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6 Takeaways from GivePanel’s Facebook Fundraising Benchmarks Report

NonProfit PRO

We’re going to review the Facebook Fundraising Benchmarks Report 2020 by GivePanel. Let’s clarify what “Facebook fundraising” refers to. It’s probably exactly what you think it is: when someone on Facebook starts a fundraiser to support your nonprofit. But there’s some fine print here.

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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Emily Wills

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Emily Wills. Here is the latest submission for our Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator series. This series lets you describe your workday in your own words. Emily’s Bio: Emily is the Fund Development Coordinator for Wisconsin Youth Company, a nonprofit that works to engage children in opportunities to be their best selves and help them thrive beyond the school day.

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Newsletter: New Cause Campaign Calls Out Unfulfilled Promise of July 4th ; Best Content for Each Stage of the Funnel ; 3 Partner Questions You Need to Answer Within 10 Minutes ?

Selfish Giving

The Fourth of July is over, but I'm still thinking about it because it really didn't happen here in Boston. The whole weekend was a disaster. We got five inches of rain and we set a new record low temperature for July 3rd. Don't get me wrong, the gahhden ?????? the rain , but did it have to fall on a holiday weekend??? Of course, events were cancelled due to weather.

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4 Strategies to Increase Donor Loyalty

Bloomerang

Did you know as many as 81% percent of new donors don’t return to give again? And only 43% of all donors remain loyal? Do you know what your retention rates are or how to increase donor loyalty? The sorry state of donor retention has been a topic of discussion for at least the past decade, since the Fundraising Effectiveness Project Report began collecting data.

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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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Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way

NonProfit PRO

Many individuals in the field that aspire for leadership positions are basically on their own when understanding how to effectively lead. There is no one-size-fits-all manual for leadership. Leadership is sprinkled throughout every organization, regardless of size or functionality. If you have not studied the concept of leadership, how do you know what it is like in a nonprofit setting?

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Mixed Links for Nonprofit Communicators – July 9, 2021

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

The Depot. Auburn, AL. It’s Friday which means it’s time for the most helpful articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of nonprofit marketing and fundraising. This week we have TikTok tips, how to transition to in-person events, Facebook video ad ideas, and more. It’s time for Mixed Links… Here is The Beginners Guide to Diversity Recruiting.

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Automation for Nonprofits: 3 Dangerous Pitfalls to Avoid

Candid

How often do you read about the wonders of automation for nonprofits? Chances are, you’ve seen a little bit about this everywhere. As technology continues advancing , we see more articles discussing how automation takes pressure off of staff members and how organizations need to increase their use of software to optimize their communications with supporters. .

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Start Your Ask with the Problem!

NonProfit PRO

“Last year more than one million quarter-inch drills were sold – not because people wanted quarter-inch drills, but because they wanted quarter-inch holes.” This often-quoted concept by Theodore Levitt sums up exactly what your focus should be as a major gift officer (MGO). Donors want to solve problems. They do not want to hear all the wonderful things about your organization or process.

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How Do You Define Your Comms Response Levels of Effort?

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

I’ve been in a lot of conversations lately where I’m encouraging nonprofit comms staff to create levels or tiers that represent a certain level of comms staff effort and/or a certain volume of communications activity, such as numbers of emails or social media posts. Many of you are familiar with this approach from a crisis communications and rapid response point of view.

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How To Attract New Potential Donors With 3 Questions And A 6-Step Process

Bloomerang

Consistently attracting new potential donors is vital for you to expand your mission and, more importantly, to have the funding needed to make it through unexpected times. Unfortunately, if you can’t have in-person events or if you don’t have a big marketing budget, finding new donors can be difficult. . This is why a fundamental shift in your approach to marketing, to fundraising, and even to your mission is needed.

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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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University of Oregon receives $500 million for Knight Campus

Candid

The University of Oregon has announced a second $500 million gift from Penny and Phil Knight in support of the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. The Knight Campus enrolls students who are?pursuing master's degrees specializing in areas of materials science, bioinformatics, and genomics, with an emphasis on hands-on training.

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The NonProfit Voice Ep 49: Finding and Maximizing a Website Platform

NonProfit PRO

In this episode of The NonProfit Voice Tech Series, Mark is joined by Maureen Wallbeoff, a nonprofit digital strategist and technology coach, to share her insight on how to find and maximize a content management system for a nonprofit website.

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Your All-Access Pass to Training and Support Is $200 Off [Ends Tonight]

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Our All-Access Pass is the best value for busy nonprofit communicators who want to learn their jobs, love their work, and lead their teams. Attend ALL of our webinars and workshops (+ much more) for 365 days for only $599. SALE ENDS TONIGHT! Your Pass is good for 365 days and during that time you get: Live training webinars and workshops every month.

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Personal Nonprofit Branding: What’s Your Nonprofit’s Superpower?

Bloomerang

Do enough people outside of your organization know what its main contribution is to this world? What your work is leading towards? Do they recognize your personal nonprofit branding and know what it is your organization stands to change? Taking a leaf from the inventions of the superhero genres is a well tried and fun way to understand what works and which areas we could improve on in our communications with the public.

