Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

And what are some of the social benefits and impact that may result from such a relationship? Today, Bookshare serves over 330,000 American students with a rapidly growing collection of hundreds of thousands of accessible ebooks. At Benetech, we’re fortunate to have had long-time support from funders who have been willing to bet on us.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The lack of information is where genuine interest builds, which helps you develop deeper relationships. The title is tongue-in-cheek, but the idea is built on fundamentals: Fostering personal relationships starts with asking the right questions. If we want donors to understand us, we have to start by understanding them.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

To set your organization up for success, we’ve put together this guide with the basics of virtual fundraising and some event ideas to get the gears rolling: What is Virtual Fundraising? 25+ Virtual Fundraising Ideas to Try Out Best Virtual Fundraising Strategies Virtual Fundraising Software: Our Top Picks. Call Your Donors.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 27, 2014

Here are five ideas to help you refocus on the people that matter to your organization most: 1. These people—the lifeline of your organization—their preferences, opinions, ideas and voices matter. YOU create them, and you do so by nurturing the relationship. Maybe we should get off the wheel. Be Gracious.

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Qgiv

MARCH 19, 2024

There are many donor appreciation event ideas that you can take advantage of no matter what your budget is. Check out these donor appreciation event ideas and best practices! Donor appreciation event ideas Event best practices Other donor recognition ideas Why should nonprofits host donor appreciation events?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

If you are looking for more recommendations, check out Book Authority’s list of 52 Best Nonprofit eBooks of All Time ( The Happy Healthy Nonprofit is #9). 7) Melandri Fundraising: Creating Stronger Donor Relationships To Sustain Your Nonprofit for the Really Long Haul by Valerio Melandri.

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Bloomerang

MAY 13, 2021

The goal of the first meeting is to open the relationship. Do not present any solutions or programs until you have an idea of what the donor wants. With a donor-centered approach, it takes time to build relationships and get to know your donors. It is important to plan a strategy for each meeting interaction.

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Neon CRM

MAY 16, 2023

Here are five nonprofit newsletter ideas that you can put to work today! Repurpose Existing Content for Your Newsletter When coming up with ideas for newsletter content, you don’t have to start from scratch. Neon CRM can support your nonprofit newsletter ideas with metrics and actionable insights into your donor engagement.

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Qgiv

JULY 30, 2021

While baby boomers are less interested in peer-to-peer fundraising, other generations love the idea. When volunteer fundraisers reach out to their friends and family members, they’re building on established relationships. Bloomerang | Constituent Relationship Manager. DonorPerfect | Constituent Relationship Manager.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2017

The E-Book offers 10 thought pieces on this idea – from leadership to everyone in the organization. What happens as a result is that it makes it impossible to build sustainable relationships with donors over the long haul. Is culture of philanthropy embedded in the way that everyone does their work? … Read More

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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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Qgiv

MARCH 21, 2022

In this post, we’ll be covering strategies to engage hospital employees, drive awareness in your community, and get creative with hospital fundraising ideas that can be held in a variety of formats that don’t require a lot of time to execute. Hospital Foundation Fundraising Ideas. How Do Hospitals Raise Funds? Request a Demo.

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Care2

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Blackbaud brought together 14 nonprofit experts in an eBook to share tried-and-true donor retention strategies, tips, and ideas. Healthy relationships are never one-sided. This eBook is thorough and filled to the brim with great tips. But you need to treat your donors with love, and cultivate a real realtionship.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2014

Acquiring new email addresses is imperative to building relationships through online fundraising. Here are five ideas for bringing it all together to help drive new constituent acquisition. Dowload the eBook and join us for our webinar series all about building strategies for new donor acquisition online!

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Other content ideas we have helped create for Doing Good Digital clients: checklists, coloring pages, eBooks, videos, activity books, and stationery. Partnering with sponsors or businesses can be a win-win relationship. One client created a cookbook published in partnership with local restaurants.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 4, 2021

showing that you are receptive to their ideas. Download the Free “Sponsorship Strategy: Recruiting and Keeping Sponsor Partners” eBook from the Greater Giving Fundraising Excellence Series. By this point in your relationship, you should know whether or not your potential sponsor is really interested.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In other words, the key to starting a relationship with new people is for you to think about them. If you can offer people something of value to help them, it will give them a reason to subscribe, which is exactly what you need to do to offset list churn and grow relationships that create new donors. eBook/checklist/white paper/report.

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AccelEvents

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Networking is an excellent way to grow, develop, or maintain business relationships. Similar to the idea listed above, host a Q&A session with an industry expert. Enables breakout sessions: Sometimes, people connect on a topic or idea and will want to continue the conversation in a more direct way.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It’s a good idea to brainstorm ideas for lead magnets as a starting point for your research. They frequently search for nutritional meal ideas, plans, and recipes. Hence, the ideal compromise lies in crafting an ebook, quiz, or infographic. So what can you put in a welcome series to lay that groundwork?

