Sat.Mar 05, 2022 - Fri.Mar 11, 2022

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How to Execute Your Peer-to-Peer Email Communications Plan

NonProfit PRO

So, you’ve created a strategy for your peer-to-peer email communications. You’ve segmented your audience, built compelling content and prepared to design emails that will grab your readers’ attention. Now there’s one thing left to do: Start executing on your plan (and find ways to improve it).

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Workflow Maps for All the Communications Work You Do

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

We’ve been telling nonprofit communicators for a long time to visually map out their workflows. A visual map of the steps and processes of your work can really help others understand what it is you do and what it is you need them to do. It can also communicate norms for numbers of drafts, review times, deadlines, and other potential bottlenecks that could be making you silently scream every day slowing you down at work.

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Steer Clear of Generic Communication

Ann Green

Are you still sending all your donors the same appeal and thank you letters? In these letters, you never thank a donor for their past support or acknowledge they’re a monthly donor. If that’s not bad enough, many of these letters use vague and impersonal language and even worse, jargon. Since the pandemic started, some nonprofits have done better and have created more nuanced, personal communication.

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Newsletter: Businesses Step-Up to Support Ukraine ; Why Your Partnership Program Needs a Newsletter ; Grocer Launches Cause Product to Fight Hunger in America

Selfish Giving

I always assume that people aren't listening to me - it protects my fragile ego.?? But I know of at least one person who is: Katie Price , Senior Director of Philanthropy at Second Helpings in Indiana. Last month - on Valentine's Day no less ?? - Katie wrote to me: "After reading your email for several years, we were finally able to put together our own corporate e-newsletter.

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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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A Look at Generational Giving Donor Trends and Influences

NonProfit PRO

You can read about generational giving but can understand it only if you lived it. When you have had a lengthy career in the fundraising field, you see generational giving at work. .

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Mixed Links for Nonprofit Communicators – March 11, 2022

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Let’s wrap up the rest of this Friday afternoon with a little jaunt into the most helpful articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of nonprofit marketing and fundraising. This week we have crypto-fundraising tips, how to hire staff, a Giving Tuesday success story, data hygiene best practices, what people on Twitter really think of you, and more.

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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis

Candid

Since February 24, more than two million people have fled Ukraine. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) head Filippo Grandi described this humanitarian disaster as “the fastest-moving refugee crisis we have seen in Europe since the end of the Second World War”. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates that some 18 million people will ultimately become affected, including 6.7 million that will be internally displaced and 12 million who will need humanitaria

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Do Your Donor a Favor and Ask for a Gift

NonProfit PRO

A CEO listed 60 to 100 people she knew who either had given some financial support already or could give if asked. The very funds this good CEO needs are right in front of her. But she cannot, no matter how hard she tries, reach out and access them because she actually thinks that it will offend the donor.

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Big Ideas, Small Budgets: Finding Abundance in a NonProfit Marketing Budget

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

After my college internship at a national performing arts nonprofit was complete, I landed my first salaried job at a large financial services holding company that housed more than 80 different brands. We had a marketing team nearing 30 people, our own in-house print shop, photo studio, plentiful project budgets, and regular tech upgrades. Not to mention the weekly happy hours and fully stocked snack bar just for our department.

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Top 8 SEO Optimization Tips to Help Grow Your Online Business Today

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Top 8 SEO Optimization Tips to Help Grow Your Online Business Today. Want to improve your rankings? Check out these 8 SEO tips to start getting more organic traffic. Today! Search engine optimization is the hardest aspect of digital marketing. When looking at organic ranking in Google, you need some understanding of how Google perceives your website and the aspects on and off your site that drive ranking influence within the engines’ highly secretive algorithm.

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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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What can we do together?

Candid

Q&A with a Toledo-based library on building community capacity. Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (TLCPL) has been part of Candid’s Funding Information Network since 1980, providing local nonprofits and the public with access to Candid’s resources, including Foundation Directory, for free. We spoke with Zach Huber, Toledo-Lucas’s specialist librarian, to showcase what their library has been able to achieve by being a part of the Funding Information Network.

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Got Hacked? Your Donors Know It

NonProfit PRO

You know that digital media literacy and cybersecurity are vital. Nevertheless, hackers now use a new strategy specific to security, and it should give you pause. If you haven't made data protection your No. 1 priority, you’re placing your nonprofit at significant risk to be hacked.

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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Haley Bice

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Haley Bice, Channel One Regional Food Bank. 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. Haley’s Bio: Haley received her MA in Business Design and Arts Leadership from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2018. She also has a BA in Art History with a Fine Art minor from St.

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“Everyone” Is Not Your Audience

Mission Minded

Don't waste your time trying to target everyone. When you have a limited budget and resources, focus on key audiences to yield the most engagement and support. The post “Everyone” Is Not Your Audience appeared first on Mission Minded.

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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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Volunteer Retention: What Makes them Stay?

The Volunteer Hub

With the value of a volunteer hour approaching $29 in 2022, now is the time to focus on retention and better utilize your existing volunteer contacts. It’s no secret that a dedicated group of volunteers is an important cornerstone of many nonprofit organization. In fact, according to a recent report, approximately 63 million Americans volunteer (25% of the adult population), contributing to billions of volunteer hours.

