Charity Village

AUGUST 22, 2023

On October 12, join us for a free webinar to learn how to read, understand, and use financial statements to better run your nonprofit. What’s a balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows and why should you care?

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The MatrixFiles

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Turns out that something we’ve been doing for a looooong time has served us well as we’ve hired and onboarded staff who may never set foot in the Arlington, VA office. . Turns out these fundamentals do more than serve as something to talk about. During the pandemic, Matrix Group has hired new staff. There is no try. We are curious.

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EveryAction

JULY 12, 2023

Whether your nonprofit organization has used an omni-channel donor engagement strategy for years or you’re just getting started, busy fundraising seasons are the most important opportunities to communicate cohesively across mediums with your supporters.

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The Fundraising Authority

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

He says that your letter should say the word “you” (and variations like your, you’ll and yourself) twice as many times as it says “we” (and variations like our and us). Donors don’t respond to letters that talk primarily about the organization. They (like everyone) would prefer to talk (and hear) about themselves. He’s right.

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Association TV

MARCH 16, 2022

If you’ve searched for the secret to creating engaging content, if you’ve googled “how to increase followers” or ever asked the pros how to make great content marketing, then chances are you’ve come across a whole corral of click-worthy advice. Of course, posting a boring read with a jargon headline at 2 a.m. You could’ve posted it at 10 a.m.,

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 2, 2024

It’s the New Year and all of us are bubbling over with resolutions. So many of us resolve to exercise more, be kinder, spend more time with family, and so on. In this Pinkcast, he talks about how to make New Year’s resolutions like a pro. What about our websites? What Are Your Website Regrets? Where are the friction points?

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 29, 2023

For those of us who speak a lot, there’s a pressure to perform. Even those of us who have done it lots of times can still get butterflies in our tummy. Fundraising in a small nonprofit can be tough. You wear a lot of hats and it’s easy to feel like the Lone Ranger. Speak in public. Shoot video/be on TV. They like making others happy.

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M+R

MARCH 26, 2024

Read time: 2 minutes “America is not nearly as ‘fragmented’ or ‘polarized’ as the press paints us to be. We need to give them the microphone and talk to them as well.” — john a. powell, in our recent webinar, Winning Elections Without Losing Everything. This is a long haul work, not the work of one election cycle or season.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Steve was used to getting his way. If you’d like to talk about these issues, join us on Nov. Talking to many such board members over the years, I’ve learned that they often believe their chief contribution is to permit your nonprofit to associate with their name. If you’d like to talk about these issues, join me on Nov.

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EveryAction

MAY 2, 2023

Here are a few ways you and your technology can help your supporters send a clear message: Write a message for supporters to use when contacting the stakeholder —this can help lower the barrier to participation. Maybe you consider advocacy a core strategy for advancing your mission, or maybe advocacy is new to you.

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Candid

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In this blog, we’ll dive into why social media sharing is useful on GivingTuesday and a great way to encourage generosity. Before we jump into why this works, let’s talk about what an algorithm is. By doing this, you’re encouraging your followers to amplify your organization and cause to reach a broader audience. Here’s the catch.

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Byte Technology

APRIL 16, 2021

Our article talks about website conversion – its definition, examples, how to calculate them, and what a reasonable conversion rate looks like. With us, you can have full peace of mind that you are increasing conversions to your website, and your website is engaging customers. Contact us today and relax. Making a purchase.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

And then from that point, you’ll have a new outlook on life and will have learned how to use gratitude to completely transform your mental outlook as you reframe the negative events in your life into events that made you stronger, more resilient, and better prepared for future setbacks. Your inner voice isn’t always helpful.

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VisionLink

JULY 12, 2023

Stop by our booth #104 in the Exhibit Hall, and talk with Dr. Douglas Zimmerman, Visionlink CEO, and the rest of our Visionlink team, who would love to hear more about your challenges and opportunities and share ways we can support your vision. We are excited to see you at AIRS this year! Come and see for yourself.

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Candid

MARCH 6, 2024

Candid did something bold in 2023: We asked that funders put their trust in us by providing unrestricted grant support for our planned mission-critical work—projects we believed would make the biggest impact for the sector at large. Studies show that nonprofits need flexible dollars to succeed. At Candid, we couldn’t agree more.

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Blue Fox

MARCH 14, 2022

Most of us respond with: WHOA. If you use a big box tax service (you know, like the kind with a dude on the corner waving a sign to get you to walk in), there may not be anyone to help you now that you're in hot water. It's because we talk to people who have been burned ALL THE TIME. whatthefox?! And what do you do now?

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The MatrixFiles

JANUARY 18, 2024

You now must use SPF, DKIM, and DMARC to authenticate your emails and prove they’re coming from a legitimate source. 2024 is shaping up to be THE year of safer email, starting with big email authentication policy updates from Google and Yahoo, which will take effect on February 1st, 2024. has permission to send on your behalf.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

Have you faced any unforeseen surprises since joining us that you weren’t expecting? Compare the organization to what we explained in would be like when you initially interviewed with us. Who do you talk to when you have questions about your work? What do you like about the job and the organization so far?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Our SOC 2 audit required us to refine our policies and plans for responding to incidents or unexpected events. Our SOC 2 audit required us to refine our policies and plans for responding to incidents or unexpected events. Here’s a familiar scene: your nonprofit organization just won its first big grant, and you’re ecstatic.

