Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The nonprofit fundraising calendar tends to go through phases of ups and downs. Remember, the most effective nonprofit websites prioritize donors’ preferences and motivations in their design and structure. Simplify your page structure to make your site easier to navigate. ? Inspiring calls to action. Mobile-friendly formatting.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

We call this process of information-gathering the “discovery” phase. The goal of the discovery phase is to understand what your audience cares about, what their values are, and what are their anxieties or concerns. . Structure Your Message Effectively . The way we structure our stories is key to maximizing their impact.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle. Professionals tasked with a knowledge role often organize what feels like chaos—to create structure and focus attention on the most important information. Philanthropy loves “new” things. Fast forward to today….

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Forum One

APRIL 8, 2021

Many organizations had to start over and reconfigure their entire approach, as well as rely heavily on their websites as a primary communication tool. Marketing automation tools, such as Mailchimp, Salesforce/Pardot, and Marketo, can assist in personalizing the content in your emails by using automated sequences based on a contact’s actions.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

We’ve said it before and said it again —there’s no reason to delay the switch from Universal Analytics (UA), the tool 99% of our partners use as default. The next five months can be your learning phase. If you want to store data longer, there are data warehouse tools and considerations about privacy policy and data retention.

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NTEN

APRIL 15, 2013

Jamie Millard and Chris Oien covered a lot of ground in Organizational Leadership with Social Media Insights , including some really useful tips on using Google Analytics'' newer social reporting tools. Which I believe means I can label these notes Hand-crafted for your safety.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Web accessibility isn’t just about ensuring a public-facing website is accessible, but also intranets, internal digital tools, documents, videos, processes, and the information people need to do their jobs. Well-written, well-structured content is one of the best things an organization can do to improve accessibility. Focus on content.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Lead Gift Committees often meet at least every month during the Quiet Phase of the campaign , and sometimes more often. It often includes powerful and well-connected people, and you’ll want to make sure that the meetings are well-planned and structured. Create a short and clear description of the purpose and structure of the group.

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Forum One

AUGUST 15, 2010

This technology selection and implementation phase can be daunting and complex. Here are three broad approaches: Grab a free or cheap tool and get started fast. WARNING: using an inexpensive, easy-to-deploy tool does not mean you can skip or shortchange the strategy and planning phases outlined in the earlier posts in this series.

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Qgiv

JUNE 14, 2021

This way, everyone in your organization will be on the same page about what needs to be done during the fundraising phase of your development plan. Even if you think this phase could waste potential time in the future, proper communication often pays off tenfold. Align perspectives across your staff and board. Online fundraising.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

It can also be helpful to run your statements through a testing tool like Bloomerang’s communications audit to ensure readability and audience-centricity. Having a clear corporate structure limits the individual liability of your nonprofit’s leaders, employees, and board of directors.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The needs assessment is a learning and listening phase. Start with your startup costs: Registering as a 501(c)3 with the IRS and with your state, subscribing to cloud-based software such as accounting, donor management, and other tools, hiring legal support or other experts, and leasing a facility, if necessary.

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Classy

APRIL 19, 2021

And if your supporters don’t engage with your call to action the first time around, a well-structured follow-up is crucial. Include all necessary tools to fundraise, if applicable. We’ve created two email templates to guide the way your nonprofit reaches out to your inner circle of supporters during your next soft launch.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

Web Courseworks’ Three-Phased Learning Business Approach. The three-phased approach that Web Courseworks follows includes: 1. After all, you wouldn’t want to create courses or invest in tools that your members are simply not interested in engaging with! Organizational Readiness. Environmental Scan. Final Report.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 30, 2017

In partnership with the Case Foundation, Achieve just published findings from the most recent research phase of this project, which is our ninth annual study of millennial cause behaviors and motivations. They use all tools available to them – whether traditional or new – to influence the issues and causes they care about.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Normally that seems like something they would do during the startup phase of the nonprofit, but missions can change over time. Determine the Organization’s Mission and Purpose Your Board is responsible for determining the mission of the organization.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The problem is the organizational structure in most nonprofits prevents it. This structure is derived from the industrial age when mass production transformed the workplace. It has been the foundation of organizational structure for the last 100 years. In the sprint planning phase, the team decides how to complete the work.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Your sitemap is a visual representation of the structure of your website. To create a sitemap, we begin with the documents produced during the Content Strategy phase. While it may make it easier for an organization to structure the website according to their org structure, this can be frustrating for users. Methodology.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2014

