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'To help nonprofits recruit qualified volunteers and to assist individuals eager to volunteer with nonprofits, LinkedIn has launched a Volunteer Marketplace where nonprofits can post volunteer opportunities and LinkedIn members can search for volunteer opportunities in their local communities. According to LinkedIn for Good , 82% of surveyed LinkedIn members have communicated that they want volunteer their time and skills and thus far more than 600,000 LinkedIn members have added their Voluntee
'Mt. Rushmore close up courtesy of StuSeeger on Flickr. French fries & straw added by Marc A. Pitman. I''m honored to be hosting the February 2014 Nonprofit Blog Carnival ! In previous years, February has been dedicated to how to show yourself (the fundraiser) some love and how to show donors love so they''ll want to keep coming back. This year, we''re going to take a different approach.
'Yesterday Tom outlined how to destroy your website. Today, in the best yin and yang tradition of The Agitator, here’s how to make your website the very best of breed. WAGER: I’m betting there’s no more than one out of every 10,000 nonprofits in the world with the guts or patience to follow the process I’m about to report. It’s donor-centric but also so very, very counter-intuitive to what most fundraisers would do if they were in charge of re-making a website.
'Here at Network for Good we experienced a busy giving season right up to the final hours of 2013. This is good news for nonprofits, as we saw a 16% increase in dollars donated compared to the year-end fundraising season of 2012. After all of that activity, it can be tempting to take it easy for a few weeks now that January is here. Of course, the reality is that your work with donors is just beginning.
Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.
'Welcome to guest blogger, James Porter. James is Associate Director, Development & Communications for the END Fund , a nonprofit dedicated to controlling and eliminating neglected tropical diseases. . Your database tools have the potential to dramatically increase marketing and fundraising results if you use them right. That’s why I’ll be blogging lots of tips, tools and case studies on building out and using your database(s) to improve your supporter’s experience in 201
'I was thrilled when I first saw Dan Pallotta’s TED Talks presentation. I thought to myself, “Finally! Someone said it!” And, I wondered why it wasn’t me. But now that he came out (in more ways than one— Dan is gay), I thought I should make sure all of my subscribers are aware of Dan’s lightning bolt speech. In case you don’t have time to watch it, below you will find some of the points he describes as shackles that prohibit charities from making real chang
'Without a doubt, 2013 was the year of visual content — particularly infographics. With tens of millions of brands now tweeting, posting, and sharing content online on a daily basis, to get your message to stand out from the clutter brands need to communicate more often their key messages in visual format. That said, below are 19 infographics useful to nonprofit communications and development staff.
'Without a doubt, 2013 was the year of visual content — particularly infographics. With tens of millions of brands now tweeting, posting, and sharing content online on a daily basis, to get your message to stand out from the clutter brands need to communicate more often their key messages in visual format. That said, below are 19 infographics useful to nonprofit communications and development staff.
'Every week, I have a conversation like this with a nonprofit leader: Nonprofit Leader: "We need to find new donors." (As though there''s a magic bullet, a secret place to find new donors.). Me: "Why do you want to find new donors?". NL (incredulously, like I''m an idiot): "Because we aren''t raising enough money. We need more money so we need new, better donors.".
'There’s no more important action a fundraiser can take than making sure the donor knows how important and wonderful he or she is. And quite frankly, there’s no communication vehicle as powerfully suited for this task than the simple, well-written, four-page paper newsletter. Not digital. Not slick. Not focused on the ego of the organization. Making Money with Donor Newsletters , written by fundraising communications master Tom Ahern, is all you need to transform your current newsletter into a m
'Is one of your 2014 goals to get your social strategy in order? Here are 10 fun stats on social media that can help you decide how to spend your time. 73% of U.S. online adults now use social networking sites. Source: Pew Tweet this. Roughly one-third of the world’s population is now online. Source: We Are Social Tweet this. 68% of Instagram’s users are women.
'Is your organization embarking on a website redesign in 2014? Here are five design trends to consider. 1. Simpler Navigation to Get Readers to Focus More on Content. One of the big design trends that is beginning to fade is mega navigation menus that are cluttered and distracting to website visitors. This year we will see more websites with simplified navigation.
Traditional budgeting and forecasting methods can no longer keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving business environment. Static budgets, rigid annual forecasts, and outdated financial models limit an organization’s ability to adapt to market shifts and economic uncertainty. To stay ahead, finance leaders must leverage a future-forward approach—one that leverages real-time data, predictive analytics, and continuous planning to drive smarter financial decisions.
'When my friend and colleague, Joe Waters , told me he was writing a hands-on guide to fundraising with businesses (a.k.a. cause marketing), I was absolutely delighted. You’ve probably seen the same coverage I have on cause marketing, covering big orgs partnering with big corporations—like Miracle Treat Day (Children’s Miracle Network with Dairy Queen) and the Kraft Fight Hunger Facebook page for Feeding America.
'2014 will be an exciting year for nonprofit technology. Numerous communications and fundraising trends are on the verge of going mainstream and nonprofits committed to early adoption have a number of new tools and strategies to pioneer this year. Social media will remain a top priority for nonprofits in 2014, but 2013 helped solidify social media as a mandatory set of communication tools.
'Happy New Year! A record number of people came to FundraisingCoach.com for fundraising help in 2013. Here are the the top 2013 posts based on website traffic! They cover everything from social media tips, to strategies on year-end fundraising, to how board members can be effective askers. Top 13 Fundraising Posts Written in 2013. Content calendar templates for social media.
