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3 Common Problems in Nonprofit Event Planning

NonProfit PRO

With in-person events forced to move to virtual, the nonprofit industry has seen a complete change in operations over the last two years. Now, hybrid events are thriving as a way to provide the best of both worlds. During this transition, nonprofits are turning to new event software and tools to create the best experience for their audiences.

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Social Media and Newsletter Ideas for March 2022

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Use the following writing ideas from our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts email newsletter for your newsletter articles, social media updates, blog posts and more. Sign up now to get prompts emailed to you in advance monthly. As usual, please double-check events to see if they are still happening. On the Calendar. 3/2: Dr. Suess’s Birthday. Have a favorite Suess story that’s really a bigger life lesson related to your cause?

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3 Strategies to Find New Nonprofit Supporters Online

Ann Green

Are you ready to build your nonprofit’s online audience in the new year? Consider these three innovative strategies to connect with new supporters in 2022. By Cassie Losquadro, Solutions Executive at GoodUnited. There are many strategies for discovering new donors for your nonprofit. Perhaps you rely on word of mouth and encourage existing supporters to share their stories and bring their peers into the fold.

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Newsletter: Partnership Goddesses Answer Your Most Burning Questions???; Super Bowl LVI Ad Confirms QR Codes are Here to Stay ; MDA Shamrocks Celebrate 40th Anniversary ??

Selfish Giving

Two things this week. ?? Tomorrow morning is the big day for the only international conference dedicated to corporate-charity partnerships. It's called Corporate Partnerships Everywhere and they have a great lineup of speakers planned for tomorrow. Learn from the World's Best for Just $69 ?? The Cause Docs are back! Join us on Wednesday, March 2nd at Noon EST.

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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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3 Economic Elements of a Major Gift Caseload

NonProfit PRO

A major gift caseload is not just a bunch of donors who meet a certain giving or capacity criteria. Current giving and capacity play into the selection of a caseload pool. From this pool, you should qualify the donors who want to connect. Your caseload will have donors of different economic quality, which is why you should tier your caseload so you know where to spend your time.

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Growing Your Comms Team: How Much More Work Can You Do?

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

You know you need more help with your nonprofit’s communications. Your management team is listening and thinking about whether to add another person to your communications team. But they want to know what this person would do, and in turn, what else the comms team could do. So now it’s back in your court to formulate your promise for what you can deliver as your team grows.

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Ethical Storytelling for Nonprofits

Blue Avocado

When we embark upon what’s known in the nonprofit world as “donation season,” chances are that your organization thinks about putting together a fundraising video or other media that demonstrates the impact of your work. When I became the in-house Media & Communications Manager at my last nonprofit, I produced those fundraising videos, program photos, […].

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Lifetime Value Starts With the Second Gift

NonProfit PRO

The motivation that gets someone to take the first step to support an organization (donating or volunteering) is quite different from their motivation to continue to be engaged. We do not need any further proof of this than the lousy retention rates that nonprofit organizations suffer year after year.

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Mixed Links for Nonprofit Communicators – February 25, 2022

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Outback Steakhouse. Prattville, AL. Who needs a drink? Well it’s still early here so we will just dive into the most helpful articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of nonprofit marketing and fundraising. This week we have how to create inclusive content, social media benchmarks, TikTok insights, spring fundraising ideas and more.

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Set Up a Nonprofit Chart of Accounts (Free Template)

The Charity CFO

If you’re brand new to nonprofit accounting, the Chart of Accounts might be the best place to start. Because even if you only have one bank account, bill, investment, or expense, you’ll need one. What is a Chart of Accounts? It’s a list of the accounts you use in your organization to track your financial transactions. Specifically, it tracks your assets, liabilities, income, expense, and equity. .

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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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Demystifying LinkedIn for Social Impact Leaders

Bloomerang

LinkedIn is like a 24/7/365 networking event and many of the people who can make your social impact dreams come true are there. They might even be connected to you already. You know, the folks who can provide a transformational grant, refer your next client for services, interview you for their wide-reaching podcast, or get you up on a panel with your heroes.

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3 Ways to Drive a Culture of Philanthropy Instead of a Culture of Charity

NonProfit PRO

There is a lot of talk in our industry about developing a culture of philanthropy. It’s the hot buzzword these days at strategic planning sessions and board retreats. But what does developing a culture of philanthropy really mean in the day-to-day life of a nonprofit professional?

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What Everyone Gets Wrong About Storytelling in Fundraising

iMarketSmart

First, the surge in storytelling. Five or ten years ago, it seemed like everyone in fundraising suddenly started talking about storytelling. Books were written, conferences were launched, and webinars were delivered. Tons of vendors serving nonprofits began to write blog posts instructing fundraisers to learn how to tell better stories. This included fundraising consultants, software providers, and so on (never mind whether they knew what they were talking about).