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Connection Cafe

JULY 7, 2016

It’s a relationship. This did two things: It gave our social fans one thing to do a week and because they felt invested in the relationship, they were more engaged and took action. Want more nonprofit marketing and fundraising ideas? Check out the latest npEXPERTs eBook ! They want to be seen and heard by you.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

With technology improving, virtual and hybrid events rising in popularity, and new event ideas coming to fruition, it can be hard to determine the best fundraising event that aligns with your audience, goals, and overall mission. 100+ Fundraising Event Ideas to Try Out. Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Ideas.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 13, 2014

All year youve (hopefully) been building and nurturing relationships, telling stories about how donor support impacts your mission, and making plans for the biggest season of giving. What’s in the eBook? Nonprofit Fundraising end of year fundraising end of year giving fundraising appeals fundraising ideas fundraising tips'

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The Modern Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The idea of using the Internet to aggregate a crowd to fund a project is a modern complement to, if not a full-on replacement for, traditional fundraising methods that are aging badly in the non-profit space. This can be a chance to leverage a relationship that gets you the access that a cold email won’t achieve. Engagement.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 13, 2010

Most of the people in the organization have no idea what “development” actually means. Nonprofit leaders must understand that it is called “development” for a very good reason—it often takes years to develop relationships with major donors. So, let’s hire a fundraising staff person. The result?

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Well, Grantastic is awarding $20,000 to one company or organization with an innovative technology strategy or internet software development idea. Creating a relationship with individuals in your database can be tricky, especially if you wait too long. Learn more and apply ! We’d love to see an NTEN member receive this grant.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 29, 2021

And we’ll actually send you after this a copy of an ebook that Steven and some of the Qgiv folks worked on that talks pretty in-depth about retaining peer-to-peer participants and donors. I think there’s some more information about that in the ebook that we’re going to send you.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

Learn more about getting others interested in your mission by downloading our free Nonprofit Storytelling eBook. You can create these mission moments on social media, share a special update via email, or use this holiday as an opportunity to send out a direct mail piece.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2014

This post brings together fundraising experts from across the industry to share 12 super simple (but effective) fundraising ideas for boosting donor engagement, loyalty, and retention based on answering one simple question, “ what’s the key to an effective donor retention strategy? Pitman , CFCC, The Fundraising Coach.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 14, 2014

Now, it’s much more broadly recognized that there needs to be absolutely integrated, holistic marketing… Marketing is everything you do between the asks, everything you do to connect with prospects and supporters, because you have to keep the relationship alive between the times you’re asking for money.- Nancy Schwartz.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 8, 2014

With every point of contact, it’s about thanking, stewarding and growing a relationship with donors. For ideas on online donor retention, download the free eBook: Show the Love: Donor Retention Strategies or join me for my webinar where I’ll be talking about taking your donor retention strategy from good to great!

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 23, 2014

They think they’re building relationships in a way that retains donors. But this “not-on-the-first-date” attitude actually kills relationships. When we impose the arbitrary 2-step approach that this attitude necessitates, we are acting like the relationship is about us, not about the donor. We’re the new people, not them.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 27, 2014

Then, develop a strategy to better optimize your relationship building tactics. Keeping your supporters happy is about building meaningful relationships and ensuring they understand their value to your organization. For even more expert advice, check out the latest npEXPERTS ebook!

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Tech Soup

MAY 5, 2011

Alternately, nonprofits can also use Facebook to cultivate foundation relationships. Many foundations and corporations use Facebook campaigns and crowdsourced giving so it is potentially beneficial to organizations to build relationships with these groups on Facebook just as they would with their own fans. TechSoup: GrantStation.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 20, 2014

As you read this eBook, I encourage you to look for opportunities to improve your existing constituent relationships and ways to build new ones. Stewardship Constituent Lifecycle Donor''s Journey engagement fundraising ideas fundraising tips' . – Kivi Leroux Miller. Arm yourself for the hard work ahead. .

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2017

This list is comprised of tools, research, fundraising ideas, and other reading material to give you insight into how the sector as a whole is doing and what your strategic focus should be going forward. Fundraising Event Ideas from A to Z: These fundraising ideas for nonprofits will help you encourage event engagement and keep it fun!

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 21, 2022

Finally, another often overlooked benefit of corporate partnerships is that it is much easier to maintain good relationships with a handful of companies than to retain donors. On the other hand, you can deepen and maintain relationships with a handful of companies and retain these partnerships year after year.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 14, 2014

Acquiring new email addresses is imperative to building relationships through online fundraising. Here are five ideas for bringing it all together to help drive new constituent acquisition. Dowload the eBook and join us for our webinar series all about building strategies for new donor acquisition online! Nonprofit Marketing'

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