Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2021

By Audrey Phillips , a customer success manager at Classy – a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. Remind your donors that they bring a unique value to your organization. Explain your motivation.

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Ann Green

DECEMBER 5, 2023

B y Olivia Mode-Cater Picture this: your organization is about to host another fundraising event. You’ve assembled a fundraising team, booked a venue, and put together the perfect program agenda. However, this results in low attendance numbers, causing you to miss the mark on your fundraising goal.

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Affnetz

APRIL 30, 2024

By Bala Guntipalli Introduction: When it comes to nonprofit fundraising, it’s not just about getting new donors. Understanding and implementing these practices can help nonprofits boost their fundraising efforts and ensure long-term success. How to Calculate Donor Retention Rate? /

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 19, 2021

Fundraising has not stopped during these uncertain times. Since March, we have seen organizations take their annual fundraisers online and go virtual. How do our attendees feel connected to our organization and how do we motivate them to give and participate? 3) Pre-record your virtual fundraising event.

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Fundraising Fundraising Participation and motivation Energy 130

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Thats a question every fundraiser has encountered. Most importantly, it creates a dynamic asking environment where the donor can ask questions and the fundraiser can nurture a relationship. This is especially true for capital campaigns, program expansions, and during gala fundraisers.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

APRIL 28, 2024

To help you grow into a modern leader, we’ll explore these common nonprofit management skills you can (and should) develop at your own organization: Marketing Fundraising Public Speaking Interpersonal Communications Relationship-Building Strategic Planning Delegation Budget Allocation Problem-Solving Before training your team, invest in yourself.

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Ann Green

AUGUST 16, 2017

Hosting more engaging fundraising events. CRM software can pull together information from all your integrated fundraising tools and record the information into detailed donor profiles. For instance, if you’re hosting a fundraising event , you may only want to promote it to donors who can realistically attend.

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Management Participation and motivation Nonprofits Communication 140

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Are your board members resistant to fundraising ? Do you have a difficult time motivating them to participate in this essential activity—one that helps your nonprofit carry out its mission? . However, before you can inspire them to become effective fundraisers, you must first take responsibility for their resistance. .

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 30, 2014

To be successful fundraisers, we need to understand how to communicate to our audience segments in order to make the right kind of ask. To tap into that power, it’s crucial that we answer the question, “What motivates millennials to give?” They value relationships. This has been true from generation to generation.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 29, 2021

” Yes, one of my favorite topics, not just peer-to-peer fundraising, but also peer-to-peer retention. You’re my go-to for peer-to-peer fundraising. Awesome company that helps a lot of people with their not just peer-to-peer, but online fundraising auctions. Steven: It’s awesome to have you. Everybody at Qgiv.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 12, 2024

The problem: Self-serving motivations and apathy Board members are supposed to be the guiding force behind a nonprofit, providing oversight and support. But they are also expected to be leaders—model leaders—entrusted with significant responsibilities, including governance, strategic planning, fundraising, and advocacy.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

By acknowledging these interactions, nonprofits show appreciation for their followers’ participation and reinforce a sense of community. Liking and commenting on followers’ posts and stories builds stronger connections and signals that they are valued members of the community. Support similar organizations. Report event outcomes.

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Participation and motivation Collaborations Nonprofits Activism 124

Fundraising Leadership

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Gloria Feldt, co-founder and president of Take The Lead writes recently in her blog, The Sum, “Leaders must be aware of our most deeply held values and include them in decision making in order to be seen as authentic. That’s citizenship,” writes Feldt, on the importance of individual participation. “ That’s #citizenship.

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Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation Non-Profits Culture 119

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 14, 2021

It would be nice if a product fundraiser miraculously raised money on its own, right? You must be in the driver’s seat and have a solid grasp of best practices when running a fundraiser, including a product fundraiser. Your supporters want to purchase a quality product, with good value, and something they may not find every day.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Knowing about their hobbies can help you create events and fundraising opportunities that align with their interests. For those long-term donors, you could instead share a survey asking for their feedback on why they first donated to your cause and what motivated them to continue supporting your mission. . Interests or hobbies.

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Candid

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Yet, according to the Fundraising Effectiveness Project , donor retention rates have been falling since 2020. Nonprofits may need to reimagine their donor engagement strategies to go beyond occasional outreach or standard fundraising appeals and forge relationships that resonate with their values and inspire continued support.

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Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Participation and motivation Children 105

The NonProfit Times

MAY 10, 2024

The estimated 70 million Americans who belong to Generation Z show a promising commitment to the values of giving and generosity. However, lack of understanding of what motivates their generosity is causing fundraisers to leave opportunities for further engagement with them on the table.

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NonProfit Leadership Alliance

JULY 23, 2024

Even with the proper tools in place, your association needs a solid digital marketing strategy to motivate members to participate in its offerings. Just remember to set a goal and track relevant metrics such as participation or membership renewals to ensure long-term success. Personalize your marketing strategies.

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Participation and motivation Associations Retention Leadership 130

Bloomerang

AUGUST 26, 2024

To put some pizzazz into your board meetings, here are 14 killer ways to engage your board members from Carol Weisman, President of Board Builders.com and author of Fundraising Superheroes : Start your board meetings by sharing celebrations of what’s going well in your member’s personal, professional, or volunteer lives. Serve food.

