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Strategies to Increase Nonprofit Donor Retention Rates

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Unfortunately, many nonprofits don't feel like they have the luxury of focusing on fundraising strategies that will bring in long-term results, which has led to low donor retention rates. According to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project, the commercial business customer retention rate is 94%. That is an attrition rate of 59%.

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How do nonprofit compensation practices impact staff hiring and retention?

ASU Lodestar Center

Piper has her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Eastern Washington University, her Master’s of Science in Family and Human Development from Arizona State University. Lindsay Piper is a graduate of the Master of Nonprofit Leadership and Management program at Arizona State University.

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Your 2022 Guide to Blackbaud’s K-12 Conference

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Tracy Dodge is the director of student information and registrar at Washington International School, where she oversees the student information system, learning management system, and other integrated solutions. Washington International School used multiple, disconnected means for collecting, storing, and communicating student information.

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Guest Post: The Iron Hug — Nurturing Relationships with Strong Leadership

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And, despite this ‘freedom,’ retention was low. The Iron Hug is an acronym for the management practices that I have found most effective in fostering relationships with volunteers that lead to effective service and increase retention. Volunteers came and went as they pleased and did whatever they wanted (approved or not).

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Post-Pandemic: Rebuilding Your Volunteer and Financial Base

Bloomerang

A renewed focus on wellbeing and retention for volunteer re-engagement. A pre-pandemic study by the Urban Institute – a research center based in Washington DC – also found eighty percent of nonprofits relied on volunteers, but did not have the knowledge to engage and adequately manage them effectively.

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EveryAction Acquires DonorTrends

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

Washington, D.C., My mantra for fundraisers is: Do something today to impact revenue, response, and retention. EveryAction is headquartered in Washington, D.C., Predictive Analytics Fundraising Product Fuels EveryAction’s Rise in Nonprofit Market. DonorTrends will become a division of EveryAction, headed by Craver and Miller. “My

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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The purpose of the Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium is to highlight current best practices, lessons learned from the field, and trends in effective nonprofit and philanthropic board leadership, as well as board recruitment and retention. The Corps Network / Washington, DC / TBA. 2019 Washington Nonprofit Conference.

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