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The Impact of Corporate Giving on Nonprofits: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

NonProfit PRO

Inevitably, new generations and ways of doing things are fundamentally changing how we view the idea of philanthropy. Corporations want to stay relevant for their image and the bottom line. As a result, they see how the wind's blowing and are exploring going beyond simply writing checks to nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Communications or Marketing Teams: Everything You Need to Know

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Whether you are a team of one or several, you probably have questions about how other nonprofit communications or marketing teams are set up and how they function. We’ve done quite a bit of research on this topic. We’ve also learned a great deal by coaching and mentoring hundreds of nonprofit communicators over the last decade. Conversations about how comms teams are set up and how they function are extremely important.

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Newsletter: Company Donates Super Bowl Ad Money to Covid Support ; Should Audio be a Part of Your Nonprofit’s Marketing Plan?; 5 Best Nonprofit Marketing Campaigns of 2021

Selfish Giving

Despite my best attempts to snatch it away from him, Charlie isn't quite ready to give up his Christmas pillow! Smahht ??. And I'm not quite ready to jump into 2022. See you next week! ?? Partnership Notes 1. This brand will skip Super Bowl LVI this year and donate the money to Covid support. 2. Did you get a free ride home via public transit on New Year's Eve ?

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2022 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Cause awareness and giving days are powerful themes upon which to launch online fundraising and social media awareness campaigns. In addition to the days listed below, see also public holidays by country , Days of the Year , and Wikipedia’s List of Commemorative Months. January. 17: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay. 28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay.

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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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A Donor Resolution for 2022 You Will Want to Keep

NonProfit PRO

It's that time of year when most people make resolutions that they often don't keep. You; however, can make one small but mighty resolution that will be good for your work, your nonprofit organization and, ultimately, your mission. It will also make you feel good.

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Mixed Links for Nonprofit Communicators – January 7, 2022

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Taste. Montgomery, AL. Welcome to 2022! Let’s end the first week of what will surely be a better year with the most helpful articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of nonprofit marketing and fundraising. For the first Mixed Links of 2022 we have hashtag and website guides, video tips, content ideas, Google Search algorithm updates, and more.

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Useful Tips & Resources for Your Nonprofit’s Annual Report

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Even though nonprofit organizations aren’t required by law to publish annual reports, most nonprofit leaders recognize the value annual reports can provide. A well-written annual report will help you demonstrate your accomplishments to current and future donors, cultivate new partnerships, and recognize important people. Nonprofit managers working on annual reports most frequently ask these five questions.

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Drawing on Skills-Based Volunteerism to Meet Organizational Needs in a Time of Change

NonProfit PRO

Skills-based volunteering can be of critical support to nonprofits in the current environment, enabling them to take a step back from their current context and envision the future.

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Marketing Predictions and Trends for 2022 from Around the Internet

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Not to be confused with our 2022 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report coming out later this month, I have compiled a list of what others are saying around the world of marketing about the new year. General Marketing. 10 Content Marketing Trends to Watch Out For In 2022 at Jeff Bullas. 10 Content Marketing Predictions and Trends for 2022 at Rubicly.

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Use These 11 Metrics To Evaluate Your End-Of-Year Fundraising Campaign

Bloomerang

Congratulations! You survived the end-of-year fundraising season ! . I hope that you smashed your goals and are currently basking in the glow of knowing that you’ll be making an even bigger impact in 2022. . However, your work isn’t done yet! After you’re done celebrating your wins, it’s time to evaluate the success of your end-of-year fundraising campaign. .

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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 is a Brand?

Mission Minded

Learn how your nonprofit can leverage its brand to differentiate from peers and competitors and drive support for your mission. The post What is a Brand? appeared first on Mission Minded.

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How Donors Can Get More Mission Out of Their Nonprofit Dollar

NonProfit PRO

Philanthropists can stretch their donation dollar ever further these days by investing in the people who manage and run the nonprofits, much like the private and government sectors of the economy.

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Supervision, Trust & Culture Strategies for a Healthy Nonprofit

The Charity CFO

Nonprofit leaders often struggle to create an open, trusting culture that supports their staff in executing their mission. If you’re looking for proven ways to engage your team and improve the mindset of your nonprofit team, this episode is for you. This week on A Modern Nonprofit, author and nonprofit consultant Rita Sever joins us to talk about the top three challenges nonprofit leaders face, and how to tackle them head on.

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The Art Of Asking: 3 Tricks To Keep Donation Appeal Messaging Fresh

Bloomerang

How many times can you ask the same supporters for help? Well the answer might come down to the specifics of how we frame donation appeal messaging. If we ask the same question ten times or use a vague call to action no different to the last, we risk sounding repetitive and unimaginative. When it comes to the art of asking , multiple studies have proved these three tools to be effective for donation appeal messaging.

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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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[WEBINAR] Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2021. Time: 1pm EST / 10am PST (2 hours). Cost: $30 (USD). Presented by: Heather Mansfield , Founder of Nonprofit Tech for Good. This is the second of three webinars in a blog and webinar series called 101 Digital Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits. Those who register for all three webinars will earn a Certificate in Digital Marketing & Fundraising from Nonprofit Tech for Good.

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3 Critical Components of a 2022 Fundraising Tech Stack

NonProfit PRO

There are three categories of technology that nonprofit organizations need to focus on in 2022 if they want to improve their fundraising in this new digital age. Here is an outline of what your fundraising tech stack should look like.

