Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

See why nonprofits love our volunteer management software! Get a free Demo This article will explore how your organization can ensure every volunteer has a meaningful and positive experience through a well-thought-out volunteer management strategy. Why is volunteer engagement so important for your program?

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

Advisory committees let your nonprofit work with others who want to see you succeed. As a nonprofit leader, you likely want to do your best to ensure that the voices and experiences of the communities you serve are represented in your work. Alternately, you might be thinking about building an advisory committee around advocacy.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Your nonprofit’s mission is the foundation of everything you do. Your nonprofit mission statement is how you communicate your organization’s impact to supporters, clients, and the community at large. Why does your nonprofit exist? Impact: What impact do you hope to make in the world or your community?

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EveryAction

JUNE 8, 2023

If your nonprofit does advocacy, you know that with this work, there are almost always consistent patterns of crisis management leading to later periods of denouement and down time. That content might include the initial email, multiple reminder emails, a thank you message with social sharing opportunities, an update message, etc.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

From bringing in revenue to connecting with constituents, the right technology can save your team time and help you facilitate a better donor experience. Nonprofits looking to reassess or develop a new technical strategy should consider partnering with a nonprofit technology consulting firm.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

One critical component is entirely within your control: how you manage your teams and set them up for success. That’s why retaining top officers is so important. All officers should have similar experiences across the organization and be aligned on how the work gets done. Foster trust through consistency.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 6, 2023

When you hire an employee, you invest in their potential to strengthen your team. So what happens when your investment doesn’t pay off and your organization isn’t as effective as it should be? Do you schedule one-on-one meetings with your direct reports? Do you schedule one-on-one meetings with your direct reports?

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Double the Donation

OCTOBER 25, 2021

So how do you optimize matching gifts in your phonathons? Train callers on matching gifts. If you can capitalize on that potential during your phonathon, you’ll see a massive increase in funds brought in. Are you ready to find out how to optimize your organization’s upcoming phonathon to raise more?

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Nonprofits collect and generate vast amounts of data, ranging from individual donors’ contact information to program outcomes, but they often struggle with organizing and utilizing the information effectively. This is why data warehouses can have such a significant impact on nonprofits. What is a Nonprofit Data Warehouse?

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Forum One

AUGUST 19, 2021

How can you understand how your audience perceives a digital tool, an online experience, or the world more broadly? How can you best put yourself in their shoes, gain insights from that process, and move forward to create an even better tool or experience? Defining your research goals.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Have you ever wondered how to turn your corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs from well-intentioned efforts into strategic drivers of social impact? If you’ve been tasked with finding the best CSR software for your company, you’ve come to the right place. The answer lies in innovative CSR software.

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Qgiv

MARCH 21, 2022

However, it’s easy to leave money on the table if you don’t know how to make the most of your silent auction fundraiser. We put together these silent auction rules to help you bid farewell to disappointing auction experiences and welcome success! What’s something you can offer that they won’t be able to experience elsewhere?

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Fundraising Volunteer Goal Platform 98

Achieve

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Effective fundraising can help your program put on better shows, train students more effectively, and ultimately boost its reputation for high-quality instruction in the arts. Try to develop your fundraising strategy in such a way that you can accomplish as much as possible while minimizing stress for your team.

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Arts Create Fundraising Tips 52

AccelEvents

JANUARY 30, 2022

You may want to get more customers, grow a brand awareness campaign, or promote a product launch. So how exactly does this happen? . How do events help with generating leads? How do events help with generating leads? You should collect valuable event attendee data through the online ticketing and registration process. .

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

In this guide, we’ll introduce you to volunteer recruitment and its importance. Then we’ll give you the strategies you need to find volunteers who can truly make a difference to your organization’s work. Here’s what we’ll cover: Why are volunteers important to nonprofit organizations?

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Volunteer Strategy Guide Local 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

And while anything you do the first time will not be perfect and in many cases stressful, in the end it was a good experience. As someone who has been in the nonprofit field 35 years, I can sum up my experience as: ”Remember, it’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”

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DNL OmniMedia

JULY 14, 2021

Your nonprofit needs to collect donations, message donors, host events, manage volunteers, and much, more more. Before investing in a nonprofit database, take a moment to understand why and how it can benefit your nonprofit. Guest post blog submitted by: GivingMail, a leading provider of direct mail solutions.

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Database Software Template Nonprofit 52

Bloomerang

JULY 5, 2021

Did you know as many as 81% percent of new donors don’t return to give again? Do you know what your retention rates are or how to increase donor loyalty? The sorry state of donor retention has been a topic of discussion for at least the past decade, since the Fundraising Effectiveness Project Report began collecting data.

