Fundraising Coach
MARCH 11, 2014
'One of the most enjoyable aspects of major gift fundraising is getting to build relationships with donors. But often nonprofits squander the opportunities given to them by not doing any research. A Word of Caution. Before we get started, a word of warning: the goal of research isn''t to snoop. We''re only going to look at publicly available information, but it can still feel intrusive.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MARCH 3, 2014
'Date: Thursday, March 20. Time: 1pm-2:30 EDT. Cost: Free! How to Register: Sign up. Presented by: Heather Mansfield. View: Complete Webinar Schedule. Based on more than 20 years of experience and 25,000+ hours spent utilizing mobile and social media, Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide is a comprehensive 256-page book packed with more than 500 best practices.
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The Agitator
MARCH 10, 2014
'Blackbaud is out with its 2013 Charitable Giving Report documenting the largest year-over-year increase in charitable giving since the Great Recession of 2007-2008. As you’ll see from the infographic below (click here to enlarge) , based on its analysis of $12.5 billion in giving to 4,129 organizations, Blackbaud reports that overall giving grew by 4.9% in 2013 while online giving jumped 13.5%.
Nonprofit Marketing Blog
MARCH 4, 2014
'According to the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Fundraising Effectiveness Survey Report , 105% of donors gained by nonprofits were offset by lapsed donors. Let that sink in for a minute: for every 100 new donors that came through the door, 105 walked out. Not exactly the growth most nonprofits are looking for. One of the best ways to improve your donor churn rate is to improve your donor communications.
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Getting Attention
MARCH 13, 2014
'Guest blogger, Julie Brown, Program Director at the Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation. Julie is intrigued by storytelling, and the opportunity it offers to inspire donors and volunteers to act. Barely a year ago, one of my co-workers, Lisa Houck, and I were happy to spend a day together at a Nancy Schwartz training called “How to Tell Five-Star Stories.
Mission Minded
MARCH 19, 2014
'Has your board ever made the helpful suggestion that you should be getting large gifts for your nonprofit from the millionaires of Silicon Valley? We recently discussed the subject of how to effectively court the internet elite with some Bay Area nonprofit executives keen to zero in on this topic. The centerpiece of the discussion […].
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Nonprofit Tech for Good
MARCH 31, 2014
'In Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits , a 40-hour work for a new media manager is outlined with five hours allotted weekly to experimenting with new online and mobile fundraising tools. The seven listed below are just the tip of the iceberg – and most of them are still in beta. Having just celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the World Wide Web , the nonprofit sector now has a wide array of amazing new fundraising tools at our fingertips that we couldn’t have imagine
The Agitator
MARCH 31, 2014
'In a move aimed at demonstrating The Agitator’s commitment to relationship building and better serving our readers, our Executive Management Board today announced the launch of a worldwide dating and match-making service designed exclusively for fundraisers. The Board announcement read in part: “Too many fundraisers have no love life. Too often we’ve seen that look of lonely desperation on their faces in the corridors of fundraising conferences.
iMarketSmart
MARCH 8, 2014
'My mission is simple: I want to exponentially increase the revenues that nonprofits secure while dramatically reducing the cost of obtaining those revenues. Increase revenues. Drive down costs. How? With “engagement fundraising”— a phrase I coined about a year ago. What the heck is engagement fundraising? First, engagement is the act of engaging or the state of being engaged.
Getting Attention
MARCH 3, 2014
'Take 3 minutes to listen to this incredible speech. Relevance rules at the Oscars too. That was reinforced big time in this fantastically-moving acceptance speech by Lupita Nyongo’o (Best Supporting Actress for 12 Years a Slave ) AND in the massive media coverage of her speech from the moment it started. Journalists, bloggers and others were clearly as moved as I was by this motivating and memorable 3-minute speech.
Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg
Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards. While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. In today’s workplace, the true ROI of recognition lies in its ability to regenerate tangible, business-driven results.
Mission Minded
MARCH 5, 2014
'We strongly believe that great branding takes time—both time to clarify and develop a clear brand positioning, as well as the time to build recognition for your brand. Yet, we also understand the realities of working in a nonprofit environment. You’re pressed for time, for staff resources, and for money. With so many competing priorities, […].
Fundraising Coach
MARCH 25, 2014
'Sometimes, we get so used to using something, we don''t realize we''re using it the wrong way. Here are three tools that nonprofits use all the time. And many use the wrong way. Common uses and a better way. Donor Database. Common use: Recording gifts and keeping addresses. If this is all you''re using your donor database for, you''re using it wrong.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MARCH 25, 2014
'The following is an excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. Each generation living today has come of age with profoundly different experiences concerning mass communication and these differences directly impact how they give to nonprofits. Seniors who came age during the era of print media still prefer print communications and charitable giving.
The Agitator
MARCH 20, 2014
'The 2014 DoGooder Video Awards have just been announced. For the eighth year, See3, YouTube, NTEN and Cisco, now joined by The National Alliance for Media and Culture and the National Youth Media Network have combined to select the best of nonprofit videos. Each of the winning videos can be viewed here. Here are the winners: Best of Nonprofit Video Award: “Right By You” by Partners for Mental Health.
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Nonprofit Marketing Blog
MARCH 17, 2014
'To make a smart plan for your digital giving spend and online fundraising strategy, you need to understand how donors are giving online. Since 2010, Network for Good has published the Digital Giving Index which looks at online giving trends across the Network for Good platform, including both branded and generic donation pages, peer-to-peer fundraising, portal giving, and employee giving.
