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Forget the Scares. Let’s Talk About Your Hopes This Halloween

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Every other year or so around Halloween I revisit a blog post about what scares you to help us all face what’s holding us back. (Here are the 2016 and 2018 posts.). But 2020 just seems like some never-ending horror movie, and there is no sign things will get better especially in the US with COVID-19 cases surging and the most contentious election in our lifetimes.

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Newsletter: Best Halloween Costumes for Cause Marketers; To Breakdown Silos Create a Content Council ; Did Burger King Cross the Line with ‘Scary Places’ Promotion

Selfish Giving

Well, it's October 28th and we can either talk about Halloween on Saturday or the election on Tuesday. I think you know how I feel about the latter, so let's go with the former. Every October I get the same question. (Ok, not really, but let's pretend because it's like day 845 of 2020 and I'm ready to lose my s**t): "Joe, I love cause marketing sooooo much.

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Rehumanizing Fundraising with Artificial Intelligence

Allison Fine

Conventional wisdom about nonprofit fundraising considers these two statements equally true: 1) Acquiring new donors loses money, and 2) Future gifts from new donors make up for the money lost on acquisition. (click title to read more).

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Raise More Money With a Multichannel Fundraising Campaign

Ann Green

Year-end fundraising season is starting to gear up. This is a year-end like no other. The pandemic, economic downturn, heightened awareness of systemic racism, climate disasters, and political turmoil have turned our world upside down. Yet, the need for your services is growing among all this. . If you’ve always relied on year-end for the bulk of your revenue, but are thinking about sitting this one out, please don’t do that.

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

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, 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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Social Media and Newsletter Ideas for November 2020

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Have some gaps to fill in your editorial calendar for next month? The suggestions below should help! (If you aren’t using an editorial calendar we HIGHLY recommend you do! You can learn Everything You Need to Know about Editorial Calendars for 2021 in our next two-part webinar series. ). These ideas come from our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts email newsletter*.

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4 Simple Steps to Take Now to Prepare for Your 2021 Golf Fundraiser

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Katie Casillas , director of marketing at GolfStatus.org , an event management platform specifically for golf fundraisers. Planning amid uncertainty presents substantial challenges—especially for event fundraisers who must book venues, sign contracts, and send invites, all the while being ready to adapt with just-in-case protocols. Such is the current reality for many fundraisers heading into 2021 with mixed predictions for whether in-person gatherings will be possible and in what capacity.

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How to Make a Big Impact on Social Media as a Small Nonprofit

Network for Good

How to Make a Big Impact on Social Media as a Small Nonprofit. In March of 2020, Facebook revealed that it has 2.6 billion monthly active users. YouTube has 2 million, and Instagram has 1.8 billion. Social media platforms are a great place to connect with people who are passionate about the cause your nonprofit is working for. If you post interesting and interactive content and engage regularly on the platform, you can attract donors and supporters who will help your organization spread the word

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How to Stage a Successful Virtual News Conference

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

The nonprofit One Warm Coat used a virtual news conference to kick off its annual winter coat drive campaign. Nonprofit communicators are preparing for a year-end giving season unlike any other. But while Covid-19 will make it downright impossible to host in-person fundraising events and quite difficult to bring members of the media onsite for site visits and interviews, it also creates some new opportunities.

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Personal Branding Strategy: 5 Pillars to Develop a Brand of Authority and Influence

Pam Moore

SocialZoomFactor · Personal Branding: 5 Pillars to Build a Brand of Authority and Influence. Do you need a personal brand in business today? The answer is yes! People buy from people, not logos. Personal branding is a requirement for any business leader in any niche. Building a personal brand of authority, trust and influence is the dream of many CEOs, CMOs, VPs, Directors, founders, marketers, entrepreneurs and business owners in business today.

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Fresh stats with good news about fundraising in 2020

Care2

Care2 has been collecting and sharing benchmarking data about fundraising during the COVID-19 pandemic. Early predictions suggested that the charitable sector would see fundraising results similar to the last economic recession. Organizations were urged to focus on individual direct marketing, especially digital, as in-person events and face-to-face programs were expected to decline.

