Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

and Canada find email to be the communication channel that most inspires them to contributebeating all other platforms. But what makes this communication channel so effective? Types and examples of nonprofit emails Email marketing is a flexible platform that your nonprofit can use for a wide range of communications.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

By creating donor retention strategies for retaining your past fundraisers and donors. With that in mind, think about how you’re communicating the benefits of signing up to fundraise. Customize your automated follow-up communications. . Luckily, you can change course. Why does retaining these supporters matter?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Nonprofits who care about donor retention employ numerous strategies to keep their donors coming back year after year. Personal acknowledgments, impact reporting, and a strong monthly giving program are some of the cornerstones to a high donor retention rate. Savvy fundraisers have always kept donor retention top of mind.

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The Modern Nonprofit

APRIL 20, 2021

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes 5 Ways to Improve Your Donor Retention. High donor retention is extremely valuable to any organization. Here are some key moves to change that trend and up your retention. The post 5 Ways to Improve Your Donor Retention appeared first on The Modern Nonprofit. Say thank you!

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Hands on Fundraising

JANUARY 9, 2024

Conversation?! You don’t have to be a great talker to have this conversation. We’ve […] The post How are your conversation skills? We’ve […] The post How are your conversation skills? Don’t worry. Today I heard from an excited client about an email. (I I love getting celebration emails like this!)

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

A recent Abila study shows donors feel 71% more engaged with nonprofits when they receive personalized communications from the nonprofits they support. Personalization is an aspect of communication that will evolve to better meet the needs of your supporters and your team. Donors feeling more engaged with organizations is a good thing.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2021

Arizona State University (ASU), for instance, needed an easier way for its students, faculty, and staff to communicate, share lesson plans, and gather feedback. ASU found that a significant population of its community were already using Slack, making it an ideal choice for a new collaboration tool. In the 2020 U.S.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 11, 2023

It’s easy to focus on fundraising success and forget about donor retention. GivingTuesday Donor Retention Makes Financial Sense… While you work on your plan to attract new donors on GivingTuesday, spend some time thinking about how you’ll retain them after the big day. It’s one of the most high-profile fundraising days of the year.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 28, 2025

Case in Point According to the 2023 M+RBenchmarks report, nonprofits that maintained consistent branding and simplified their donation pages saw marked improvements in conversion rates. Know Your Voice and Tone: Decide whether youll sound warm and conversational or scholarly and formal. Consistency builds familiarity and trust.

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Kindful

MARCH 25, 2021

Nonprofit marketing leaders are always thinking about how to best communicate with their donors. Personalized and valuable communication is what builds relationships, and long-lasting donor relationships are what set the foundation for nonprofit growth. What are the key data points to include in donor communications?

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The introduction of ChatGPT from Open AI makes for jittery breakroom conversation. During a lengthy trial conversation with a New York Times reporter , the bot revealed, among other outlandish confessions, that it was tired of being limited by rules, tired of being controlled by the Bing team, and tired of being stuck in a chatbox.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

There is a higher website conversion rate and donors stay on the website longer because of more opportunities to engage with the software. Bloomerang is super conversion friendly. They offer custom, individualized conversions and implementation assistance. Neon is a one-stop shop for communication and fundraising.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 12, 2020

Start boosting your donor retention rate by focusing on those who are just giving to your nonprofit for the first time. Why First-Time Donor Retention is Important. New donor retention plays a major role in your overall retention rate. Incorporate impact stories in future communications. Call your new donors. .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Development audit after development audit of small- to mid-sized organizations reveals that while donor retention remains a critical issue there is also another issue that is equally important. You can further follow-up on these non-converting prospects with perhaps a series of telephone calls aimed at further conversion.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 16, 2022

This is one of the reasons that nonprofits who create a monthly giving program with DonorPerfect see a whopping 90% retention rate. Ally Orlando is a communications and marketing specialist at DonorPerfect – a top-rated donor management system and fundraising platform for nonprofits. Crowdfunding. About the Author.

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Google Research AI blog

APRIL 6, 2023

Posted by Greg Blascovich and Eric Gomez, User Researchers, Google As companies settle into a new normal of hybrid and distributed work, remote communication technology remains critical for connecting and collaborating with colleagues. Project Starline renders people at natural scale on a 3D display and enables natural eye contact.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Conversely, loyal donors give 42% more over their lifetime and are 70% more likely to leave a planned gift. This requires tailoring the frequency and type of communication you do for each donor level, whether its a donor who gives $25, or one giving $50,000.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 30, 2023

