sgEngage

JANUARY 14, 2025

As a tech leader at a growing social impact organization, you know that migrating to an enterprise-scale constituent relationship management (CRM) system can be a daunting proposition. Your Fundraising Goals Are Materially Increasing As your organization grows, so do your fundraising goals. Your technology has to keep pace, too.

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.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

To adequately fulfill the three duties of a nonprofit board member —Care, Loyalty, and Obedience—a solid understanding of the organization’s financial activities is needed. They should explain their activities and how they interface with staff and other finance professionals. Lastly, reputation is everything.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 22, 2025

While you may get many things done, you may not feel like they are adding up to a more significant contribution to the mission of your workplace or your own big-picture goals. The value of unstructured time Ensuring that your daily activities lead up to something more substantial will not happen by magic. Are they necessary?

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Candid

OCTOBER 23, 2024

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. Rethinking donor relationships When I started Imani Collective, it was a small nonprofit training program in Mombasa, Kenya.

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The Fundraising Authority

AUGUST 6, 2021

Your goal as a fundraiser is to make sure that you are maximizing your events to raise as much money as possible, without wasting valuable time and resources. You need to build relationships (with sponsors, auction donors, guests, etc.) The revenue goal for your event should be thought of in terms of “net revenue,” not “gross revenue.”

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Candid

DECEMBER 3, 2024

According to Foundation Source’s survey on how Gen Z and Millennials view charitable giving, the next generation started giving at a young age—just 14 years old for the average Gen Zer—and they show continued interest in charitable activities. Volunteering can bridge that gap as an approachable way for them to begin charitable activities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 1, 2020

By Michelle Chen is an independent scholar with a PhD in mass communications with a focus on advocacy, activism and social change. She helps brands grow engagement and build relationships with their audience. Self-efficacy is the belief that a person has in her or his abilities and competencies to achieve a goal.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Isolation taught us the value of the relationships and the technology that sustained our communities. But the relationships we cultivated over years were critical in the early days.” Kristine’s Story The goal of the Kitchen Cabinet was to talk about the great things restaurants do in Milwaukee. But COVID reinforced that lesson.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 21, 2025

In todays fast-paced work culture, where multitasking is the norm and focus is scarce, how we use music can either support or sabotage our goals. Theres a difference between active listening and what we call purposeful passive listening. Theres a difference between active listening and what we call purposeful passive listening.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The most common concept spoken about in the nonprofit community is being in the business of building relationships. I once heard relationships described as something you have until something better comes along. I dont believe that goes nearly deep enough. Its almost transactional. That misses the mark.

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Candid

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Center relationships: Support relationship building that leverages networks, connects leaders to peers and allies as well as relationships with funders and other individuals and organizations within the nonprofit power structure. As a result, I feel 2024 was one of my most productive years as a nonprofit leader.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Regular updates keep your audience engaged and informed about your activities. Build Relationships : Approach influencers with sincerity and a genuine interest in collaboration. Here is how to do it: Set Clear Goals : Establish specific, measurable, and achievable goals for your social media campaigns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 2, 2020

If your nonprofit’s account is already active but registered as a personal account, you can also switch over from a personal to a business account without losing followers. Regular updates to your Instagram page also show that your nonprofit is active and demonstrates how your brand is accomplishing its goals.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Encouraging a colleague to shoot for that sought-after certification, offering advice on an important project, or simply inspiring the confidence to see future potential, are the less visible activities that make leadership meaningful. Often, these relationships develop informally. Most mentorships begin with bonding.

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Candid

JANUARY 15, 2025

January is a great time to look to the year ahead and commit to new goals. Thats why organizations spend thousands of dollars on all-staff retreats, team-building activities, and happy hours. Build relationships Visibility will make building relationships easier. Relationships are the foundation for job satisfaction.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The content offers videos, scripted lesson plans, and interactive classroom activities. The goal is to help young people learn about personal boundaries, safe relationships, and how to ask for help. Adults can access the educational materials for free.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Development and deployment of a donor love and loyalty plan that keeps gratitude flowing and builds stronger relationships over time. If your fundraiser is doing everything within their control, and actively reaching out to build meaningful relationships with supporters, then you should reward them. Checked off the list!

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

[Image: Otter] The tool can also be connected to other sources of information, like company knowledge bases or customer-relationship management (CRM) software, and its abilities will only grow over time. Currently, the AI agent must be activated with a phrase like Hey Otter, similar to Alexa or Siri.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 4, 2022

In the face of sweeping changes, rebranding can be a useful tool to re-affirm the vitality of the mission, explain current operations and activities, and invigorate supporters, both old and new. Choose people that have different understandings and relationships with your (new) organization and whose influence with their peer group is notable.

