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Benefits of Cloud Accounting Software for Grantmaking Organizations

NonProfit PRO

Outdated on-premises software is rapidly being replaced by a new breed of modern cloud solutions. Over 90 percent of businesses report using cloud solutions today, and nonprofits are no exception.

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Delivering Excellence in the Age of AI or Association 4.0

.orgSource

Excellence is never a given. Being identified as the best in anything from soccer to sales requires commitment and hard work. But for decades, associations easily held pride of place in their industries. Members saw us as a professional home, their most trusted source of advocacy and information. Yes, we had to win that loyalty. But there weren’t many contestants vying to take it away.

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Rethinking Your Association’s Member Renewal Campaigns

Association Analytics

When it comes to renewal season, limited resources, set budgets and competing priorities can make it difficult to go outside your comfort zone and try something new. But what if we told you the keys to better retention results are in the data you already have? Read on to learn how – using a data-informed approach to renewals – you can enjoy your most successful renewal season yet.

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Why associations should care about continuous product updates

Nimble AMS

Did you know that Nimble AMS has a long history of offering product innovation and enhancements? Like Salesforce, Nimble AMS offers three annual product upgrades, ensuring its customers have access to the latest software functionality and product capabilities. For more than a decade the Nimble AMS product team has dedicated itself to providing associations with the latest in enhancements and innovations.

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How To Cultivate Community Affinity Throughout The Generosity Journey

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

This session will dive into how to create rich generosity experiences that foster long-lasting relationships. You’ll walk away with actionable insights to redefine how you engage with your supporters—emphasizing trust, engagement, and community over transactional giving models. 🤝 Industry expert Tim Sarrantonio will explore data-backed strategies to engage supporters as active participants in a community that values their contributions and shared ideals.

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7 Super Easy Ways to Improve Your Online Fundraising

OneCause

Online fundraising offers your nonprofit a way to tap into a wider audience to generate more support. Discover easy ways to improve your online fundraising.

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How To Make Summer Your Fundraising Super Season

Bloomerang

Do sunny days and flip-flops signal a long siesta for your fundraising? If so, you’re not alone. Many nonprofits experience “ summer slump ” – and it’s not just about incoming revenue. Fundraiser energy and communication tend to slump , too. Some fall into summer paralysis, feeling spent by a busy spring and overwhelmed by the thought of a busy fall.

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Predict 2024 – Acumen User Conference: 10/28 & 10/29

Association Analytics

The post Predict 2024 – Acumen User Conference: 10/28 & 10/29 appeared first on Association Analytics.

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The One Thing Every Sponsor Wants (And Nobody is Doing)

The Sponsorship Collective

Everybody wants a silver bullet to sell sponsorship, the one thing that works every time. Guess what? It DOES exist! Is it a well written proposal? A solid elevator pitch? The perfect combination of logos, sampling rights and exhibit space? Nope! I talk to sponsors a lot (yes, the people with the money!

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What sloppy data means to donors

Hands on Fundraising

What sloppy data means to donors Are you ignoring crossed wires? If tending to your donor database is a job passed off on the intern or an occasional volunteer, you’re playing with fire. Why? Because that’s not just “computer stuff” That information is where your donors live. Those relationships you know you should be building?

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How to Use Psycholinguistics to Communicate Effectively

Forum One

Language shapes brand perception and builds—or erodes—credibility and trust. With new tools and research—including a forthcoming report from Forum One—nonprofits and government agencies can learn to employ strategies already used in the commercial sector to communicate their mission, goals, accomplishments, and brand more effectively. In my most recent webinar, I explored how the language that mission-driven organizations choose affects their relationships with current and future advocates.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Donor Acquisition Tops List of Challenges for Nonprofit Leaders

NonProfit PRO

Donor acquisition is the top challenge nonprofit leaders are facing this year, according to the latest research from NonProfit PRO.

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Donor Engagement Strategy 101: Engage and Retain Your Nonprofit’s Donors and Supporters

DonorDock

Check out these strategies, tools, and resources that help develop a strategy, increase donor engagement and donor retention.

