April, 2020

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New to This Work or Just Flat-Out Overwhelmed? Ground Yourself in These Nonprofit Comms Basics

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Some of you are being asked to do communications work for the first time. Others have been at it a while but feel like you’re drowning in requests and details. No matter what you are working on, there are a few really simple elements to this nonprofit communications work that you can always use to ground yourself and to create a strong foundation for your work.

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Give Your Donors the Best Thank You Possible

Ann Green

I hope both you and your nonprofit organization are doing okay right now. You may have seen an increase in giving over the last few weeks. In times of crisis, people want to do something. They want to help if they can. I’ve seen an upswing of kindness lately. Now you need to extend that same kindness back to your donors. Give them the best thank you possible.

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10 Donation Page Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This is the third 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 2019 Blackbaud Charitable Giving Report , online giving grew 6.8% in 2019 and accounts for 8.7% of a nonprofit’s total revenue – and those numbers will continue to grow.

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Newsletter: How to Calculate the Value of Virtual Events, Partnerships ; This Sports Team is Packing Its Stadium with Fans to Raise Money for Causes ?? ; The Business Roundtable is a Joke

Selfish Giving

Two things this week. 1. We had a great first Social Impact Book Club meeting last week! Now we're on to the second book and you get to pick it! Just head over to our Facebook group (join the group if you haven't already) and vote on the next book. You have three choices. If you have a book to suggest to the group, just enter it into the comments and we'll add it to the list!

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Are Your Fundraising Messages Ready for What’s Next?

Mission Minded

There’s hardly an organization that wasn’t caught off-guard by COVID-19 and its aftereffects. Most scrambled quickly to adjust operations to. The post Are Your Fundraising Messages Ready for What’s Next? appeared first on Mission Minded.

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How nonprofits can skyrocket SEO rankings with backlinks

Socailbrite

Your nonprofit probably has a worthy mission you’d like others to find out about. Post by Nancy P. Howard. S EO might not seem like something that’s top of mind for many nonprofits. SEO … isn’t that something that tech or marketing firms do? Well, if your goal is to get your campaigns and your organization’s mission to show up in the search rankings, then search engine optimization needs to be a priority.

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Whatever You Do, Don’t Stop Fundraising

Ann Green

No doubt the COVID-19 outbreak is affecting your nonprofit organization, possibly severely. You need revenue to cover both planned and unplanned expenses. You may have already heard this over the last few weeks, but I’m going to repeat it. . Don’t stop fundraising. Keep up with what you’ve already planned and make adjustments as needed. Here are some suggestions to help you during this time.

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8 Must-Have Integrations for Your Nonprofit CRM

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Erin Booker , Head of Content at Funraise , a fundraising platform built for fundraisers by fundraisers with 20+ third-party integrations. We’ve talked a lot recently about taking your nonprofit’s fundraising strategy digital. How to make the transition to virtual events, social fundraising, and livestream everything. But what if you’ve already been dipping your toes in that sparkling water?

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Newsletter: 11 Partnership Questions I Answered This Month ; The Next Big Cause Marketing Donation Apparel is… ; 26 Ways to Get Ready for the Rebound

Selfish Giving

I've had some great conversations the past couple weeks with nonprofits about what's happening with them during the pandemic, and what questions they have regarding corporate partnerships. Below are the eleven most common questions - and the resources I've been suggesting again and again! 1. I'm scared. Will everything be alright? It will! This will all end someday.

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Are Your School’s Messages Right for Right Now?

Mission Minded

This guide will help you create the messages that will inspire commitment and loyalty from your existing and new families. The post Are Your School’s Messages Right for Right Now? appeared first on Mission Minded.

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Recognition Powers High-Performance — If You Do it Right

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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12 Organizations Leading Nonprofit Marketing Strategy

Elevation

Who is at the forefront of digital marketing for nonprofits? Our list of some of today's leading organizations explores what makes their nonprofit marketing plans so effective. Whether you need to increase your organization’s visibility online, seek inspiration for your nonprofit advertising, or are looking for fresh marketing ideas for nonprofits, check out the work of these NGOs.

