. This guide will look at four transformational fundraising strategies for increasing your nonprofit’s ROI from its event marketing outreach.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Her school engaged her from day one using technology and face-to-face interactions. Her university highlighted the ways she could connect with other commuter students and even alums via social media, in-person events, and university eNewsletters. They used technology designed for higher education along with personal interactions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. The act of writing a comprehensive social media fundraising strategy is an essential first step in being successful on social media. Step 1: Conduct an Online Communications and Fundraising Audit. Step 3: Create a Budget.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2023

Your nonprofit is quickly growing, bringing in more donations than ever before and fostering a strong donor base. These advancements mean you have the budget available to invest in new fundraising software that can streamline your fundraising tasks and empower you to raise even more.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 22, 2013

Many nonprofits need social media training - they just don’t know it. There’s always room for improvement and unfortunately overconfidence in social media skills prevent many nonprofit staff from getting training that could significantly increase their social media ROI (Return on Investment). Google, etc.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Tricia Marsherall is the Founder & President of Marsherall Partners, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in nonprofit donor database management & operations support and virtual & traditional fundraising events. By gaining insight into trends , a nonprofit leadership team can more effectively plan for the future.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 9, 2021

This blog was co-written by Associate Director, Ida Perrson, and SVP of Brand + Strategy, Amy Small. This recent article from AIGA, “ Small Budgets, Tight Deadlines, Important Work: Lessons all designers can learn from working with nonprofits ,” was one of those instances. Creative-problem solving on a small budget.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Effective data management is key to understanding your constituency and building better fundraising and engagement strategies. But before you can capitalize on the information stored in your CRM or other nonprofit software, you need to know exactly what analytics to track in the first place. Fundraising and Donor Analytics.

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3rd Sector Labs

APRIL 23, 2014

” – focused on why you need, and how to create, a nonprofit data management plan. We had also blogged earlier on the topic. The purpose of this post is to share the results of an interesting survey from the beginning of the event, as well as the great attendee follow-up Q&A. Within the past 6 months = 30%.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The technology to donate online was launched in the late 1990’s and through a process of trial and error NGOs have slowly been able to build donor’s confidence in the technology and grow their online donor database. The webinar content below was presented by Heather Mansfield on October 11, 2016 to 1,807 nonprofit staff.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The main objective of a membership drive is to find potential members and encourage them to join, thus building a strong community of people who want to participate in the organization’s programs, events, volunteer efforts, etc. Fundraising How Nonprofits Can Set (And Meet) Fundraising Goals 16 min read Read Now 2.

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Qgiv

APRIL 23, 2021

Silent auctions are a classic go-to fundraising event—and for good reason. And, this type of fundraiser can be applied to all types of organizations and their audiences! You’ve come to the right place to learn more about how to plan a silent auction for fundraising. How Nonprofits Use Silent Auction Fundraising.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For your nonprofit, this means the holiday season opens the door to opportunities for fundraising success— and there’s no better way to kick off this successful year-end fundraising push than to participate in Giving Tuesday ! Ready to learn more about Giving Tuesday and how your nonprofit can make the most of it?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2016

Small (and medium-sized) nonprofits have a different experience on social media than large nonprofits. Small nonprofits have to work harder at growing their following and most often the work of social media management is added to an already full job description. Not even large, well-funded nonprofits are doing all ten.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 24, 2021

When you started researching to build your nonprofit’s first website, what did you encounter? Web Hosting?”), development fees that were well out of your young nonprofit’s budget and a lengthy process. At DNL OmniMedia, we work with nonprofit organizations to custom-build a site that meets their unique needs.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 26, 2021

Nonprofit fundraising videos bring your organization’s work to life in a way that written stories just can’t. Nonprofit fundraising videos help you raise more money. Yet many nonprofit leaders are intimidated by videos and more comfortable with traditional stories and photos to tell your organization’s stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Note From Beth: I’m a huge fan of Giving Days because they raise the awareness, engagement, and donations to nonprofits and being generous. Last week, we watched as a national day of giving and awareness campaign for “Giving Tuesday” unfold and spur spikes in donations.

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