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Activism Fundraising Nonprofits 
NonProfit PRO
AUGUST 23, 2022
The addition of Kilter will give Blackbaud’s nonprofit and corporate customers new ways to engage their audiences through everyday health and wellness activities.
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Affnetz
SEPTEMBER 2, 2023
Exploring Donor Management Software: A Go-To Guide for Small Nonprofits / By Mike Crum The best software for fundraising activities include a range of impressive features that help with the different stages of a fundraising cycle. A good fundraising software can help you optimize your virtual fundraising approach.
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Nonprofit Marketing Guide
AUGUST 4, 2021
Early in my nonprofit career, I learned that the job of a fundraising professional was securing resources to achieve a financial goal that would serve my employer. So, what does it look like to begin transforming your development practice in the context of community centric fundraising ? Collaborative Fundraising.
NonProfit PRO
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
As part of your fundraising strategy, advisory board members must engage in fundraising. Here's how to make sure they actively participate.
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Affnetz
AUGUST 11, 2023
15 best Peer-to-Peer fundraising software for Nonprofits 15 best Peer-to-Peer fundraising software for Nonprofits / By Mike Crum Regardless of what you call it, peer-to-peer fundraising is here to stay. This method of fundraising can help your Nonprofit save time, and optimize its operations.
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Ann Green
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Explore three technology tools that can level up your grant fundraising efforts. By Carl Diesing Alongside moves management and capital campaigns, grant fundraising is one of the most intricate fundraising activities that a nonprofit organization will undertake.
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Clairification
JANUARY 8, 2024
Yet too few organizations make the effort to operationalize this construct into their fundraising and marketing planning. Actively Build Donor Trust The Donor’s Bill of Rights is a great starting point. The post 10 Strategies to Actively Build Nonprofit Donors Trust appeared first on Clairification. You should.
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Nonprofit Marketing Guide
MARCH 17, 2022
Are you ready to get serious about measuring your nonprofit marketing success? One of the reasons that measuring nonprofit marketing communications work is so hard is that we have a lot of different marketing and communications objectives to consider. Activity, like outputs, measures what you create. Choosing Your Objectives.
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NonProfit PRO
JUNE 13, 2023
As many wealthy individuals and families now prefer working through intermediaries, such as lawyers, DAFs, and donor advisories to handle their giving activities, nonprofits are finding this increased distance to be challenging. Here are some tips to help your organization adjust.
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Ann Green
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Let’s take a look at three areas where nonprofits can drive increased fundraising efficiency: staff retention, donor qualification, and campaign planning. By Chelsey Newmyer What first comes to mind when you think about increasing your nonprofit’s fundraising efficiency? Churn can harm your nonprofit’s relationships.
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NonProfit Leadership Alliance
APRIL 28, 2024
As a nonprofit professional, you understand that investing in your staff is the best way to develop your organization. While some skills are innate, many nonprofit management skills can be taught. Getting certified in the nonprofit sector makes nonprofit professionals seven times more likely to reach the director level or higher.
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Can you fundraise during or after a disaster that doesn’t affect you? And several days later, mountain communities are still in active search and rescue mode for hundreds of people from a hurricane. Here is the gist of some messaging I am working on for local organizations that have fundraisers in the very near future.
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NonProfit PRO
OCTOBER 26, 2023
iWave has acquired Nonprofit Operating System. This acquisition will make iWave's fundraising insights more actionable so nonprofit organizations can expand their reach, more actively engage donors, and ultimately have a greater impact on the causes they care about.
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NonProfit PRO
MAY 20, 2022
At a recent strategic planning session, I was working with a nonprofit to create organizational values. As my team introduced the activity, a board member spoke up and said, “We’d like to focus on strategies and goals. Why should we take the time to focus on organizational values?”.
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NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 11, 2022
Use this guide to help evaluate whether a streamlined software solution that manages many of your nonprofit’s core activities--such as accounting, CRM, and fundraising--will offer a good return on investment and enable you to maximize your impact on the communities you serve.
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Nonprofit Marketing Guide
MAY 11, 2021
In the second edition of The Nonprofit Marketing Guide , I wrote. Those with corporate experience sometimes narrowly define nonprofit marketing as brand management, public relations, and advertising. Those with corporate experience sometimes narrowly define nonprofit marketing as brand management, public relations, and advertising.
