Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

I had an interesting conversation with a corporate client the other day about the best way for her company to pick a nonprofit partner. I have to admit my first response was: "It can be kind of complicated." It's complicated because there are a lot of variables that go into picking a nonprofit partner. As I talked to her, I started drawing circles and writing things on them.

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Ann Green

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Not long ago while I was scrolling through my email, one message stood out. It was a thank you video from a nonprofit organization. A week or so before that I received a thank you card from another nonprofit. Unfortunately, those are the only examples of #DonorLove from the last few weeks that I can share with you. I’d also like to tell you I received a bunch of wonderful thank yous after I made my year-end gifts, but I can’t.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Amelia Kohm, Ph.D. , is the founder of Data Viz for Nonprofits , a design consultancy that delivers high-quality visualizations that help organizations to quickly grasp their data, improve their work, and show their impact. Seems nonprofit communications folks everywhere have jumped on the infographic bandwagon. The thinking goes something like this: if they won’t pay attention to what we have to say about climate change, homelessness, or education in written form, maybe they will if we say it i

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Fundraising Coach

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

If you’re one of my private coaching clients, you’ve already heard me ask: what preparations are you making for the possibility that your fundraising event might be canceled due to the coronavirus (now officially called Covid-19)? The numbers of coronavirus seem to still be low outside of China. But reports are that the current total numbers dwarf the SARS epidemic.

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Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

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Pam Moore

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

?. Brands are feeling the weight of competition in a digital world that never shuts off. Old methods are not working like they use to. Even industries that were slow to adopt new digital media are now experimenting with new media formats, digital platforms and technologies to break through the digital noise. How do smart marketers win in 2020? How do they stand out in a sea of digital noise?

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Mission Minded

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Great branding takes time—a commodity that you’ve likely got in short supply. Nonprofit leaders are constantly pressed for time, staff. The post The 6 Most Important Steps in Nonprofit Branding appeared first on Mission Minded.

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Ann Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Is your communication donor-centered? Really, is it? Because often it’s not. You see countless examples of generic, organization-centered communication that barely acknowledges the donor. Plain and simple, donor-centered means focusing on your donors’ needs and interests, acknowledging them in your letters and other communication, and taking into account that not all donors are the same.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

This is the second post in a year-long blog and webinar series called 101 Best Practices for Nonprofits , written and presented by Heather Mansfield. Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. Thank you! According to the Global Trends in Giving Report , 27% of online donors say that email is the tool that most inspires them to give (social media 29%, 18% website, 12% print).

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Fundraising Coach

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Leaders are an amazing group. They regularly tackle issues no one else is willing to. And, in the midst of being pulled apart by multiple interest groups, they figure out which priorities to focus on. Leadership is not for the faint of heart! Add to that the tensions created in a fundraising context. In a business, customer service drives your revenue.

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Pam Moore

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Do you have a brand story that you share with people who come in contact with your brand? A story that serves as the connective tissue and foundation representing the who, what and why your brand exists on this planet today? Your brand story should be the thread which connects your value proposition, team, vision, mission, and purpose with your customers, potential customers, audience, community and partners.

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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.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to know that major gift fundraising is of the utmost importance. Whether it be reports from Giving USA , the Association of Fundraising Professionals Fundraising Effectiveness Project , or Fundraising Report Card’s Live Benchmarks , all signs point towards fewer donors giving more dollars. The math isn’t tricky. Less donors and more dollars equates to larger average donation amounts, and a growing reliance on major donors to help charities attain their fundra

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Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Q. Any suggestions for getting local businesses to “pay up” after an event where we gave permission to use our name/logo in exchange for a set % of sales that day? By no means is this the first time I’ve had to “nudge” for payment. My usual follow-up email works in getting the check. But right now I have 2 places who are dragging their feet. My typical emails say: "Just following up, would like to get something in the next newsletter, or need to report results to the Board" (something along thos

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Ann Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Are you guilty of sending all your donors the same appeal and thank you letters? In these letters, you never thank a donor for their past support or acknowledge they’re a monthly donor. If that’s not bad enough, many of these letters use vague and impersonal language and even worse, jargon. You can do better, and frankly, you have to do better. Generic communication isn’t going to help you keep your donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

By Alex Wilson and Pat Duffy , co-founders of The Giving Block. Nonprofits have been accepting cryptocurrency donations for over a decade. The recent spike in cryptocurrency fundraising was sparked by IRS guidance which provided clarity and ignited the trend. Over the last couple of years, we’ve spent hundreds of hours talking to senior nonprofit leaders across organizations both large and small about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

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Fundraising Coach

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Each and every interaction your nonprofit has with supporters comes with a data point. Whether that’s an opened email newsletter, a social media comment, or the many digital donations made during your year-end fundraiser , these interactions provide a wealth of information. If you’re not leveraging this data for more efficient fundraising, you’re missing out.