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Top Nonprofits

MARCH 17, 2023

In this short guide, we’ll walk you through a few strategies that will help you boost participation at your next virtual event, and make it more memorable: Invest in the right tools for virtual events. Class or workshop: This type of event can be especially engaging, as attendees can participate, rather than passively observing.

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The Agitator

AUGUST 4, 2011

With her usual style, grace and sense of humor Margaret Battistelli Gardner, the Editor-in-Chief of Fundraising Success helpfully added to the growing chorus of concern over donor commitment and donor relationship management. In short, why aren’t donors who give you one donation not motivated to give you a second. And an opportunity.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Fundraising events have always been a cornerstone of nonprofit organizations’ efforts to engage donors and garner financial support. Let’s explore strategies to maximize the potential of fundraising events to both retain your loyal donors and capture their friends’ attention and support.

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EveryAction

JULY 18, 2018

For some things, spontaneity is highly desirable, but any fundraising professional will tell you that planning a campaign isn’t one of them. Having a detailed strategic plan in place before embarking on a fundraising campaign can be a huge determinant of its success, even before the first dollar is raised. Fundraising plan summary.

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Ann Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many facets of your nonprofit’s operations, including how you fundraise, host events, and communicate with your supporters. Every donor is unique, with a different set of values, interests, and motivations that contribute to their desire to see your nonprofit succeed in accomplishing its mission.

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Nonprofit Fixer

AUGUST 15, 2023

And it’s the fundraising skill that can make your resume – and your leadership - stand out. The Power of Those Who Ask Being a good fundraiser is about so much more than dollars in the door. Even though we don’t talk about it much in the nonprofit sector, fundraisers also require an entrepreneurial mindset.

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iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Dopamine motivates us to take action toward goals, desires, and needs, and gives a surge of reinforcing pleasure when achieving them. Draw out these feelings and your major and planned gift prospects will get more value out of the interactions they have with you and your organization. Fundraising' ” This one is easy.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

While GlassPockets has served to steadily motivate participating funders to share more information publicly, with only 112 participating foundations, the reality is that most funders opted not to participate. But today, nearly half of participating foundations have created values or policies prioritizing transparency.

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iMarketSmart

JUNE 7, 2023

It’s hard to work very long in fundraising without ‘learning’ that donors don’t give because they weren’t asked. Implied in this pervasive fundraising myth is that if you just ask and ask more often, you will get more donations. When fundraising is done right, the donor will often ask you what you’d like them to do next.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 8, 2025

Not having a plan is planning to fail; the same is true for your fundraising. A year-round fundraising calendar is a must to ensure that youve coordinated all your messages, asks, campaigns, events, and stewardship to optimize revenue and your sanity. The best goals are SMART goals. Owner: Development Director.

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Fundraising Fundraising Participation and motivation Recruitment 89

Getting Attention

JULY 9, 2012

When those seats are gone, I’ll close enrollment and bring my full attention to our new crop of program participants. As of a few minutes ago, when I spoke with program manager Kim Bancsi, we have 3 spots left in the Tagline Focus Project (starts tomorrow, July 10). Register now and let’s get started!

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iMarketSmart

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Low-Dollar vs. Major Gifts Fundraising – Strategy Over Amounts In the nonprofit world, leaders, board members, and staff are faced with a unique balancing act. While low-dollar fundraising focuses on broad, transactional outreach, major gifts fundraising takes a relationship-first approach, centered around deeper, more meaningful connections.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

In today’s fundraising sector, technology is vital. AI is becoming increasingly important in fundraising. Traditionally, fundraising has relied on old methods. They let organizations use data to improve their fundraising. They are moving to more efficient and effective fundraising.

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Nonprofit Marketing Blog

MAY 6, 2014

As a fundraiser, you aim to change how people perceive your organization’s work and cause, then motivate them to give. They are unequaled in showing the value of your organization’s work in moving your issue or cause forward and matching the personal goals of prospects and supporters. Your Impact Stories. Your People Stories.

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Participation and motivation Values Marketing Marketing 95

iMarketSmart

JANUARY 29, 2025

The fear of missing out is a powerful motivator. But while automated donor journeys can seem like the modern solution to fundraising challenges, they often fail to account for what really matters: the donor. For overworked fundraisers, journeys promise efficiency and scalability. But donors arent passive participants.

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Participation and motivation Values Donor Motivation Technology 59

Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

What you might not know is that the right fundraising plan template can make the job much easier. What this means is that over time, your fundraising approach should change to meet the needs of your growing organization. What Fundraising Plan Template is Right For YOU? And no two fundraising plans should be exactly alike either.

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Fundraising Fundraising Nonprofits Public and Nonprofit Management 111

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 4, 2023

By Michelle Kocin , Digital Marketing Manager at Sylogist Mission CRM – a donor management, fundraising, and volunteer management platform build for nonprofits and NGOs in the Microsoft Dataverse. When we look at the giving landscape in North America, the preferences and motivations for giving vary across different generations.

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Participation and motivation Philanthropy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 94

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Attracting P2P Fundraisers: 5 Tips to Boost Your Results. P2P fundraising is an effective way to raise money and strengthen relationships, but it must start with a solid team of volunteers! If you’re looking ahead to 2021, consider leveraging peer-to-peer fundraising. . And it all starts with your volunteer fundraisers!

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