Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Today, statistics show that one in five consumers has more than 1,000 unread emails in their personal inbox. In a June 2020 Engage by Cell webinar , marketing expert Ric Militi of InnoVision Marketing Group shared, “Text messaging is one-on-one communication with your donor coming through the most private part of their phone.

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Top Nonprofits

MAY 24, 2021

We know in-person programming is slowly coming back and you need to bring back your audience members who have fallen quiet during the pandemic. What could a dual, virtual/in-person program look like? Everyone in the conversation shared challenges they expected as they moved back to in-person programming. Let’s find out.

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.orgSource

APRIL 29, 2024

The world has a smart phone in its pocket. As I write, most of my readers are currently using this technology either for personal projects or in the office. “Don’t stand on the tarmac ogling the launchpad. Training is the magic that transforms LLMs from a blank slate into a bot, or a machine with a ‘personality.’

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Boost revenue from in-person and virtual fundraising events. In-person training. An instructor travels to your place of business to teach you how to apply your new features to your existing processes, one-on-one. Levels of fundraising software support typically include phone, email, and chat.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 30, 2023

— Personalized communication and engagement strategies are critical to helping mid-level donors see the value and potential impact of increasing their donations to your nonprofit organization. But have no fear — personalized approaches don’t always require more time or resources from busy fundraisers. These four are key: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 23, 2023

One person (me) handles the bulk of our copy and content projects. While we might call our phones ‘phones,’ there are Apple, Android, and Google devices. While ChatGPT’s repsonse isn’t as personal as we’d like it to be, it sure gets the ball rolling! Until I tried it. Yes and no.

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DipJar

JUNE 23, 2022

DipJar Announces DipJar Online, Extending DipJar’s Leadership in in-person Fundraising to Online and Mobile Channels . The new software builds on DipJar’s leadership in in-person fundraising to enable more robust and flexible fundraising. New and existing customers can sign up for early access here. DJOEarlyAccess for information.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 13, 2024

This applies to a multitude of characteristics including personality, work habits, reporting structure and much else. It’s not a matter of one person or style being better than another — but the bottom line is that we are very different, and whether we like it or not, we must respect those differences. Guess what happened?

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sgEngage

MARCH 22, 2024

While traditional events still have an important place in the fundraising calendar, activity-based fundraising events now encompass a diverse range of experiences, from yoga to pickleball to kayaking and more. Survey supporters as part of registration questionnaires, in-person interviews, or your donor satisfaction online survey.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Tribute giving can help an organization reach its fundraising goal because tribute gifts come from a strong belief in the organization’s mission and are generally given from a place of pain, heartache, healing, and love, and the donor wishes to give back in a meaningful way. Maximize the Impact of Tribute Gifts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2024

It’s as Easy as Sharing a Link Once you have an event website in place, your marketing becomes as simple as sharing a link in every promotional piece. They don’t have to fill out a paper form or make a phone call to register. Instead, they can commit to the event as soon as they hear about it, with just a few simple clicks or taps.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

If you, like many, find asking for money hard or distasteful, let’s reframe it, because when you come from a place of negativity, you’ll actually repel donations. Getting into this mindset accomplishes a few things: It takes away any jitters about asking for donations because it isn’t personal. It’s true.

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sgEngage

APRIL 2, 2024

As a grantmaking organization focused on the success of your grantees, it is essential to have a process in place to manage personnel changes—for both you and your grantees—so everyone stays informed and on schedule. When a new person comes on, it’s a good time to understand exactly what access they need.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We often put things off, placing learning skills on the shelf where they weren’t easily accessible to us. Plus, coming from a place of love happens to be the best way to fulfill on your nonprofit mission and build the lasting connections with supporters you will need to survive and thrive (more on this to come, I promise).

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This article aims to provide valuable insights and strategies to deepen the connection between congregants and their places of worship, fostering a sense of belonging and commitment, and enhanced stewardship giving. Encourage a warm and inclusive environment within your place of worship. Personalized outreach and pastoral care.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Whether in person, over the phone, or on a video call, a presentation is an opportunity to convince a funder that you should be invited to apply for a grant. It doesn't take the place of a proposal, but rather gives the funder a taste of the work you are doing in order to decide whether they should invite your proposal.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Having solid donor engagement strategies in place is important for any nonprofit that wants to inspire generosity in their community and build a base of lifelong supporters. But the world is a noisy place: Donors are bombarded with constant messaging that can drown out a nonprofit’s attempts to reach them. And not just any people!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 2, 2023

This will create a great first draft, but it’s important to personalize the content by adding stories from your community or sharing updates on the progress made towards achieving your mission. Organizations such as Kids Help Phone have already recognized the potential of chatbots as an effective support tool on their website.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fundraisers like you have a lot of work to do to make the world a better place, so any time you can save on administrative tasks is incredibly valuable. By automating these tasks, you save your nonprofit time that would normally take a person hours to complete, allowing your personnel to engage in more meaningful work at your organization.

