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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Blair Trexler

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Blair Trexler. Welcome to the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators, where we ask you to describe your day in your own words. We’d love to feature YOU in this series! Don’t be shy – tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro. Blair Trexler has worked in some aspect of development since 2010.

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5 Fatal Donor Communication Mistakes Nonprofits Should Avoid

Ann Green

Donor communication can be the key to growing your nonprofit’s community and reaching your fundraising goals. Be wary of these 5 fatal communication mistakes! By Steve Page. When your nonprofit’s fundraising efforts are in full swing, it can be easy to get caught up in a numbers game of trying to reach your fundraising benchmarks. However, if your team wants to raise as much money as possible for your cause, there’s one area of your fundraising strategy that you shouldn’t disregard: your donor c

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Ep237: How Visit.org is Partnering with Nonprofits to Offer Unique Travel Experiences

Selfish Giving

Today on CauseTalk Radio , Megan and I talk to Michal Alter , Co-Founder and CEO, Visit.org , about how this B-Corp is curating different local travel experiences — ranging from free to several thousand dollars per person — all in the name of social good! The traveler gets an authentic travel experience and 100% of host revenue is invested back into the local community.

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4 hours of free leadership, goal-setting, and fundraising training

Fundraising Coach

As much as I love to do in-person leadership and fundraising trainings , sometimes you just can't get to them. So webinars can be incredibly helpful. Over the last few months, I've done webinars for NCDC, qGiv, NonprofitHub, and Bloomerang. Webinars on Leadership and Fundraising. Here are free recordings of all four webinars. Nonprofit Leadership Goal-Setting.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Build a Rapid Response Media Protocol at Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

In a today’s media world, speed is critical. To effectively spread the word about your work and your organization, you need more than a strong message — you need to be able to deploy this message to the right people at the right time. If you move too slowly, you will miss opportunities to gain attention and change minds. And if your organization is at the center of a controversy, the inability to respond quickly can have disastrous consequences.

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Fundraising Made Simple

The Agitator

Both Jeff Brooks and the Better Fundraising blog deliver the simplest of fundraising strategies for the holiday giving season … BE THERE! Their point. ‘Tis not the season for persuasion. Donors are well-primed. They don’t need to be persuaded … rather, just reminded that they already love your cause and are committed to it. As Jeff puts it, “Be there for the donors who are in give mode” It’s not that they’ve forgotten; it’s that they’re

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New research about nonprofit leadership

Concord Leadership

How do you behave as a leader? Do you know what your preferred management style is and how it contributes to your success? I’m pleased to announce that it’s time for the 2nd Nonprofit Sector Leadership survey! This year The Concord Leadership Group is partnering Bloomerang, Boardable, and DonorSearch to engage Adrian Sargeant and the […].

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How to Shorten Your To-Do List

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Every communications director has a to-do list a mile long, and it gets longer every day. What’s the secret to keeping that list in check? It’s all about creating a workflow for ideas BEFORE they make it onto your editorial calendar or to-do list. Here are three tips to get you started: Idea Parking Lot and a Process to Clear It. Just because a great idea has been voiced doesn’t mean that it has to be assigned to you or anyone else immediately.

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More…About Me

The Agitator

In my experience, very few fundraisers understand the essential importance of donor identity. Unless you understand ‘why’ a donor gives you’re more likely than not to miss the mark. That’s why Tom’s In Make It About Me and the terrific post he cites by Katrina VanHuss ( Why I Care About Your Cause, But Don’t Donate ) are so important. Those who’ve read the piece will recall that Katrina describes her personal experience caring for her father, who suffered and died from Parkinson’s di

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NeuroFundraising

The NonProfit Times

Donors are human. They have likes and dislikes. They are creatures of habit and thus have behaviors, that when known, can be worked with to entice giving. This six-part series on neurofundraising is state of the moment behavioral marketing information that fundraisers can immediately put to use. The post NeuroFundraising appeared first on The NonProfit Times.

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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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How to Make the Most of the Resources Available to Your Nonprofit

NonProfit Hub

Sponsored by Jitasa. If you’ve ever held an executive position at a nonprofit, you have probably heard cliche mantras such as “work smart, not hard” or “do more with less.” While these snippets of advice surely have some merit, they don’t assist you in discovering how to work smart or how to do more. That’s where we come in. One of the most difficult components of starting and maintaining a nonprofit is learning how to take advantage of the resources at your disposal.

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Creative Strategies to Get the Media to Cover Your Next Event

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Do you expect the media to attend your fundraisers or other events? And once you get them there, do you know how to control the story they tell? Find out what the media really needs before, during, and after your event with journalist and nonprofit consultant, Antionette Kerr, during her next webinar: Creative Strategies to Get the Media to Cover Your Next Event. 60-Minute Webinar with Antionette Kerr.

