Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 23, 2023

These innovative tools are revolutionising tasks by saving hundreds of hours of manual work through aiding in campaign creation, categorising and drafting email responses, assisting with content creation, and even automating donation processes to personalise and enhance the donor experience. Image created using DALLE 3 through ChatGPT

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 5, 2014

Attended by more than 2,000 nonprofit professionals and volunteers, the webinar featured one best practice from each of the book’s sixteen chapters and provided the basis for writing and implementing a comprehensive mobile and social fundraising strategy. Chapter 1: Nonprofit Technology and Fundraising. Chapter 9: Facebook.

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Mobile Fundraising Chapter Social Media 204

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A donor database is much more than a glorified phonebook for nonprofits. When nonprofits invest in the right donor management tools and use them properly, they can become an incredible asset. These solutions optimize and expand your fundraising and donor stewardship activities to help form long-lasting relationships.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

At first glance, it may seem impossible to recreate some of these types of events in a virtual format, but with a little creativity and the right fundraising event tools, you might be surprised at the high-quality experiences you can offer for your donors virtually. How can you convince your donor base to join an online event?

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Bloomerang

MAY 25, 2023

Nonprofit professionals, donors and volunteers put themselves on the front lines of service to others with their gifts of time, talent and treasure. Professional and volunteer nonprofit leaders who, without fear, hesitation or anxiety, ask for gifts of time and money to fuel the good works of the nonprofit sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 6, 2010

While I was sitting on the beach on vacation, Network for Good published a free eBook called How to Raise a Lot More Money Now – 50 Great Ideas from 11 top Experts. They are all about you, not about your donors, and that will hurt your fundraising. Organize a volunteer online thank you corps. Take a very long walk.

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Money Raise eBook Advice 102

Qgiv

JULY 14, 2021

Local Qgiv client, Lakeland Volunteers In Medicine, recently had an exceptional fundraising team (called Swan Before the Storm) raise funds for their 2021 Swan Derby event. When raising funds for Lakeland Volunteers in Medicine, Swan Before the Storm knew their friends and family would be most responsive on Facebook.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 27, 2014

You see, making new friends is like acquiring new donors. A single donation without donor stewardship is a waste – you know it as attrition. About a year ago we were hit with the depressing reality of the state of donor retention across the nonprofit industry. Make sure your donor retention strategy reflects this.

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Donor Ideas Retention Giving 78

Qgiv

JULY 30, 2021

When volunteer fundraisers reach out to their friends and family members, they’re building on established relationships. Donors are more likely to give when they know the person who’s doing the asking. Peer-to-peer pages can be customized to your nonprofit, as well as to each of your volunteers. Text fundraising options.

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Platform Fundraising Nonprofit Donor 98

Qgiv

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

From navigating donor data to finding the most effective ways to communicate, AI for fundraising can be applied to many aspects of your organization to help lift some of the burden of changing the world. This is to ensure the privacy of both your and your donors’ information. How do you use AI for fundraising?

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Allegiance Group

MARCH 7, 2025

In the nonprofit-donor relationship, its easy to focus on the nonprofits needs. But what about your donors? To build meaningful relationships with your donors, you first need to understand how their needs are met and that starts with recognizing the different ways organizations engage and benefit their supporters.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

It’s not too late, you can download our latest eBook to help you prepare. Donors expect a modern and straightforward donation process that mimics a checkout page, just like their favorite e-commerce brands. Fundraisers working in hybrid environments need to consider how the donor experience translates online.

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Strategy Fundraising Giving Donor 111

Neon CRM

MARCH 20, 2025

But thank-you letters for donations that arrive late or contain incorrect information could sever your relationships with those donors. A great thank-you letter will make your donor feel good about their decision to give. Try thanking your supporters when they volunteer, attend an event, take a class, or give an in-kind donation.

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Template Donation Free Gift 92

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

With support from stakeholders in the education, technology, publishing, student, parent, and volunteer communities, Benetech changed that reality. By partnering with the Bookshare community, we reinvented the traditional library for people with print disabilities and brought modern ebook technology to this underserved community.

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Qgiv

MARCH 19, 2024

The backbone of sustainability for nonprofits often falls on the generosity of donors! To keep your donors engaged with your mission, it’s important to make them feel appreciated. Donor recognition is one of the best ways to help you retain your donors, but a simple thank-you letter may not always feel like enough.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2012

The book is intended to help donors both big and small give more strategically. My favorite chapter is “Making Generosity Contagious” and the advice about including some “risky” donations into your mix (see the first book above). APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur: How To Publish a Book by Guy Kawasaki.

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Nonprofit Social Media Guide Practice 130

Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Everyone wants new donors, right? In reality, paying to interrupt complete strangers with an uninvited ask and thinking they’ll go from stranger to a donor can amount to magical thinking. A wise friend in fundraising once told me, “Finding new donors is like going fishing. So where can you find donor prospects ?

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Neon CRM

MAY 18, 2023

Donor Data is a Top Priority Track Performance Using KPIs Prioritize Donor Stewardship Use Technology to Automate Processes Set S.M.A.R.T. Donor Data is a Top Priority When conducting any sort of fundraising campaign, you need to make sure you are working with data about your donors.