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Engaging your Board in Fundraising and Sponsorship

The Sponsorship Collective

This post is aimed primarily at the charity and non profit. For my private sector and sports team readers…next week we will be back at it with some tricks of the trade for you. This one’s for the charities! Thanks to my good friend Mena Gainpaulsingh of Purposeful Fundraising Inc. for guest posting and sharing her expertise!

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How to enhance your association’s membership committee

Nimble AMS

Your membership committee plays a vital role in your association—guiding conversations about key membership benefits, identifying potential member pain points, and strategizing solutions to better support your members. We’re here to help you enhance your membership committee! Empower your membership committee to do its important work by following the strategies in this blog.

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How to Design a Seamless & Personalized Digital Donor Journey

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio

The average nonprofit uses five or more different software platforms to create their donor’s journey, making the experience clunky and disjointed. If you want to design a magical online giving experience for donors, making their journey as seamless as possible is key. In this webinar with expert Tim Sarrantonio, you’ll learn the fundamental steps to create an immersive and personalized online giving experience for your donors.

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5 Top Strategies To Cultivate Loving Awareness To Repair Our World

Bloomerang

In this particular moment, what’s missing that prevents us from healing our collective wounds? Whatever your individual calling or organizational mission, it’s playing today against a backdrop of sobering realities. Climate crisis induced devastation. Growing income inequality. Racial, religious, and gender injustice. Raging wars. Mass shootings.

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The Definitive Guide to Driving Nonprofit Finance Efficiency with Paperless Automation

NonProfit PRO

Nonprofits faced an immediate shift to digital operations during the pandemic. Cloud-based systems enabled staff to maintain productivity during lockdowns, prompting a rapid digital transformation.

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9 free eBooks to help you brush up on basics and build new skills

Candid

Summer is a great time to explore Candid’s collection of free eBooks and audiobooks for titles that can help you achieve your goals as a nonprofit professional. Our collection covers a variety of topics to meet you where you are in your nonprofit career—whether you’re brushing up on core skills, leveling up your leadership skills, or venturing beyond your comfort zone to get ahead of the curve on new technology.

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How to Get 394 Warm Sponsorship Prospects in Your Pipeline – for Free

The Sponsorship Collective

How many prospects can you reasonably handle in your pipeline without running out of time to treat them all properly? 150? 250? What if I could offer you 394 warm prospects? And what if I could offer it to you…for free?

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Nonprofits Are Leveraging the Cloud, but Does It Have to Be So Complex?

Effectively managing cloud technology is getting more complex. From cybersecurity concerns, vendor lock-in, cost increases, or lack of transparency on costs, it can quickly get out of control. Knowing what you can control and finding a platform that’s built with nonprofits in mind is key.

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4 Great Employee Retention Ideas for Arts and Cultural Orgs

sgEngage

Imagine the curtain falls on a successful performance by your theater company with record attendance. The applause ringing out around the theater is not just for the performers on the stage, but also for the behind-the-scenes heroes—your staff members—who made the show possible. For arts and culture organizations like yours, it’s essential to have a strong internal team supporting your activities, whether you’re preserving cultural heritage, offering visual arts classes for kids, or putting on m

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Enhancing Donor Engagement: 6 Essential Communication Strategies

The Modern Nonprofit

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Enhancing Donor Engagement: 6 Essential Communication Strategies Donors are the heart and soul of nonprofit organizations, making it possible for vital programs and initiatives to thrive. Without their kindness and support, many nonprofits would struggle to achieve their goals. But it’s important to remember that strong donor relationships go beyond just financial support.

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The NonProfit Voice Ep 86: The State of Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud

NonProfit PRO

Watt Hamlett, Rob Jordan, Daniel Dibble, and Matt Devine discuss the Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud one year after its release.

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How can you design and facilitate incredible workshops?