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Achieve

JANUARY 27, 2025

Statement of Activities. Also known as an income statement, the Statement of Activities reflects the overall financial performance of your organization during a specific period, usually your fiscal year. Ultimately, it allows you to determine your net assets, which indicates whether your nonprofit has a resource surplus or deficit.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be familiar with every fundraising program, event, campaign, and activity so you can tell others (sustainers, major gifts, events, direct mail, giving circles, etc.). Create a list of donors who have not donated in 18 months and point them toward an upcoming event, or other activity. It need not be a solicitation.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Pursuit of Influence sheds light on what motivates or deters organizations from taking an active role in public policy advocacy. Strong relationships are central to successful advocacy. That report found a substantial decrease in nonprofit advocacy and lobbying in the United States since 2000.

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Candid

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In this age of digital overload and short attention spans, nonprofits that want to raise more money will instead create and sustain authentic, productive, long-term relationships with a network of individuals, corporate executives, government representatives, and/or impact investors.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Just as personal relationships flourish through understanding and care, tending to the needs of your board members can significantly enhance their commitment to your cause. Nurturing nonprofit relationships Effective nonprofit management is anchored in building and nurturing relationships with board members.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Highlight the Advantages There are plenty of incentives for these two teams to develop a symbiotic relationship. Integrated planning gives departments, like membership and marketing, a format for collaboration on agendas and goals. Integrated goals, objectives, and tactics keep everyone on point. Data is an important connector.

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.orgSource

MAY 15, 2023

Highlight the Advantages There are plenty of incentives for these two teams to develop a symbiotic relationship. Integrated planning gives departments, like membership and marketing, a format for collaboration on agendas and goals. Integrated goals, objectives, and tactics keep everyone on point. Data is an important connector.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This allowed us to create measurable goals backed by actionable data and to personalize our approach to donor engagement. Whether it’s managing donor relationships, tracking progress, or measuring outcomes, leveraging the right technology can transform your organization and help you achieve goals that once seemed out of reach.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 19, 2024

Data that accurately reflects your members and their preferences is the key to trust, engagement, and enduring relationships. Assessing the status of your data involves reviewing activity across several areas of competence. The inability to safeguard personal information puts those relationships at risk.

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Blue Avocado

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

” Here’s a summary of some of the best answers we received: A Deep and Sincere Caring About the Nonprofit’s Mission The most important “quality” in a board member would be a real and heartfelt caring about the mission/goal of the nonprofit they will be involved with. Will they focus on the goal/mission?

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.orgSource

JANUARY 30, 2024

Relationships that had been tenuous in the office became untenable in the remote environment. However, we also realized that remote work is here to stay, and like the dog that needs a walk, interpersonal relationships are going to continue to require deliberate attention. Empathy— is the basis for all productive relationships.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

We’ve found that internal self-awareness is associated with higher job and relationship satisfaction, personal and social control, and happiness; it is negatively related to anxiety, stress, and depression. Having a truthful relationship with yourself is a little like marriage. “The first. All CEOs grapple with this Catch-22.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 13, 2020

Once you’ve thanked your donors , you can add another call-to-action to the page that will encourage them to continue engaging with your organization and help build a lasting relationship. Include links to your active social media channels like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. 3) Send to Social Media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

In the timeline below, we tell you exactly when to send emails designed to cultivate a relationship with your new Giving Tuesday supporters. List the platforms you’re active on and how your new Giving Tuesday donors can connect with you there. What if you could convert those one-time donors into engaged supporters that give again?

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Take steps to engage with them to build a committed relationship and convert them into lifelong supporters of your cause. Are they active with election- or issue-related social media: likes, dislikes, shares, comments? But that single act is not the same thing as activism or commitment to a cause. Know your numbers.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

But big goals cost big money. By spending time with these free resources, you’ll start to hear the same themes, such as diversifying your funding streams, finding the right donors for the work your organization does, and nurturing your relationship with your donors so they keep giving. Where do you start? Just beware!

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

This representative should be dedicated to building lasting relationships with members and helping your organization fine-tune culture, products, and services to meet their changing needs. Since day one, our goal has been and continues to be, building lasting relationships.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 10, 2019

It can help you reach a younger audience but also to strengthen the relationship with your existing supporters. 1) Be clear on your goals. Right before adding social media to your fundraising strategy, it’s useful to decide on the goals you want to achieve. So, how can you make your fundraising more social?

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