The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 8 minutes boost Your Fall Fundraising: Leveraging Campaign Management Tools As the crisp autumn air begins to roll in, so does one of the most critical times for nonprofits—fall fundraising season. With year-end giving on the horizon, it’s time to make every campaign count.

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Media Cause

JUNE 1, 2024

That’s why we started this series—the building blocks of a digital advocacy campaign—so you can be successful in your digital advocacy efforts. It’s important to cast a community identity (the story of us) and who your audience is distinctly (the story of self). Use advocacy campaigns sincerely and with an eye toward impact.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Sponsored by C ollidescope – an online platform that connects influencers, nonprofits, and socially responsible companies to create positive change and amplify impact. Craft powerful narratives that highlight your mission, values, and the impact you’re making. In influencer campaigns, measure reach and impressions.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

A well-rounded fundraising plan should include a variety of strategies like a signature event, appeals, monthly giving, and at least one online fundraising campaign. In short, you need to build a CAMPAIGN. What IS an Online Fundraising Campaign? An online fundraising campaign is different than a simple online fundraiser.

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Candid

MAY 10, 2023

This is where a communications campaign can come in handy. But managing a campaign’s moving pieces can be challenging. To set your next campaign up for success, we are breaking up the process of building a campaign into five simple steps. Be sure to tailor your messaging to each channel. Define the problem.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 18, 2023

That’s reason enough to shift your focus to end-of-year giving and get serious about planning a year-end giving campaign. Why is the End-of-Year Giving Campaign So Important? Center impact stories and personal connection with the donor instead!) But where do you start? Give these tips a try.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 16, 2024

Using AI isn’t just a passing trend; it’s essential for nonprofits looking to make a bigger impact. And it leads to more donations and a greater impact. They can target campaigns and improve donation requests. They also help tailor campaigns to specific donor segments. Nonprofits can embrace AI.

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Nonprofits Source

APRIL 24, 2023

Email is a major communication channel for many nonprofits. It’s a relatively inexpensive way to connect with your supporters and an essential part of most fundraising campaigns. How can you make your campaign stand out in overcrowded inboxes? How can you make your campaign stand out in overcrowded inboxes?

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

If you’re ready to find out how your nonprofit can buck trends and create a winning year-end campaign, this blog post is for you. Look to Past Campaigns for a Fuller Picture It’s also helpful to analyze past year-end campaigns for insights. Want to know how a year-end campaign will fare?

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Candid

APRIL 6, 2023

Peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns have become an increasingly popular strategy for nonprofits in recent years. In this blog, we’ll explore how to build and optimize your peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns in order to achieve success. That way, all visitors to your website can easily find key information about your initiative.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 6, 2021

Your team likely spends countless hours planning events and campaigns in order to raise money for programs and projects that will further your cause. . Whether you’re sending general donation requests, sponsorship requests, or end-of-year-appeals, it’s important to amplify your fundraising campaigns as broadly and loudly as possible. .

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TechImpact

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Great storytelling and successful social media campaigns are completely interconnected. You can collect fantastic, compelling stories, but if no one hears or sees them, they fall flat. You can manage 10 social media accounts, but if you are not telling great stories and cutting through the online clutter, your audience will not engage.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

By Allison Weber , founder of Allison Weber Consulting , a fundraising and communications business dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories. They can make a huge impact as they provide significant support across areas including grantmaking, employee engagement and cause marketing.

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Candid

MARCH 22, 2022

The answer: tell an engaging story. But how exactly do you craft a story, and digital storytelling strategy, that will draw new supporters’ interest and spur your followers to act? Next it's really understanding how to properly develop your story so it has the problem, the solution, the impact and the ask, right?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

From Mother’s Day campaigns raising money for breast cancer research to Christmas fundraisers collecting gifts for children in need, great holiday fundraisers stick in your mind for years afterwards. To improve your planning process and get the best results, use these tips: Align your campaign message with the holiday.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

As you plan your direct mail donor acquisition campaign, keep the following tips in mind. Segment Your Audience Segmentation isn’t only essential for email campaigns—segmenting your direct mail recipients personalizes your message and improves engagement. Tell stories in your direct mail campaign.

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Roundtree

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

4 Tips for Year-End Campaigns. It’s the time of year when organizations begin to plan their year-end campaigns. We help our clients design integrated multi-channel appeals. These campaigns will hit mailboxes, inboxes, social media, websites, and even digital ads. . Tell a story. The story doesn’t have to be long.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 20, 2020

By Dana Bakich , founder and CEO of Positive Equation – a digital consultancy focused on equipping nonprofits with the tools and resources to build impactful digital strategies. To flip the gala table sponsorship on its head and think about social media channels as new revenue streams? Are you ready to innovate? .