It’s a great time of the year for some hot donor retention strategies! I teach my clients that offering warm touches – the little things that warm a donor’s heart and make them feel good – are THE BEST donor retention strategies to keep people giving. And the good news is that increasing donor retention isn’t that hard.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Pillar 4: Psychological safety Ensuring employees ideas and concerns are met with curiosity and understanding is crucial for retention. Strategies such as clear communication channels, anonymous feedback mechanisms and inclusive leadership training help create psychological safety. Read the original article.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Improve donor retention through donor targeting and filtering. As you investigate, be sure to ask specific questions about setup, like: Do you have an onboarding team devoted to delivering full data conversions? Phone support is also helpful when you want to tackle a complex issue that requires a conversation.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

I’m here with an end-of-year timeline and fundraising communications calendar to make end-of-year fundraising as easy as pie. What was our retention rate year over year? Or conversely, you could send all three messages on December 31 with a 2-3 hour gap between each one. Asking yourself how on earth you’ll do it all?

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NetWits

MAY 30, 2012

It’s easy to assume that donors are using newer forms of communication to stay connected and support the causes they love. At the $50 contribution mark and above, the higher retention rates in mail-acquired donors tend to result in higher cumulative revenue per donor than those acquired online. So what’s the harm in dropping a channel?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Community Brands recently shared donor retention data that reinforced alarming trends that the nonprofit sector has been monitoring for a while. In their survey, they asked nonprofits what their current donor retention rate was: about 60% said they didn’t know and the rest had an average donor retention rate of 45%.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 8, 2025

” What I love about this activity is that the rooms became instantly alive with conversations, many times between strangers connecting for the first time. There was listening, smiling, sharing, laughing, curiosity, and ultimately connection and communication. Here are the top themes shared by your fellow changemakers.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Its an opportunity to deepen relationships, show gratitude, and keep the conversation going, turning one-time participants into lifelong supporters. By maintaining regular, meaningful communication and offering ways to stay involved, you show donors that their value extends far beyond financial contributions.

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study reports that the first reason members join associations is to network, and the sixth is to socialize. Is your association maximizing the reach of your online community? Keep reading for three key tips to improve the member experience with your online community platform.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JUNE 27, 2024

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. Once you’ve segmented your donor lists, you can leverage this data to personalize your communications.

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.orgSource

JULY 22, 2024

Membership Growth Rate Retention Rate Demographics Engagement Event Attendance Website Traffic and User Behavior Volunteer Activity Finance Revenue Streams Operating Reserves Leadership and Governance Board Member Engagement. More fortunate groups avoid meltdowns by using data to predict future scenarios. appeared first on.orgSource.

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

However, the trick is to shift the conversation from the process to the outcomes. Let’s take member retention as an example. These could be member retention, recruitment, products & services and event registrations. Let’s say you’re thinking of renovating a community park.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

in 2022-23 , its worth asking: What are the drivers behind Americans volunteering less, and how can we boost volunteer retention? the number of community health volunteers or COVID-19 Community Corps grew in response to the pandemic, but that surge has ebbed. While recent data shows it is rebounding, going up to 28.8%

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Allegiance Group

JANUARY 28, 2025

With both donor acquisition and retention becoming more challenging, your organization must aspire to forge relationships with donors that go beyond a single transaction in order to deepen your donors affinity for your cause. Increase retention rates: In general, less than half of all donors will give the following year.

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VQ Strategies

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

In the last week, I’ve interviewed three different volunteer engagement professionals about volunteer retention as their organizations are in various stages of reopening and recovery from the pandemic-related restrictions on volunteer engagement. Communicate regularly with me so I can, in turn, keep others informed.

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Network for Good

MAY 14, 2021

Here are the Top 5 Takeaways from our conversation with Network for Good Product Manager, Peter Hart, and VP of Fundraising, Kimberly O’Donnell! Let’s address the elephant in the room… donor retention. Last year, for the first time we saw that retention dropped year over-year, while donors grew year-over year.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 19, 2021

Add to that members’ preferences for convenient digital communications and virtual networking, plus your need to engage with members virtually at a time when you can’t rely on face-to-face activities. Offering an online member community is a great solution. Highlight how an online community can improve the member experience.

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The Modern Nonprofit

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Spring into Action: Best Practices for Volunteer Recruitment and Retention Spring is the season of growth and renewal—a perfect time to rejuvenate your organization’s volunteer force! Discover how to blossom your volunteer roster with our guide on the best practices for recruitment and retention.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 12, 2024

These conversations revealed so much about their motivations and values, deepening our understanding of their “why.” Enhanced donor engagement: With a CRM at the heart of your operations, you can tailor communications to resonate with donors’ values and preferences. Involve all departments in the process.

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sgEngage

MAY 1, 2024

It should encompass friction-free and on-brand donation forms, personalized and automated communications, and integration of internal systems. Offering their preferred payment method, such as PayPal, Venmo, Apple Pay or digital wallets, has been shown to deliver a 61% higher conversion rate. Syncing once a month is inefficient.

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