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How Extroverts Are Surviving Social Distancing #NPCOMMLIFE

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Things could be opening up soon, but it looks like physical distancing is here to stay. Regardless of where you land on the introvert/extrovert scale, COVID-19 has been a challenge. Without notice, many of us went from working in offices filled with people, restaurants, bars, concerts, sporting events, festivals, group exercising and conferences to THIS?!?

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Make #GivingTuesdayNow a True Day of Giving

Ann Green

You may have heard that May 5th is #GivingTuesdayNow. It’s being billed as a day of giving and unity. . I hope that’s the case because the year-end #GivingTuesday is more about asking and sometimes even begging. Just like everything else now, we need to change the ways we do things. This needs to be a true day of giving. Don’t make it the usual money grab. .

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How Nonprofits Can Use Livestreaming to Raise Funds Through Sponsorship

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Dana Bakich , founder and CEO of Positive Equation – a digital consultancy focused on equipping nonprofits with the tools and resources to build impactful digital strategies. She’s worked with Movember, Dress for Success, USTA, American Idol, The Gary Sinise Foundation, Hashtag Lunchbag, and many more. . With in-person events postponed for the foreseeable future, digital opportunities own the stage. .

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Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide

Managing HR tasks like payroll, compliance, and employee data can overwhelm small businesses. That’s where a Human Capital Management (HCM) solution comes in. Our eBook, Why Every Small Business Needs an HCM Solution: A Comprehensive Guide , shows how an HCM system automates tedious processes, ensuring your business stays compliant and efficient. You’ll learn how to simplify payroll, eliminate costly errors, and empower your employees with self-service tools.

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Newsletter: Companies that Will Profit from the Pandemic ; How to Pitch Businesses on Zoom ; What You Can Learn About Crisis Marketing from Burger King, Steak-Umm

Selfish Giving

Three things this week. 1. The ' Read With Purpose' Social Impact Book Club ??meets next Thursday, April 23rd @ 4pm ET. Join me and Megan Strand as we discuss our first book: From Generosity To Justice: A New Gospel Of Wealth, which you can download for FREE here. Request to join the 'Read With Purpose' Facebook group here. 2. Last week, I was anxious and sad so I opened up a few spots on my calendar to talk to readers.

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Interview with Vikas Garg, CEO and Founder at abillionveg

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Interview with Vikas Garg, CEO and Founder at abillionveg. A social app to find the best Vegan and Environmentally friendly options anywhere. Review Vegan Products. Every review = $1 donated to a Nonprofit. We have interviewed Vikas Garg, CEO and Founder at abillionveg , to learn more about his background story, how he started abillionveg, and the future he hopes to create through his work.

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Giving Tuesday is May 5: How Can You Prepare?

Mission Minded

How your organization can prepare for Giving Tuesday on May 5 amid the uncertainty of Coronavirus. The post Giving Tuesday is May 5: How Can You Prepare? appeared first on Mission Minded.

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How Coronavirus is Changing the Way Nonprofits Think about Their Social Media Strategies

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Last week I presented our two-part webinar series on nonprofit social media strategies based on our Be Personal / Be Practical framework. I did the same training (minus all the new coronavirus and quarantine examples) about this same time last year. In both years, we asked the same poll questions about what participants would take from the training and focus on as a next step.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

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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How to do a Better Job of Donor Engagement

Ann Green

Donor engagement is always important, and it’s especially important right now. Your inclination may be to do less when you actually should be doing more. Donor Communications: Now is the time for MORE communications, not less. I’d put your more formal newsletter on hold right now and send short updates instead. This will help you stay in touch more often.

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3 Emerging Fundraising Trends for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Kayla Matthews , writer at ProductivityTheory.com and journalist dedicated to helping others better their productivity. For nonprofits, fundraising can be a challenging proposition. There are strict rules regarding what you can do to collect funds, and what you’re allowed to do with that money once you have it to retain your nonprofit status.