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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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The 8 Types of Nonprofit Waste (and How to Fix Them)

NonProfit Hub

Nonprofits love to talk about impact. A less popular topic? Waste. Remember that time on Survivor when J’Tia threw all of the tribe’s rice into the fire? Waste is like that. It’s the single greatest enemy to nonprofit impact. Let’s face it: any precious time, energy, money, and other resources that don’t go toward positive world-change isn’t just a missed opportunity—it’s reinforcing false stereotypes that nonprofits are unequipped.

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Live Video Versus Pre-Recorded Videos for Your Nonprofit

NonProfit PRO

Not too long ago, a nonprofit pro asked in a social group what others would do to market and promote their organization with a limited budget. Interestingly, many of the answers involved investing in pre-recorded videos and photography with a professional photographer. While that might sound good in theory, is it indispensable to make that spend if a nonprofit has a small budget?

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Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Favors of Donor Privacy

Foundation Group

The post Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Favors of Donor Privacy appeared first on Foundation Group®.

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Are In-Person Events Making A Comeback? 5 Tips to Start Considering a Safe and Fun In-Person Fundraising Event Again

Bloomerang

As the world starts to open back up after the COVID-19 pandemic, now is an excellent time to re-imagine the various components of your organization and whether or not an in-person fundraising event makes sense. As stressful and unpredictable as the pandemic was, 2020 also pushed organizations to look at things in a new way and offered the opportunity to reconsider how business (or, in our case, fundraising) is done.

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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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On Vacation and Offline Until July 24!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Once a year Nonprofit Tech for Good goes offline for two weeks. Tech breaks are essential for healthy minds, hearts, and bodies! We’ll be back online July 24. Thank you for your support this past year and we hope you’ve scheduled some time off this summer too!

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Donor Retention and an Oprah Winfrey Moment

NonProfit PRO

Hold on to your seat — you are in for a big surprise. Come with me as we explore new insight into donor retention. And there’s a free prize inside, too. Right now, I am going to give your organization 100 brand new donors; and you get 100 new donors; and you get 100 new donors; and you get 100 new donors. This is my Oprah moment — don’t spoil it.

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How to Allocate Nonprofit Expenses

Foundation Group

The post How to Allocate Nonprofit Expenses appeared first on Foundation Group®.

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How To Fix Dismal Nonprofit Board Engagement With Financial Reports

Bloomerang

7% nonprofit board engagement is not enough! Do your nonprofit’s financial reports speak to the full board? Can everyone in management engage with them and understand key information? If your financial reports don’t go beyond numbers on a page, then they exclude almost all your leaders. . Fortunately, you can start turning that around with some good dashboards.

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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

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Nonprofit Taxes Made Easy: A Quick Guide for New Founders

Get Fully Funded

If you’re just getting started in the nonprofit world, you likely have a ton of questions surrounding effective practices and keeping your organization above board. One of the major aspects of running a new organization that many founders struggle with is getting on top of their taxes from the beginning. Unfortunately, there are a ton of myths out there surrounding nonprofit taxes, too—which can make the whole process even more convoluted.

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6 Easy Steps to Fuel Donations with Data

NonProfit PRO

Technology and data don’t have to be intimidating and you don’t need to be a tech-savvy guru to make them work for your nonprofit. This eGuide gives you six easy steps to harness your own data and fuel more donations.

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6 Best Practices for Virtual Conference Speakers

Concord Leadership

The success of a virtual event depends primarily on the content. In particular, it’s important to include speakers and topics that resonate with the audience and leave a lasting impression. Corporations and nonprofits should understand that enlisting great speakers for their virtual conference is non-negotiable to achieve event targets. Speakers help create the initial impact […].

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Reinvesting in Your Organization Post-COVID-19

BDO

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the future was still very uncertain. Many nonprofits found themselves applying for government assistance, such as Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, as they braced for continued negative financial impacts.

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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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Why your nonprofit’s donor survey could be causing more harm than good

iMarketSmart

Thinking about sending out a donor survey ? If so, be sure to use the survey responses properly so you ‘speak’ personally and relevantly to each individual respondent over time with ongoing cultivation. You’ve got to show ‘em that you know ’em! If you don’t do that, you could be causing harm. Our data has shown that supporters who take a survey but get no follow-up (or only continue to get the same old stuff one-size fits all junk) actually give less and sometimes even remove your or

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Corporate Sponsors Team Up with Country Star for Disaster Relief Efforts

NonProfit PRO

Country superstar Alan Jackson wanted to raise money for tornado disaster relief that devastated his hometown, so he teamed up with two corporate sponsors for his first in-person concert in more than a year. The sold-out benefit concert, Where I Come From: Tornado Benefit Featuring Alan Jackson, raised a total of $2 million dollars for local relief efforts.

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How To Achieve Sustainable Growth For Your Business

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

How To Achieve Sustainable Growth For Your Business. How does one achieve sustainable growth? We focus on strategy, utilize the power of Growth Hacking for high tempo testing, focus on reducing churn and on the people that matter most. I know you’ve read a bunch of great marketing articles and books. And that you’re experimenting, learning, growing, each and every day.

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A New Way to Think About Board Giving

Lets Talk Nonprofit

Have all of your board members made a financial gift to your organization this year? I believe in. 100% board giving for lots of reasons. One reason is that grant funders want to know. Foundations will often ask questions like this: "Did every board member personally contribute financially to your organization in the most recently completed financial year?".

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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!