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Make It About Me

The Agitator

Earlier posts this week have touched on the issue of donor motivation. Why do some people give and others not … or significantly less? Is there a time when donors are especially ‘primed’ to give? Why and when is that and should your communications tactics change a bit? Perhaps the most vexing question for fundraisers is: Why do some people, who by all reckoning (in terms of known interest, capacity, awareness) should give, still not give?

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NeuroFundraising

The NonProfit Times

Donors are human. They have likes and dislikes. They are creatures of habit and thus have behaviors, that when known, can be worked with to entice giving. This six-part series on neurofundraising is state of the moment behavioral marketing information that fundraisers can immediately put to use. The post NeuroFundraising appeared first on The NonProfit Times.

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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 astounding ways engagement fundraising can help you right now

iMarketSmart

Here are a dozen ways engagement fundraising helps nonprofits all around the world. 1. Focus on your oldest supporters and Legacy Society members who have no children and capacity (this is the essential component of the strategy for generating revenue quickly). 2. Engage all of your high-value supporters cost-effectively using a carefully balanced mix of digital technology and traditional channels. 3.

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Mixed Links for Nonprofit Communicators

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

The Louis. Birmingham, AL. I hope you had a week that didn’t suck! (What? Some weeks, that’s all we can hope for.) Let’s cap it off, sucky or not, with some Mixed Links… If you are interested in participating in M+R’s 2018 Benchmark Survey, see this post. In other benchmarking news (is that a thing?), Charity Dynamics has released their 2017 Boundless Fundraising Benchmark Report.

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The Joyful, Fighting Spirit Of Tom Mathews

The Agitator

Too often we focus on the technical tactics of fundraising, spending far too little time on the intangible, but all-important, heart and soul that form the foundation of all causes and movements. In a world too invested in maintaining silence, the hero’s words of truth ring out like a pistol shot. Last week our world lost a hero. Tom Belford and I lost a long-time partner, mentor, fellow hell-raiser and a true heart and soul of many of today’s progressive movements.

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NeuroFundraising

The NonProfit Times

Donors are human. They have likes and dislikes. They are creatures of habit and thus have behaviors, that when known, can be worked with to entice giving. This six-part series on neurofundraising is state of the moment behavioral marketing information that fundraisers can immediately put to use. The post NeuroFundraising appeared first on The NonProfit Times.

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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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Is shaming an effective fundraising strategy?

iMarketSmart

I was intrigued. . A few weeks ago one of my employees (Nicole) forwarded the following email to me from her beloved alma mater. It was from the president of the school. Impressive! The subject line made clear that he was going to let her know how she can help the University of _. “That’s interesting,” I thought to myself. I wondered if she felt that the University had helped her so much that she would want to return the favor.

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3 Social Media Tools to Spice Up Your Online Presence

NonProfit Hub

Social media is a whole different animal than it used to be. It seems as if now, if you don’t have an active social media presence , you’re often forgotten about. Nonprofits already have a hard enough time gaining traction; we don’t need to be forgotten about! Here are three of our favorite social media tools to not only help make your job easier, but to spice up your feed as well.

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Has Generosity Peaked?

The Agitator

Call me Chicken Little, but I’m afraid. And maybe you should be too. For over 15 years the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy (Indiana University) has tracked the giving of nearly 10,000 families and individuals in the US. Their newly released data is here — Generosity for Life. The bad news is that American generosity seems to have peaked … in fact, it did so in 2005, when average giving was $1,024.

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More…About Me

The Agitator

In my experience, very few fundraisers understand the essential importance of donor identity. Unless you understand “why” a donor gives you’re more likely than not to miss the mark. That’s why Tom’s In Make It About Me and the terrific post he cites by Katrina VanHuss ( Why I Care About Your Cause, But Don’t Donate ) are so important. Those who’ve read the piece will recall that Katrina describes her personal experience caring for her father, who suffered and died from Parkinson’s disease.

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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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3 questions every major donor asks themselves after they give

iMarketSmart

“What did they do with my money?”. “Would my money yield more impact if I gave it to another organization?”. “Do they make me feel good or bad?”. Related Posts: >>5 thoughts that might lead your supporters to feel donor remorse. >>Is Your Donor “Endangered”? LIKE THIS BLOG POST? LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS BELOW AND/OR SHARE IT WITH YOUR PEERS! The post 3 questions every major donor asks themselves after they give appeared first on MarketSmart, LLC |.

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Creating Your Fundraising Caseload – Part 1 (Episode 16)

iMarketSmart

On today’s episode we discuss creating a strong fundraising caseload. As you’ll hear, we dive pretty deep into this topic, so this discussion is split into 2 episodes. Stay tuned next week for the conclusion to this discussion. The post Creating Your Fundraising Caseload – Part 1 (Episode 16) appeared first on MarketSmart, LLC |.