Stakeholder Discovery : How we structure stakeholder meetings, what topics we discuss and some tips for leading discovery conversations. Content Strategy : How the content inventory and audit serve as the foundation for the content strategy and a description of other deliverables that we might produce during this phase. User Research.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 5, 2010

Make it an indispensable tool for people with disabilities, their families, educators, rehab professionals and the assistive and mainstream technology industries. It’s not clear that money awards would be an important driver of this Phase: the gift of attention to the issue would be the main payoff.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

It’s best to get buy-in on wireframes first so we can truly focus on creative look and feel during the visual design phase of the project. Purposes for the Wireframes include: Creating a structure for key pages and page templates that will be used to guide the visual design. If not, I will quickly scribble a list to guide my work.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

tools that they need to help their workers become more efficient at their jobs. This lack of tools can prevent individuals from learning from their previous missteps and reaching full productive work potential. Change: an event that occurs when something passes from one stat or phase to another. a state of prosperity or fame.

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Forum One

MAY 3, 2021

What are you looking to improve in the next iteration of your digital platform or service tool? This should serve as a foundation for your new website content and structure. If you’re not able to clearly define your requirements then you may want to hire a contractor to help with just the discovery and requirements phase.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 6, 2011

The book features: engaging case studies of actual coaching challenges sample coaching documents a variety of useful tools self-assessment questions.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

In just the last year, we saw the shift to work from home, a necessitated reliance on technology and tools , and a larger focus on employee mental health and wellbeing. However, with the use of digital tools, like a performance management system and an online learning platform, training and onboarding became much easier.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 31, 2017

The question then turns to this: how can nonprofits structure their governance based on their organizational and lifecycle needs? Challenging as it may seem, the payoff that comes from structuring governance according to organizational and lifecycle needs is well worth the time and effort. 378) (Brown, 2005, p. 330) (Bradshaw, 2009, p.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 24, 2021

This is because modern nonprofit websites are much more than informational tools— they’re donation processing tools, volunteer and event registration tools, and even channels for direct advocacy actions. This step may not be included for websites with smaller budgets.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Speak candidly with any prospective consultant partners to develop a clear understanding of their fee structure. If you’ve invested in professional-grade fund accounting tools for your nonprofit, you have to safeguard that investment. Streamlined invoice and data entry with their customizable workflow tools. Why They Stand Out.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 14, 2022

Internal management consultants help nonprofits develop their organizational structure. During your research phase, be sure to look into how each consultant prefers to operate. Fundraising consultants offer advice on how to improve your marketing campaigns, event management, and overall fundraising plan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 11, 2009

With social media, listening needs to incorporated into the research phase at the beginning but must also be used as the social media strategy unfolds (real time monitoring) and as ongoing evaluation. Tool mastery may belong to younger people, but. Also, include tip sheet that provides these tool is good for xyz, but not good for abc.

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Neon CRM

JULY 20, 2023

You’ll probably want to have at least two phases to your own campaign. A “silent phase” will emphasize private fundraising conversations with your major donors and corporate sponsors. The later public phase will focus on raising money from smaller individual donors. You will also want to determine if your idea is viable at all.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 6, 2015

As a fundraising analytics consultant, I see a variety of development program structures and fundraising strategies. When embarking on, or in the midst of, the silent phase of a campaign, look to analytics to help identify the giving capacity of leadership donors for the campaign.

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Socialbrite

DECEMBER 5, 2019

While content creation may sound challenging with a limited staff and resources, it can pay off in a big way if you use the right tools. Below we outline seven tools and resources you can use for free or minimal cost as part of your organization’s content creation strategy. Google Trends is a tool that can help us do just that.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

This is a post to help me identify what I don't know about social network analysis and mapping tools with the hope that you'll fill in the gaps in the comments. This is an area of tools and techniques that I have wanted to explore in further depth, but haven't. . Why map your network with a software tool? How technical?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2009

Lots of tools. Don't use the same thinking, structures, or processes as you did with Web 1.0. many organizations are initially focusing on using social media as a communication and awareness tool. What's going on? Haven't we seen this before? Why does any of this matter? This is Part 0. Déjà Vu All Over Again Web 2.0 Few owners.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

By including them in the early phases of a giving day, they will feel invested in your strategy. You’re missing the mark if you’re structuring your day of giving to appeal predominantly to younger demographics. Mid-level to major donors should be approached before campaign day to sponsor matching gifts the day of. We’re here to help.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

For those not familiar with that term, program management includes representing the owner or the nonprofit at every step of the development process from, you know, land acquisition, going through due diligence, design, preconstruction, and the construction to move in phase. . So feasibility study is an important part. . That really is neat.”

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