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Understanding Functional Expenses for Nonprofits

The Charity CFO

Functional expense reporting confuses many first-time nonprofit bookkeepers and executives. But it’s not because it’s complicated. It’s a straightforward concept. But, because most for-profit companies don’t track functional expenses, they’re just not familiar with it. But it is need-to-know-information in the nonprofit world.

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33+ Giving Tuesday Ideas: Expert Tips and Campaigns to Try

Bloomerang

This page will be updated as more Giving Tuesday resources come to light. To suggest more Giving Tuesday ideas, please email steven.shattuck@bloomerang.co. Get notified when additions are made to this page: Giving Tuesday is fast approaching! Each year, Giving Tuesday occurs the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. It’s a day that nonprofits frequently use to encourage additional giving from their supporters. .

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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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Five New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals

Beth Kanter

Sand Dollar Beach, Big Sur. Rituals are intentional small, tangible acts done routinely and carry meaning. Our family has several New Year’s rituals, including a nature hike. This year we hiked by the Pacific Ocean in Big Sur. (Pictured above). Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other thin

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Be Your Best as a Fundraiser in 2022

NonProfit PRO

Your own self-care affects you, your team and organizational outcomes. It affects your ability to have meaningful relationships with a variety of constituencies.

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7 Types of Videos Every Nonprofit Needs

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

7 Types of Videos Every Nonprofit Needs. Are you looking to boost your Nonprofit donations? Good videos can help you tell your story and get people involved. See how to get started. Working with our first nonprofit client was a new, sobering experience. Our approach had to change due to the unique requirements of nonprofit projects. Over the years we have worked on quite a few video projects for the nonprofit.

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A Guide to Donor Engagement

Bloomerang

What is Donor Engagement? Not all donors are created equal. Imagine you have two donors who each give $100. However, one volunteers regularly, never misses opening an email and brought other supporters to your organization. Will you communicate to both donors the same way? If you aren’t measuring donor engagement, you might have to. Donor engagement is a measure of all of the things that make up a complete donor profile, beyond just gift size and superficial demographic information.

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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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These 3 Types Of Nonprofits Spend The Most On Advertising According To This 2021 Study

The Kindful Blog

The Nonprofit Advertising Benchmark Study is a report from Whole Whale , a B Corp digital agency that works with nonprofit and social impact organizations. Whole Whale works with nonprofits and published this data to help organization leaders have a better idea of how to set their fundraising and advertising budgets. The data in the study comes from Cause IQ , the leading nonprofit data platform. .

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Network for Good Joins Newly Formed, Apax Partners-Backed Social Good Software Company

NonProfit PRO

A social good company backed by Apax Funds welcomes fundraising software provider as it transforms the social good sector through technology and data.

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Ask Rita: My Employee Has Been “No Call, No Show” for Three Days—Why Isn’t This a Resignation?

Blue Avocado

Dear Rita, Our nonprofit has an employee who has been very reliable over the three years of their employment with us. Since this individual has an important role in the administrative functions of our operation, even absences planned well in advance can be difficult for us to adjust to. Recently, this employee has not been […]. The post Ask Rita: My Employee Has Been “No Call, No Show” for Three Days—Why Isn’t This a Resignation?

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A Guide to Donor Retention

Bloomerang

A Guide to Donor Retention. What is Donor Retention? If you’re a fundraiser or nonprofit development professional, you’ve likely heard the term “donor retention.” It’s one of the hottest topics of discussion in the nonprofit sector. But what is donor retention? And why is it important? Quite simply, donor retention is a measure of how many donors continue to donate to your organization.

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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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Fundraising Basics: Understanding the Donor Cultivation Cycle

The Kindful Blog

In this blog post, I’m going to focus on something I think all fundraisers should know about in order to be more effective at their jobs: the donor cultivation cycle. First, what is the donor cultivation cycle? . The donor cultivation cycle describes how you identify potential donors, encourage them to give, and then steward those who make a donation to your organization. .

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Join Us For “Why Using A Professional Benefit Auctioneer (Rather Than An Emcee or General Auctioneer) Is A Must To Raise Significantly More Money At Your Next Live, Virtual, or Hybrid Auction”

NonProfit PRO

Register today, and join us live on Thursday, February 9th, 2022, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time. Learn why working with a highly experienced, professional benefit auctioneer for your next auction is as critical to your next event journey as having a professional pilot flying the plane when you’re traveling in the air, especially in uncertain conditions.

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5 Fundraising Ideas to Support Your Volunteer Program

Get Fully Funded

Volunteer programs often require fundraising campaigns to stay in operation. Depending on your organization’s activities, you may need fundraising to help fund your: Volunteer training opportunities. Equipment and supply purchases. Marketing materials. Volunteer thank-you gifts. From setting goals to updating your current fundraising processes, planning a successful fundraising campaign takes time and careful consideration.

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Follow This Sentence Structure To Effectively Communicate Fundraising Goals

Bloomerang

During a campaign, communication is key. In fact, communication is key in most instances (relationships, operations, ordering at a restaurant) but I digress. Today we will talk about how to help your audience visualize the impact their donation can have within your organization and then how to communicate the results when a campaign has ended. Studies show the more you can break down your goals and results for your donors, the more success you will have in raising money. .

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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!