Big Duck

Learn how facilitation can be an intentional practice to help ensure groups can come together, hear each other, and work together as best as possible to advance their mission

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Nonprofit Technology Kick Start: Free World Class Board Meeting Software

Looking for cost reductions for your nonprofit? Why not consider modernizing with a digital board management system that's designed to work with remote meetings, with immediate cost reductions if you still distribute paper packets to members? Get going in less than an hour on a fully hosted cloud solution built on the latest technology that runs on any device - from desktops to tablets and smartphones - without any installation.

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Effective Giving: Everything You Need to Know

Donorbox

We’ve all given to charities who make a compelling argument in the moment, only to later realize they might not be as effective as they claim. While supporting nonprofits will always be a good exercise, many donors are looking for ways to make their giving more impactful. That’s where effective giving comes in. Effective giving […] The post Effective Giving: Everything You Need to Know appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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Maximize Your Progress: 4 Poor Fundraising Habits to Kick

sgEngage

The best fundraising strategies are constantly changing, adapting to meet new patterns in giving preferences and engagement opportunities. As best practices shift, ensure that you’re following them. A stagnant fundraising strategy can cause roadblocks, such as falling behind on fundraising goals, missing key support, and even causing donor attrition.

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4 AI Fundraising Use Cases for Tech-Savvy Nonprofits

Achieve

As nonprofits have adapted to the digital age, online fundraising has become heavily integrated into most organizations’ strategies. If your team is even somewhat tech-savvy, your nonprofit probably engages with many of its donors and brings in a significant portion of its revenue through virtual channels. However, the future of nonprofit fundraising lies with artificial intelligence (AI).

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Outcome Metrics– Measuring What Matters in the Nonprofit World

NonProfit PRO

Examine how modern technology continues to shift finance from a “scorekeeper” role to a “value driver” role. Finance teams will lead the way in sustaining funding, strengthening stewardship, and maximizing impact.

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Donor Engagement Guide: 8 Key Steps to Better Retain and Engage Donors

Are your donors your biggest fans, or are you lacking donor loyalty? The truth is, your donors have expectations of what their relationship with your organization should look like. This ebook will help you learn how to live up to those expectations!

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Getting Back to the Basics: How To Elevate Donor Loyalty

Allegiance Group

Say you receive a meaningful planned gift from someone who isn’t in your donor file and hadn’t previously shown up on your radar as a prospect. You need to recognize the gift and thank the family. So, which approach do you take? Have your attorney send an official letter acknowledging the gift and consider it a stroke of fortuitous generosity. Call the family to thank them, invite them to visit your organization, and discuss how the gift could be used.

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Partnering With The Board: 3 Key Areas To Develop 

The NonProfit Times

We all know about the commitment and passion that nonprofit leaders bring to their organization to make a difference in the lives of others. You truly care about others and work tremendously long hours to generate a positive social impact in their communities, often with little financial reward. The commitment to your respective mission and determination to succeed despite the ever-increasing challenges and obstacles is inspiring.

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Food Banks Canada released the Poverty in Canada: Through a Deprivation Lens Report

Charity Village

Food Banks Canada released the Poverty in Canada: Through a Deprivation Lens Report, published with the support of the Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security and Maytree, which provides insights into the extent of poverty in Canada. The report delves into the Material Deprivation Index, which is an alternative approach to measuring a household’s standard of […] The post Food Banks Canada released the Poverty in Canada: Through a Deprivation Lens Report appeared first on CharityVillage.

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The 2024 UK/Ireland Benchmarks Expansion Pack is here!

M+R

Read time: 2 minutes For fans of M+R Benchmarks: The Game, the latest expansion pack has arrived: 2024 UK/Ireland Benchmarks , presented in partnership with our fellow gamemasters at Rally. This companion report to our global study compares results from our 46 UK and Irish participants, offering a better understanding of the trends, differences, and averages of UK/Ireland programmes.

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Nonprofit Technology Adoption: Why It Matters and How to Be Successful

Organizations like yours are increasingly realizing that technology adoption is only as good as the technology you choose. Statistics from a 2014 NTEN study show that seriously investing resources in training for your staff corresponds to higher adoption and ultimately technology effectiveness. In this report, we’ll give you a high-level overview of how to get your organization in shape for technology adoption and best practices for facilitating this critical process.