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M+R

MARCH 11, 2024

Here are the four biggest takeaways: 1) Huge Results for the Humane Society of the United States: Gabby Green from HSUS shared her experience using Scout Quest data to reactivate a huge inactive file. Meaning — you can use Scout Quest data to target display ads, connected TV, audio, and more. Email us here ! Have a question?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

They hang over us like a persistent shadow. Who am I talking about? Odds are, they plain forgot they gave to us; frankly, that’s our cross to bear. Before we talk about how to win them back, you need to consider why they left. Laments them. Broods over them. The looming storm cloud in the far distance. Your lapsed donors.

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Blue Fox

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Let’s talk 2021! That means fundraising season is right around the corner. Many nonprofits (most?) depend on giving season (and Giving Tuesday) to raise a significant chunk of their annual funding. In 2020, U.S. nonprofits raised $2.47 billion dollars. What was your piece of that ‘pumpkin’ pie? What’s wrong with that?

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Nimble AMS

JANUARY 21, 2024

ABA has used Salesforce for over ten years, but their previous association management software (AMS) was an outdated system, customized beyond recognition. Nimble AMS really made sense for us,” said Sandy Minners Senior VP, IT Client of the American Bankers Association. The sky is the limit—who knows what ABA will achieve next.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 9, 2023

For example… Ask for this Not that Help us care for a dog/cat for a day Give to our annual fund Provide lunch for an orphan for a year for just $38.40 Help us reach our goal Provide a homeless person with a hot meal and a warm bed tonight Fund our budget Find more examples of good and bad Asks here. It’s pretty simple.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Fundraising Data tells us that baby boomers and Gen X donors are accustomed to standard, longer events with socializing and sit-down dinners—whereas millennials and Gen Z donors often want to make their donation and then get on with their day. Pull Previous Years’ Reports TIP: Talk to your auctioneer ! Get curious!

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It helps us to adapt, adjust, and evolve amidst complexity. Today, knowledge work is coming into fashion in foundations and the nonprofit sector. But it is not just a new buzzword, a box to be checked, or even a singular phase in the grant cycle. Learning and knowledge are intimately connected but are actually different.

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Candid

APRIL 8, 2024

We value and celebrate the diversity of our ideas, backgrounds, and experiences as they help us better understand one another and better serve our communities and constituents. They require us to learn, adapt, and iterate. While we are steadfast in our commitment, we acknowledge that we may make mistakes.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Today we will talk about how to help your audience visualize the impact their donation can have within your organization and then how to communicate the results when a campaign has ended. When we talk about impact, we want to be specific! When I say impact, I don’t just mean a generic statement like “Help us save the animals!”

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Donor engagement is what your organization does to build and strengthen donor relationships and the methods you use to keep donors active and involved. Knowing what channels to use—like whether you need to email donors versus posting on Facebook—is one thing.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

For most of us, fundraising isn’t something that comes naturally, especially a straight request for donations. We all grew up learning that it wasn’t polite to talk about money and it definitely wasn’t right to ask your friends and family for handouts. Asking for money, can be uncomfortable, right? Keep reading. It’s true.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2022

Several years ago, Allison Fine and I started talking about our next book together and started writing and thinking about the implications of an emerging technology that we describe as “Smart Tech,” and what nonprofit leaders need to know to be prepared. The Smart Nonprofit (Hardcover). The Smart Nonprofit (Kindle). Here are some messages.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Everyone is talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI). Embrace Artificial Intelligence today. Keep reading to learn how the Marine Corp Association & Foundation (MCA&F) used Nimble AMS Predictions and Salesforce Einstein AI to boost member retention. Are you looking to get started with AI? Download now. Gain more data.

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M+R

MARCH 4, 2024

Let us know here if you’re planning on attending any of these conferences — we’d love to say hi, buy you a drink, ply you with delicious conference session knowledge, and other fun stuff. Add your name to the list of equally 2024-election-obsessed pals who will be eager to talk it out! How about you? Here’s the fli fli flier ⬇️.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

All too often, it just leaves us exhausted. Are you stuck in chronic performance? You are if you: Are always racing to check tasks off a list. Spending most of your time trying to minimize mistakes. Suppressing your uncertainties, impressions, or questions to try to appear like you always know what you’re doing.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 19, 2024

I don’t really know how to find these folks and, even if we could, I’m not sure how this will help us if we can’t directly connect with and cultivate them over time. This jives with my own anecdotal research talking with nonprofits who receive these gifts. — How to Work with Anonymous? of those gifts were given anonymously.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2021

To help us answer some common questions about social enterprise, we talk to TechSoup's Niko Malkovich and Saerin Cho, who are currently teaching Social Enterprise: Innovations in Creating Social Value at the University of San Diego's School of Leadership and Education Sciences ( SOLES ).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

Even as a child, I was always drawn to all the great causes out there. But now, as a mom to two boys, my kids have shown me the well-paved path to a lifestyle of accidental activism. I believe that our children’s generation is key to creating lasting change in equality, justice, climate change, and human rights. Pictured: Devi Thomas’ sons.

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