sgEngage

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Finance plays a crucial role in building a sustainable and scalable funding strategy. In this post, you’ll learn why diversifying your funding matters and get tips and ideas for starting the conversation with your counterparts in development. But several options will help build a longer-term, more sustainable strategy.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Collis , a leading expert on civil discourse, reveals ten practical habits that can help you navigate the potential minefields of hard topics and leave you and those you converse with feeling thoughtful and productive. When to deploy tight, slightly self-deprecating humor to lower the conversational temperature.

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Forum One

APRIL 30, 2024

One of the main areas that has seen renewed interest due to enhanced capabilities is chatbots and conversational AI. This in turn enables conversational AI and advanced chatbot applications that produce highly contextual and informed responses for users based on custom data models and sources.

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Candid

AUGUST 20, 2024

Today, more than ever, grantees need greater capacity and more predictable long-term funding streams to ensure they have the infrastructure resources to sustain themselves and their work of advancing economic and social progress. Yet, many funders are hesitant to fund endowments.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 29, 2024

presents a groundbreaking approach to reducing workplace stress and building resilience through conversation. By leveraging the power of conversations, individuals discover: their unique stressors. ways to build unwavering resilience that elevates their emotional well-being. Navigate an improved work and life balance.

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EveryAction

JANUARY 25, 2023

When we flip the calendar to a new year, many of us become gripped by the desire to build some new habits. To kick off 2023, we asked our partners, what are some new habits nonprofit practitioners should build with their donors, volunteers, and other supporters to help them meet their long-term organizational goals? Drink more water!

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

Building a non-profit website might be the most intimidating aspect of launching an organization. Building a donor-friendly website is a complex job – part marketing and part technical. Start With the Basics: Platform, Domain Name, and Site Map The first thing you need to do in building your non-profit website is choose a platform.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 15, 2024

In my more than 25 years doing knowledge work, I have often experienced technology platforms through a love/frustration lens. Where to Start First, I need to confirm that I am going beyond basic tracking and reporting and shifting to knowledge work. There are so many names and titles today that relate to knowledge work.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

In the process of coming up with a nice design and captivating storytelling to capture potential supporters, you may be overlooking a few fundamental and truly effective steps to boost conversions on your online donation page. Want donors to give, don’t make them work to figure out how. 1) Make Giving Simple.

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sgEngage

APRIL 4, 2024

But what if your organization could engage in a more thoughtful and systematic practice to build your organizations’ financial capacity without making this tradeoff? Building your organization’s financial capacity involves investing in solid financial systems, but also engaging in more strategic board governance and leadership.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 19, 2024

” It includes public education, regulatory work, litigation, and work before administrative bodies, lobbying, nonpartisan voter registration, nonpartisan voter education, and more. A youth services nonprofit working with government agencies to use a public building for a youth program.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

That said, the fact that we still see so many of them on the web indicates that they can work for website owners when done well. For nonprofits, a well-executed pop-up can increase engagement, procure donations, and build email lists that can foster long-term relationships with potential activists or donors.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Building genuine relationships is key to fostering trust with these supporters and boosting major donor retention. Use the following tips to build authentic, mutually beneficial relationships with major donors. What works for one donor may not work for another, so respect each supporter’s preferences by noting them in your CRM.

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Candid

APRIL 4, 2023

As every seasoned fundraiser will tell you, it comes down to building and sustaining a strong network of nonprofit funders. But there’s a catch: Relationship-building takes time. In this blog post, we’ll not only explore the importance of building strong networks and how to find the folks with whom to prioritize building relationships.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Thanks to global entertainers like Lady Gaga and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and world-class athletes like Kevin Love and Simone Biles, there’s already a shift toward candid public conversations, making mental health far less stigmatized than ever. Charlamagne Tha God’s Life’s Work is Helping Black People Heal.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 12, 2024

When you center your way of working and your organizational practices on a well-integrated CRM system, your CRM can serve as the beating heart of your nonprofit’s culture, empowering every team, improving processes, informing strategy, and stimulating growth. It ensures that everyone is on the same page, working towards the same goals.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Additionally, Mayberry explains that culture is NOT things such as: The flexibility to work three days per week. Presented as an actionable playbook and in a very conversational style, Mayberry writes in his book about the confusion and negative misconceptions about culture and explores the five roadblocks to cultural excellence.

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Media Cause

APRIL 15, 2024

The good news is that you likely already use at least one marketing tool, meaning you are well on your way to building a MarTech stack. Explore the steps below to learn how to build a MarTech stack and how your team can use those tools. As your nonprofit team begins that conversation, be sure to write down the answers.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

To grow your donor file, add three easy upgrades to your current acquisition plan and watch how kickstarting a better content, promotion, and conversion strategy can work wonders for your donor pipeline. Step 1: Improve Your Content Strategy Acquiring new donors online requires you to build a better content plan.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Additionally, Mayberry explains that culture is NOT things such as: The flexibility to work three days per week. Presented as an actionable playbook and in a very conversational style, Mayberry writes in his book about the confusion and negative misconceptions about culture and explores the five roadblocks to cultural excellence.