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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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If you want to hear how the best major gift officers succeed (and fail) in fundraising… look no further

iMarketSmart

A different frame of reference. Every once in a while someone comes along to change things. They say a few words differently or help you see things from a divergent perspective. That’s what Kevin Fitzpatrick did with his ‘One Visit Away’ podcast. Link to the Apple podcast. Link to the Spotify Version. Link to Listen Notes. Link to Stitcher.

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Mixed Links for Nonprofit Communicators – October 30, 2020

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Boo to you! Ready for some frightfully helpful articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of nonprofit marketing and fundraising? This week we have free fonts, social media stats and tips, podcast ideas, scary stories, and more. It’s time for Mixed Links… New Research Reveals American Generosity. EveryAction has Y our Guide to a Successful #GivingTuesday and Year-End 2020: Strategies and Tools for Fall Fundraising in Uncertain Times.

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How to Make a Big Impact on Social Media as a Small Nonprofit

Network for Good

In March of 2020, Facebook revealed that it has 2.6 billion monthly active users. YouTube has 2 million, and Instagram has 1.8 billion. Social media platforms are a great place to connect with people who are passionate about the cause your nonprofit is working for. If you post interesting and interactive content and engage regularly on the platform, you can attract donors and supporters who will help your organization spread the word about the work you’re doing.

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A Low-Stress Fundraiser: Host a Virtual Walk-a-Thon!

Sweet! by BlueSky

Walk-a-thons are successful fundraisers that satisfy the unique needs of both donors and fundraisers. A walk-a-thon fundraiser, both virtual or in-person, are low-stress options. As donors and fundraisers, there are three simple truths we both can rely on: If you are a donor, you have already decided to give. If you are a fundraiser, you have already decided to act.

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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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Top 10 Capital Campaign Mistakes Revealed

iMarketSmart

Can you add to this list? 1. Failure to conduct a feasibility study. 2. Failure to pay attention to the results of the feasibility study. 3. Failure to build an appropriate campaign leadership team. 4. Failure to obtain deep and broad stakeholder buy-in. 5. Failure to invest the necessary budget for staff and resources needed to achieve the campaign goal. 6.

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Editorial Calendars: Do You Have Calendar Brain or Spreadsheet Brain?

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

It’s one of those top perennial questions for nonprofit communications directors: What does your editorial calendar look like? What software is it in? There is no single right answer, although there are certainly editorial calendar trends and preferences in our sector. Before you make the right choice for yourself and your organization, you have to answer this question: Do you have spreadsheet brain or calendar brain?

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How to Make a Big Impact on Social Media as a Small Nonprofit

Network for Good

In March of 2020, Facebook revealed that it has 2.6 billion monthly active users. YouTube has 2 million, and Instagram has 1.8 billion. Social media platforms are a great place to connect with people who are passionate about the cause your nonprofit is working for. If you post interesting and interactive content and engage regularly on the platform, you can attract donors and supporters who will help your organization spread the word about the work you’re doing.

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Today’s Talk with Amy Einstein

NonProfit Hub

In this week’s talk, Randy sits down with Amy Eisenstein, an expert fundraising consultant. As a development professional, Amy is passionate about empowering nonprofits. Today, Amy and Randy discuss fundraising during a pandemic. Things have been hard. We’ve all had to adapt our lives to the new standard of this year, and fundraising is no different.

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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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Who is deciding?

Philanthropy 2173

Alt Headline: Thoughts on Non-public digital infrastructure for civil society. (I've been hosting this conversation on Reclaiming Digital Infrastructure for the Public Interest - the following post explores an example of what happens when we don't do so) I've been thinking for awhile about how nonprofits and giving are becoming "locked in" on commercial platforms.

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Care2 is committed to defending democracy

Care2

We passionately believe that for equitable change to take place, we need to be operating within a democracy — and the bedrock of a democracy is a free and fair election.

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4 Unique Ways to Create a Successful Fundraising Campaign

NonProfit Hub

In 2020, the fundraising landscape has been both unconventional and challenging for many nonprofit professionals. As we move forward from crisis-focused activities, there are opportunities to hone your strategy and plan for the future. If you’re revisiting your fundraising approach, you may want to draw on some more creative tactics to reach the top of your fundraising game.