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How to Overcome Meddling Nonprofit Management and Boards

Bloomerang

My heart is equally broken when the nonprofit invests in hiring a fundraising copywriter, agency, or consultant and then does the same thing to them. According to a 2019 study by the Harris Poll, 55% of fundraisers reported feeling “unappreciated” in their work. Want to contract with a consultant or hire an agency?

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How to Drive High Donor Retention Rates with Text Messaging

Achieve

Keep in mind that nonprofits aren’t as strictly subject to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act as for-profit businesses, meaning that your organization is allowed to opt-in supporters based on implicit consent. Detail the purpose of your text fundraiser, steps to sign up, and the impact donors’ contributions will have on your mission.

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Heroes Define Philanthropy

Bloomerang

Philanthropy is Fueled by Daily Acts of Heroism As a fundraising trainer and consultant who’s had the privilege of working with hundreds of nonprofit leaders and their supporters, I can strongly make the case that the philanthropic sector is full of heroes. million non-profit organizations.

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The Necessity of Strong Infrastructure in Nonprofits

ASU Lodestar Center

A poll of the general public done by Grey Matter Research and Consulting found that 61 percent of adults surveyed felt that charities should only spend between 10 and 29 cents of every dollar on overhead. An adaptive strategy is made to embrace the fast-paced nature of today’s workforce, both in the nonprofit and for-profit sectors.

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M-Payments Take Charities By Storm - Article on | CIO.in

AFP Blog

M-Payments Take Charities By Storm - Article on | CIO.in : A June 2011 poll of 233 non-profit organizations found that mobile adoption continues to grow and that there is a shift away from texting toward use of mobile Web media.

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Making a better, more findable blog

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

As a first start, I have a new poll. poll=2] { 1 trackback } Roundup for November 2007 « Nonprofit Blog Exchange 07.09.10 I’ll be blogging on that as I go through it, for sure. I hope you’ll take it! at 12:09 pm { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 11.10.07

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It’s my social graph, darn it!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

There’s a poll on mashable.com , where the sentiment is most certainly heavily in favor of Facebook opening up the social graph. I think people are finally realizing that the current state of affairs – where we can pump data into Facebook and other social networks, but not get data out of them, is untenable. 2 admin 01.04.08