Association Analytics

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

There is strength in numbers, and that means your association needs to do everything it can to increase member retention. Here are some member retention best practices to help you hold onto your members. Here are some member retention best practices to help you hold onto your members.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2024

By Jessica Fox , writer at Eventgroove – a one-stop, integrated platform for events, fundraisers, and e-commerce driven to help its customers amplify their brand and reach their goals. However, without taking that crucial SEO step, you are kind of shouting into the void. So, what kind of content is that, exactly?

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

When you have a goal to meet—like asking a governing body to sign a bill into law, telling a CEO or other stakeholder to change a behavior or policy, or meeting goals around educating decision-makers on your issue area—you know you can’t do it alone. Here’s what our expert partners said. Don’t assume!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 11, 2023

So in short, yes—a golf tournament is absolutely worth it, especially when you have the right tech in place. Here’s why: 1) You’ll raise money and awareness. Nonprofits of all types and sizes can use golf as an effective vehicle to raise mission-critical, unrestricted funds.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2021

If you are a small business, you’ve no doubt completed your annual budget and hopefully your business plan for the new year. You can do it that way – but ideally you would have your business plan drafted, then your marketing plan drafted, and then your budget. Need help with that? Contact us.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

If you are a NPO development pro, there are a few things we know about you for sure: The world needs more benevolence creators like you, and you are driven to serve others, ease suffering, and bring hope to the world. However, to achieve your goal, what else do you need? That is a GREAT start.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 2, 2021

By harnessing the convenience of the mobile phones donors use daily, you can transform your virtual fundraising events into engaging, revenue-boosting opportunities. Be sure you link them to your event registration page and to remind them how important it is for them to participate. We’d love to see you there!

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sgEngage

APRIL 17, 2024

But information is the fuel that drives any technology machine: it is what our devices collect, store, synthesize, and distribute. We succeed when we provide just the right information to our end users, where they want it, when they need it, in a format that gives them the power to make good decisions. Data gives us context.

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Association TV

MARCH 16, 2022

But is it just because you posted it in the wee hours while your audience is asleep? You could’ve posted it at 10 a.m., You could’ve posted it at 10 a.m., But you still have a jargon headline and a boring read. You want bang BOOM, gasp and *sigh*. But you always, always, always need darn good writing.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, which means many organizations are busy identifying ways to show supporters appreciation for their financial support, volunteer hours, and help promoting their organization’s purpose and programs—and showing this kind of appreciation often means communicating the impact a supporter has had.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

One way to serve your clients more effectively is to gather feedback from participants, then use what you learn to improve services and support organizational change initiatives. This includes asking questions such as: “To what extent have we met your needs?” or “What could we be doing better?”

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 13, 2022

How much time do you spend thinking about where your donors are coming from ? If you answered something along the lines of ‘not much’, ‘do I need to?’, then you might want to keep reading. It is super important to understand where your donors are coming from and how you could be acquiring more!

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Candid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Not surprisingly, the question we got most in response to that article was: What are green flags for funders? These green flags—crowdsourced from Candid’s social media followers and staff—can help you demonstrate that credibility. 1. So, writing about what you need (e.g.,

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 25, 2023

The way you tell your story and engage people in your message can make or break your fundraising efforts. You’ve probably heard this already – that storytelling is important. But do you really understand it? What do we mean by storytelling? And how do you tell a good story?

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The good news is that great stories are all around you. EVERY nonprofit has stories to tell! And you don’t need to be a professional writer to craft them. . Once you understand the basic elements of a good story and a few different ways to tell them, the rest is just practice, practice, practice.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Did you know that 63% of Giving Tuesday donors only give on Giving Tuesday ? What if you could convert those one-time donors into engaged supporters that give again? In the timeline below, we tell you exactly when to send emails designed to cultivate a relationship with your new Giving Tuesday supporters.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

If 2020 taught us anything, it was how crucial it is for us to be able to think on our feet. You have my sympathies!) (You have my sympathies!) While these techniques can’t change the past, here are some design ideas to help your organization adjust and optimize your website in the future.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 9, 2023

If you inspire people, you’ll get a gift. If you bore people or confuse them, you won’t. This means you can’t just slap anything on a page, send it to a donor, and expect great results. Maybe you’ve experienced this with a fundraising letter that performed so poorly you called it a failure and didn’t want to try it again.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 10, 2024

In Paul Falcone ’s book, 75 Ways For Managers To Hire, Develop And Keep Great Employees , he recommends asking new employees the following questions 30, 60 and 90 days after they were hired: 30-Day One-on-One Follow-Up Questions Why do you think we selected you as an employee? What do you like about the job and the organization so far?