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NonProfit Leadership Center
JANUARY 26, 2024
The Nonprofit Leadership Center is pleased to welcome four new board members to our dynamic board of directors : Lisa L. When I think of the heartbeat of our community, I immediately think of our nonprofit organizations. As a career nonprofit leader and current member of the philanthropic sector, I am honored to serve on the NLC Board.
Ann Green
APRIL 12, 2023
Building public speaking skills can help you make a strong case to nonprofit donors and other audiences. By Patti Schutte Fundraising is all about engaging with supporters and telling your organization’s story. When you build confidence as a public speaker, you can become a more effective fundraiser and nonprofit communicator.
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The Fundraising Authority
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
This is a two part article on how to create fundraising systems for your nonprofit. In Part 1, we will talk about what fundraising systems are and why they are important for development. One Seriously Stressed Out Nonprofit. It’s about a nonprofit I once worked with. What are Fundraising Systems?
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Nonprofit Marketing Guide
MARCH 7, 2023
We’re putting some extra focus on social media this week as we prepare for Thursday’s webinar Social Media Trends for Nonprofit Communicators in 2023. The information below was taken from the BONUS handout Everything Nonprofits Need to Know About Social Media in 2023. billion Largest age group: 25-34 (30%) Gender: 43.7%
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Affnetz
APRIL 16, 2024
Corporate Sponsorships for Nonprofits | A Guide to Grow Nonprofits/ By Bala Guntipalli Introduction to Nonprofit Board Management Software: Technology has become an integral part of our lives, changing the way we do business and manage organizations. Nonprofit boards typically consist of people from various backgrounds.
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NonProfit Leadership Alliance
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
There are a number of ways fraternities can approach fundraising projects, but by far one of the most popular strategies is to host a fundraising event. After all, a fundraising event allows brothers to gather together, get to know each other, create memories, and make a difference. . Fundraising Goal. Let’s get started!
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Nonprofit Marketing Guide
JANUARY 5, 2023
If you work in nonprofit communications, suddenly you are a professional photographer. Jeff Jones shared some of his favorite nonprofit photography tips with us too: Get close. I think asking nonprofit staff to take photographs is a much easier ask than asking them to write. Managing the way your nonprofit uses photography.
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NonProfit Leadership Center
OCTOBER 2, 2023
As the ultimate decision-making body for nonprofit organizations, boards of directors are responsible for guiding a nonprofit’s vision and strategy and for overseeing its financial accountability. Finding the right board members is critical to every nonprofit organization’s success. Do you have a board diversity matrix?
NonProfit Leadership Alliance
JULY 26, 2023
There are numerous legal hurdles to clear in the nonprofit formation process and beyond. Whether you’re filing for tax-exempt recognition or recruiting volunteers for your next fundraiser, every phase of your nonprofit’s existence has guidelines that set boundaries for its operations.
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Ann Green
MAY 5, 2020
The nonprofit sector is experiencing an urgent need to conduct business from a remote location. As a nonprofit, donors and those you serve depend on you to keep their personal information secure. Creating an efficient workflow is important for every organization, but even more so for nonprofits. Work smarter, not harder.
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Nonprofit Marketing Guide
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
I briefly touched on this in Get Your Email List Ready for Year-End Fundraising NOW , but email deliverability for nonprofits is not great right now. According to Validity’s 2023 Email Deliverability Benchmark Report , over 16% of emails from nonprofits either go to spam or don’t get delivered at all.
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NonProfit PRO
JUNE 7, 2023
In today's rapidly changing philanthropic landscape, nonprofit organizations face increasing challenges in securing sustainable funding for their missions. While traditional fundraising methods remain important, nonprofits must adapt to new strategies to stay ahead.
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Nonprofit Marketing Guide
MARCH 22, 2021
As a result, we here at Nonprofit Marketing Guide have decided to pause our hosting of Tom’s webinars indefinitely. As Kristina and I were working through the Nonprofit Marketing Guide site redesign over the winter, our web developer asked us for our values for the About Us page. Is this pause permanent? We don’t know yet. .
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Nonprofit Marketing Guide
JANUARY 15, 2020
For the last several years, we’ve blogged and trained nonprofit communicators about the importance of monitoring email engagement – not just open and click-through rates on individual emails, but how many people on your email list have opened at least one email within a set period time, such as the last three months. .