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EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

Here are some tips for engaging supporters in legislative advocacy: Prep supporters for real-time meetings: If you’re engaging in-person, it’s important to be respectful of and ready to meet the legislative official and their staff. Fortunately, technology like digital advocacy tools make this easy to do for staff and supporters alike.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

Look across silos: Another place folks miss is not looking for advocates in obvious places. Board members, donors, coalitions partners, and folks who have signed a national list but have not taken a local action are all good places to find some of your best volunteers. If your training is in-person, provide childcare.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2013

” There is the occasional personal tweet , but these serve to make him seem approachable and human. Don’t let the learning curve get in the way of adopting social media as a personal and organizational leadership tool for your organization as Alexandra Samuel advises in this recent post on the WSJ.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 23, 2023

To do that, you have to connect with them emotionally through a story, a photo, and hero language that makes them feel special and important, like they personally stepped in and made a difference through their gift. Personalize your thank-you. This is not the place to use ‘ Dear friend.’ Personalized thank-you video.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 10, 2021

How do you connect with members when their attention is divided among so many places and activities? Most of us have our mobile phones within arm’s reach – every hour of every day. At this point, a person is ready to make a purchase and seeking validation on what or how to buy. Request a personalized demo.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 21, 2013

we get new cell phones on average every 18 months. One of biggest risks we face is the critical data stored in our old phones that we get rid of. The good news is that it’s pretty easy to do a hard reset and clear mobile phones of personal information. from your cell phone, if your phone has one of those.

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CauseVox

MARCH 1, 2024

The process of creating donor personas is important because it helps you truly understand and connect with your supporters on a personal level. Event participation data: helps track donor attendance, engagement, and feedback from both online and in-person events. Maybe pick up the phone and call a few of your donors!

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 26, 2024

Preparation is key To effectively retain emergency donors, you must have a solid foundation in place. Having these elements in place not only positions you to capitalize on the increased attention during emergencies but also provides a clear pathway for donors to continue their support. This creates a more meaningful ask.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Kayla Matthews is a researcher, writer and blogger covering topics related to technology, smart gadgets, the future of work and personal productivity. The difference is that with VR, the user is immersed within the virtual environment, while with AR, the virtual aspects are overlayed onto real-world places.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

Like you, many of your constituents are also working from home, using their personal cell phones and email addresses. Make a plan to segment your constituent base and decide who from your organization will make personal contact with your constituents.”. Many nonprofits rely heavily on in-person fundraising.

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Candid

MARCH 5, 2024

Simultaneously, make sure your nonprofit has in place a clearly stated mission, vision, and values , as well as sound infrastructure: a qualified team, internal governance and management systems, technology, and partners. If face-to-face is not an option, a phone call is your next best bet.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

In Pocket Change , author Dan Macasi points us to osaifu keitai , the Japanese phrase that means cell-phone wallet. An NFC chip -- that's near-field communications -- is placed on your existing cell phone, or is built into new phones. Here are a couple of ways to think about what this might mean: Personally.

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Qgiv

MARCH 4, 2024

What makes online fundraising so effective and essential in today’s landscape is the fact that people are on their phones or online for a large portion of the day. For example, even if most of your fundraising events occur in person, you can still greatly benefit from an online software solution. Mobile fundraising. Donor retention.

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

In fact, most Americans have a cell phone, smart phone, or tablet that they use to keep their schedule straight and stay in touch with their large and diverse networks of colleagues, friends, family, and acquaintances. So why not engage volunteers where they spend most of their time–on their mobile phone.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 9, 2014

Knowledge panels can prominently display your customer service phone number, which will show up on a search results page next to your NPO’s name. Here are three reasons: A Phone Number Adds an Element of Credibility and Legitimacy. Nothing says, “this is really a place ” like a phone number. How does this happen?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

WhatsApp represents one such medium that presents nonprofits with an outstanding opportunity to engage with stakeholders through texts, attachments, and multiple forms of conversations delivered to their mobile phones and now to their desktops. Recent data indicates that there are in excess of 1.5

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 23, 2021

Nonprofits understand the importance of sending acknowledgement letters and making phone calls to thank their donors. It’s important to connect the donor’s personal mission with your own. Keep it Personal. This one is hard to scale, but personalize as much as you can. Make it personal to them.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In considering your question, it’s safe to say that one of the similarities between your organization and the spirit of the season, is that both aim to make the world a better place. It’s important that you infuse a warm, personal touch in your year-end appeals. Use a personal touch: Tailor your year-end appeals to individual donors.

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