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[PRODUCT DEMO] Eventgroove Fundraising Software

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Date: Thursday, April 21, 2022. Time: 1pm EDT / 10am PDT. Cost: Free. Presented by: Eventgroove. In this 30-minute product tour of Eventgroove, learn how your nonprofit can easily host online, in-person, and hybrid fundraisers, sell tickets for raffles and auctions, and accept donations online through your website. Built to help your nonprofit fundraise and run events, Eventgroove is an all-in-one integrated platform that embraces and a customer-first approach and provides superb support from

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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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How to Increase Nonprofit Revenue with a Marketing Plan

Bloomerang

Want to plan marketing activities that support your organization’s mission and programs? In this webinar, we share the process we use with our clients to create an effective and efficient marketing strategy. The post How to Increase Nonprofit Revenue with a Marketing Plan appeared first on Bloomerang.

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Facebook to Partner with GoodUnited for Challenges

NonProfit PRO

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, announced today that it will enter a co-development deal — centered around Challenges on Facebook — with GoodUnited, a social giving solution with a focus on Facebook fundraising.

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9 questions to help you align your mission, fundraising and marketing to attract donors more effectively

Get Fully Funded

The marketing channel with the highest return on investment is email. It’s been shown that across all industries for every $1 spent, email brings a return of $40. Yes, it is also the most effective channel for fundraising (including a higher ROI than events). This means that that most effective fundraising starts by growing your subscriber base and using email to turn those subscribers into donors.

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Stories You Tell Make or Break Your Fundraising Goals

Caring Truth-Teller

Stories you tell at benefit auctions, in your e-newsletter, and in all your nonprofit communications can make or break your fundraising goals. That’s what Erin Shipps, Director of Marketing and Communications for the National Auctioneers Association , wrote for a recent piece in their national magazine: Auctioneer. In her article titled “ Powerful storytelling for fundraising, ” Erin shared her report on the presentation I delivered at the 2021 International Auctioneers Confere

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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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Emergent Asking – Get What You Need Now

Bloomerang

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It’s Q1: Time to Start Year-End Planning

NonProfit PRO

Every year, nonprofit marketers focus on the sprint that is year-end giving from Giving Tuesday through the end of the year. And every year, we say this feels like it’s all happening sooner — and it actually is!

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4 Reasons Why Fundraisers Think Storytelling Matters

iMarketSmart

In case you missed my last post…. I wrote about my unease with the storytelling surge in our sector. It made me uncomfortable because I was taught that listening and investigation were the keys to success in motivating and inspiring exchanges of money. I promised to explain why everyone in fundraising was talking about storytelling instead of listening and investigating.

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How to Identify the Right Project Management Strategy For Your Business

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

How to Identify the Right Project Management Strategy For Your Business. Having a project strategy puts you in a better position than not having one. Here’s how to Identify the Right Project Management Strategy For Your Business. To achieve corporate goals , project managers rely on tried-and-true project management approaches, each with its own set of rules and standards.

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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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How Often Should You Be Asking Your Donors for Money?

Joe Garecht

One of the most common questions I get asked by non-profit fundraisers is this: how often should you be asking your donors for money? In this article, I’m going to give you some simple guidelines to help you answer that question. The reason I’m going to give you guidelines, instead of just giving you an answer, is because there is no hard and fast rule.

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Are You Marketing Your Brand or Your Mission?

NonProfit PRO

When you think of your brand, it can feel like a nebulous concept sometimes, right? You show up at your organization every day to fulfill a mission, to fill a need and to create opportunity for yourself and others around you. But is that your mission (your “why”) or is that your brand? And where does marketing come into the mix?

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Elevate

Bloomerang

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Top 10 Reasons to Enroll in the Donor Story: Epic Fundraising Ecourse with Dr. Russell James

iMarketSmart

You’ve seen enough. You’re ready to go. You’ve read about it, heard about it, talked about it, and thought about it, and you want to take the Donor Story: Epic Fundraising eCourse with Dr. Russell James. The only problem? Your boss won’t pony up the cash. Even though you are convinced that this course will help you raise hundreds of thousands if not millions more over your career as you implement and master the concepts, tools, and strategies it teaches, how do you get your boss to have the same

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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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Data Privacy Strategies for Modern Nonprofits

The Charity CFO

You think your information is encrypted… but is it? For over 20 years, nonprofits struggled to take data privacy seriously. And we’re now having to play catch-up on making sure valuable information is secure. This week on A Modern Nonprofit Podcast we discuss today’s biggest cybersecurity threat and how nonprofits can use technology without putting themselves at risk.

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How to Quit Your Job

NonProfit PRO

If you work in the fundraising profession, over time, you will find this job gratifying and energizing. You will also find your job tiring, demanding and frustrating. During my career in the fundraising profession, I experienced a sustained high and periods of lows when I thought seriously about quitting my job.

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ALDA

Bloomerang

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10 Ways to Convince Boss to Pay for Epic Fundraising eCourse

iMarketSmart

You’ve seen enough. You’re ready to go. You’ve read about it, heard about it, talked about it, and thought about it, and you want to take the Donor Story: Epic Fundraising eCourse with Dr. Russell James. The only problem? Your boss won’t pony up the cash. Even though you are convinced that this course will help you raise hundreds of thousands if not millions more over your career as you implement and master the concepts, tools, and strategies it teaches, how do you get your boss to have the same

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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!