Sat.Feb 29, 2020 - Fri.Mar 06, 2020

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Let Your Donors Know How Lucky You Are to Have Them

Ann Green

In a recent Grow Repor t , fundraising expert Pamela Grow wrote about a time she had just started a new development job and the donors hadn’t been thanked for over eight months (yikes!). When she expressed concern about this to an outside consultant, the consultant replied, “In my experience, donors are lucky to get a postcard.”. Really? What nonprofit organizations should be saying is, “We’re lucky to have our donors.

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Corporate Partnerships & The Law: Contracts ??

Selfish Giving

This is the third-part of a four-part series on the four key legal issues you - my readers! - requested guidance on in the Selfish Giving / Accelerist Partnership Law Survey you completed last spring. Advertising Disclosures [Released 10/02/19] Registration & Reporting Requirements [Released 12/4/19] Contracts UBIT [Coming Soon!] Today, our legal expert, Karen Wu of Perlman & Perlman , is answering your questions on contracts.

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How to Use Twitter Native Video for Business: 10 Content Ideas + 5 Best Practices

Pam Moore

It's every smart and social, savvy digital marketers dream to reach their audience in a human, relevant, memorable and meaningful way. Video marketing provides marketers the unique opportunity to connect with their audience in the most human and relevant way. With video marketing, you can almost look your audience in the face eyeball to eyeball. They can hear your voice, see your facial gestures, experience where you are and the power of what you have to share like never before.

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Quick Favor Please! Take the 2020 Global Trends in Giving Survey

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The 2020 Global Trends in Giving Survey is now live and available in seven languages! This year’s questions delve into how donors prefer to give to their favorite causes and will reveal the impact of social media, emerging trends (such as cryptocurrency, Amazon Alexa, gaming for good), and the role of crowdfunding, peer-to-peer fundraising, #GivingTuesday, and volunteerism in individual giving worldwide.

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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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8 Awesome Nonprofit CRM Options for Your Organization [UPDATED 2020]

Elevation

Your organization should be using a CRM, or Customer Relationship Manager, to simplify some of the administrative demands. With a large number of people in your network, you can’t get by without a way to keep track of all of them. Especially as a nonprofit, keeping an accurate and updated record of your donors, volunteers, fundraisers, event attendees, etc. is crucial.

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Don’t Redesign Your Website (Yet)

Mission Minded

You may look at your nonprofit’s website and worry that it looks woefully out of date. Maybe it doesn’t function. The post Don’t Redesign Your Website (Yet) appeared first on Mission Minded.

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3 Simple Fundraising Metrics for Nonprofits (and How to Calculate Them)

iMarketSmart

Google search “fundraising metrics” and you’ll find plenty of blog posts and articles. In fact, you’ll come across too many. It can be overwhelming to figure out what fundraising metrics your nonprofit should track and measure. No two websites seem to offer the same suggestions, making it difficult to know what’s really worthwhile.

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Nonprofit New York Trainings

TakeTwo Services

We are thrilled to be partnering with Nonprofit New York to provide our beloved NY-nonprofit community with a series of trainings on communications and fundraising from January to March 2020. Our topics are: Hunting and Gathering Content for Social Media – January 8, 2020. Crafting the Ideal Communications and Fundraising Work Plan for Your Next Gala – February 11, 2020.

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Myths About Political Giving and Charitable Giving

Lets Talk Nonprofit

If you're worried about the outcome of the presidential election, you're not alone. This, however, is not a political post. Rather, it's for all of the nonprofit staffers and leaders. Especially those who might be worried that the election could affect your 2020 fundraising. Let's separate the fact from fiction. MYTH #1: WHEN PEOPLE GIVE TO POLITICAL CAUSES/CANDIDATES, THEY'RE LESS LIKELY TO GIVE TO CHARITIES.

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Welcome to the Inspiration Age! Is Your Content Ready?

Pam Moore

Welcome to the inspiration age! Welcome to an era where connecting with your audience and communities in authentic and human ways is a requirement, not an option. Digital and social marketing are powerful mediums to help marketers attract, inspire and activate their audiences. Brands that activate their audiences powered by authentic human emotional connection will win in this new era.

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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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Nonprofit Fraud in a Small Town

Non Profit Accounting Academy

He was the executive director of the local United Way. He had also served as mayor in their small town of Milton, Florida for 20 years. By all appearances, he was an esteemed community leader and philanthropist. He was also perpetrating a nonprofit fraud by pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars in stolen donations meant to help area residents in need.

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Marketing Automation: Your Key to Boost Donor Development

NonProfit Hub

Nonprofit organizations are almost always looking to increase their fundraising revenue. Marketing is a major factor in securing ongoing donations, but funding pressures and staff limitations can make it a challenging task. Luckily, there’s this little thing called marketing automation that’s proving to be highly effective in helping nonprofit organizations secure donors and increase donor retention.

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5 Ways to Use Your Smartphone for Social Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Kaley Aposporos , Content Writer at GoFundMe Charity. As a nonprofit, there are certain ways you can encourage your donors to use their phones for good. With these methods, your nonprofit can advocate for general philanthropy and altruism. In a few different instances, you can even point donors toward helping the cause that your nonprofit champions.

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Newsletter: Get Your 15-Point Contract Checklist ? ; Growing Partnerships When Coronavirus is Spreading ; Does Your Nonprofit Use “Phygital” Marketing?

Selfish Giving

Legal eagle Karen Wu just finished the third installment of her four-part series on the four key legal issues you - my readers! - requested guidance on in the Selfish Giving / Accelerist Partnership Law Survey you completed last year. This time, Karen is answering your questions on contracts. The four questions Karen answered are: 1. We are entering into a cause marketing promotion in which our charity will receive a portion of the proceeds from the sale of each Sellco widget.

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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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Why “Blank for Good" is Bad (UPDATED)

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IMPORTANT UPDATE : Please read this response and thread and my apologies for first using logo without permission. I very much appreciate having this broader perspective brought forth from @CassieRobinson, Stefaan Verhulst and others. Original post Since we started the Digital Civil Society Lab I’ve been invited to countless conferences, workshops, and philanthropic or corporate launches of “some kind of tech” for “some kind of good.

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Silent Auctions: What to Remember Day-Of

NonProfit Hub

Silent auctions are a popular and effective fundraising event for nonprofits. However, that doesn’t mean that these events are easy to pull off! There are many moving parts to juggle in the quest to make sure you’re raising maximum funds and providing a great experience for attendees. After you’ve planned your auction event , there’s still the actual hosting part.