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NonProfit Leadership Alliance
JUNE 13, 2023
You’ve got a date and venue booked for your nonprofit’s upcoming fundraising event. Finding sponsors to boost your event’s fundraising power. Read on for tips and strategies for finding and securing sponsors for your best fundraiser yet. They’re a win-win!
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NonProfit Leadership Alliance
MAY 23, 2023
Hosting a fundraiser can be a rewarding experience that not only raises vital funds for animal-related causes but also brings animal lovers together in support of a common goal. Following these steps will help you host a memorable fundraiser that inspires stronger relationships with supporters and makes a difference for animals in need.
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Nonprofit Marketing Guide
JUNE 14, 2023
Nonprofit organizations across the board are recognizing its incredible utility and jumping on the bandwagon. Because gaming offers nonprofit marketers a fresh and unconventional approach to raising funds and amplifying brand awareness. What is Gaming for Good? Now, Esports is the practice of competitive gaming.
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NonProfit Leadership Alliance
JUNE 5, 2024
In the diverse tapestry of nonprofit organizations, one challenge that often arises is the generational and knowledge divide among employees. With multi-generational staff and varying levels of experience, nonprofits must navigate these divides to foster collaboration, innovation, and shared success.
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NonProfit PRO
APRIL 23, 2023
After the several years of uncertainty and change, how can you plan for fundraising success in the future? How do you decide which new activities to pilot? The value of a Fund Development Plan is not only the plan itself, but the intentional process of putting it together.
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Nonprofit Marketing Guide
JANUARY 10, 2024
As nonprofit marketers, we are constantly using the laws of psychology and sociology, sometimes without even realizing it. Launch urgent time-limited fundraising campaigns to tap into the scarcity effect. The post Using Psychology in Nonprofit Marketing appeared first on Nonprofit Marketing Guide. Thaler and Cass R.
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Affnetz
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Dive into the transformative realm of fundraising as we unravel the profound impact of the 10 Principles of Community-Centric Fundraising. It places community at the forefront and is changing the game for nonprofits. What is Community-Centric Fundraising? Community-Centric Fundraising , is no ordinary concept.
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NonProfit Leadership Alliance
AUGUST 20, 2024
Nonprofit professionals know the implications of overhead and may be nervous to disclose just how much they spend on these operational expenses. However, we’re here to explain the importance of nonprofit overhead and debunk prominent overhead myths. What are nonprofit overhead costs?
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Here is the latest submission for our Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator. Because I had to stay out of the workforce due to his needs, I volunteered with several organizations, and started to learn about fundraising through these experiences. Tricia Maddrey Baker. Tricia Maddrey Baker is still working at home. 10:00 a.m. –
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Selfish Giving
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
The gang at Remarkable Partnerships (RP) in the UK has shared a helpful article for new corporate fundraisers. It's called 5 Top Tips for New Corporate Fundraisers. Look them up on Twitter to see if they are active on the platform. What would you suggest to a new corporate fundraiser?? I agree with every point!
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Ann Green
MARCH 7, 2023
By Jon Osterburg When your nonprofit compiles your annual/impact report at the end of the year, you include some information about your fundraising revenue and other financial information. Effective financial management requires your nonprofit to keep an eye on how your nonprofit earns, manages, and allocates its funding.
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Nonprofit Marketing Guide
JULY 16, 2020
Oh, how we love, love, love good metaphors here at Nonprofit Marketing Guide! We love them so much, we wrote an e-book about metaphors nonprofits can use. Better substitutions include Leader/Follower, Active/Standby, or Primary/Secondary depending on the context. It’s also a staple of school fundraisers and carnivals.
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NonProfit Leadership Alliance
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Whether you are about to embark on your fundraising career or are a seasoned veteran looking to take that big leap into a leadership position, looking for that “just right” fundraising job is likely to create enthusiasm. Inspiring go-getter with experience in events, annual appeals, and peer-to-peer fundraising.”
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NonProfit Leadership Alliance
MAY 15, 2023
Planned gifts initiated by donors are excellent opportunities for your nonprofit. Can you be pursuing them more actively and frequently? With a planned giving program, your nonprofit can effectively scale its efforts—sourcing, cultivating, and stewarding a diverse range of planned gifts with increasing efficiency over time.
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