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Picture this: you’ve read our post on running a capital campaign , you’re wildly psyched, and you’re ready to get started! Only problem…you’re not totally sure how to plan a capital campaign. We’ve got your back and by “got your back” I mean we’ve put together this complete guide to building the plan for your capital campaign.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 9, 2024

It’s also a chance to inspire them to make a donation or spread the word about your mission and impact. You might even consider picking up the phone and calling your most fervent supporters for an extra special touch, or send out a video featuring your staff thanking supporters for the impact they make on your organization.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 16, 2022

Nonprofit budgets are often tight, and each of your campaigns should aim to hit as high a return on investment (ROI) as possible. For each of your online campaigns, your revenue goal should tie into your overall fundraising strategy. A campaign’s inputs include all costs spent on running the campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

But there are countless benefits to registering your nonprofit with RoundUp App , including: A custom RoundUp App registration page with your own logo, photo, and impact statement. Access to an entire library of marketing templates, sample fundraising campaigns, and industry best practices. Use a multi-channel approach.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

By Greg Fine – a marketing consultant that works to elevate nonprofit marketing impact, revitalize giving campaigns, and bring energy and awareness to nonprofit brands and their mission. Starting with a general research prompt, “Highlight the top four to five giving campaigns nonprofits have created in the past three to five years.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Your GivingTuesday donation form is one of the most important pieces of your campaign. The first option is to update your existing donation form—your year-round form that’s linked to the “donate” button on your website—to include your GivingTuesday campaign elements. You have two options here. This is key!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

By Jess Woloszyn , Content Specialist at Classy.org – a social enterprise that creates world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, modernizing the giving experience to accelerate social impact around the world. An incredible Giving Tuesday 2021 campaign will: Reach donors from any device. Building your campaign layout.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 12, 2022

Ready to send an email to Campaign Members for an upcoming event? It is well-known for its ability to handle large volumes of data allowing you to communicate to your subscribers on their own terms using their channel of choice: email, mobile, or advertising. . The post Pardot’s Name Has Changed—What Does This Impact?

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Qgiv

JUNE 23, 2021

Think carefully about the cost of your fundraising activities and the long-term impact your nonprofit potentially has on your community. Creating a sustainable, scalable fundraising campaign that will help you grow your future impact is just as important as reaching your fundraising goal. Timeline for the campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 8, 2020

She is also the Founder and CEO of Liz Ngonzi Transforms , a boutique international consulting firm that provides consulting, executive coaching, and training services that enable social sector leaders and entrepreneurs to increase their impact and reach their potential. Storytelling is core to how we as human beings communicate.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

It’s important to step back and ask yourself: Are the stories we’re including in our fundraising appeals helping or harming the communities we’re striving to support? Framing stories around the deficits of a given community further promotes the negative stereotyping that racist systems have already imposed on them for years.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 8, 2021

Email marketing is one of the most cost-effective marketing channels, enabling you to talk directly to your past, current, and potential donors. This post offers five ways you can optimize your fundraising campaign and create winning emails as we all prepare for the biggest season for nonprofit fundraising — end-of-year giving.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 29, 2023

Join Julie Edwards, The Nonprofit Maven, for an informative webinar where she’ll dive into the strategies and tactics to help you plan, execute, and maximize the impact of your GivingTuesday campaign. your GivingTuesday goals. This session will also feature a live Q&A and be recorded for on-demand viewing.

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Qgiv

MARCH 11, 2022

It’s the foundation that enables you to articulate your organization’s mission and channel the inspiring stories of those whom you’ve helped. As the relationship grows, you’ll learn their preferred means of communication, and with increased interaction, how to set up campaigns to have the most traction with your audience.

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Media Cause

AUGUST 31, 2022

For some clients, we only contributed to a particular channel or two, while for others, we orchestrated their entire effort across channels. 2021 Year End Success Stories. In 2021, Media Cause worked with 11 clients in partnership on their End of Year Efforts. It’s important to secure match funds for these critical moments. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

You can still tell a story and it should have a hook and conclusion, but it cannot include opinions or words such as “best” “fun” “entertaining” etc. A well produced and high quality PSA will go a long way with the media station as well as the listeners/viewers and make a bigger impact than a spot that is clearly not good.

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CauseVox

APRIL 13, 2021

These days, peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns and events take many forms: virtual runs/walks/rides , tribute/memorial campaigns, virtual drives. But no matter what types of peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns or events you’re running, they all require one key thing to be successful: participants. The list goes on.

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NetWits

MARCH 11, 2012

Big Brothers Big Sisters – Leverage video to tell your story. Through the Start Something Web Series they’re shedding light on the impact that Bigs have on Littles by telling their story through quality video they publish on their YouTube channel, share on their website and talk about on Facebook.

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The NonProfit Times

JULY 16, 2024

Experience management and direct response fundraising firm Moore has released its Moore Audience-Centric Testing Suite (ACTS), a packaged suite of testing tools designed to enhance the effectiveness of fundraising creative and communications across all marketing channels. director of the Moore Neuro-Fundraising Lab. “We

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