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Enough with the Pointless Nonprofit Storytelling

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

My favorite definition of a story comes from The Elements of Persuasion : “A story is a fact, wrapped in an emotion , that compels us to take an action that transforms our world.” Richard Maxwell and Robert Dickman All of the five words I have in bold are essential to nonprofit storytelling success. Your stories need to be true , or at a minimum, based in fact.

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A Few Common Donor Communication Problems and How You Can Fix Them

Ann Green

Some nonprofits do a good job of communicating with their donors, but many do not and that’s a problem. Mediocre or poor donor communication will hinder your success. If you wonder why your retention rates are floundering that may be the reason. Here are a few common donor communication problems and how you can fix them. Sending your donors the same appeal letter.

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Newsletter: 8-Point Framework for Working with Partners ; Lacoste Stores Go Crocodile-Free; Partnership Salaries by Region

Selfish Giving

I'm back from the Engage for Good Conference in Chicago! The conference was great, as usual. Congrats to David, Megan and the entire Engage for Good team. I moderated two session at the conference and attended several more. A few highlights. 1. Chad Royal-Pascoe , National Vice President for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America outlined a comprehensive 8-point framework for working with corporate partners.

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[Twitter Takeover] #GivingTuesday: One Day to Make a World of Difference

Nonprofit Tech for Good

On Tuesday, August 6, @GivingTuesday will takeover @NonprofitOrgs for 24 hours to lead a conversation about how to set your nonprofit up for success, what the data tells us about who’s giving on GivingTuesday, and how you can get involved in the biggest giving movement of all time. History of GivingTuesday. GivingTuesday started as a day for anyone, anywhere to give, and it’s grown into the biggest giving movement in the world. .

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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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Making the Editing Process Smoother at Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

If the process of getting copy edited and approved is a bit of a nightmare at your nonprofit — or it’s just not as simple and efficient as it should be, you aren’t alone! During today’s webinar on the seven styles of nonprofit writing , I talked about coaching others on writing and working through collaborative editing. I talked specifically about the three levels of editing (substantive, copy editing, and proofreading) and assigning those jobs to different people dependi

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EveryAction Acquires DonorTrends

EveryAction

Predictive Analytics Fundraising Product Fuels EveryAction’s Rise in Nonprofit Market. Washington, D.C., June 6, 2019 – EveryAction, a leading software provider for nonprofit fundraisers, announced today that it has acquired DonorTrends. The acquisition empowers EveryAction’s clients to raise more money and furthers EveryAction’s strategy of bringing innovation in revenue generation to its SaaS products.

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Conversion Rate Optimization in a Nutshell: 20 Factors Impacting Your Sales and ROI

Pam Moore

Learning how to increase conversions is often a top goal of smart and internet savvy marketing and business leaders. Unfortunately most digital marketers lack even the most basic foundational skills to truly optimize their conversion rates. It's not that they don't want to increase conversions and sales. It is simply that they don't know how. They think it's too complicated and so they as a result fall to “hope” as a strategy for success.

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Find Your Marketing Maturity Level by Answering Two Questions

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

We’ve taken our experience working with nonprofit communicators like you and all of the research we’ve done via our Nonprofit Communications Trends Report and created a new way for nonprofit communicators to manage their professional development called the Five Levels of Marketing Maturity. And to find your Marketing Maturity Level, all you have to do is answer two questions.

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Staff Transitions: Tips for a Smooth Changeover

NonProfit Hub

It’s going to happen (if it hasn’t already): one of your employees will find a new job, or move to a new city, or both. They’ll give you their two weeks. If you’re lucky, they’ll stay a little longer. It’s never fun to lose an employee, even if they leave on good terms. But what makes things even messier is when you don’t handle the transition of responsibilities with care.

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An unexpected tool that can transform your leadership – The Enneagram

Concord Leadership

In Quadrant 3 Leadership, we teach leaders the three main areas of work needed to grow into being a Focused Leader: hardwiring, identity, and goals. Knowing your hardwiring gives you insight into what comes quickly to you and what either takes time or causes stress. But as a leader, an unexpectedly helpful hardwiring to discover […]. The post An unexpected tool that can transform your leadership – The Enneagram appeared first on The Concord Leadership Group, LLC.

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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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Positive deviance can reveal extraordinary solutions

Thunderhead Works

By Tom Peterson. Maybe there are a few oddballs doing something right. And maybe they can point the way for the rest of us. In facing a tough social challenge positive deviance tells us to look for any outliers who may be like everyone else but who found a solution through their successful behavior. The Positive Deviance Collaborative defines these positive deviants as “individuals, groups, or entities who are the least likely to prevent or overcome a widely shared problem but are successful de

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Mixed Links for Nonprofit Communicators – June 7, 2019

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

The Little Duck Diner. Savannah, GA Happy Friday, Friends! Ready for the best articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of nonprofit marketing and fundraising? It’s time for Mixed Links… Here are 10 Instagram Photo Editing Trends Every Marketer Should Know in 2019. Struggle with focus? Be sure to follow these 8 Tips to Avoid Decision Fatigue (Infographic).

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Share Stories to Further Your Cause

NonProfit Hub

Once upon a time…. With that phrase alone, I feel a twinge of anticipation for what’s coming next. Everyone loves a good story. Whether it’s a tale of a hero overcoming a hardship to find a happy ending, or a tale of misfortune with a valuable lesson learned, it’s ingrained into our DNA to seek out stories. However worthy your cause, sometimes it can be hard to measure your day-to-day progress.

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The Right Nonprofit CRM: Your First Step to Personalization [Guest Post]

Elevation

Connecting with your donor base is an essential part of all your fundraising efforts. Because giving is such a personal decision, donors need to know that their generosity is more than a simple transaction for you and your nonprofit. They need a personalized experience of your nonprofit that proves how valuable they are.

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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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Sales tax on admission fees

NC Nonprofit

The Center continues to advocate for state legislators to exempt nonprofits from collecting and remitting sales tax on admission fees to fundraising events. File Attachments: Sales tax on admission fees 6-4-19.

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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – Rebecca Lechner

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Rebecca Lechner Welcome to the latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators! This series lets you describe your workday in your own words. For the past 7 years, Rebecca Lechner has been the communications manager for the Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance (MOCA). In her role, she manages internal and external communications, media relations, social media, video projects, special event communications and more.

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9 Steps To a Successful Stewardship Plan

Lets Talk Nonprofit

A current donor is always your best prospect for your next gift. That's why smart fundraisers are focused on donor retention. There are a number of things you can do to improve your donor retention. For instance, thank your donors promptly and personally , report back to your donors on the measurable impact of your work , be donor-centric in all of your messaging - make the donor the hero , and communicate regularly - in print, online, and in person.

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When you should NOT conduct face-to-face fundraising

iMarketSmart

Essentially, there are two types of face-to-face fundraising. When fundraising staff meet with highly qualified, major and or legacy gift donors and/or prospects; When part-time staff stand on street corners interrupting passersby asking them to give (I call this ‘street spam’). One delivers a return-on-investment of between 33:1 – 56:1 on average (and sometimes it even garners 1,000:1) and the other yields 2:1 – 3:1 ROI.

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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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Suggestions for Tax Provisions to Help Nonprofits Respond to Natural Disasters

NC Nonprofit

On June 5, the Center met with staff for Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) and several other members of Congress from North Carolina and then submitted suggestions for four ways that Congress can provide tax assistance to help tax-exempt nonprofits more efficiently and effectively provide relief and recovery services after natural disasters. Categories: Federal level Tax Policy File Attachments: NC - Suggestions for Disaster Tax Relief Task Force.