Ann Green

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Generate blog content: Consistent blog content can keep community members tapped into your organization and eager to sign up for your upcoming events. Write content regularly, such as posting every other week to communicate important updates about your organization. or “Register Tonight for the Event Of the Season!”

Marketing 284

Marketing Marketing Entrepreneurship Participation and motivation 284

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 25, 2011

To provide education, which has been strongly associated with salary levels, employment rates, participation in civic activities, and perceptions of self worth, it takes the almighty dollar. Converge Consulting conducted a national study of 2050 alumni to examine donor attitudes, motivations, and behavior.

Education 173

Education Education Non-Profits Participation and motivation 173

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 23, 2023

Animal yoga: Host an animal-themed yoga fundraiser in a local park where participants can exercise with animals eligible for adoption. Animal movie night: Host an animal movie night where participants pay to watch classic animal-themed movies alongside their own pets. This could include animal-themed games and animal training sessions.

Fundraising 200

Fundraising Fundraising Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management 200

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Digital communities allow nonprofits to reach more people, amplify their message, and increase their overall impact. But what exactly is a digital community, and how can one be effectively built? It involves responding consistently to all incoming communication, including comments, direct messages, mentions, and shares.

Participation and motivation 122

Participation and motivation Collaborations Nonprofits Activism 122

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Action step: “Board Buzz” for more active participation To put this idea into action, think about using the “Board Buzz” email plan. This means sending out regular emails each week that are specially made to say “thank you” and recognize the board members for taking an active role.

Activism 87

Activism Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Values 87

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Guest Post by Beth Ann Spiegel, Fund Development and Communications Associate of The Arc of Atlantic County. Since I began working as the communications associate for The Arc six years ago, my Alice in Wonderland dilemma has been our annual Step Up for The Arc Walk. She also set her goal even higher, and beat that too!

Participation and motivation 190

Participation and motivation Associations Children Communication 190

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JULY 16, 2021

Most importantly, communicate your sustainability efforts to your target audiences. Create an environmental sustainability statement you can communicate with your employees and B2B customers. For example, you could promote your climate change activism through press releases, blog posts, email newsletters, and reports. .

Marketing 140

Marketing Marketing Environmental Participation and motivation 140

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In doing so, my job is to write and design to connect and motivate my audience: be it to volunteer, donate, sign a petition, engage, et cetera. Impact: Communicating impact effectively doesn’t just propose a solution; it also defines the audience’s role in implementing it. . Centering Community In Marketing. Community-based… .

Non-Profits 143

Non-Profits Marketing Marketing Ethics 143

Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 14, 2020

Let’s break down an example to highlight a few best practices when it comes to making these recap communications stellar: “Thank you for participating in our annual holiday gift drive. Communicating with supporters online is a relatively low-cost practice, but it can have major rewards. Begin with a “Thank You.”

Participation and motivation 80

Participation and motivation Philanthropy Energy Fundraising 80

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

MAY 23, 2017

It’s easy to wrap our minds around how to get people to sign up to participate in a walk or a run. Luckily, we’ve watched our clients try some pretty amazing tactics to boost participant fundraising in peer-to-peer events. Tell it to your participants! And that second part can be a real doozy. What’s your story? Or intimidating.

Participation and motivation 128

Participation and motivation Fundraising Fundraising Recruitment 128

Ann Green

JANUARY 20, 2021

While one of the main attractions of nonprofits are live fundraising events and other experiences, it’s challenging for ever y member to participate and attend. Communicate within message boards and forums. Active efforts to engage your members online will increase their chance of renewing their membership.

Nonprofits 154

Nonprofits Participation and motivation Management Communication 154

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JUNE 7, 2017

Making a little progress every day is really important to staying motivated and happy in your work. But when you feel like you are getting pulled in a hundred different directions, as many nonprofit communicators are, that can be tough. Actively Manage Your Decision Points. ” Here are 5 I like.

Participation and motivation 112

Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Energy Communication 112

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Knowing your audience members’ relative age range can help you choose how to communicate with them. Active readers? For those long-term donors, you could instead share a survey asking for their feedback on why they first donated to your cause and what motivated them to continue supporting your mission. . Interests or hobbies.