'One topic you can expect to see The Agitator dwell upon over the coming year is mobile. Firstly, all the media/digital monitoring services are now reporting that more than half of emails are opened with a mobile device. And mobile viewing of online video, as well as your ‘plain ole’ website, is also accelerating very rapidly. See The Agitator’s reporting here , here and here.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
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'The good news is that giving continues to grow. The bad news is that donor retention rates aren’t what they should be. Think about the donors who came into your organization’s ecosystem during the past year. Will they give again? You can improve the odds of keeping more of your supporters by declaring 2014 the Year of the Donor. What this looks like for your organization may be different than for your nonprofit peers, but here are a few basics to get you started: 1.
'Take a look around you. If you’re like the majority of people today, there’s a smartphone within reach or nearby. So the logical question for fundraisers is, how do we use something so accessible to raise money for our organizations? That’s exactly what Hiraa Khan wondered, and she wanted to make a change. She’d been working with domestic and international nonprofits for over a decade, and wasn’t impressed with the options for text-donating.
'It''s the end of January and that means organizations social media and marketing plans for 2014 are off to a running start. As you begin to execute your campaigns, take a look at these social media stats from 2013. The stats are impressive. For example, did you know that there are 250 billion photos posted on Facebook daily? Or that 28% of RT''s on Twitter are due to the inclusion of "Please RT".
'Working at a nonprofit often pays less than the for-profit sector, but the perks of extended vacation time, flex time, and the personal satisfaction of having a meaningful professional life can outweigh the financial downside of building a nonprofit career. And 2014 could be a great year to secure a new position. Preliminary results for the 2013 fundraising season are positive and many nonprofit professionals who have weathered year-after-year of pay freezes and minimal advancement are ready f
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'Photo courtesy of readerwalker on Flickr A couple weeks ago, I was working with my son on a school project. We are having him study 10 great speeches from USA history. In looking at top 10 and top 100 lists, I was thrilled to come across Russell Conwell''s Acres of Diamonds. I''d read this dozens of times growing up. The gist of the story is that a man dreamed of finding diamonds.
'The holiday shopping season, coupled with the current wave of renewed interest in raising the minimum wage and the plight of workers at places like Walmart, got me thinking about — what else? — donor retention. Seems to me there is significant similarity between the management mindset of some of the Big Box stores and burger chains and many nonprofits.
'The new Online Fundraising Scorecard report from Dunham+Company and Next After points to some key areas where nonprofits may be falling short in their online campaigns. The study looked at 151 charities and rated the online giving experience in four main categories: email registration, email communication, donation experience, and gift acknowledgement.
'Donor retention is an absolute priority (again) for 2014. Yet the path to donor retention success remains elusive for so many organizations. How about yours? Please join me in thanking Frank Barry and the Blackbaud team for sharing donor retention guidance from some of the smartest fundraising experts out there. I’m thrilled to be included! Here’s my #1 donor retention recommendation—R-E-S-P-E-C-T your way to strong and long-lasting donor relationships: R espect donors ’ wants, even
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'If we ran our lives like we run our NPOs, many of us would be in huge trouble. Don’t believe me? Let’s apply nonprofit-logic to some day-to-day life choices: 1. Don’t go to college if it’s not 100% covered by scholarships! That’s costly overhead! Where are the short term rewards? Especially with that liberal arts degree… …Despite the fact that you could gain valuable experience, confidence and the connections that make getting jobs and work experience much easier—and there’s a boat
'Nonprofits that do not create a lot of their own video content can still have an engaging YouTube Channel by curating videos relevant to your nonprofit’s mission and programs. Just because your nonprofit didn’t create a video doesn’t mean you can’t feature it on your channel. By adding videos to “Playlists” and then displaying those playlists as “Sections” on your channel, your nonprofit can have an engaging YouTube channel that makes a strong fir
'Chris Davenport over at 501Videos surveyed nonprofit professionals and board members last week. The top two things they said they wanted help with were: finding new donors, and. keeping the donors they already have. So over at NonprofitBestPracticesStore.com , he''s offering incredible savings on a bundle of 100 Donors in 90 Days and The Donor Retention Project.
'Want to double your persuasion power? The Neuromarketing blog has the answer. In their post, Four Words That Double Persuasion , they report: “Want to double your success in persuading people to do as you ask? Four simple words, and even other phrases with the same meaning, have been shown to double the success rate in dozens of studies worldwide.” Try your hand at guessing the words.
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'[Editor’s note: If you ever wanted to know how to position your organization for major gift success, look no further. In this guest post, nonprofit expert and Bloomerang CEO Jay Love has distilled critical tips for creating a solid transformational gifts strategy. Check out the recommendations and let us know how you plan to put them into practice for your nonprofit.].
'As I combed the infinite number of 2014 marketing recommendations shared in recent weeks, I was surprised to see this one— review, revise and recommit to your privacy policy. Didn’t we all do already, during the advent of our websites and email programs? But on further reflection, I realized how central a thorough, fully-implemented privacy policy is in our age of data-driven marketing.
'Janna Finch is a guest contributor for Nonprofit Hub and is the Managing Editor at Software Advice , where she manages all content related to the nonprofit software market and reports on retail and construction technologies, topics and trends. _. Studies show that major donors—those that give $1 million or more—are responsible for up to 75 percent of most nonprofits’ revenue.
'Nonprofit Tech for Good offers a series of social and mobile media webinars ideal for training social and mobile media managers, communications and fundraising staff, and volunteers and interns. Each webinar has an individual price of $50, but through March 21, 2014 they will be offered at the following discounted rates: Buy 2 Webinars, Get 1 Free :: $100.
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