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Neon CRM

MAY 31, 2023

You work for a nonprofit that is totally stuck in the donor acquisition cycle from hell. You work long hours and spend a ton of resources getting new donors in the door, only to then see them never make a second gift, leaving you right back where you started. What is Donor Management? What is Donor Management? Sound good?

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Donor Management Guide Social Media 52

OneCause

DECEMBER 4, 2024

[Golf-ebook-top] Any golf tournament fundraiser presents countless opportunities to bring in additional donations per golfer. If it’s one of the first things your donors see when they visit your custom event landing page, they’ll be sure to register and raise even more for your cause. Request a fixeddollar amount.

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Ideas Fundraising Contest Raise 98

Care2

APRIL 25, 2010

Whether people became your fans, or, in the new Facebook parlance, "like" you, you invest in your presence on Facebook to build relationships with current or potential donors, volunteers, and activists to move them to take action that support your mission. Our findings and recommendations are documented in a free ebook, available here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2010

Last week when I was Society for New Communications Research conference, I ran into KD Paine , who shared a copy of an ebook by Shabbir Imber Safdar , author of the TruthyPR blog and Shayna Englin of Englin Consulting LLC entitled "Is Your Nonprofit Facebook Page Worth It? Analytics and Measurement Techniques" (free to download).

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 17, 2014

Our donors don’t give year after year. Donors staying loyal is the exception, not the rule. According to Chuck Longfield , ten years ago the average retention rates of a newly acquired donor were roughly 33%. Make a donor retention calendar to keep your donors loyal! Current volunteers. Today it’s 27%.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Say goodbye to paper bid sheets, long checkout lines, and payment reconciliation issues—Qgiv prioritizes efficiency and facilitates positive experiences for auction planners, volunteers, and donors alike. Additional functionality, such as outbound text messaging and CRM tools, helps cultivate long-lasting donor relationships.

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Qgiv

APRIL 26, 2022

As digital wallets have become more commonplace, the number of donors making gifts via check has decreased. Many donors will prefer to give right on your website via their digital wallet as opposed to mailing in a physical check. It’s not enough to only include a donors’ name in your email communications. Personalization.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Volunteers. For instance, engaging and motivating volunteers to support your cause could include video testimonials from other volunteers and the sense of purpose they felt when volunteering. Another option is to recruit and train volunteers who are passionate about your cause to help create content. Build a team.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 23, 2014

In my weekly coaching email I wrote about the single biggest donor retention mistake I see new nonprofit leaders making. These well meaning leaders think they are being donor-centered. They think they are treating donors like people and not ATMs. They think they’re building relationships in a way that retains donors.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

With a well-planned appeal, your nonprofit can reconnect with donors, thank them for their past support, highlight their impact, and ask for their continued support. You might hear that you can’t send an appeal to donors who have already given this year. Can you adjust your event to be more appealing to donors? Are you sure?

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NTEN

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Flickr:Dunechaser NTEN members hope you'll read their ebook, attend webinar, and even host a supper this week. Volunteer, host, and gather for America's Sunday Supper. Are you a Joomla expert who wants to volunteer for a great nonprofit? Run solely by volunteers, Lights. Have more news to share? through a day of service.

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Care2

MAY 2, 2014

” Your fundraisers and donors will ask the same; clearly show where the money will go. As Wired Impact’s David Hartstein wrote for the Stanford Social Innovation Review : "It’s far more difficult for me, as a donor, to grasp the benefit to my life of making a donation. Encouragement for fundraisers and for donors.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

New donors, major donors, younger donors, etc.). Are donors enthusiastic about your event (Hint: you should use donor surveys after events to gauge their feelings !)? So, you’ve realized your traditional spring fundraising event isn’t thrilling your donors the way you’d like. What’s your event’s ROI?

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 13, 2010

Contrary to what I had expected, it wasn’t raising money in a challenging economic climate, or finding new donors, or even getting donors to give at higher level. Nonprofit leaders must understand that it is called “development” for a very good reason—it often takes years to develop relationships with major donors.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 20, 2018

If you want to raise more money and retain more donors, start by looking at your collective mindset toward philanthropy – that’s where a culture shift begins. How well prepared are your volunteers to tell your story? How well prepared are your volunteers to tell your story? It’s not about asking for money.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2014

Nancy helps nonprofits build strong and lasting relationships with the people whom they need to act—to give, volunteer, participate and more. Donor retention is an absolute priority (again) for 2014. Here’s my #1 donor retention guidance for you—R-E-S-P-E-C-T your way to strong and long-lasting donor relationships.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 12, 2021

Everything a potential donor could want to know is located right on this central campaign page. Different images next to individual donation amounts help donors visualize the impact their gift will have. What we love: Donors can easily learn more about the mission trip on the campaign homepage. Sponsoring a Missionary.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 6, 2014

Smart companies use social to turn customers into fans, and fans into volunteer marketers. Don’t forget to check out the npEXPERTS eBook packed with advice on donor acquisition! Acquisition Donor Acquisition fundraising ideas fundraising tips Social Media' The more you sell, the less you sell.”.

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Donor Tips Social Media Learning 39

Neon CRM

MAY 16, 2023

To create that, you have to let your donors get to know your staff. For the literacy foundation in our previous example, you may decide to do a short interview with one of the volunteers who originally worked with Ada. Recurring donors are a good example. It all depends on the data you track.

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