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Donor Strategy Retention Relationship 141

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2011

I’ve been reflecting on why some nonprofits do a better job of measurement and learning, while others do not. Not all nonprofits are born with the spreadsheet gene. And it isn’t simply a technical problem that can be solved through training or purchasing analytics software. Example of A/B Testing Results.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m just finishing up an intensive training here in Rwanda. LinkedIn groups are an interesting way of taking the pulse of a specific community on a topic and collecting feedback on challenges you face. How should a nonprofit weigh the source of funds against the importance of its own mission?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 5, 2012

It is a great opportunity to ponder the question: How to design and deliver learning experiences for nonprofits that connect, inspire, and engage? What are the best practices? The instructor’s role should be to facilitate this understanding for their students, not dump content on them. Content Delivery Is Not Learning.

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Experiment Learning Create Exercise 116

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Whether you were here in Toronto or not, I’d love to hear your ideas, feedback, and goals for change! You can read her poem, Untitled, here. How many people hear that word and think it is just as generic as the word community? The full keynote and presentation are below. View more presentations from Amy Sample Ward.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

The good news is, you’re a fundraising professional and if anyone can pull it off, it’s you! But, how exactly do you stay one step ahead? You may be thinking, “Okay, that’s cool, I guess. You may be thinking, “Okay, that’s cool, I guess. So happy you asked! Here’s why you should be!

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 6, 2022

You have to: Find people with the right skills and a commitment to your organization’s mission. You have to: Find people with the right skills and a commitment to your organization’s mission. Look, even when you have a wonderful team of volunteers, it is hard to grow your organization and realize its full potential without paid staff.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

It’s imperative that you recruit a strong volunteer base and, more important, retain volunteers by valuing their time, effort, and skills. Organizations should help potential volunteers find the right opportunity and offer a program that keeps them motivated and engaged. They are your advocates, champions, ambassadors, and worker bees.

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Volunteer Tips Policy Exercise 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2011

So, when I heard that the Foundation Center and the Center for Effective Philanthropy were hosting an event “Transparency and Effectiveness,” I was curious, especially given the speakers and the framing: Foundations are pressed to be more transparent about how they work andmore effective about achieving impact.

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Philanthropy Effective Chapter Measure 96

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

If you are copying it to the letter, ask permission. If you are using another nonprofit’s program as an inspiration, there is no need to do so. But if you are using their language or really innovative elements, you should credit them. Consult with an attorney if you plan to do this. Get creative.

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Donor Sponsor Accessibility Music 343

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2014

How about yours? Here’s my #1 donor retention guidance for you—R-E-S-P-E-C-T your way to strong and long-lasting donor relationships. And here’s how: R espect donors’ wants. And here’s how: R espect donors’ wants. Even when they DON’T want to hear from you! Train them to segment effectively.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Doing this allows a nonprofit to collect member intelligence, automatically linked to an existing member / donor database. . Why Internal Tools? Receiving direct feedback can help your nonprofit learn more about constituents' needs and concerns and how well you are serving them.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Q: How to do you recommend combating guilt over self-care? Q: How to do you recommend combating guilt over self-care? Seema) In some museum work places, the culture of stress is tied to perceived effort, as you mention. I’d encourage you to try to remember work is a marathon. Questions.

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Museum Culture Professional Training 21

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

Here goes… Take aways: How to use listening. how to integrate tools without reinventing the wheel. Adapting: using the listening and learning to inform how you change. Discussion: How/why does listening provide value? How do you use a RSS feed like a rockstar? Can’t wait!

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

If you adopt this approach, your mission, your constituents, and your staff will all thank you. If you want to avoid missteps in your change management journey, it helps to use a tried and true approach. Change is scary. Change is hard. Change is inevitable. That’s where change management comes in. Change management: What is it?

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Bonterra

APRIL 12, 2024

Fundraising Data and Analytics Empower Supporters Transform your supporters into leaders with software that helps you activate your community. Grow your fundraising audience Peer-to-peer campaigns Collect supporter data you can trust and use it to expand your network. Train donors to run peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising campaigns.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2023

Creating a nonprofit business plan is an important step for any organization whether you’re about to launch or are well established in your community. . Why bother if you’re already established? . This will help you stay focused on your goals and avoid getting sidetracked by other priorities. Record keeping.

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NTEN

APRIL 16, 2009

When it comes to determining how effective programs and organizations are, anecdotes don't tell the whole story. In the absence of systematically collected data, nobody would ever know. It's time to develop your organization's theory of change, to make sure you track the "right" information.

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Neon CRM

APRIL 27, 2023

And if you don’t have a solid event planning strategy in place, your nonprofit’s next gala, fundraiser, or walkathon could end up costing you more in time, energy, and money than what your event ends up raising. That’s why taking the time to hone your events strategy and develop a planning process is worth it. Let’s get started!

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Whole Whale

AUGUST 7, 2023

Rarely will 0-shot replies (the first reply to initial prompt request) be of the quality you need. Constructive feedback identifies weak points to address through rewriting. You are the editor. The next time you are chatting away, give some of these refining prompts a try to increase to quality of the final product.

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