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Mission Minded

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Successful independent schools across the country are, for the first time in decades, watching waitlists shrink and enrollment numbers soften, The post Your School’s Strategic Plan Needs Commitment, Courage, and Clarity appeared first on Mission Minded.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

We have a huge problem facing our sustainability in nonprofits and that is donor retention. With first-time donor retention rates hovering below 30% and overall donor retention less than 50%, we are in danger of losing our donor bases. We see this in the fact that 95% of our gifts come from 5% of our donors, and in higher education, the alumni giving rate is falling each and every year.

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Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Here's our first pick for the Social Impact Book Club ! Megan Strand from Engage for Good and I chose Darren Walker's From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth. We're really excited about this book because Darren is proposing a new, bold vision of philanthropy that is truly transformative and world-changing. That sounded good to us - and is just the kind of "meta" message we wanted to kick-off the book club.

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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.

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Ann Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Are you dreading putting together your annual report? You think it’s time-consuming, but it’s something you always do. Plus your board wants you to do it, although you’re not sure your donors actually read it. And why would donors want to read an annual report when many of them are long, boring, and basically a demonstration of the organization patting itself on the back?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

By Josh Kashorek , Director of Marketing at Journity , and advocate for using data to create high-performance nonprofit marketing campaigns. Every nonprofit needs two things to drive sustainable growth: new contacts and new donors. There’s no silver bullet that will make donors come flocking to your website eager to hand their hard-earned cash over to you.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

There’s a theme to major and legacy gift fundraising. You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to uncover it. It’s the importance of relationship building. At the root of every major or legacy gift made there’s an intimate and undoubtedly deep connection between a donor and the organization. Relationships, and a strong sense of connection to your cause are major drivers of philanthropy.

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Elevation

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Social media is a great way to engage a large audience without spending a lot. With just a little bit of creativity, your nonprofit can expand its audience reach by using social media as a promotional channel. However, it takes more than posting an image with a witty caption to create a nonprofit social media campaign.

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Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Tax season is complicated. You might think nonprofits would have an easier time, being tax-exempt, but that isn’t necessarily true. Every year, nonprofits are required to submit their Form 990 , which is what allows the organization to maintain its tax-exempt status. As such, the 990 is quite an important document that can cause some issues for your nonprofit if not prepared properly.

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Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Q. I work for a larger arboretum in the Chicago suburbs and believe it or not, our biggest challenge is working with other teams here to stay organized! I am hoping to find suggestions or ideas from other organizations that work to ensure that internal teams are keeping up with mutually agreed benefits such as logos or signage, acknowledgement in press releases, and on-site presentations, etc.

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Concord Leadership

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Every Friday, I send a quick email to leaders who want to make a difference around the world reminding them to follow up with people, on projects, or with themselves. Today’s email struck such a chord with readers that I’ve been asked to share it here on the blog. Happy reading! If you want these […]. The post When to not follow up #followupfriday appeared first on The Concord Leadership Group, LLC.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

By Emily Rose Patz , Senior Copywriter at DonorPerfect. Check out these social media post templates for ideas of post themes and content format for your Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter feeds. Just plug your content into the placeholders, and you’re good to go. 1) Introduce your event theme with eye-catching imagery. Your first post should pop the most and inspire your supporters to stop scrolling and take note that you’ve got something big on the horizon. .

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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.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Relationships building is part art, part science. And, as we all know, raising major and legacy gifts is all about building meaningful relationships. Over the past few years, the strategies and tactics nonprofits employ to raise major and legacy gifts has evolved and changed, and with good reason. Tactics from the past simply don’t work as well as they once did.

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Elevation

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Hear the stories of what these three nonprofits were able to achieve with the Google Ad Grant , which offers in-kind grants of free advertising for nonprofits. For 501(c)(3) organizations looking for how to boost donations, increase traffic, or recruit new volunteers, Google Ad Grants is a powerful resource. Vaccinate Your Family and Dreamscape were both using the Google Ad Grant before partnering with Elevation, but sought help achieving specific nonprofit marketing goals and navigating some of

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

When you think of nonprofits, you don’t always associate them with “high-tech.” But that might be changing soon. With artificial intelligence becoming a major part of private businesses, nonprofits have also started using AI for automating the procedures and tasks. This has helped to save employee’s time and the valuable investment of the organization. .

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Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

John Haydon didn't work in corporate partnerships and cause marketing. He was so much bigger than our little niche. John was a bonafide superstar in fundraising. He had tens of thousands of followers and was frequently ranked the #1 influencer in the nonprofit sector. John was a speaker, consultant, blogger, podcaster and author. He was also a dad, brother, friend and fiancé.

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Speaker: Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader

In today’s competitive market, pricing is more than just a number — it’s the cornerstone of profitability. The right pricing strategy ensures that you capture the true value of your offering, paving the way for sustainable growth and long-term success. Join Igli Laci, Strategic Finance Leader, in this exclusive session where he will explore how a well-crafted pricing approach balances customer perception with business objectives, creating a powerful tool for securing both competitive advantage a

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