Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2014

TechSoup is proud to announce our newest donor partner, Little Green Light. Little Green Light Donor Management CRM (LGL) helps you manage your constituents and your fundraising efforts — all in one place. See Little Green Light's website for comments from nonprofits that have adopted their software.

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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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Bloomerang

MAY 29, 2021

Today’s question comes from a fundraiser who wants advice on best practices around recording and recognizing in-kind donors. . How do we record, recognize, and be sure not to forget about these donors as we list our donors from the year in their circles or their donor lists by amount? The impact is the same.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 30, 2021

Erica Waasdorp will show you how important recurring giving has become, and how best to bring them in – with minimal time and effort, but with the large focus these sustainable recurring donors deserve. We’re here to talk about recurring donors, oh, yeah, best practices for unlocking the mystery that is recurring donors.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2013

Check out our 13NTC Green Sponsors that help make all the NTC goodness possible: Artez Interactive. Want to recruit new donors? More than 1,000 leading nonprofits rely on Care2''s fast, cost-effective campaigns to recruit millions of targeted donors, supporters and facebook fans. Win advocacy victories?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 14, 2013

And even though a recent report pointed out that email open and donor response are dropping in the nonprofit sector, I can’t help but wonder if current (yet old) e-newsletter design trends have a lot to do with the results. Green “Donate” button in every issue. Mercy Corps e-Newsletter :: Subscribe.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 18, 2009

Today, the call was with Joe Green from Causes and the session was billed as " Does Slacktivism Lead To Real World Results? Ask Joe Green of Causes at NTEN Session. " There was the usual mix of strategy and in the weeds tactical questions. I wanted to know what they knew or have about these donors philanthropic behavior.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

25% YELLOW: Emotional Storytelling Emotional appeals were crucial for tapping donor heartstrings. 20% GREEN: Urgency & Specificity Creating a sense of urgency through one-day campaigns or crisis-based appeals drove immediate donor action. Multi-channel strategies were crucial for broad outreach, frequency and engagement.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2022

This seems obvious, and perhaps out of your control, but there is a lot you can do to increase your rates and make sure your critical fundraising appeals and advocacy alerts reach your donors and activists. By having a strong reputation, your emails are given the green light to land into inboxes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

Also, in my upcoming webinar on How Nonprofits Can Successfully Launch and Maintain a Blog on WordPress , I will give concrete examples of the nonprofit blog content ideas below as well as how to set-up and design your blog and craft your blog content to ensure that your supporters and donors will actually read your blog.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Now, more than ever before, we need to secure the attention and devotion of our colleagues, most important donors, and supporters. That’s why most highway signs are dark green with white letters.) These have been around for ages, but you may not have used them as if your organization’s mission depended on them. 10) Legibility.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 26, 2010

The theme for this final week of TechSoup's GreenTech Initiative campaign, The Green Side of Cloud Computing , is all about using cloud databases – more specifically, constituent relationship management (CRM) databases. My colleague Elliot Harmon has just written an informative article, CRM in the Cloud: Right for Your Organization?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 6, 2013

If you are an environmental nonprofit, write about ways in which supporters can green their homes or garden without pesticides. Some examples for nonprofits are “10 Ways You Can Help Fight Poverty,” “Four Reasons Why the Green Economy Is America’s Future Economy,” “10 Tips to Help You Quit Smoking,” and “Eight Benefits of Volunteering.”

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Unlike before, you had all of your donor data on a clunky excel spreadsheet that was only accessible locally through one machine, a cloud-based constituent database allows information to be accessed instantly from anywhere at any time. Green benefits.

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The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 27, 2024

Alex was designed as an autonomous fundraiser, independently managing a portfolio of donors. Alex and bots like her are billed as a conduit to help organizations build relationships with their donors. They get to know donors and their families, listen, and understand the nuances and motivations that drive donors’ behaviors.

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TechImpact

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Nonprofits need to contact donors, constituents, and volunteers from around the nation, and in some cases the globe, without the fear of that phone call costing them an inordinate amount of cash. Green technology. Unlimited international calling. IP faxing allows a your nonprofit workers to send and receive faxes over the internet.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2015

TechSoup has lots of great donor partners — more than 90 of them at last count. This isn't a comprehensive list of all our donor partners' environmental activities, but this time I'd like to talk about Cisco and Symantec and also about our Green Technology Product Donations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

Email is still a very powerful tool for fundraising and the likely reason why donor conversion rates dropped in 2012 is because nonprofit e-newsletters are still formatted to primarily be read on desktop and laptop computers. Text-to-Give and/or Mobile Wallet Donors. Under the green row, add your fundraising metrics.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 9, 2012

But if your nonprofit wants to build a recognizable brand on the Social Web and notice a significant increase in your website traffic and e-newsletter subscribers – thus also an increase in online donors, volunteers, and event attendees – then at the very least you need to hire a part-time social media manager.