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 29, 2023

You wear a lot of hats and it’s easy to feel like the Lone Ranger. There are so many things to do and some of them are outside your comfort zone, making your heart pound like you’re being chased by an axe murderer! It can be really nerve wracking to stand up in front of a group of people and explain what your nonprofit does.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Describing the new book, In Her Own Voice , by Jennifer McCollum , Anne Chow (former CEO of AT&T Business) says that “for women, the book does a beautiful job of explaining not just what to do to advance in your career, but also what to expect. Businesses need talented women, now more than ever. Next, compare the two lists.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2024

What should I do? You think this is an important milestone. This highlights an important maxim of donor-centered fundraising: You are not your donors. Just because you, your executive director, or any “insider” feel a certain way about what’s most important about your mission, does not mean your constituents feel the same way.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

What does it have to do with fundraising and nonprofits? If you don’t learn new things, you slowly wither. Consider the hours of time you spend reading articles and books, attending webinars, conferences and meetings, watching videos, and whatever else you generally do to explore and develop new skills.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 29, 2024

Recognize What’s Not Serving You When you are busy, it’s easy to follow inertia down the path of the-way-it’s-always-done. It takes intentional effort to recognize when that way no longer serves you, your organization, or your constituents. It’s not about what you do. What are they focused on?

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sgEngage

JANUARY 4, 2024

No matter what calendar your organization uses (academic, recruitment, fiscal, non-traditional), the fact remains that our personal calendars all start anew January 1 st. This year, I am challenging you to change. This year, I am asking you to think differently about leadership. This year, I am asking you to think… GRAY!

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

For organizations that are trying to connect with their supporters, telling a compelling story is essential. Whether you’re planning an advocacy or fundraising campaign, using a storytelling framework to create your calls to action can help you make emotional connections with your audience and ultimately move them to act.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

They hang over us like a persistent shadow. The ones who left you, and you don’t know why. Perhaps so much time has passed that you may be scared to reach out to them—or worse—ask why they left. Perhaps so much time has passed that you may be scared to reach out to them—or worse—ask why they left. You have a 2.2%

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Candid

JANUARY 10, 2024

By necessity, the sector focuses on the negatives—the systems that are broken, the problems that need solving, the issues that are underfunded. The burgeoning field of positive psychology suggests that humans have a default “negativity bias”—we disproportionately pay attention to and remember what goes wrong.

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Bloomerang

JULY 7, 2023

Plus, I’m a little uncomfortable asking for a specific amount when I don’t know what people might be able to afford. What are some good words or phrases to use, or to avoid using, when making the ask? — Lexiphile (lover of words) Dear Lexi, First, let me say that “same old” is not necessarily a bad thing in fundraising.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

What began as a three-month experiment has now blossomed into a consistent social media video production program. While we are definitely not experts (every day we discover something new), we wanted to share what we have learned over the past year doing social media video. Second, it gives us a backlog of content.

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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. It’s the great irony of fundraising – we love to help but we don’t like to ask for help. It’s the great irony of fundraising – we love to help but we don’t like to ask for help.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 22, 2024

What was “excellent” and what was “competent” was shifting. We needed to change up our questions. Questions Are Your Tools As a funder, one of your primary mechanisms for gathering information to guide your decision making is the questions you ask. Questions are critical tools for good grantmaking. Take it out.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 29, 2021

But how do you actually pick a great story? And more importantly, how do you take a great story and turn it into a great fundraising story? . To have a great fundraising story, you need a few key things. You need one person. . You need a clear problem. You need a powerful solution. .

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Volunteer Hub

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Can you tell me more about Charlotte Rescue Mission and your role within the organization? Our goal is to interact with individuals who are struggling with the disease of addiction and help them achieve long-term sobriety, financial stability, stable housing, and build healthy relationships with the people they are interacting with.

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Allegiance Group

APRIL 23, 2024

And while you don’t want to ignore the election, you shouldn’t hyper-focus on it either. Instead, as you plan out your fundraising campaigns for the weeks and months ahead, now is the perfect time to get back to the basics. Let’s look at what you can expect as we near election day.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 6, 2021

This is part one of a series on the skills you need to be a great nonprofit storyteller. In this post, I talk about how to establish who you are and who you’re talking to. Good communication is the key to being an effective fundraiser, building strong relationships, leading well, and serving the people you’re working to help.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 18, 2022

Maybe you’ve heard this phrase: “When the only thing you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”. Sometimes we get one tool – one skill, one talent – and out of habit, we stick with it, never thinking about other tools we might need. And you need to use the right tools. Clear, magnetic BHAG.

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