Participation and motivation 147

Participation and motivation Energy Retention Recruitment 147

Getting Attention

MARCH 14, 2013

Marketing goals are the best ways to focus your marketing (message development, audience research, e.g. the whole enchilada, not just the communications part) to achieve those organization goals. Needs to build participation. Reduce family conflict and violence in our community = healthier and happier families. can understand.

Participation and motivation 83

Participation and motivation Marketing Marketing Retention 83

Candid

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Remember, you’re not just seeking funds—you’re inviting donors to join a movement, to become active participants in creating meaningful impact. Get to know your donor beyond the basics Truly understanding your donors requires going beyond demographics and giving history—and into their motivations, values, and personal stories.

Social Enterprise 105

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Children Participation and motivation 105

Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Maybe another donor is a former recipient of your nonprofit’s services, and they have an affinity for your community outreach efforts. Pinpoint the elements of your mission that major donors connect with and emphasize those aspects in your communications. To optimize your communications, solicit donors’ feedback.

Participation and motivation 111

Participation and motivation Retention Communication Management 111

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

We’ll also look at how popular fundraising activities can be adapted to these different galas and what online platforms you can use to help build a better fundraising strategy. And they motivate people to give more — either through monetary contributions or volunteering. Advantages of In-Person, Virtual, and Hybrid Fundraising.

Participation and motivation 100

Participation and motivation Fundraising Fundraising Activism 100

Candid

JUNE 28, 2022

Highlighting the impact of donor gifts on your organization’s activities. Use your donor database and communication tools–like an email marketing platform, if you have one–to segment or group donors based on shared characteristics. Give your supporters a variety of activities that strengthen their bond to your cause. .

Retention 111

Retention Participation and motivation Activism Energy 111

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 14, 2023

The generosity of donors is crucial to your nonprofit organization’s success, which means that you should strategically plan your communications with them. Part of creating great donor communications is personalizing each message to its recipient, making them more engaging. Follow-up after specific activities. Social media.

Communication 59

Communication Nonprofits Participation and motivation Retention 59

Getting Attention

JULY 16, 2015

Guest blogger Mark Dessauer is Director of Communications at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation. Frank : A gathering of communicators who work for the common good (or public interest). Hope: Brains work on stories, and humorous stories activate altruism and hopefulness. I wouldn’t waste a moment!

Altruism and Helping 75

Altruism and Helping Participation and motivation Environmental Food 75

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 29, 2021

And we’ll actually send you after this a copy of an ebook that Steven and some of the Qgiv folks worked on that talks pretty in-depth about retaining peer-to-peer participants and donors. So, really, what I’m going to kind of dig into is how to keep your peer-to-peer participants and your donors engaged.

Participation and motivation 113

Participation and motivation Fundraising Fundraising Recruitment 113

The Agitator

AUGUST 4, 2011

In short, why aren’t donors who give you one donation not motivated to give you a second. Tom and I have long believed the answer lies in ‘commitment’ – the motive or intent to maintain the recently formed relationship with your organization. Clearly we struck a nerve. Clearly we struck a nerve. The process is detailed here.

Participation and motivation 74

Participation and motivation Retention Fundraising Fundraising 74

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Host interactive events: Consider organizing interactive events where participants need to work together to solve a puzzle or mystery. Arrange inclusive community events: Community gatherings that celebrate diversity and inclusivity can resonate with a broad audience, including those who are passionate about social causes.

Participation and motivation 82

Participation and motivation Fundraising Fundraising Activism 82

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Use these 16 free email templates to create an efficient email marketing strategy that will seamlessly steward newly-acquired Giving Tuesday donors to your next campaign, and appeal to supporters who didn’t participate in Giving Tuesday. 5) Email Templates for Nonprofit Annual Communication Plan.

Fundraising 129

Fundraising Fundraising Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 129

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 19, 2023

That is, nonprofits tend to draw in a particular slice of the community. If that slice is elderly, White, male, and English-speaking, we ought not to be surprised when a young Latina immigrant opts not to participate. Start by asking these three questions: What do we communicate? Sleuth out and eliminate paternalistic language.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 116

Nonprofit Administration and Development Recruitment Culture Participation and motivation 116

Candid

JANUARY 24, 2022

With that in mind, we’d like to kick off 2022 by actively questioning the use of certain words—and what is meant—so that we can continue to improve by phasing out terms that might be overused, harmful, or inaccurate. How can we develop more actionable reactions and communications? Reprinted from Big Duck. Disappointed?