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Newsletter: Dr. Fauci Bobblehead Sales to Help Buy Masks ; To Succeed Head to the Bottom of the Pyramid ?? ; DIY Podcasting Advice for Nonprofits Closed by Covid-19

Selfish Giving

I'm hitting pause on the videos I've been doing the past couple of weeks. Instead, I'm freeing up my calendar so I can talk to as many of you as possible on Zoom about what's happening with your nonprofit and answering any questions you might have. I just want to be helpful! We can talk about sponsorship, cause marketing, content marketing or share our tips on hiding from our fellow cellmates during these trying times.

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10 Reasons We All Need Community in Business and Life

Pam Moore

Do you remember the early days when you waddled thru the social media mumbo jumbo. When you learned what words like avatar, gravatar, tweet, twit, Twitter, hashtag, pin, post, status update, timeline, micro-blogs meant. Remember how excited you were to get a new follower, like on your Facebook page or comment on your blog? What changed? As your knowledge deepened, community expanded and influence rose you somehow forgot those little things you once celebrated.

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How to Scale Recurring Giving for Sustainable Growth

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!

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Adjusting Online for Nonprofits: Keeping Faith Alive

NonProfit Hub

The fight against coronavirus is all of ours together. Our assurance solely lies in the fact that we won’t be giving up any time soon. COVID-19 has affected every industry in some way or the other ? lockdowns all over the world have resulted in either holidays or work from our respective homes. This doesn’t mean that it’ll affect productivity as humans have been known to adapt and survive.

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Only 2% of Consumers Think Brands Should Stop Advertising During the Pandemic

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

I know a lot of you are wondering how you should be handling your marketing and fundraising efforts right now. You are not alone in being concerned. Brands from every industry are not sure how they should proceed. But a new survey by Unruly asked over 2500 consumers how they wanted to connect with brands during the pandemic and the results show that: People want to hear from you!

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Across the Generations: 5 Tips for Fundraising to All Ages

Fundraising Coach

As far as supporters, nonprofits are experiencing an unprecedented generation span. The sheer number and variety of generous givers is amazing, but only if your nonprofit can access them. While engaging supporters across generations is crucial during even normal operations, it’s especially important during uncertain times. Turning to current events, we can see that the COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc across the globe, and nonprofits are more essential than ever to fill in gaps in the pandemi

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5 More-Important-Than-Ever Digital Marketing Metrics for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Josh Kashorek , Director of Marketing at Journity , and advocate for using data to create high-performance nonprofit marketing campaigns. Every nonprofit has the goal of extending their impact as far as they can by helping as many people as possible. They also have a responsibility to their donors to spend their resources wisely – especially when it comes to things like marketing and communications that often get put on the back burner.

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Engage, Empower, Excel: Transforming Performance in the New Era of Work

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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THE WAY FORWARD: PART 3 OF 3 FOR MARKETING MAJOR AND LEGACY GIFTS IN THE CORONAVIRUS ERA

iMarketSmart

This is part 3 of 3 in a series. For the first post, go here and for the second post, go here. 5. Engage and offer, don’t ask. We’ve been hearing from a lot of organizations over the past few weeks, and many are putting a total hold on communications to their donors. I would encourage you to do the exact opposite. . Donors are getting bombarded with information and opinions from the media, the government, their friends, their family, social media — you name it!

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7 Top Digital Marketing Strategies in 2020 that Drive Bold Results [video + worksheets]

Pam Moore

? ?. 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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8 Tips for Fundraising When You Hate Networking

NonProfit Hub

Networking can be a daunting prospect. But it’s essential to having a successful nonprofit organization, so being prepared is vital. It doesn’t have to feel like a chore if you’re an introvert. Try these tips for fundraisers who hate networking: 1. Be prepared. Work out exactly what you want to get out of the event in advance. Make sure to have a tight elevator pitch ready to go, and bring plenty of business cards so you can focus on making your interactions count in the moment.

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Doing Your Best Right Now #NPCOMMLIFE

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

You have probably seen this already, but I don’t think it can be said enough: "You are not working from home; you are at your home during a crisis trying to work." I've heard this twice today. I think it's an important distinction worth emphasising. — Neil Webb (@neilmwebb) March 31, 2020. (I am not sure if this is the origin of the quote, but searching Twitter and scrolling back through the “latest” section shows this one at the end of the search.).

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Pricing for Profit: How to Set, Negotiate, and Succeed

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