Getting Attention
MARCH 6, 2014
'Our newest guest blogger, Rob Wu is CEO of CauseVox, a nonprofit crowdfunding and peer-to-peer fundraising platform for nonprofits. . You know it, and I know it. Connecting with your audience is harder than ever. And that means more of your org’s messages than ever before are ignored or deleted. So how do we cut through the noise? And how do we motivate donors to donate and supporters to take action?
iMarketSmart
MARCH 19, 2014
'There’s brilliance across the pond! Recently on my LinkedIn Group (Smart Planned Giving Marketers) , Sharon Wangman outlined a plan for stewarding Legacy Society members. Sharon said, “If your donors have included you in the Will you should visit; if you have bequest prospects you should visit. A person can easily take you out of the Will as quickly as they put you in.
Fundraising Coach
MARCH 22, 2014
'One of the joys of my work is getting to speak at conferences and inspire boards. Since, I''m often asked "When are you coming to my area?", I thought I''d share my upcoming speaking gigs. March 9-11: Closing Plenary at the New England Association for Healthcare Philanthropy''s Annual Conference, Portsmouth, NH. This just happened, but here I was privileged to do the closing keynote for the conference.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MARCH 9, 2014
'Excerpt from Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits. The rise of Twitter has resulted in a new campaign awareness strategy and online event known as a tweet chat. Organized around the use of a hashtag, such as #HealthTalk or #PovertyChat , nonprofits worldwide are adding tweet chats to their editorial calendars. Scheduled to occur at a specific time for usually an hour or less, nonprofits use Twitter to have live conversations on topics relevant to their mission and programs
The Agitator
MARCH 23, 2014
'There’s no way fundraisers can achieve a brighter future by repeating the same tactics, recycling the same thinking again and again. Tactics and thinking that clearly no longer work the way they did a generation ago. You know the signs: falling acquisition rates, lousy retention, diminishing donor value and commitment. Different times require different thoughts, different theories and different practices.
Nonprofit Marketing Blog
MARCH 12, 2014
'It’s event season! If you’re in the midst of hosting an event this spring, or are thinking of planning one for later this year, we’ve just released an updated edition of our fundraising events guide. From goal setting to following up with your attendees, we have you covered with 7 key steps to hosting a fabulous (and financially successful) event.
Getting Attention
MARCH 27, 2014
'Guest blogger, Patricia Brooks guides client orgs to reach and motivate people through traditional and new media sources. She’s a 24/7 newshound and loves to match the right story with the right journalist. As a media relations expert, the question I’m most often asked is whether I have strong relationships with reporters. And many are taken aback when my response to that question is often a polite version of, “I can name drop until I am blue in the face, but that doesn’t mean that I can
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
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NonProfit Hub
MARCH 3, 2014
'Online fundraising garners millions in charitable giving for the nonprofit industry every year, but there are so many options it can be difficult to find the right online donation tools for your organization. Here are some of our favorite online donation tools, with an emphasis on widgets and donate buttons. They are all both easy for donors to use and affordable for nonprofit fundraising at all levels. 1.
Fundraising Coach
MARCH 13, 2014
'Today The Chronicle of Philanthropy reported about Lotta Fields. According to the New York Times , Ms. Fields was an avid reader and a regular donor to the New York Public Library. Her regular gifts were only described as "modest." But when she died, she left the library $6 million. $6 million! The NYT''s quotes the library president of being "astounded" when he heard of the bequest.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
MARCH 17, 2014
'Thanks to a partnership with the Public Interest Registry , Heather Mansfield of Nonprofit Tech for Good was able to report live from the Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #14NTC ) last week in Washington, DC. Empowered with a tablet and smartphone, one of Heather’s first priorities was to reveal the faces and expertise behind some our favorite nonprofit brands.
The Agitator
MARCH 5, 2014
'This week the Atlas of Giving released their most recent month-by-month giving forecast for 2014. They forecast that national giving is expected to grow 5.3% for the calendar year, and 4.3% for the next 12 months through January,2015. The Atlas tracks giving across all charitable sectors including higher education and religion. It then uses a series of econometric and propriety models to arrive at its forecast.
Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover
The world of work has fundamentally changed. The series of waves that the pandemic began have rippled through the Great Resignation, quiet quitting, the Great Regret, and other eloquent phrases that boil down to the same thing: people aren’t engaged at work or enabled to perform at their best. The truth is that engagement and enablement is more important than ever, but how we do it is the critical differentiator for many organizations.
Ken Goldstein
MARCH 17, 2014
'How are you involving millenials in your organization''s work? This is a question we''ve all been hearing a lot lately. But I''m not sure that I like some of the answers. I''ve been in several conversations and meetings in recent months where the idea of creating a "millenial advisory group" was brought up. It was generally agreed among my peers (those of us between 40 and 65) that the younger generation may not be ready for the responsibility of being on a board of directors.
Getting Attention
MARCH 26, 2014
'I’m thrilled to host April’s Nonprofit Blog Carnival, and hope you’ll blog on this topic so vital to the power of our field and momentum of our causes— the methods and tools you use to stay focused, productive and happy on the job (or the barrier that keeps you from getting there). Be specific with concrete examples so we all get what you mean.
NonProfit Hub
MARCH 17, 2014
'People like to talk. Give them something to talk about. One of the best ways to stir up awareness and publicity for your nonprofit brand is to generate some buzz—word of mouth marketing is free (or at least, cheap) and, even better, highly effective. Plus, it’s something that spans both the online and the offline worlds, and can put your organization clearly on people’s radars in a very positive fashion.
Fundraising Coach
MARCH 12, 2014
'I''m thrilled to be speaking at FundRaising Success Magazine''s ENGAGE Conference on April 10 in Philadelphia. They''ve let me extend an exclusive offer of $75 off the registration to readers of my blog. Just use this code in the registration: MARCP75. Note: This MARCP75 code is only for people who work at nonprofits. One thing I love about ENGAGE is the high percentage of nonprofit staff that come.
Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader
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