Race and Ethnicity 116

Race and Ethnicity Participation and motivation Communication Collaborations 116

The Agitator

OCTOBER 5, 2010

In a nutshell, Gladwell argues that social media merely enable a sort of faux activism … not the “real thing&# of social transformation, a la the sit-ins of the civil rights movement. As he puts it, social net activism “doesn’t require that you confront socially entrenched norms and practices.

Participation and motivation 63

Participation and motivation Public and Nonprofit Management Activism Energy 63

Getting Attention

JUNE 14, 2011

That’s one of the reasons I’m so looking forward to working with a small group of nonprofit communicators (no more than 10) like you this summer, leading them through this immersion program to learn how to develop messages collaboratively—with me, the other program participants, and their colleagues and external audiences.

Collaborations 64

Collaborations Participation and motivation Agriculture Activism 64

Getting Attention

JANUARY 7, 2013

The second round featured predictions on activities, challenges and hopes from nonprofit marketers like you. That means your leadership needs to overcome their fears and find ways to actively engage on relevant platforms. If the various branches of the US military can participate, so can your firm. 3) Mobile is mandatory.

Marketing 79

Marketing Marketing Participation and motivation Activism 79

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

AUGUST 26, 2023

7 Omnichannel Customer Engagement Strategies for Nonprofit Organizations When it comes to nonprofits, engagement is the lifeblood that fuels volunteer participation, donations, and advocacy work. Enhancing your communication: you need to effectively communicate your mission, values, and impact to inspire and motivate your supporters.

Nonprofit Organizations 98

Nonprofit Organizations Nonprofit Organizations Non-Profits Participation and motivation 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 7, 2024

Some years ago, we participated in an activity aimed at raising awareness of gender bias among hiring managers. Only Paty, Lumi, and one other woman in the group agreed that there was gender inequity, and the other participants were astonished that the three of us aligned against their view.

Nonprofit governance and management 122

Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation 122

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

AUGUST 17, 2012

If donor gifts actually depress donations, does that mean that fundraising incentives like t-shirts, tote bags, and custom jerseys are not effective in getting participants to solicit gifts from their friends? Is it the reward or the increased communication that has inspired the fundraising activity? You’re worth more than that.

Altruism and Helping 86

Altruism and Helping Participation and motivation Psychology Recruitment 86

Getting Attention

OCTOBER 28, 2010

I’ve learned the same lesson working with messaging clients: Having a scripted process for developing messages not only results in an effective message, it also increases the confidence of non-communications colleagues that they can effectively participate in the development process. What is it?

Participation and motivation 76

Participation and motivation Social Policy Nonprofits Culture 76

Nonprofit Fixer

AUGUST 15, 2023

It requires excellent communication, organization, creativity, and problem-solving. GET THE BOARD FUNDRAISING WORKSHEET Communication Skills Are More Important than Ever There are so many different ways that fundraising intersects with communication. And every professional should be eager to add these skills to their resume.

Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Fundraising Fundraising 98

Getting Attention

JANUARY 8, 2014

1) Your supporters and participants are sharing more personal data than ever before. 6) Instead, revise, release and recommit to your privacy policy: Does it cover how your organization captures, stores and uses all supporter and participant data? Consider Rex B. The data your organization has on Rex B. Now’s the time.

Participation and motivation 76

Participation and motivation Marketing Marketing Activism 76

Getting Attention

JUNE 30, 2011

It’s one of the most reliable techniques there is (as long as you know your audiences well enough to be confident that they’ll get it — the same criterion for integrating humor into your communications). Mary Beth participated on behalf of the Washington Scholarship Coalition. Who belongs to the coalition?

Participation and motivation 63

Participation and motivation Activism Values Marketing 63

Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

That would not have been possible without dedicated, active board members. Valuable board members have a true sense of fiduciary responsibility — making the organization stronger being the primary motivation — while keeping mission-focused to deliver quality services to its “customers.” Your Voice Matters!

Ethics 105

Ethics Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Children 105