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How Can You Better Understand Your Donors?

NonProfit PRO

When I heard about a wonderful new study from Neon One, called “Donors: Understanding the Future of Individual Giving,” I was so excited. It pulls together a bunch of other studies into one easy-to-read document, with lots of graphs, charts and insights from fundraisers and thought leaders in the industry.

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The Smart Nonprofit Book Launches 3/9

Beth Kanter

I’ve got some very exciting news, my new book, The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in an Automated World , co-authored with Allison Fine, launches on Wednesday, March 9th. The Smart Nonprofit is a jargon-free roadmap for nonprofit staff, boards, volunteers, and funders on the ways “smart technologies” like artificial intelligence are changing social change work.

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How the Most Successful Fundraisers Use Stories to Inspire and Motivate Donors to Give

iMarketSmart

This is the fifth and final post that summarizes a series that tackles why storytelling doesn’t work on its own to generate big donations. To understand what that means, you’ll want to start from the beginning. In this post, we’ll start by briefly recalling what storytellers get wrong. Most people involved in fundraising think transactionally instead of relationally.

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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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Ask Rita: When Do I Initiate the ADA Interactive Process with a (Possibly) Disabled Employee?

Blue Avocado

Dear Rita, I am the HR manager for a nonprofit agency that has 21 employees. One of our employees has been a great performer in the four years they’ve been with us. Their job involves primarily clerical duties. Recently, we’ve noticed this employee has been having problems keeping up with the workflow generating and delivering […]. The post Ask Rita: When Do I Initiate the ADA Interactive Process with a (Possibly) Disabled Employee?

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How Having a Strategic Plan Will Help You Raise Significantly More Money

NonProfit PRO

If you’re like most nonprofit leaders, figuring out how to keep your organization financially stable is perhaps your biggest pain point, but having and effectively executing a strategic plan can help you raise significantly more money and ease that pain. .

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The Smart Nonprofit Book Launches Today! 

Beth Kanter

Several years ago, Allison Fine and I started talking about our next book together and started writing and thinking about the implications of an emerging technology that we describe as “Smart Tech,” and what nonprofit leaders need to know to be prepared. Today is the day that a lot of writing, thinking, and speaking about this topic comes full circle.

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[FREE WEBINAR] An Introduction to the Google Ad Grant for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Time: 1pm EDT / 10am PDT. Cost: Free. Presented by: Stephen Urich , CEO of Grant Republic. Looking for a great way to promote your cause? Google Ad Grants can help your nonprofit maximize its fundraising and get out its message. This generous program provides up to $10,000 per month in free Google Ads for eligible nonprofits.

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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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You don’t need to be in crisis!

Fundraising Coach

Last week, I heard board members make a classic blunder. They were worried that they couldn’t fundraise any more. Why? Because they weren’t in a crisis. They had good reserves and the finances were very well managed. So they couldn’t see why anyone would donate to the cause. Do you know what they started talking about? Adding a new offering or program!

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How We Closed Our Capital Campaign More Than 200% Ahead of Goal

NonProfit PRO

As I reflect on the successes of our campaign — my first as Healing Transitions’ executive director and the organization’s third in its history — I’d like to share several lessons I learned that may help you as you consider leading your organization into a major fundraising campaign.

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Your Guide to Hiring Staff for Your Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

Your nonprofit is growing, reaching more people and changing more lives, and it’s time to think about hiring staff for your nonprofit. It can be a paralyzing thought, taking on the responsibility of paid employees. Initially, there is the stress of expanding your budget to pay them. But then there’s more. You have to: Find people with the right skills and a commitment to your organization’s mission.

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Kiss Scarcity Goodbye

Bloomerang

The post Kiss Scarcity Goodbye appeared first on Bloomerang.

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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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What Is A 501(c)(4)?

Foundation Group

The post What Is A 501(c)(4)? appeared first on Foundation Group®.

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What’s Your Fundraising Superpower?

NonProfit PRO

With spring right around the corner, it's a great time to dust off your fundraising superpower. You have one. Stop thinking you don't. There's no kryptonite here.

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5 Direct Mail Fundraising Roles You Need to Run a Successful Campaign

NextAfter

Whether you’re using an agency to send your direct mail fundraising appeals, or you’re sending them on your own – there are 5 essential roles that you need to have covered. If any of these direct mail fundraising roles aren’t covered, you run the risk of your campaign getting derailed. Karen and I at Mile19 Marketing have many years of experience working at direct mail fundraising agencies and managing projects for lots of nonprofits.

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How to Raise More Money: The Nonprofit MBA Podcast

Caring Truth-Teller

Podcasts are everywhere! I just got to talk about my favorite topic on the Nonprofit MBA Podcast. Stephen Halasnik, from Financing Solutions, invited me to chat about how to use storytelling to raise more money. In our discussion, I shared four important steps of nonprofit storytelling. Start with Data Collection. Share Authentic Stories. Establish Relationships with Storytelling.

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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!