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Allegiance Group

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Both components work toward the same goal but in ways that take advantage of each channel’s strengths. Breaking down internal silos is vital to building experiences that honor those inroads and meet donors where they are. Internal Tips for Success Internally, it’s essential to have an honest conversation about the channels you use.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

If you’re new to major donor work, you know what I mean. And the best way to get to know your major donors is to ask good questions that spark conversation. An in-person meeting will be more productive in terms of building a relationship. There’s nothing wrong with fun, but you need to be strategic in your work.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

There are zillions of articles about how to build the best nonprofit donation form. What do the best practices for building a donation form look like in real life? Simply adding the option to make a recurring gift is a powerful way to begin building sustainable revenue for your organization. Your conversion rate will thank you.

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Candid

JULY 5, 2023

As of March 2020, I had never worked from home—not for a single day. Employers, including Candid, pivoted by shipping equipment to staff, adjusting remote work policies, and reconsidering how work gets done. Three years later, we are finding better ways to work in remote environments. COVID-19 abruptly changed that.

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Candid

JUNE 26, 2024

This book offers actionable strategies and a channel-by-channel approach to online fundraising, offering advice on topics ranging from enhancing communications to building a funnel campaign, as well as the tools needed to thrive in the digital economy. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection by Charles Duhigg.

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.orgSource

JUNE 19, 2024

He is focused on building strong interpersonal relationships to enhance collaboration and ideation within the organization. The Intersection of Culture and Technology I’ve been writing and thinking a lot about the intersection of culture and technology and how softer skills support a healthy work environment.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 21, 2021

During isolation, many people reported that it was nice to feel like someone is having a conversation with you, about topics you find interesting. These rooms can be open to everyone, limited to just your followers, or closed for invite-only conversations. Enter: Clubhouse. .

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Forum One

APRIL 28, 2022

Conversational marketing speaks to the growing expectation of a personalized experience and the opportunity to connect and start a one-to-one conversation. . Coined by our partners at Drift , conversational marketing aims to guide users through an engagement funnel more quickly by using real-time conversations.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The warning signs included the ongoing toxic combination of low pay and overwhelming workloads endemic in nonprofit work that leads to exhaustion, mistakes, and ultimately burnout. When used well, we believe smart tech will be an antidote to the overwhelming amount of busy work nonprofit employees report.

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sgEngage

JULY 20, 2022

The buildings we work in. In a follow-up conversation, Chantal mentioned the movement to “fix the form” and for grantmakers to take a hard look at their application processes. The post How Grantmakers Can Support Nonprofit Infrastructure Needs: A Conversation with Chantal Forster first appeared on npENGAGE.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 11, 2024

There is no doubt that social media, no matter the platform, remains a powerful way for people to build communities and connect with the causes and nonprofits they care about. As nonprofit social media managers , we have to be thinking about conversions. And the way to increase conversions? 3) Make it frictionless.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

They have a lot of questions—how does it work? You agree to reconvene once they have a chance to think about it, but the conversation fizzles out over email, and the donor ultimately turns you down the next time you ask. You can’t build trust in a new program if you can’t speak to it effectively. Is it complicated? Avoid jargon.

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Forum One

APRIL 14, 2021

Though conversational marketing is relatively new, it speaks to the growing expectation of a personalized experience and the opportunity to connect and start a one-to-one conversation. Generally speaking, traditional online forms are seeing fewer conversions on websites for things such as e-newsletter signups or white paper downloads.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 22, 2022

I enjoy learning how organizations and teams get their work done, and we then kick around some ideas that can make things better. Every month, Barbara’s team had to do hours of detective work to find a missing pledge payment, or correct coding errors, or ask Alan’s team multiple times for reports on event sponsorship purchases.

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Byte Technology

JULY 7, 2015

However, website analytics experts are lamenting the fact that not enough people understand and are truly utilizing the results of one of Google Analytics most misunderstood—and indeed debated—feature: conversions. When a user visits a page on your site after completing an action, that is a conversion goal. URL Destination
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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

So when conversations about mobile strategy come up, the idea of an app hammers the nail. But while it may seem tempting to toss your organization’s own time and money into that pool, what does it mean to build an app? We’re here to tell you in no uncertain words, without even knowing what your plan is: Don’t build that mobile app!

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Forum One

MAY 6, 2022

Conversational marketing is the norm, not the exception. As organizations explore heading back to the office, cultural institutions re-open, and nonprofits relaunch in-person opportunities to connect, conversational marketing is a valuable way to deepen connections with online visitors. Modernized communication.

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