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Care2

OCTOBER 16, 2011

If your nonprofit doesn’t have a solid outreach strategy to cultivate women donors and activists, your organization is missing out on huge opportunities to grow your advocacy and donor base. Green living. Reaching out to women should never be an afterthought. They should be a part of your marketing and outreach.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2009

This morning the Washington Post published an article titled " To Nonprofits Seeking Cash, Facebook App Isn't So Green: Though Popular, 'Causes' Ineffective for Fundraising." Proclaiming that fundraising using Facebook Causes was a failure based on a calculation of dollars per donor. . If you do the math, that's $41 per donor.

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Double the Donation

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Double the Donation and Little Green Light have worked together to provide nonprofit organizations with an advanced matching gift integration between Little Green Light donation forms and 360MatchPro by Double the Donation.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 10, 2023

You’ll also want to keep an eye out for a tool that will help you grow, especially as you reach new donors, serve new clients, and work with new volunteers. Neon CRM Neon CRM product logo Neon CRM is an all-in-one donor management and fundraising platform that helps nonprofit teams do more. It’s a tall order!

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 1, 2017

It’s a time to thank your most loyal supporters and make all donors, new and old, feel appreciated. When done well, these expressions of gratitude can build a lasting relationship with donors, leading to continued involvement. To that point, we’ve compiled 6 effective ways to thank donors this giving season. Give a Shout Out.

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CauseVox

MARCH 17, 2025

Planning the Golf Tournament Fundraiser Set Clear Goals Before you hit the green, start by setting crystal-clear goals. Choosing a Platform Platforms like CauseVox allow you to keep participants and donors engaged with a fully customized golf tournament fundraiser site that combines event registration and fundraising in one seamless platform.

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Pamela Grow

OCTOBER 25, 2023

And, with donations declining across the board for the first time in five years, organizations need to pay attention to the concerns of their donors now more than ever. Read on for our explanation of how silent auction software can help your nonprofit go green with successful, sustainable fundraisers.

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Qgiv

JULY 10, 2023

Across the fundraising landscape, there is broad interest in reaching prospects and donors with more inclusive, equitable, and responsible messages. Strength-Based Messaging: A Powerful Tool Thankfully, in recent years, new and long overdue attention has been focused on changing the way we build our donor relationships.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

It’s been nearly five years since the first release of Idealware’s Consumers Guide to Donor Management Systems report, and two years since Idealware and NTEN last partnered to update the report. For our 2013 update, we fully revamped the Consumers Guide to provide an up-to-date picture of the donor management landscape today.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 10, 2018

In addition, when women give, they are more likely to give more and to be more loyal donors. Tip: Nonprofits may consider specifically tailoring their Pinterest content to the female segment of their donors and supporters. For example, Grist.org is a news website that focuses on the environment. 2) Pinterest is about discovery.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2020

According to the Global Trends in Giving Report , the top three communication tools that most inspire donors to give are social media (29%), email (27%), and an organization’s website (18%). Drop-down links are in a single column, they function as buttons, and the use of green helps users easily navigate their website.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 13, 2013

Email is still a very powerful tool for fundraising and the likely reason why donor conversion rates dropped in 2012 is because nonprofit e-newsletters are still formatted to primarily be read on desktop and laptop computers. Text-to-Give and/or Mobile Wallet Donors. Under the green row, add your fundraising metrics.

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The Verge

APRIL 8, 2021

But unlike the Fest itself, the tweeted photo of the limp cheese slice on wheat bread with some greens and a sad tomato in a styrofoam container isn’t a grift; as first reported by Axios , DeHaas is hoping to raise $80,000 which he plans to put toward his medical bills. Plus there are expenses for my donor that I would like to cover.”.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Supporters could purchase wooden snowflake ornaments in one of their signature colors- green, teal, orange, silver, purple, or yellow. For example, a green ornament represented resilience and was a $10 donation whereas a purple ornament was a $100 donation and represented knowledge. Schedule a demo with our team today!

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The data on year-end giving in general is motivating: More than 36% of donations are made in the last quarter, according to Blackbaud’s Charitable Giving Report , with donors in the United States making $2.7 Engage in meaningful conversations with donors. Donor impact —Explain how donor support is critical to your mission.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 2, 2019

An admirable mission alone is not enough to drive donor engagement and retention. A good webpage explains your mission, but a great webpage can make the difference between a passive supporter and an active, dependable donor. Online donations are often made when a donor is spontaneously feeling generous.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 8, 2021

“What if you have just 2 minutes with a prospective donor. Packets are perfect to hand over to gatekeepers who vet what big donors see or don’t see. Provide just enough to get a potential donor or sponsor interested, but not overwhelm them. This was possible because of donors and sponsors who wanted to make a difference.”

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2013

Leads acquired online are often best nurtured through social networks and converted in the mail, or over the phone if you're after monthly donors. Direct mail donors give more if they are hearing from you via email and social networks. com where he helps hundreds of nonprofits connect with donors and supporters online.

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